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Events on Friday 1 November 1907 1
1873 – 1907Alfred Jarry (1873-1907)Died 1 November 1907, aged 34French writer and dramatist whose play Ubu Roi scandalized Parisian audiences in 1896 and anticipated absurdist and surrealist theater. He invented pataphysics, a parody of science and philosophy that influenced later avant-garde movements. He died in poverty in Paris.