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Overview of the events of 1883 in literature
Overview of the events of 1883 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1883 .
Events The Adventures of Pinocchio January 13 – Henrik Ibsen 's play An Enemy of the People En folkefiende , 1882) gains its first performance at the Christiania Theatre .[1] February – Carlo Collodi 's children's story The Adventures of Pinocchio Le avventure di Pinocchio .
May 23 – Robert Louis Stevenson 's children's pirate adventure novel Treasure Island Cassell in London.June – Footlights , the University of Cambridge drama club in England, gives its first performance.
June 4 – Mihai Eminescu reads his nationalist poem Doina Junimea Iași .[2] Ion Creangă recalls it being composed on the spot,[3] 1870 .[4] June 30 –October 20 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Black Arrow: A Tale of Tunstall Forest Young Folks July – The first issue of Fiamuri Arbërit Cosenza . Managed by Girolamo de Rada , it promotes Ottomanism against Philhellenism .[5]
August – Ivan Turgenev dictates his last story, "An end", to Pauline Viardot (who writes it in French) on his deathbed at Bougival in France.[6]
August 29 – Dunfermline Carnegie Library , the first Carnegie library , opens in Andrew Carnegie 's home town, Dunfermline , Scotland.October 3 –9 – Turgenev's body is returned by train from Paris to Saint Petersburg with crowds turning out to honor him.[6] December 27 –28 – The Modern Language Association of America holds its first meeting.Uncertain dates
New books Fiction Children and young people Drama Poetry Non-fiction Births January 1 – Alberto Gerchunoff , Argentine writer (died 1949 )January 6 – Kahlil Gibran , Lebanese-born poet and novelist writing in Arabic and English (died 1931 )January 10 – Aleksei Tolstoy , Russian writer (died 1945 )[9] January 20 – Forrest Wilson , American journalist and author (died 1942 )January 21 – Olav Aukrust , Norwegian poet and teacher (died 1929 )February 8 – Joseph Schumpeter , Austrian/American political economist (died 1950 )February 15 – Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Ward), English novelist (died 1959 )February 16 – Elizabeth Craig , British writer (died [1980 )February 20 – Naoya Shiga , Japanese novelist (died 1971 )March 2 (February 18 O.S. ) – Nikos Kazantzakis , Greek novelist (died 1957 )March 9 – Umberto Saba , Italian poet and novelist (died 1957 )March 17 – Urmuz , Romanian short prose writer (died 1923 )March 27 (March 15 O.S. ) – Marie Under , Estonian poet (died 1980 )April 18 – Aleksanteri Aava , Finnish poet (died 1956 )April 27 – Hubert Harrison , African-American writer, critic, and activist (died 1927 )[10] April 30 – Jaroslav Hašek , Czech novelist (died 1923 )[11] June 3 – Franz Kafka , Czech novelist writing in German (died 1924 )June 4 – Joseph Jefferson Farjeon , English crime writer (died 1955 )July 29 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob , Colombian writer (died 1942 )September 14 – Rose Combe , French writer and railway worker (died 1932 )[12] September 22 – Ferenc Oslay , Hungarian -Slovene historian, writer and irredenta (died 1932 )October 18 – Helena Boguszewska , Polish writer, columnist and a social activist (died 1978 )December 13 – Belle da Costa Greene , American librarian (died 1950 )[13] December 23 – Yoshishige Abe , Japanese philosopher and politician (died 1966 )December 30 – Marie Gevers , Belgian novelist writing in French (died 1975 )unknown date – May Edginton , English popular novelist (died 1957 )[14] Deaths January 21 – Anna Eliza Bray , English novelist and travel writer (born 1790 )March 14 – Karl Marx , German philosopher (born 1818 )April 24 – Jules Sandeau , French novelist (born 1811 )May 15 – Mary Elizabeth Mohl ("Clarkey"), English-born literary salonnière (born 1793 )May 23 – Cyprian Norwid , Polish poet, dramatist and artist (born 1821 )June 20 – Gustave Aimard , French novelist (born 1818 )June 11 – Caroline Leigh Gascoigne , English poet, novelist, short story writer (born 1813 )Edward Backhouse Eastwick, Anglo-Indian orientalist and translator (born
1814 August 31 – Levin Schücking , German novelist (born 1814 )September 2 – Léon Halévy , French historian and dramatist (born 1802 )September 3 – Ivan Turgenev , Russian novelist (born 1818 )September 10 – Hendrik Conscience , Flemish novelist (born 1812 )September 25 – George Ayliffe Poole , English writer and cleric (born 1809 )[15] November 26 – Sojourner Truth , African American abolitionist, women's rights activist, and author (born 1797 )[16] December 13 – Victor de Laprade , French poet and critic (born 1812 )[17] unknown date – Mary S. B. Shindler , American poet (born 1810 )References
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