Literature year 1902

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Overview of the literary years
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prose

Sidney Paget's April illustration from Strand Magazine

• March: The detective novel The Hound of the Baskervilles ( Hound of the Baskervilles by) Arthur Conan Doyle published as a book edition in London, a month before the final episode of the serialized novel in The beach Magazine comes out.
• May 4 : The comic figure Buster Brown, created by Richard Felton Outcault , appears in the New York Herald for the first time .
• June: Bertrand Russell writes to Gottlob Frege to inform him of the problem that has come to be known as Russell's Paradox .
• 18 / October 19 : Hugo von Hofmannsthal's prose work Letter of Lord Chandos is published in two parts in the Berliner Zeitung the day .
• November 13 : The story Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad appears for the first time in book form.
• By Emil bunch of "student Roman" appears Freund Hein. A life story .

Theodor Herzl: Old new territory

• The utopian novel Old New Land of Theodor Herzl , who looks at a Jewish settlement in Palestine, will be published in Leipzig for the first time. In the year of publication, Old New Land was translated into Hebrew by Nachum Sokolow and given the poetic title Tel Aviv .
• The novel The Immoralist by André Gide appears in the literary magazine Mercure de France in Paris. The wealthy Michel confesses to three old friends three months after the death of his wife Marceline from the last three years of his marriage and talks about prostitution and his homosexuality, among other things.
• The Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø publishes his socially critical novel Dryss ( Abundance ).
• Brave Seeleute , the first German translation of Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous , is published.

Poetry

• Rainer Maria Rilke begins to write his new poems .

drama

• The one-act cycle Lebendige Stunden by Arthur Schnitzler is published by S. Fischer in book form.

Awards

• June 4 : Mark Twain receives an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Missouri .

• Nobel Prize for Literature 1902 : Theodor Mommsen

Born

January to April

• January 7th : Sumii Sue , Japanese writer († 1997 )
• January 8 : Kawakami Tetsutarō , Japanese writer († 1980 )
• January 15 : Nâzım Hikmet , Turkish poet and playwright († 1963 )
• January 18 : Michael Freund , German political scientist, historian and book author († 1972 )
• January 19 : Heinrich Schmidt-Barrien , German writer († 1996 )
• January 20 : Fridolin Stier , German Bible translator († 1981 )
• January 25 : Johann von Leers , Nazi publicist in the Third Reich († 1965 )
• January 25 : Nakano Shigeharu , Japanese writer († 1979 )
• January 26 : Kurahara Korehito , Japanese literary critic († 1991 )
• January 27 : Heinrich Lützeler , Professor of Philosophy, Art History and Literary Studies († 1988 )
• January 30 : Alexander Graf Stenbock-Fermor , Baltic German author and resistance fighter against National Socialism († 1972 )

• February 1 : Langston Hughes , American writer († 1967 )
• February 1 : Erich Lüth , German publicist († 1989 )
• February 8 : Illa Andreae , German writer († 1992 )
• February 12 : Heinz Kükelhaus , German travel journalist, novelist and adventurer († 1946 )
• February 14 : Alexander Abusch , journalist, writer and politician in the GDR († 1982 )
• February 19 : Kay Boyle , American writer and journalist († 1992 )
• February 19 : Tsuruta Tomoya , Japanese writer († 1988 )
• February 24 : Richard Alewyn , German Germanist and literary critic († 1979 )
• February 27 : John Steinbeck , American writer and Nobel Prize winner († 1968 )

• March 12 : Tüdel Weller , German journalist and writer († 1970 )
• March 13 : Hans Bellmer , German photographer, sculptor, painter and author († 1975 )
• March 14 : Herbert Nette , German editor and writer († 1994 )
• March 29 : Marcel Aymé , French storyteller and playwright († 1967 )
• March 30th : Peeter Sink , Estonian pastor, poet, painter and photographer († 1957 )

• April 2 : Jan Tschichold , German calligrapher, typographer, type designer, poster designer, author and teacher († 1974 )
• April 4 : Stanley G. Weinbaum , American science fiction writer († 1935 )
• April 6 : Werner Abel , German journalist († 1935 )
• April 6 : Hisao Jūran , Japanese writer († 1957 )
• April 10 : Ernst Balzli , Bernese dialect writer and teacher († 1959 )
• April 10 : Ivo Perilli , Italian screenwriter and director († 1994 )
• April 11 : Kobayashi Hideo , Japanese literary critic and writer († 1983 )
• April 19 : Weniamin Kawerin , Russian writer, author of young books († 1989 )
• April 23 : Halldór Laxness , Icelandic writer and Nobel Prize winner († 1998 )

May to August

• May 2 : Werner Finck , German writer, actor and cabaret artist († 1978 )
• May 20 : Helmuth Domizlaff , German antiquarian († 1983 )
• May 20 : Hans Sahl , German literary, film and theater critic, anti-fascist writer, translator and cultural correspondent, representative of German exile literature († 1993 )

• June 19 : Ernst Heimeran , German author and publisher († 1955 )
• June 27 : Peter Hammerschlag , Austrian poet, writer, cabaret artist and graphic artist († 1942 )
• June 30 : Adalbert Welte , Austrian writer († 1969 )

• July 3 : Yoshino Hideo , Japanese writer († 1967 )
• July 9 : Gerhart Pohl , German writer and editor († 1966 )
• July 10 : Nathan Asch , Polish-American writer († 1964 )
• July 10 : Nicolás Guillén , Cuban poet and writer († 1989 )
• July 10 : Günther Weisenborn , German writer and dramaturge († 1969 )
• July 25 : Hans Helfritz , German composer, musicologist and writer († 1995 )
• July 27 : Hans-Dietrich von Diepenbroick-Grueter , German antiquarian and collector of portraits († 1980 )
• July 28 : Karl Popper , Austro-British philosopher and science theorist († 1994 )
• July 29 : Ernst Glaeser , German writer († 1963 )

• August 10 : Curt Siodmak , screenwriter († 2000 )
• August 16 : Georgette Heyer , English writer († 1974 )
• August 17 : Ángel José Battistessa , Argentine Romance studies and translator († 1993 )
• August 19 : Ogden Nash , American poet († 1971 )
• August 30 : Alois Carigiet , Swiss artist, painter and children's book author († 1985 )
• August 30 : Joseph Maria Bocheński , Polish philosopher and logician († 1995 )
• August 30 : Arnold Walter , Czech-Canadian music teacher and writer († 1973 )

September to December

• September 5, Hans G. Bentz , German writer († 1968 )
• September 10 : Toivo Pekkanen , Finnish writer († 1957 )
• September 12 : Marya Zaturenska , American writer († 1982 )
• September 16 : Mildred Harnack , American-German literary scholar († 1943 )
• September 17 : Hugo Hartung , German writer († 1972 )
• September 21 : Allen Lane , British publisher († 1970 )
• September 25 : Sergei Borodin , Russian writer († 1974 )
• September 25 : Ernst von Salomon , German writer († 1972 )

• October 12 : Pavel Reiman , Czech writer and literary historian († 1976 )
• October 29 : Kitazono Katsue , Japanese poet († 1978 )
• October 31 : Carlos Drummond de Andrade , Brazilian poet († 1987 )

• November 1 : Nordahl Grieg , Norwegian writer, poet, playwright and journalist († 1943 )
• November 21 : Isaac Bashevis Singer , Polish-American Jewish writer and Nobel Prize for Literature († 1991 )
• November 23 : SO Wagner , German actor, author, radio play speaker, radio play and theater director († 1975 )
• November 29 : Carlo Levi , Italian writer, painter and politician († 1975 )

• December 6 : Karl Reiche , German writer († 1959 )
• December 16 : Rafael Alberti , Spanish poet († 1999 )
• December 17 : Albert Drach , Austrian lawyer and writer († 1995 )
• December 28 : Mortimer Adler , American philosopher and writer († 2001 )
• December 31 : Jan Čep , Czech writer and translator († 1973 )

Died

• January 21 : Ernst Wichert , German writer and lawyer (* 1831 )
• February 11 : Emil Hartmeyer , German lawyer and publisher (* 1820 )
• February 20 : Wilhelm Asmus , German writer (* 1837 )
• March 9 : Hermann Allmers , German homeland poet (* 1821 )

• May 5 : Bret Harte , American writer (* 1836 )
• May 8 : Paul Leicester Ford , American writer, historian and biographer (* 1865 )
• May 9 : Julius Grosse , German writer (* 1828 )
• May 29 : Olga Arendt , German writer and actress (* 1859 )

• June 10 : Jacint Verdaguer , Catalan poet (* 1845 )
• July 7th : Agnes von Auer , German writer (* 1822 )
• July 29 : Joseph Kürschner , German writer and lexicographer (* 1853 )

• August 9 : Moritz Szeps , Austrian journalist and newspaper publisher (* 1835 )
• August 31 : Mathilde Wesendonck , German writer (* 1828 )

Philippe Solari : Tomb of Émile Zola in the Montmartre cemetery

• September 29 : Émile Zola , French writer (* 1840 )

• October 4 : Peter Soemer , German theologian and poet (* 1832 )
• October 25 : Frank Norris , American writer (* 1870 )

• November 11 : Wilhelm Lauser , German publicist and historian (* 1836 )
• December 24th : Takayama Chogyū , Japanese writer (* 1871 )

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