Births
- February 21 - Waldemar Bonsels, writer (died 1952)
- March 13 - Frank Thiess, writer (died 1977)
- March 30 - Sean O'Casey, dramatist (died 1964)
- June 17 - Carl Van Vechten, writer (died 1964)
- July 10 - Greye La Spina, writer (died 1969)
- November 6 - Robert Musil, novelist (died 1942)
Read more about this topic: 1880 In Literature
Famous quotes containing the word births:
“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)