1902 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1902.

Events[]

The cover of the first trade edition
  • April – Mark Twain buys a home in Tarrytown, New York. On June 4 he receives an honorary doctorate of literature from the University of Missouri.
  • June 16 – Bertrand Russell writes to Gottlob Frege about the mathematical problem to become known as Russell's paradox.[4]
  • July 1 – The Romanian language literary review Luceafărul begins publication in Budapest.
  • September 9 – P. G. Wodehouse leaves his job at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Company in London to become a freelance writer. On September 18, his first published novel, the St. Austin's school story The Pothunters, is published in London by A & C Black, as a truncation of the version in their Public School Magazine from January to March.
  • Early October – Beatrix Potter's self-illustrated children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit (originally published privately a year earlier) appears in its first commercial edition with Frederick Warne & Co in London. It sells 28,000 copies by the end of the year.[5]
  • October 5 – Thousands attend the funeral of the French novelist Émile Zola at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. They include Alfred Dreyfus, given special permission by Mme Zola to attend.[6]
  • November 4 – J. M. Barrie's comedy The Admirable Crichton is first performed, at the Duke of York's Theatre in London, starring H. B. Irving, Henry Kemble and Irene Vanbrugh. It runs for 828 performances.
  • December 5 – Leo Tolstoy's drama The Power of Darkness («Власть тьмы», Vlast' t'my, written in 1886) is premièred at the Moscow Art Theatre by Konstantin Stanislavski with some success, although he is self-critical.[7]
  • December 18 – Maxim Gorky's drama The Lower Depths – Scenes from Russian Life («На дне», Na dne) is first performed, at the Moscow Art Theatre, as a first major success for Konstantin Stanislavsky as director and star.
  • unknown date – The poet Ștefan Petică's cycle Fecioara în alb is published, marking a maturing of Romanian Symbolism.[8]

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Main article: 1902 in poetry

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Émile Zola in 1902

Awards[]

  • Nobel Prize for Literature: Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen

References[]

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  6. ^ "Thousands March At Funeral of Emile Zola: Municipal Guards Line the Route to Preserve Order. Dreyfus Attends After All, Is Unnoticed by the Crowd – Mme. Zola Gave Him Back His Promise to Stay Away – Very Little Disorder". The New York Times. 1902-10-06.
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