title: 1900 in science fiction
text: # 1900 in science fiction
  
  The year 1900 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
  
  ## Births and deaths
  
  ### Births
  
  * April 1 : (in French) Fernand François, French writer (d. 1991).
  * May 22 : Wallace West, American writer (d. 1980).
  
  ## Awards
  
  The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
  
  ## Audiovisual outputs
  
  ### Movies
  
  * (in French) Coppelia : La Poupée animée, by Georges Méliès.
  * Going to Bed Under Difficulties (in French : Le Déshabillage impossible), by Georges Méliès.
  