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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1902. ==Events== *January 5 * *The political drama ''Danton's Death'' (''Dantons Tod'', completed and published in 1835) by Georg Büchner (d. 1837), receives its première, at the Belle-Alliance-Theater in Berlin in a production by the Vereins Neue Freie Volksbühne. * *First performance of George Bernard Shaw's controversial 1893 play ''Mrs. Warren's Profession'' at a private club in London. *April - Mark Twain purchases a home in Tarrytown, New York. *June 4 - Mark Twain receives an honorary doctorate of literature degree from the University of Missouri. *June 16 - Bertrand Russell writes to Gottlob Frege informing him of the mathematical problem that will become known as Russell's paradox. *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. *Early October - Beatrix Potter's self-illustrated children's book ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'' (originally published privately a year earlier) is first published in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co in London. By the end of the year it sells 28,000 copies. *October 5 - Thousands attend the funeral of French novelist Émile Zola at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris; they include Alfred Dreyfus, given special permission by Mme Zola to attend. *November 4 - J. M. Barrie's comedy ''The Admirable Crichton'' is premièred at the Duke of York's Theatre in London, starring H. B. Irving, Henry Kemble and Irene Vanbrugh and running for an extremely successful 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.〔''My Life in Art'' (1924).〕 *December 18 - Maxim Gorky's drama ''The Lower Depths - Scenes from Russian Life'' (На дне, ''Na dne'') is premièred at the Moscow Art Theatre with Stanislavski directing and starring, his first major success. *The Irish Literary Theatre project ends. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1902 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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