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The Irish Literary Theatre project gives its final performance. [6] October 23 – Mark Twain receives an honorary doctorate of literature from Yale University. In the same month he moves to Riverdale, New York. December 2 – The Romanian literary review Sămănătorul is founded. [7]
The 1901 Nobel Prize in Literature was the first awarded Nobel Prize in Literature.It was awarded to the French poet Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect."
1901 René François Armand " Sully " Prudhomme ( French: [syli pʁydɔm] ; 16 March 1839 – 6 September 1907) was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 .
Jerusalem is a novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, published in two parts in 1901 and 1902.The narrative spans several generations in the 19th century and focuses on several families in Dalarna, Sweden, and a community of Swedish emigrants in Jerusalem.
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Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (4 March 1901 or 1903 – 22 June 1937), born Joseph-Casimir Rabearivelo, was a Malagasy poet who is widely considered to be Africa's first modern poet and the greatest literary artist of Madagascar.
May 1 – Sterling Brown (died 1989) African-American teacher, poet, writer on folklore and literary critic May 30 – Itsik Manger (or "Itzig Manger") איציק מאַנגער (died 1969 ), Yiddish poet and playwright born in Ukraine, a resident in Romania and Poland , then an immigrant to Israel
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