1893 in literature
Overview of the events of 1893 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1893 .
Events
January 14 – Kate Chopin 's short stories "Désirée's Baby " and "A Visit to Avoyelles" appear in Vogue [ 1] February/March – The 22-year-old Stephen Crane pays for publication of his first book, the Bowery novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets New York City . Later considered a pioneering example of American literary realism , its first trade edition (rewritten) comes out in 1896 after Crane has attained fame with The Red Badge of Courage [ 2]
April 19 – Oscar Wilde 's social comedy A Woman of No Importance Haymarket Theatre , London, with Herbert Beerbohm Tree , Mrs. Bernard Beere and Julia Neilson .[ 3] May 2 – Swedish dramatist August Strindberg , 44, begins a brief marriage with Austrian writer Frida Uhl , 21.[ 4] May 17 – Maurice Maeterlinck 's symbolist play Pelléas and Mélisande [ 5] May 27 – Arthur Wing Pinero 's problem play The Second Mrs Tanqueray St. James Theatre , London, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell in the title rôle.[ 6] June 14 – The Shelley Memorial is inaugurated at University College, Oxford , from which the poet was expelled in 1811 . It is designed by Basil Champneys , with a reclining nude marble statue of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Edward Onslow Ford .July – Bangiya Sahitya Parishad is established as "The Bengal Academy of Literature".[ 7]
July 1 – The first issue of L'Ère Nouvelle is published in Paris by the Romanian George Diamandy . It will have contributions from Marxist theoreticians, including Friedrich Engels , Paul Lafargue , Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea , Georgi Plekhanov , and Georges Sorel .[ 8] L'Ère Nouvelle promotes a blend of naturalism as embodied by Émile Zola and historical materialism .[ 9] October – André Gide begins his travels in North Africa, where he comes to accept his homosexuality .[ 10]
October 7 – Finley Peter Dunne introduces the fictional character Mr. Dooley in the Chicago Evening Post [ 11] November 11 – Jerome K. Jerome founds To-Day , "A weekly magazine-journal", in London.[ 12] November 26 – Arthur Conan Doyle surprises the reading public by revealing in the story "The Adventure of the Final Problem ", published in The Strand Magazine Sherlock Holmes had apparently died at the Reichenbach Falls on 4 May 1891. Doyle has stayed in Switzerland for a time this year.November 28 – The Raimund Theater opens in Vienna, Austria.[ 13] December – W. B. Yeats publishes The Celtic Twilight , giving a popular name to the Irish Literary Revival .
December 16 – Establishment, in Yorkshire (England), of the Brontë Society, possibly the oldest literary society of this nature, dedicated to establishing what will become the Brontë Parsonage Museum .[ 14] December 20 – The first story featuring the private detective character Sexton Blake , "The Missing Millionaire", appears in Alfred Harmsworth 's new boys' story paper The Halfpenny Marvel (London), written by Harry Blyth under the pen-name Hal Meredeth.[ 15]
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 3
January 10 – Vicente Huidobro , Chilean Creacionismo 1948 )January 12 – Maria Jolas , born Maria McDonald, American-born French literary publisher (died 1987 )January 13 – Clark Ashton Smith , American poet and short-story writer (died 1961 )February 11 – Nan Shepherd , Scottish novelist and poet (died 1981 )February 26 – Dorothy Whipple , English writer of fiction and children's books (died 1966 )March 11 – Wanda Gág , American children's author and artist (died 1946 )March 18 – Wilfred Owen , English war poet (killed in action 1918 )April 9
April 16 – Germaine Guèvremont , Canadian journalist and author (died 1968 )[ 19] May 6 – Margaret Cole (Margaret Postgate), English political writer, biographer and activist (died 1980 )May 14 – Louis Verneuil , born Louis Jacques Marie Collin du Bocage, French playwright (suicide 1952 )May 19 – H. Bonciu , Romanian novelist, poet and translator (died 1950 )June 13 – Dorothy L. Sayers , English writer of detective fiction and translator (died 1957 )[ 20] July 3 – Luca Caragiale , Romanian poet, novelist and translator (died 1921 )July 5 – Anthony Berkeley Cox , English crime writer (died 1971 )[ 21] July 19 – Vladimir Mayakovsky , Russian and Soviet poet and playwright (suicide 1930 )July 21 – Hans Fallada (Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen), German novelist (died 1947 )August 1 – Mihail Celarianu , Romanian poet and novelist (died 1985 )August 14 – Francis Dvornik , Czech historian (died 1975 )August 22 – Dorothy Parker , American poet, journalist and wit (died 1967 )September 18
September 28 – Giannis Skarimpas , Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (died 1984 )October 9 – Mário de Andrade , Brazilian writer and photographer (died 1945 )[ 22] October 14
October 15 – Saunders Lewis , English-born Welsh poet, dramatist and critic (died 1985 )October 16 – Harry Donenfeld , American pulp fiction publisher (died 1965 )October 26 – Miloš Crnjanski , Serbian poet and novelist (died 1977 )November 10 – John P. Marquand , American novelist (died 1960 )[ 24] November 14 – Carlo Emilio Gadda , Italian author (died 1973 )December 6 – Sylvia Townsend Warner , English novelist and poet (died 1978 )December 29 – Vera Brittain , English memoirist, novelist, feminist and pacifist (died 1970 )Unknown date – Samuel Roth , Galician -born American writer and publisher (died 1974 )
Deaths
January 7 – Jožef Stefan , Slovenian physicist, mathematician and poet (born 1835 )January 15 – Fanny Kemble , English actress (born 1809 )January 22 – Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥), Japanese dramatist (born 1816 )January 23 – José Zorrilla , Spanish dramatist and poet (born 1817 )February 10
February 13 – Ignacio Manuel Altamirano , first modern Mexican novelist (Clemencia ) and (El Zarco ) (born 1834 )[ 25] April 6 – Charlotte Anley , English didactic novelist and religious writer (born 1796 )April 17 – Lucy Larcom , American teacher and author (born 1824 )[ 26] April 19 – John Addington Symonds , English poet and essayist (born 1840 )[ 27] May 10 – Julius Dresser , American writer of the "New Thought" movement (born 1838 )[ 28] June 11 – H. B. Goodwin , American novelist, poet and educator (born 1827 )June 14 – Jakob Frohschammer , German theologian and philosopher (born 1821 )July 6 – Guy de Maupassant , French novelist and short story writer (born 1850 )August 12 – Edward Bruce Hamley , English military writer, general and politician (born 1824 )August 31 – Lucy Hamilton Hooper , American poet, journalist, editor, playwright, and translator (born 1835 )September 4 – Francis Adams , Maltese-born English political writer, poet and novelist (born 1862 )[ 29] October 7 – William Smith , English lexicographer (born 1813 )November 12 – Jemima von Tautphoeus , English-born novelist (born 1807 )December 2 – Charlotte Maria Tucker , English children's writer (born 1821 )December 25
Awards
References
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