List of years in literature This article gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroq ...

Lana Del Rey Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, with frequent r ...

2018 in poetry Major poetry related events which took place worldwide during 2018 are outlined below under different sections. This includes poetry books released during the year in different languages, major literary awards, poetry festivals and events, besides ...

2017 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *May 23 – English poet Tony Walsh reads his 2013 poem "This is the place" to the crowds gathered in Albert Square ...

2016 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *January 14 – Egyptian poet Omar Hazek, who was released from prison in September 2015, is prevented from leavin ...

2015 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * September 8 – In the 2015 edition of '' Best American Poetry'', the inclusion of a poem by Michael Derrick Huds ...

2014 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *January – Five fragments of nine poems, some previously unknown, by Greek poet Sappho are discovered on ancient ...

Juan Gelman Juan Gelman (3 May 1930 – 14 January 2014) was an Argentine poet. He published more than twenty books of poetry between 1956 and his death in early 2014. He was a naturalized citizen of Mexico, country where he arrived as a political exile of th ...

2013 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June 4 – English publication of ''For a Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet's Journey through a Chinese Prison'' by ...

Thomas McEvilley Thomas McEvilley (; July 13, 1939 – March 2, 2013) was an American art critic, poet, novelist, and scholar. He was a Distinguished Lecturer in Art History at Rice UniversityThomas McEvilley, G. Roger Denson (1996), ''Capacity: : History, th ...

Taylor Mead Taylor Mead (December 31, 1924 – May 8, 2013) was an American writer, actor and performer. Mead appeared in several of Andy Warhol's underground films filmed at Warhol's Factory, including ''Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of'' (1963) and ...

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

2012 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *January 31 – A Chinese court sentences poet and political dissident Zhu Yufu to a seven-year prison term for "in ...

What Must Be Said "What Must Be Said" (german: Was gesagt werden muss) is a 2012 prose poem by the German writer Günter Grass, recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.persona non grata''; Death of

Adrienne Rich Adrienne Cecile Rich ( ; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "the ...

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Wisława Szymborska Maria Wisława Anna SzymborskaVioletta Szosta gazeta.pl, 9 February 2012. ostęp 2012-02-11 (; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent ( ...

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2011 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January 19 – Liz Lochhead becomes the second Scots Makar, the official national poet of Scotland. * April 4 � ...

Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (; 15 April 1931 – 26 March 2015) was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer's ...

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature;

Liz Lochhead Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE (born 26 December 1947) is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011. E ...

succeeds Edwin Morgan as The Scots Makar; Death of Josephine Hart,

Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...

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Robert Kroetsch Robert Paul Kroetsch (June 26, 1927 – June 21, 2011)

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2010 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January 19 – For the first time since 1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the Poe Toaster, failed to sh ...

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

's '' Human Chain''; Death of

Tuli Kupferberg Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg (September 28, 1923 – July 12, 2010) was an American counterculture poet, author, singer, cartoonist, publisher, and co-founder of the rock band The Fugs. Biography Naphtali Kupferberg was born into a Jewish, Yi ...

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Peter Orlovsky Peter Anton Orlovsky (July 8, 1933 – May 30, 2010) was an American poet and actor. He was the long-time partner of Allen Ginsberg. Early life and career Orlovsky was born in the Lower East Side of New York City, the son of Katherine (née ...

, P. Lal, Edwin Morgan

2000s

* 2009 in poetry Turkish government posthumously restores

Nâzım Hikmet Mehmed Nâzım Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), Note: 403 Forbidden error received 10 October 2022. commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (), was a Turkish-Polish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was ...

's citizenship, stripped from him because of his beliefs;

Ruth Padel Ruth Sophia Padel FRSL FZS is a British poet, novelist and non-fiction author, known for her poetic explorations of migration, both animal and human, and her involvement with classical music, wildlife conservation and Greece, ancient and modern. ...

the first woman elected

Oxford Professor of Poetry The Professor of Poetry is an academic appointment at the University of Oxford. The chair was created in 1708 by an endowment from the estate of Henry Birkhead. The professorship carries an obligation to lecture, but is in effect a part-time p ...

, only to resign in controversy before taking office;

Carol Ann Duffy Dame Carol Ann Duffy (born 23 December 1955) is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, resigning in 2019. She was the first ...

succeeds Andrew Motion as the UK's

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

; Elizabeth Alexander reads "Praise Song for the Day" at presidential inauguration of U.S. President

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

; Death of Dennis Brutus,

Jim Carroll James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work '' The Basketball Diaries'', which inspired a 1995 film of ...

, Nicholas Hughes (son of

Ted Hughes Edward James "Ted" Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest wri ...

and

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, '' Th ...

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2008 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * June 18 – Release in the United Kingdom of a new film, ''The Edge of Love'', concern ...

Death of Harold Pinter, Jonathan Williams *

2007 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 10 ...

Death of William Morris Meredith, Jr.,

Emmett Williams Emmett Williams (4 April 1925 – 14 February 2007) was an American poet and visual artist. He was married to British visual artist Ann Noël. Williams was born in Greenville, South Carolina, grew up in Virginia, and lived in Europe from 1 ...

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2006 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January – The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Cultural Foundation, founded by the Kyoto, Japan, Chamber of Commerce and I ...

Seamus Heaney's '' District and Circle''; Death of

Stanley Kunitz Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (; July 29, 1905May 14, 2006) was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000. Biography Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massach ...

* 2005 in poetry Harold Pinter awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of

Philip Lamantia Philip Lamantia (October 23, 1927 – March 7, 2005) was an American poet and lecturer. His poems were often visionary, ecstatic, terror-filled, and erotic, exploring the subconscious world of dreams and linking it to daily experiences, while s ...

, Robert Creeley *

2004 in poetry This article presents lists of historical events related to the writing of poetry during 2004. The historical context of events related to the writing of poetry in 2004 are addressed in articles such as ''History of Poetry'' Nationality words link ...

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

reads " Beacons of Bealtaine" for 25 leaders of the enlarged

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

; Edwin Morgan named as The Scots Makar; Death of

Janet Frame Janet Paterson Frame (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author. She was internationally renowned for her work, which included novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awar ...

, Jackson Mac Low,

Czesław Miłosz Czesław Miłosz (, also , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, ...

* 2003 in poetry John Paul II's ''

Roman Triptych "Roman Triptych: Meditations" is a poem by Pope John Paul II, published in the ( Vatican) in March 2003 by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, with the presentation of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. "Roman Triptych" is the only poem John Paul II wrote during h ...

(Meditation)''; Kenneth Rexroth's ''Complete Poems'' (posthumous) * 2002 in poetry Death of

Kenneth Koch Kenneth Koch ( ; 27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. He was a prominent poet of the New York School of poetry. This was a loose group of poets includ ...

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2001 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Immediately after the September 11 attacks in the United States, W. H. Auden's "September 1, 1939" was read (with ...

Seamus Heaney's '' Electric Light''; First-ever

Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...

in Canada; Death of

Gregory Corso Gregory Nunzio Corso (March 26, 1930 – January 17, 2001) was an American poet and a key member of the Beat movement. He was the youngest of the inner circle of Beat Generation writers (with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burrou ...

* 2000 in poetry Death of

Yehuda Amichai Yehuda Amichai ( he, יהודה עמיחי; born Ludwig Pfeuffer 3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. Amichai was awarded the 1957 Shlonsky Prize, the ...

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Ahmad Shamlou Ahmad Shamlou ( fa, احمد شاملو, ''Ahmad Šāmlū'' , also known under his pen name A. Bamdad ( fa, ا. بامداد)) (December 12, 1925 – July 23, 2000) was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most infl ...

20th century in poetry

1990s

* 1999 in poetry Andrew Motion succeeds Ted Hughes as the UK's

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

; Julia Donaldson's '' The Gruffalo''; Death of Edward Dorn * 1998 in poetry Ted Hughes's ''

Birthday Letters ''Birthday Letters'' is a 1998 poetry collection by English poet and children's writer Ted Hughes. Released only months before Hughes's death, the collection won multiple prestigious literary awards. This collection of eighty-eight poems is widel ...

''; Death of Zbigniew Herbert,

Ted Hughes Edward James "Ted" Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest wri ...

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Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and ...

* 1997 in poetry Death of

William Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

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Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Gener ...

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James Dickey James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award. Dickey is best known for his n ...

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Denise Levertov Priscilla Denise Levertov (24 October 1923 – 20 December 1997) was a British-born naturalised American poet. She was a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. Early life and influences Levertov was born and grew up in Ilford, Ess ...

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David Ignatow David Ignatow (February 7, 1914 – November 17, 1997) was an American poet and editor. Life David Ignatow was born in Brooklyn on February 7, 1914, and spent most of his life in the New York City area. He died on November 17, 1997, at his ...

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James Laughlin James Laughlin (October 30, 1914 – November 12, 1997) was an American poet and literary book publisher who founded New Directions Publishing. Early life He was born in Pittsburgh, the son of Henry Hughart and Marjory Rea Laughlin. Laughlin ...

, William Matthews *

1996 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April – National Poetry Month established by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and a ...

Seamus Heaney's '' The Spirit Level'';

Wisława Szymborska Maria Wisława Anna SzymborskaVioletta Szosta gazeta.pl, 9 February 2012. ostęp 2012-02-11 (; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent ( ...

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of Joseph Brodsky * 1995 in poetry

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of

May Sarton May Sarton was the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton (May 3, 1912 – July 16, 1995), a Belgian-American poet, novelist and memoirist. Although her best work is strongly personalised with erotic female imagery, she resisted the label of ‘lesb ...

, Sir Stephen Spender

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, David Avidan * 1994 in poetry Death of

Charles Bukowski Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted ...

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1993 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton. * M ...

Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of U.S. President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

* 1992 in poetry Derek Walcott awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of Eve Merriam * 1991 in poetry Death of

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss"
'' James Schuyler James Marcus Schuyler (November 9, 1923 – April 12, 1991) was an American poet. His awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 1980 collection ''The Morning of the Poem''. He was a central figure in the New York School and is of ...

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Howard Nemerov Howard Nemerov (March 1, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was an American poet. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990. For ''The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov'' (1977) ...

* 1990 in poetry

Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and ...

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of

Lawrence Durrell Lawrence George Durrell (; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. Born in India to British colonial p ...

1980s

* 1989 in poetry Death of Samuel Beckett,

Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the liter ...

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May Swenson Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson (May 28, 1913 – December 4, 1989) was an American poet and playwright. Harold Bloom considered her one of the most important and original poets of the 20th century. The first child of Margaret and Dan Arthur Sw ...

* 1988 in poetry Death of Máirtín Ó Direáin, Miguel Piñero, Robert Duncan * 1987 in poetry Joseph Brodsky awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Ezra Pound and

Louis Zukofsky Louis Zukofsky (January 23, 1904 – May 12, 1978) was an American poet. He was the primary instigator and theorist of the so-called "Objectivist" poets, a short lived collective of poets who after several decades of obscurity would reemerge a ...

, ''Pound/Zukofsky: Selected Letters of Ezra Pound and Louis Zukofsky'', edited by Barry Ahearn (Faber & Faber) * 1986 in poetry

Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: ''Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká''; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded t ...

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of

John Ciardi John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

, Jean Genet,

Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert (; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides ...

* 1985 in poetry Death of Robert Graves,

Philip Larkin Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, ''The North Ship'', was published in 1945, followed by two novels, ''Jill'' (1946) and ''A Girl in Winter'' (1947 ...

* 1984 in poetry

Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert (; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides ...

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature;

Ted Hughes Edward James "Ted" Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest wri ...

succeeds John Betjeman as the UK's

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

(on the refusal of

Philip Larkin Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, ''The North Ship'', was published in 1945, followed by two novels, ''Jill'' (1946) and ''A Girl in Winter'' (1947 ...

); Death of George Oppen *

1983 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * April – Russian poetry, Russian samizdat poet Irina Ratushinskaya is sentenced t ...

Death of Ted Berrigan, Edwin Denby * 1982 in poetry Death of Kenneth Rexroth, Archibald MacLeish,

Djuna Barnes Djuna Barnes (, June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel ''Nightwood'' (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist liter ...

* 1981 in poetry Death of

Christy Brown Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter who had cerebral palsy and was able to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiography, titled ''My Left Foot'' (1954). ...

* 1980 in poetry

Czesław Miłosz Czesław Miłosz (, also , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, ...

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of

Muriel Rukeyser Muriel Rukeyser (December 15, 1913 – February 12, 1980) was an American poet and political activist, best known for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism. Kenneth Rexroth said that she was the greatest poet of her "e ...

1970s

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1979 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * '' The Kenyon Review'' is restarted by Kenyon College in the United States 10 years after the original publication ...

Death of

Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Awar ...

; Jacqueline Osherow is awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal for an English Poem * 1978 in poetry Death of Micheál Mac Liammóir * 1977 in poetry Death of Robert Lowell,

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bor ...

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Seán Ó Ríordáin Seán Pádraig Ó Ríordáin (3 December 1916 – 21 February 1977), sometimes referred to as an Ríordánach, was an Irish language poet and later a newspaper columnist. He is credited with introducing European themes to Irish poetry, and is wi ...

* 1976 in poetry *

1975 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Following the fall of the Greek military junta in 1974, poets, authors and intellectuals who had fled after the ...

* 1974 in poetry Death of

Miguel Ángel Asturias Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (; October 19, 1899 – June 9, 1974) was a Nobel Prize-winning Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Asturias helped establish Latin American literature's contribution to mainstream W ...

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Anne Sexton Anne Sexton (born Anne Gray Harvey; November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974) was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book '' Live or Die''. Her poetry details ...

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Philip Larkin Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, ''The North Ship'', was published in 1945, followed by two novels, ''Jill'' (1946) and ''A Girl in Winter'' (1947 ...

's '' High Windows'' * 1973 in poetry Death of

W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...

, Pablo Neruda,

J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...

* 1972 in poetry John Betjeman succeeds Cecil Day-Lewis as the UK's

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

; Death of

John Berryman John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in th ...

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Kenneth Patchen Kenneth Patchen (December 13, 1911January 8, 1972) was an American poet and novelist. He experimented with different forms of writing and incorporated painting, drawing, and jazz music into his works, which have been compared with those of Will ...

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Padraic Colum Padraic Colum (8 December 1881 – 11 January 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival. Early life Col ...

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Marianne Moore Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. Early life Moore was born in Kirkwood ...

, Richard Church, Cecil Day-Lewis, Ezra Pound,

Mark Van Doren Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thin ...

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Paul Goodman Paul Goodman (1911–1972) was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism. Goodman was prolific across numerous literary genres and non-fiction topics, including the arts, civil rights, decen ...

* 1971 in poetry Pablo Neruda awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of

Jim Morrison James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, poet and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his wild personality, poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, unpredictable and err ...

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Ogden Nash Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by ''The New York Times'' the country's bes ...

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1970 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * May – "La nuit de la poésie", a poetry reading in Montreal bringing together poets from French Canada to re ...

Death of Nelly Sachs,

Charles Olson Charles Olson (27 December 1910 – 10 January 1970) was a second generation modern American poet who was a link between earlier figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, which includes the New York ...

, Paul Celan,

Leah Goldberg Leah Goldberg or Lea Goldberg ( he, לאה גולדברג; May 29, 1911, Königsberg – January 15, 1970, Jerusalem) was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, and comparative literary researcher. Her writ ...

1960s

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1969 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * March 23 – German-born writer Assia Wevill, a mistress of English poet Ted Hughes (and ex-wife of Canadian poet ...

Samuel Beckett awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of Jack Kerouac, André Salmon *

1968 in poetry The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Jan ...

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

, ''Selected Poems, 1956-1968'' * 1967 in poetry Cecil Day-Lewis selected as the UK's new

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

(succeeding John Masefield); Death of

Patrick Kavanagh Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 – 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist. His best-known works include the novel ''Tarry Flynn'', and the poems "On Raglan Road" and "The Great Hunger". He is known for his accounts of Irish life th ...

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John Masefield John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels ''The Midnight Folk'' and ...

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Carl Sandburg Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg ...

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1966 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Raymond Souster founds the League of Canadian Poets * Philip Hobsbaum, who had founded The Belfast Group in Bel ...

Seamus Heaney's '' Death of a Naturalist''; Death of

Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn ...

, André Breton, Frank O'Hara,

Basil Bunting Basil Cheesman Bunting (1 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of '' Briggflatts'' in 1966, generally regarded as one of the major achievements of the modernist traditio ...

's ''Briggflatts'' *

1965 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June 11 – International Poetry Incarnation, a performance poetry event, is staged at the Royal Albert Hall in Lo ...

Death of T. S. Eliot * 1964 in poetry

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

's ''

In His Own Write ''In His Own Write'' is a 1964 nonsense book by English musician John Lennon. His first book, it consists of poems and short stories ranging from eight lines to three pages, as well as illustrations. After Lennon showed journalist Michael Br ...

'', containing nonsensical poems, sketches and drawings (a best seller by the member of

the Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...

); Something Else Press founded by

Dick Higgins Dick Higgins (15 March 1938 – 25 October 1998) was an American artist, composer, art theorist, poet, publisher, printmaker, and a co-founder of the Fluxus international artistic movement (and community). Inspired by John Cage, Higgins was an ...

in 1963 (publishes

concrete poetry Concrete poetry is an arrangement of linguistic elements in which the typographical effect is more important in conveying meaning than verbal significance. It is sometimes referred to as visual poetry, a term that has now developed a distinct me ...

by several authors, starting in 1964),

Philip Larkin Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, ''The North Ship'', was published in 1945, followed by two novels, ''Jill'' (1946) and ''A Girl in Winter'' (1947 ...

's ''The Whitsun Weddings''; Death of

Brendan Behan Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ga, Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English an ...

, Dame Edith Sitwell DBE *

1963 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). —Opening lines of "Edge" by Sylvia Plath, written days before her suicide Events * January 26 ...

Bob Dylan's album ''

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on May 27, 1963 by Columbia Records. Whereas his self-titled debut album ''Bob Dylan'' had contained only two original songs, this album ...

'' released (with his most influential early songwriting); Death of

Nâzım Hikmet Mehmed Nâzım Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), Note: 403 Forbidden error received 10 October 2022. commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (), was a Turkish-Polish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was ...

, Louis MacNeice,

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, '' Th ...

, Robert Frost,

William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both pedia ...

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Tristan Tzara Tristan Tzara (; ; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, comp ...

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Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...

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1962 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * May 30 – Composer Benjamin Britten's '' War Requiem'', incorporating settings of Wilfred Owen's poems, is pre ...

Death of E. E. Cummings * 1961 in poetry

Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Gener ...

's ''Kaddish and Other Poems''; death of H. D.,Death of

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

* 1960 in poetry

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss"
'' Green Eggs and Ham ''Green Eggs and Ham'' is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2019, the book has sold 8 million copies worldwide. The story has appeared in several adaptations, starting with 1973's '' Dr. Seuss on the Loos ...

''; Death of Boris Pasternak

1950s

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1959 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *March – at a dinner celebrating Robert Frost's 85th birthday, the critic Lionel Trilling gives some brief remar ...

Death of

Edgar Guest Edgar Albert Guest (20 August 1881 – 5 August 1959) was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life. Early life Guest was born in Birmingham ...

, Lakshmi Prasad Devkota * 1958 in poetry Boris Pasternak awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Death of

Alfred Noyes Alfred Noyes CBE (16 September 188025 June 1958) was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright. Early years Noyes was born in Wolverhampton, England the son of Alfred and Amelia Adams Noyes. When he was four, the family moved to Ab ...

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Robert W. Service Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a British-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon". The middle name 'William' was in honour of a rich uncle. When that uncle neglected to provide for hi ...

; Ezra Pound's indictment for treason is dismissed. He is released from St. Elizabeths Hospital, an insane asylum in Maryland, after spending 12 years there (starting in 1946) * 1957 in poetry Howl obscenity trial in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

,

Ted Hughes Edward James "Ted" Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest wri ...

's ''The Hawk in the Rain'',

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss"
'' The Cat in the Hat ''The Cat in the Hat'' is a 1957 children's book written and illustrated by the American author Theodor Geisel, using the pen name Dr. Seuss. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped top hat and a red b ...

'' and ''

How the Grinch Stole Christmas ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' is a Christmas children's story by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who tries to cancel Christmas by st ...

''; Death of Oliver St. John Gogarty *

1956 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events *February 25 – English poet Ted Hughes and American poet Sylvia Plath meet in Camb ...

Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Gener ...

's ''

Howl and Other Poems ''Howl and Other Poems'' is a collection of poetry by Allen Ginsberg published November 1, 1956. It contains Ginsberg's most famous poem, " Howl", which is considered to be one of the principal works of the Beat Generation as well as " A Super ...

'', a signature of the Beat Generation published by

City Lights Books City Lights is an independent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California, that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics. It also houses the nonprofit City Lights Foundation, which publishes selected ti ...

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United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

; Birth of Cathal Ó Searcaigh *

1955 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April – Wallace Stevens is baptized a Catholic by the chaplain of St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connectic ...

Discovery of the ''

Hinilawod Hinilawod is an epic poem orally transmitted from early inhabitants of a place called Sulod in central Panay, Philippines. The term "Hinilawod" generally translates to "Tales From The Mouth of The Halawod River". The epic must have been commo ...

'' by F. Landa Jocano; Death of

Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance compa ...

; Birth of Paula Meehan, William Wall * 1954 in poetry

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss"
'' Horton Hears a Who! ''Horton Hears a Who!'' is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss. It was published in 1954 by Random House. This book tells the story of Horton the Elephant and his adventures saving Whovi ...

'' * 1953 in poetry Death of Dylan Thomas; Birth of

Frank McGuinness Professor Frank McGuinness (born 1953) is an Irish writer. As well as his own plays, which include '' The Factory Girls'', ''Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme'', '' Someone Who'll Watch Over Me'' and ''Dolly West's Kitchen'' ...

* 1952 in poetry Death of

Paul Éluard Paul Éluard (), born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (; 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal ...

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George Santayana Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (; December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952), was a Spanish and US-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, Santayana was raised ...

; Birth of

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (; born 1952) is a leading Irish poet. Biography Born in Lancashire, England, of Irish parents, she moved to Ireland at the age of 5 and was brought up in the Dingle Gaeltacht and in Nenagh, County Tipperary. Her uncle, Mo ...

* 1951 in poetry Birth of

Paul Muldoon Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951) is an Irish poet. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he is currently both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 University P ...

* 1950 in poetry Death of Edna St. Vincent Millay; Birth of Mary Dorcey,

Medbh McGuckian Medbh McGuckian (born as Maeve McCaughan on 12 August 1950) is a poet from Northern Ireland. Biography She was born the third of six children as Maeve McCaughan to Hugh and Margaret McCaughan in North Belfast. Her father was a school headmaster ...

1940s

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1949 in poetry Links to nations or nationalities point to articles with information on that nation's poetry or literature. For example, United Kingdom links to English poetry and Indian links to Indian poetry. Events * January 19 - Starting this year, and c ...

Birth of Gabriel Rosenstock * 1948 in poetry T. S. Eliot awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature * 1947 in poetry

Cleanth Brooks Cleanth Brooks ( ; October 16, 1906 – May 10, 1994) was an American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-20th century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher ...

's ''The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry'' (a classic statement of the New Criticism); Birth of

Dermot Healy Dermot Healy (9 November 1947 – 29 June 2014) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. A member of Aosdána, Healy was also part of its governing body, the Toscaireacht. Born in Finea, County Westmeath, he lived in ...

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1946 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * March – Japanese poet Sadako Kurihara's " Bringing Forth New Life" (生ましめんかな, ''Umashimen-kana'') i ...

" On Raglan Road" first published, with the title "Dark Haired Miriam Ran Away"; Ezra Pound brought back to the United States on treason charges, but found unfit to face trial because of insanity and sent to St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he remained for 12 years; Death of

Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny West neighborhood and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris ...

* 1945 in poetry Death of

Paul Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mus ...

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Robert Desnos Robert Desnos (; 4 July 1900 – 8 June 1945) was a French poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement of his day. Biography Robert Desnos was born in Paris on 4 July 1900, the son of a licensed dealer in game and poultry at the '' H ...

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Zinaida Gippius Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (Hippius) (; – 9 September 1945) was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker, one of the major figures in Russian symbolism. The story of her marriage to Dmitry Merezhkovsky, which laste ...

; Birth of

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

, OBE *

1944 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June 1 & June 5 – The first and (modified) second lines respectively of Paul Verlaine's 1866 poem ''Chanson ...

Birth of

Eavan Boland Eavan Aisling Boland (24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996. Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of w ...

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Paul Durcan Paul Durcan (born 16 October 1944) is a contemporary Irish poet. Early life Durcan was born and grew up in Dublin and in Turlough, County Mayo. His father, John, was a barrister and circuit court judge; father and son had a difficult and forma ...

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1943 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * September 12 – Abraham Sutzkever, a Polish Jew writing poetry in Yiddish, escapes the Vilna Ghetto with his ...

Death of

Stephen Vincent Benét Stephen Vincent Benét (; July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, '' John Brown's Body'' (1928), for which he receiv ...

, William Soutar in Perth; Birth of

Jim Morrison James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, poet and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his wild personality, poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, unpredictable and err ...

; T. S. Eliot's ''

Four Quartets ''Four Quartets'' is a set of four poems written by T. S. Eliot that were published over a six-year period. The first poem, ''Burnt Norton'', was published with a collection of his early works (1936's ''Collected Poems 1909–1935''). After a f ...

'' published as a whole * 1942 in poetry Birth of William Matthews, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin; Death of Konstantin Balmont *

1941 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *January 20 — Chittadhar Hridaya begins a 6-year sentence of imprisonment in Kathmandu for writing poetry in ...

Death of

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...

,

Marina Tsvetaeva Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, p=mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈtaɪvə; 31 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in twentieth century Russia ...

; Birth of

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

, Derek Mahon *

1940 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January – English literary magazine ''Horizon'' is first published in London by Cyril Connolly, Peter Watso ...

Birth of Joseph Brodsky,

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

1930s

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1939 in poetry — W. H. Auden, from "September 1, 1939" Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January ** Last issue of ''The Criterion'' is published ** ''The Kenyo ...

Death of W. B. Yeats; Birth of

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

,

Michael Longley Michael Longley, (born 27 July 1939, Belfast, Northern Ireland), is an Anglo-Irish poet. Life and career One of twin boys, Michael Longley was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to English parents, Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast A ...

; T.S. Eliot's ''

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' (1939) is a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It serves as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical ''Cats'' ...

'' *

1938 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * In Nazi Germany the ''Reichsschrifttumskammer'' (the National Socialist authors' assoc ...

Death of

Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam ( rus, Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам, p=ˈosʲɪp ɨˈmʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the A ...

*

1937 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February 1 – First broadcast on Sveriges Radio (Sweden) of the continuing programme ''Dagens dikt'' ("Poem of the ...

'' Lahuta e Malcís'' - Gjergj Fishta; First-ever Governor General's Literary Awards in Canada; Birth of

Diane Wakoski Diane Wakoski (born August 3, 1937) is an American poet. Wakoski is primarily associated with the deep image poets, as well as the confessional and Beat poets of the 1960s. She received considerable attention in the 1980s for controversial comm ...

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1936 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January – ''Canadian Poetry Magazine'' first published by the Canadian Authors Association, with E. J. Pra ...

Killing of

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

, Death of

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...

; Birth of John Giorno * 1935 in poetry Charles G. D. Roberts knighted for his poetry;

Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn ...

begins publishing her cycle of poems '' Requiem'' *

1934 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April 6 – Rudyard Kipling and W. B. Yeats are awarded the Gothenburg Prize for Poetry. * September – T ...

Death of

Andrei Bely Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev ( rus, Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ bʊˈɡajɪf, a=Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev.ru.vorb.oga), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely ( rus, Андр� ...

; Birth of

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

,

Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: ''Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká''; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded t ...

* 1933 in poetry '' The Winding Stair'' - W.B. Yeats; Death of

Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914. In 1918 she won a Pulitzer Prize for he ...

; Birth of

Yevgeny Yevtushenko Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko ( rus, links=no, 1=Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко; 18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017) was a Soviet and Russian poet. He was also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, ...

* 1932 in poetry Death of Hart Crane; Birth of

Christy Brown Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter who had cerebral palsy and was able to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiography, titled ''My Left Foot'' (1954). ...

,

Michael McClure Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous ...

, David Antin,

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, '' Th ...

* 1931 in poetry Death of

Vachel Lindsay Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (; November 10, 1879 – December 5, 1931) was an American poet. He is considered a founder of modern ''singing poetry,'' as he referred to it, in which verses are meant to be sung or chanted. Early years Lindsay was bor ...

,

Kahlil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist ...

; Birth of

Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (; 15 April 1931 – 26 March 2015) was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer's ...

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1930 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Samuel Minturn Peck becomes first Poet Laureate of Alabama, a title created for him. Works published Canada * A ...

John Masefield John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels ''The Midnight Folk'' and ...

succeeds Robert Bridges as the UK's

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

; Death of

Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was an English poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is ...

, D. H. Lawrence,

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (, ; rus, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj, Ru-Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.ogg, links=y; – 14 Apr ...

; birth of Gary Snyder,

Adunis Ali Ahmad Said Esber (, North Levantine: ; born 1 January 1930), also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis ( ar, أدونيس ), is a Syrian poet, essayist and translator. He led a modernist revolution in the second half of the 20th century, ...

, Harold Pinter, Derek Walcott

1920s

* 1929 in poetry

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published ...

awarded to

Stephen Vincent Benét Stephen Vincent Benét (; July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, '' John Brown's Body'' (1928), for which he receiv ...

for ''

John Brown's Body "John Brown's Body" (originally known as "John Brown's Song") is a United States marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was popular in the Union during the American Civil War. The tune arose out of the folk hymn tradition o ...

''; Birth of

Ed Dorn Edward Merton Dorn (April 2, 1929 – December 10, 1999, aged 70) was an American poet and teacher often associated with the Black Mountain poets. His most famous work is '' ''Gunslinger'. Overview Dorn was born in Villa Grove, Illinois. ...

, John Montague * 1928 in poetry '' The Tower (book)'' - W.B. Yeats; Birth of Maya Angelou,

Thomas Kinsella Thomas Kinsella (4 May 192822 December 2021) was an Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher. Born outside Dublin, Kinsella attended University College Dublin before entering the civil service. He began publishing poetry in the early 1950s ...

; Death of Thomas Hardy * 1927 in poetry William Soutar creates his '' Epigram form'' of the Cinquain; Birth of John Ashbery * 1926 in poetry Death of Rainer Maria Rilke, Birth of

Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Gener ...

, Robert Creeley, Frank O'Hara *

1925 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January – Ezra Pound returns to Rapallo, Italy from Sicily to settle permanently after a brief stay the year ...

Death of Sergei Yesenin, Birth of

Ahmad Shamlou Ahmad Shamlou ( fa, احمد شاملو, ''Ahmad Šāmlū'' , also known under his pen name A. Bamdad ( fa, ا. بامداد)) (December 12, 1925 – July 23, 2000) was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most infl ...

* 1924 in poetry Birth of

Yehuda Amichai Yehuda Amichai ( he, יהודה עמיחי; born Ludwig Pfeuffer 3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. Amichai was awarded the 1957 Shlonsky Prize, the ...

,

Janet Frame Janet Paterson Frame (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author. She was internationally renowned for her work, which included novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awar ...

, Zbigniew Herbert *

1923 in poetry —From Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", first published this year in his collection ''New Hampshire (book), New Hampshire'' Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for insta ...

W. B. Yeats is the first Irishman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Edna St. Vincent Millay is the first woman to win the

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published ...

; Birth of

Brendan Behan Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ga, Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English an ...

,

Yves Bonnefoy Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) was a French poet and art historian. He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of William Shakespeare which are considered among the best in French. He was pr ...

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Wisława Szymborska Maria Wisława Anna SzymborskaVioletta Szosta gazeta.pl, 9 February 2012. ostęp 2012-02-11 (; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent ( ...

,

Aco Šopov Aco Šopov ( mk, Ацо Шопов ; 1923 in Štip – 1982 in Skopje) was a Macedonian poet. He was considered one of the most important poets of Yugoslavia. He took part in World War II in Yugoslavia (1941–45) and his poems written at the tim ...

*

1922 in poetry — Opening lines from ''The Waste Land'' by T. S. Eliot, first published this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February 2 ** ''Who Goes ...

T. S. Eliot's "

The Waste Land ''The Waste Land'' is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line poem first appeared in the United Kingdom in the Octob ...

"; Rainer Maria Rilke completes both the ''

Duino Elegies The ''Duino Elegies'' (german: Duineser Elegien) are a collection of ten elegies written by the Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke. He was then "widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets", and began t ...

'' and the '' Sonnets to Orpheus''; Birth of Jack Kerouac, Máire Mhac an tSaoi *

1921 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * March — Jorge Luis Borges returns to his birthplace, Buenos Aires in Argentina, after a period living with his ...

Birth of

Vasko Popa Vasile "Vasko" Popa ( sr-Cyrl, Васко Попа; 29 June 1922 – 5 January 1991) was a Serbian poet. Biography Popa was born in the village of Grebenac ( ro, Grebenaț), Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). After finishing hig ...

, Death of

Alexander Blok Alexander Alexandrovich Blok ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok, a=Ru-Alyeksandr Alyeksandrovich Blok.oga; 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publ ...

*

1920 in poetry — Wilfred Owen, concluding lines of " Dulce et Decorum est", written 1917, published posthumously this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). '' Fire an ...

The ''

Epic of Manas The Epic of Manas ( ky, Манас дастаны, Manas dastanı, ماناس دستانی), is a traditional epic poem dating to the 18th century but claimed by Kyrgyz tradition to be much older. Manas is said to be based on Bars Bek who was ...

'' is published; approximate date of Mikhail Khudiakov's '' Dorvyzhy''; ''

The Dial ''The Dial'' was an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929. In its first form, from 1840 to 1844, it served as the chief publication of the Transcendentalists. From the 1880s to 1919 it was revived as a political review and ...

'', a longstanding American literary magazine, is re-established by

Scofield Thayer Scofield Thayer (12 December 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts – 9 July 1982 in Edgartown) was a wealthy American poet and publisher, best known for his art collection, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and as a publisher and editor of the l ...

, with the publication becoming an important outlet for

Modernist Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

poets and writers (until

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

), with contributors this year including

Sherwood Anderson Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and ...

,

Djuna Barnes Djuna Barnes (, June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel ''Nightwood'' (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist liter ...

,

Kenneth Burke Kenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, as well as poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory. As a literary theorist, Burk ...

, Hart Crane, E. E. Cummings,

Charles Demuth Charles Henry Buckius Demuth (November 8, 1883 – October 23, 1935) was an American painter who specialized in watercolors and turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism. "Search the history of Ame ...

,

Kahlil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist ...

,

Gaston Lachaise Gaston Lachaise (March 19, 1882 – October 18, 1935) was a French-born sculptor, active in the early 20th century. A native of Paris, he was most noted for his female nudes such as '' Standing Woman''. Gaston Lachaise was taught the refinement o ...

,

Amy Lowell Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school, which promoted a return to classical values. She posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. Life Amy Lowell was born on Febru ...

,

Marianne Moore Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. Early life Moore was born in Kirkwood ...

, Ezra Pound, Odilon Redon,

Bertrand Russell Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, philosopher, logician, and public intellectual. He had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, ...

,

Carl Sandburg Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg ...

,

Van Wyck Brooks Van Wyck Brooks (February 16, 1886 in Plainfield, New Jersey – May 2, 1963 in Bridgewater, Connecticut) was an American literary critic, biographer, and historian. Biography Brooks graduated from Harvard University in 1908. As a student ...

, and W. B. Yeats; Birth of Paul Celan,

Charles Bukowski Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted ...

1910s

* 1919 in poetry Birth of

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. The author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, an ...

, Robert Duncan,

May Swenson Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson (May 28, 1913 – December 4, 1989) was an American poet and playwright. Harold Bloom considered her one of the most important and original poets of the 20th century. The first child of Margaret and Dan Arthur Sw ...

, William Meredith *

1918 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January 23 — English poet Robert Graves marries the painter Nancy Nicholson in London. Wedding guests inc ...

Death of

Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire) of the Wąż coat of arms. (; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of t ...

,

Wilfred Owen Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced b ...

; Gerard Manley Hopkins's ''Poems'' published posthumously by Robert Bridges * 1917 in poetry Birth of Robert Lowell; T. S. Eliot's ''Prufrock and other Observations'' *

1916 in poetry —Closing lines of "Easter, 1916" by W. B. Yeats Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February 5 – Cabaret Voltaire is opened by German perfor ...

The

Dada Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Pari ...

movement in art, poetry and literature coalesced at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland, where

Hugo Ball Hugo Ball (; 22 February 1886 – 14 September 1927) was a German author, poet, and essentially the founder of the Dada movement in European art in Zürich in 1916. Among other accomplishments, he was a pioneer in the development of sound poetry. ...

,

Emmy Hennings Emmy Hennings (born Emma Maria Cordsen, 17 January 1885 – 10 August 1948) was a poet and performing artist, founder of the Dadaist Cabaret Voltaire with her second husband Hugo Ball. Life and work Hennings was born on 17 January 1885 in ...

,

Tristan Tzara Tristan Tzara (; ; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, comp ...

, Hans Arp,

Richard Huelsenbeck Carl Wilhelm Richard Hülsenbeck (aka Charles R. Hulbeck) (23 April 189220 April 1974) was a German writer, poet, and psychoanalyst born in Frankenau, Hessen-Nassau who was associated with the formation of the Dada movement. Life and work Huel ...

, Sophie Täuber and others discussed art and put on performances expressing their disgust with

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

and the interests they believed inspired it; Death of

Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; ga, Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who ...

, Joseph Mary Plunkett; Birth of

Tom Kettle Thomas Michael Kettle (9 February 1880 – 9 September 1916) was an Irish economist, journalist, barrister, writer, war poet, soldier and Home Rule politician. As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for ...

* 1915 in poetry Death of Rupert Brooke * 1914 in poetry Death of Adelaide Crapsey; Birth of

William Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

,

Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and ...

, Dylan Thomas *

1913 in poetry ::::— Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918), "Trees", first published this year ::::— Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), from "Sacred Emily", written this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for ...

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature,

Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was an English poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is ...

succeeds Alfred Austin as the UK's

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

; The launch of

Imagism Imagism was a movement in early-20th-century Anglo-American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language. It is considered to be the first organized modernist literary movement in the English language. Imagism is someti ...

in the pages of ''

Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

'' magazine by H.D., Richard Aldington and Ezra Pound, Robert Frost's '' A Boy's Will''; Death of Alfred Austin, Lesya Ukrainka; birth of R. S. Thomas * 1912 in poetry Adelaide Crapsey creates her '' couplet'' form * 1911 in poetry Adelaide Crapsey creates the ''American Cinquain'' form; Birth of

Leah Goldberg Leah Goldberg or Lea Goldberg ( he, לאה גולדברג; May 29, 1911, Königsberg – January 15, 1970, Jerusalem) was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, and comparative literary researcher. Her writ ...

,

Czesław Miłosz Czesław Miłosz (, also , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, ...

* 1910 in poetry Death of

Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe (; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American author and poet, known for writing the " Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the original 1870 pacifist Mother's Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism ...

; Birth of

Charles Olson Charles Olson (27 December 1910 – 10 January 1970) was a second generation modern American poet who was a link between earlier figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, which includes the New York ...

, Jean Genet

1900s

* 1909 in poetry Death of

Sarah Orne Jewett Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important ...

; Birth of

Stephen Spender Sir Stephen Harold Spender (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by th ...

* 1908 in poetry * 1907 in poetry

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Birth of

W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...

, Louis MacNeice * 1906 in poetry

Alfred Noyes Alfred Noyes CBE (16 September 188025 June 1958) was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright. Early years Noyes was born in Wolverhampton, England the son of Alfred and Amelia Adams Noyes. When he was four, the family moved to Ab ...

publishes '' The Highwayman''; Birth of Samuel Beckett *

1905 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * March – Art student Vachel Lindsay goes into the streets of New York City and tries to sell or give away co ...

*

1904 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Nobel Prize in Literature is shared by French poet Frédéric Mistral and Spanish dramatist José Echegaray y Ei ...

Birth of Cecil Day-Lewis,

Patrick Kavanagh Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 – 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist. His best-known works include the novel ''Tarry Flynn'', and the poems "On Raglan Road" and "The Great Hunger". He is known for his accounts of Irish life th ...

, Pablo Neruda *

1903 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events Works published in English Australian poetry, Australia * Gün Gencer, ''General Poe ...

*

1902 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * Hilda Doolittle meets and befriends Ezra Pound * ''Times Literary Supplement'' begins ...

Death of Shiki the

haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or s ...

poet; Birth of Langston Hughes ; Giles Lytton Strachey is awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal for an English Poem *

1901 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * A small plaque is set on the Statue of Liberty to display Emma Lazarus' 1883 poem, "The New Colossus" * The first ...

Birth of

Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert (; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides ...

*

1900 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * In February, ''Myōjō'' ("Bright Star" or "Morning Star"), a monthly literary magazine, begins publication in Jap ...

Death of Oscar Wilde

19th century in poetry

1890s

* 1899 in poetry Birth of Hart Crane, Micheál Mac Liammóir,

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bor ...

*

1898 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events The "Generation of '98" in Spain The "Generation of '98" (also called "Generation of 1898", in Spanish, ''Generaci� ...

Death of Stéphane Mallarmé,

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequ ...

; Birth of

Stephen Vincent Benét Stephen Vincent Benét (; July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, '' John Brown's Body'' (1928), for which he receiv ...

,

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

, William Soutar *

1897 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published in English Canada * Jean Blewett, ''Heart Songs''Gustafson, Ralph, ''The Penguin Book of Canadia ...

*

1896 in poetry — closing lines of Rudyard Kipling's ''If—'', first published this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * July 7 – Charles Thomas Wooldridg ...

Death of

Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine (; ; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the '' fin de siècle'' in international and ...

* 1895 in poetry Birth of Robert Graves, Sergei Yesenin * 1894 in poetry Death of Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle,

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most fa ...

* 1893 in poetry Birth of

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (, ; rus, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj, Ru-Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.ogg, links=y; – 14 Apr ...

* 1892 in poetry

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massac ...

First collection published; Death of

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among ...

James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell (; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that ...

,

Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

,

Afanasy Fet Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet ( rus, Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, p=ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt, a=Ru-Afanasiy Afanas'yevich Fyet.oga), later known as Shenshin ( rus, Шенши́н, p=ʂɨnˈʂɨn, a=Ru-Afa ...

; Birth of

Marina Tsvetaeva Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, p=mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈtaɪvə; 31 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in twentieth century Russia ...

, Hugh MacDiarmid * 1891 in poetry Death of

Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he start ...

,

Herman Melville Herman Melville ( born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are ''Moby-Dick'' (1851); ''Typee'' (1846), a rom ...

; Birth of Nelly Sachs,

Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam ( rus, Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам, p=ˈosʲɪp ɨˈmʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the A ...

* 1890 in poetry Birth of Boris Pasternak

1880s

* 1889 in poetry Birth of

Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn ...

; death of Gerard Manley Hopkins *

1888 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June 3 – American writer Ernest Thayer's baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" is first published (under the pen name ...

Birth of T. S. Eliot *

1887 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events Works published Australian poetry, British Australia * Henry Lawson, "A Song for the ...

'' Lāčplēsis'' by Andrejs Pumpurs; Birth of

Marianne Moore Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. Early life Moore was born in Kirkwood ...

,

Joseph Plunkett Joseph Mary Plunkett ( Irish: ''Seosamh Máire Pluincéid''; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Joseph Mary Plunkett married Grace Gif ...

,

Edith Sitwell Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess ...

DBE * 1886 in poetry Death of

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massac ...

; birth of H.D. * 1885 in poetry Birth of D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound; Death of

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

*

1884 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February 18 – English Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins takes up a post as professor of Greek and Latin at U ...

* 1883 in poetry Birth of

William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both pedia ...

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1882 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *June 30 - Convicted assassin Charles Guiteau writes a poem called " I am Going to the Lordy", which he recites imm ...

Death of

Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champ ...

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include " Paul Revere's Ride", '' The Song of Hiawatha'', and ''Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely tran ...

; Birth of

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...

,

A. A. Milne Alan Alexander Milne (; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winni ...

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1881 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Frederick James Furnivall founds the Browning Society Works published in English Canada * Rosanna Eleanor Leproh ...

* 1880 in poetry Birth of

Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire) of the Wąż coat of arms. (; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of t ...

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Andrei Bely Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev ( rus, Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ bʊˈɡajɪf, a=Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev.ru.vorb.oga), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely ( rus, Андр� ...

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Tom Kettle Thomas Michael Kettle (9 February 1880 – 9 September 1916) was an Irish economist, journalist, barrister, writer, war poet, soldier and Home Rule politician. As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for ...

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Alfred Noyes Alfred Noyes CBE (16 September 188025 June 1958) was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright. Early years Noyes was born in Wolverhampton, England the son of Alfred and Amelia Adams Noyes. When he was four, the family moved to Ab ...

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Alexander Blok Alexander Alexandrovich Blok ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok, a=Ru-Alyeksandr Alyeksandrovich Blok.oga; 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publ ...

1870s

* 1879 in poetry Birth of

Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; ga, Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who ...

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Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance compa ...

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1878 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * July – Notorious Scottish poetry, Scottish poetaster William McGonagall journeys on ...

Birth of Oliver St. John Gogarty,

Carl Sandburg Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg ...

, John Edward Masefield, Adelaide Crapsey *

1877 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events The ''Annus mirabilis'' of poetastery In the annals of poetasting, 1877 stands out as a historic year. So wrote ...

Jacint Verdaguer Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (; 17 May 1845 – 10 June 1902) was a Catalan / Spanish writer, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultural revival movement of the ...

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L'Atlàntida ''L'Atlàntida'' () is an 1877 poem in Catalan by Jacint Verdaguer. It consists of an introduction, ten books, and a conclusion, dealing with the wanderings of Heracles in the Iberian Peninsula, the sinking of the continent of Atlantis, the creati ...

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1876 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February 24 – Première of first stage production of the poetic drama ''Peer Gynt'' by Henrik Ibsen (published ...

Death of John Neal * 1875 in poetry French translation of

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...

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The Raven "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a myst ...

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Édouard Manet Édouard Manet (, ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Bo ...

; - Birth of Rainer Maria Rilke, important pre-

modernist Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

20th-century poet in German. * 1874 in poetry

Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he start ...

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George Eliot Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrot ...

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Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny West neighborhood and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris ...

, Robert Frost, important

American poet The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q * George Quasha (born 1942) R S T U–V ...

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1873 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *July 10 – Paul Verlaine shoots at and wounds Arthur Rimbaud in Brussels. Works published in English United ...

Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he start ...

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A Season in Hell ''A Season in Hell'' (french: Une Saison en Enfer}) is an extended poem in prose written and published in 1873 by French writer Arthur Rimbaud. It is the only work that was published by Rimbaud himself. The book had a considerable influence ...

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Daredevils of Sassoun ''Daredevils of Sassoun'' ( hy, Սասնա ծռեր ''Sasna cṙer'', also spelled Daredevils of Sasun) is an Armenian heroic epic poem in four cycles (parts), with its main hero and story better known as ''David of Sassoun'', which is the stor ...

''; Death of Fyodor Tyutchev * 1872 in poetry

Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including " Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Bri ...

's '' In the Bleak Midwinter'' (Christmas carol); José Hernández's ''

Martín Fierro ''Martín Fierro'', also known as ''El Gaucho Martín Fierro'', is a 2,316-line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, ''El Gaucho Martín Fierro'' (1872) and ''La Vuelta de Martín Fi ...

''; Michel Rodange's ''

Rénert the Fox Reynard the Fox is a literary cycle of medieval allegorical Dutch, English, French and German fables. The first extant versions of the cycle date from the second half of the 12th century. The genre was popular throughout the Late Middle Ages, a ...

'' * 1871 in poetry

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequ ...

publishes ''

Through the Looking-Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' (also known as ''Alice Through the Looking-Glass'' or simply ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the ...

'', including the complete ''

Jabberwocky "Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel ''Through the Looking-Glass'', the sequel to '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865). The ...

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wrote "Letters of the Seer." Birth of Lesya Ukrainka, important Ukrainian poet *

1870 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Awards Works published United Kingdom * Edward Lear, ''Nonsense Songs, stories, Botany, and Alphabets'' (publis ...

1860s

* 1869 in poetry

George Eliot Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrot ...

sonnet Brother & Sister; Birth of

Zinaida Gippius Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (Hippius) (; – 9 September 1945) was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker, one of the major figures in Russian symbolism. The story of her marriage to Dmitry Merezhkovsky, which laste ...

, important Russian poet * 1868 in poetry * 1867 in poetry Death of

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited ...

, French poet and art critic; Birth of Shiki the

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poet, Konstantin Balmont, Russian symbolist poet *

1866 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *Charles Baudelaire's collection ''Les Épaves'' is published in Belgium containing poems suppressed from ''Les Fl ...

* 1865 in poetry Birth of

William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...

,

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...

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1864 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April – Charles Baudelaire leaves Paris for Belgium in the hope of resolving his financial difficulties. Wo ...

Death of

John Clare John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th ce ...

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Walter Savage Landor Walter Savage Landor (30 January 177517 September 1864) was an English writer, poet, and activist. His best known works were the prose ''Imaginary Conversations,'' and the poem "Rose Aylmer," but the critical acclaim he received from contempora ...

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1863 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January 1 – American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson commemorates today's Emancipation Proclamation by ...

* 1862 in poetry

Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including " Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Bri ...

''Goblin Market'',

George Meredith George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but he gradually established a reputation as a novelist. '' The Ord ...

's ''Modern Love'' *

1861 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June 29 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning dies in the arms of her husband and fellow poet Robert Browning in F ...

Death of

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, wr ...

, Birth of

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

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1860 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events *Andreas Munch becomes the first person to be granted a poet's pension by the Parliament ...

1850s

* 1859 in poetry Death of

Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 178428 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded '' The Examiner'', a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre ...

* 1858 in poetry

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include " Paul Revere's Ride", '' The Song of Hiawatha'', and ''Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely tran ...

, ''The Courtship of Miles Standish * 1857 in poetry

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited ...

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Les Fleurs du mal ''Les Fleurs du mal'' (; en, The Flowers of Evil, italic=yes) is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. ''Les Fleurs du mal'' includes nearly all Baudelaire's poetry, written from 1840 until his death in August 1867. First publish ...

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1856 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Henry Wallis exhibits his romantic painting of ''The Death of Chatterton'' in London with the young poet and noveli ...

Death of Heinrich Heine; - ''

Aurora Leigh ''Aurora Leigh'' (1856) is an epic poem/novel by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poem is written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman's number, the number of the Sibylline Books). It is a first-person narration, from the point o ...

'' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning *

1855 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *June 12 – Gaisford Prize founded *September 27 – Alfred Tennyson reads from his new book ''Maud and othe ...

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among ...

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Leaves of Grass ''Leaves of Grass'' is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting ''Leaves of Grass'', revising it multiple times until his death. T ...

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Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequ ...

's ''

Jabberwocky "Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel ''Through the Looking-Glass'', the sequel to '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865). The ...

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include " Paul Revere's Ride", '' The Song of Hiawatha'', and ''Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely tran ...

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The Song of Hiawatha ''The Song of Hiawatha'' is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which features Native American characters. The epic relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his l ...

''; - Death of

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...

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1854 in poetry — From "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, first published this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published in English ...

Birth of

Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he start ...

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1853 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * October 27 – English poet Alfred Tennyson settles at Farringford House on the Isle of Wight. Works publishe ...

First and unprinted version of Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's ''

Kalevipoeg ''Kalevipoeg'' (, ''Kalev's Son'') is a 19th century Epic poetry, epic poem by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald which has since been considered the Estonian national epic. Origins In pre-Christian ancient Estonia there existed an oral tradition ...

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1852 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published in English United Kingdom * Matthew Arnold, ''Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems''Cox, Michael, ...

Death of

Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his ''Irish Melodies''. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish ...

* 1851 in poetry *

1850 in poetry — From Cantos 27 and 56, ''In Memoriam A.H.H.'', by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, published this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or ...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ''

Sonnets from the Portuguese ''Sonnets from the Portuguese'', written ca. 1845–1846 and published first in 1850, is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection was acclaimed and popular during the poet's lifetime and it remain ...

''; Robert Browning '' Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day''; - Death of

William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication '' Lyrical Ballads'' (1798). Wordsworth's ' ...

1840s

* 1849 in poetry Death of

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...

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Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...

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Annabel Lee "Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman.Meyers, Jeffrey. ''Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy''. New York: Cooper Sq ...

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Sarah Orne Jewett Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important ...

(Martha's Lady) * 1848 in poetry Founding of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood * 1847 in poetry

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include " Paul Revere's Ride", '' The Song of Hiawatha'', and ''Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely tran ...

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Evangeline ''Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie'' is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written in English and published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during t ...

''; Petar II Petrović-Njegoš's '' The Mountain Wreath'' * 1846 in poetry * 1845 in poetry

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...

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The Raven "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a myst ...

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1844 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published in English United Kingdom * Isabella Banks, ''Ivy Leaves'', including "Neglected Wife" * Willia ...

Birth of

Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine (; ; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the '' fin de siècle'' in international and ...

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1843 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April 4 – William Wordsworth accepts the office of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (following the death of Ro ...

William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication '' Lyrical Ballads'' (1798). Wordsworth's ' ...

becomes

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

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1842 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published in English United Kingdom * Robert Browning, '' Dramatic Lyrics'', including " My Last Duchess", ...

Birth of Stéphane Mallarmé; Alfred Tennyson ''

Poems Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...

'' * 1841 in poetry Death of

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

* 1840 in poetry Birth of Thomas Hardy

1830s

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1839 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * William Wordsworth granted an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree by Oxford University. Works published United ...

* 1838 in poetry ''

Florante at Laura ''Florante at Laura'' (full title: ''Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at ni Laura sa Kahariang Albanya''; English: The History of Florante and Laura in the Kingdom of Albania) is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas. It is co ...

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Francisco Balagtas Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltasar, was a Filipino Tagalog litterateur and poet during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is ...

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1837 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * July – English "peasant poet" John Clare first enters an asylum for the insane, at High Beach in Essex. * Oc ...

Death of Aleksandr Pushkin * 1836 in poetry '' The Baptism on the Savica'' by

France Prešeren France Prešeren () (2 or 3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a 19th-century Romantic Slovene poet whose poems have been translated into many languages.

* 1835 in poetry '' The Kalevala'' by

Elias Lönnrot Elias Lönnrot (; 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for creating the Finnish national epic, ''Kalevala'', (1835, enlarged 1849), from short ...

* 1834 in poetry '' Pan Tadeusz'' by

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...

; Death of

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake ...

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1833 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June – Rev. John Henry Newman writes "The Pillar of Cloud" ('' Lead, Kindly Light'') on a boat in the Stra ...

* 1832 in poetry Birth of

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequ ...

; Death of

Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy' ...

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...

* 1831 in poetry Birth of

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massac ...

* 1830 in poetry Birth of

Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including " Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Bri ...

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1829 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * The ''American Monthly Magazine'' is started in Boston by Nathaniel Parker Willis as a humorous and satirical maga ...

Alfred Lord Tennyson is awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal for an English Poem *

1828 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * ''The Southern Review'', an American quarterly literary magazine, begins publication in Charleston, South Carolina, ...

Birth of

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti (), was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhoo ...

* 1827 in poetry Death of

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

* 1826 in poetry Death of Issa the

haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or s ...

poet * 1825 in poetry

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

begins publishing ''

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is ...

'' in serial form * 1824 in poetry Death of

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Romantic poet * 1823 in poetry Birth of

Sándor Petőfi Sándor Petőfi ( []; né Petrovics; sk, Alexander Petrovič; sr, Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet of Serbian origin and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary' ...

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national poet A national poet or national bard is a poet held by tradition and popular acclaim to represent the identity, beliefs and principles of a particular national culture. The national poet as culture hero is a long-standing symbo ...

Winthrop Mackworth Praed is awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal for an English Poem, Clement Clarke Moore

A Visit from St. Nicholas ''A Visit from St. Nicholas'', more commonly known as ''The Night Before Christmas'' and ''Twas the Night Before Christmas'' from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title ''Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas'' i ...

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1822 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *July – English poets Lord Byron, Leigh Hunt and Percy Bysshe Shelley agree to start ''The Liberal'', a quarterl ...

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

'' The Vision of Judgment''; Death of Percy Bysshe Shelley, important

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Romantic poet * 1821 in poetry Death of John Keats, important

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Romantic poet; - Birth of

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited ...

, French poet and art critic * 1820 in poetry

1810s

* 1819 in poetry Scholars described - ''The Great Year'' for John Keats, who publishes his famous ''Odes''; ''

Don Juan (Byron) In English literature, ''Don Juan'' (1819–1824), by Lord Byron, is a satirical, epic poem that portrays the Spanish legend of Don Juan not as a womaniser, but as a man easily seduced by women.Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

; - Birth of

George Eliot Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrot ...

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Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among ...

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American poet The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q * George Quasha (born 1942) R S T U–V ...

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Herman Melville Herman Melville ( born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are ''Moby-Dick'' (1851); ''Typee'' (1846), a rom ...

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American poet The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q * George Quasha (born 1942) R S T U–V ...

, novelist,

James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell (; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that ...

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American poet The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q * George Quasha (born 1942) R S T U–V ...

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Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe (; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American author and poet, known for writing the " Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the original 1870 pacifist Mother's Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism ...

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American poet The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q * George Quasha (born 1942) R S T U–V ...

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1818 in poetry :::::::— John Keats, ''Endymion'' Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events John Keats * June–August – Keats with his friend Charles Armitag ...

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

's '' Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Book IV,'' published; - Birth of Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle; -

Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (; ; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also ...

('' née'' Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin publishes ''

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific exp ...

'' anonymously; Percy Bysshe Shelley's ''

Ozymandias "Ozymandias" ( ) is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822). It was first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of '' The Examiner'' of London. The poem was included the following year in Shelley's c ...

'' * 1817 in poetry Percy Bysshe Shelley, ''Laon and Cythna'' *

1816 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * This year is known as the "Year Without a Summer" after Mount Tambora had erupted in t ...

Shelley marries Mary Woolstonecraft Godwin,

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

's '' Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Book III,'' published;

Samuel Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake P ...

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Kubla Khan ''Kubla Khan'' () is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. It is sometimes given the subtitles "A Vision in a Dream" and "A Fragment." According to Coleridge's preface to ''Kubla Khan'', the poem ...

'' * 1815 in poetry *

1814 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January - Lord Byron writes his semi-autobiographical tale in verse '' The Corsair'' while snowed up at Newstead ...

'' West-östlicher Diwan'' -

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...

; '' She Walks in Beauty'' -

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

; Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin elope to war-ravaged France, accompanied by Godwin's stepsister, Mary Jane. Birth of

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

, important Russian poet; Birth of

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, wr ...

, important Ukrainian poet * 1813 in poetry The Chancellor's Gold Medal for an English Poem is awarded for the first time. Recipient is George Waddington. *

1812 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *January 15 – Lord Byron takes his seat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. *Summer – English paint ...

'' Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'' -

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

; Birth of

Afanasy Fet Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet ( rus, Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, p=ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt, a=Ru-Afanasiy Afanas'yevich Fyet.oga), later known as Shenshin ( rus, Шенши́н, p=ʂɨnˈʂɨn, a=Ru-Afa ...

, important Russian poet * 1811 in poetry * 1810 in poetry '' Milton: a Poem,''

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William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

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1810 Events January–March * January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales. * January 4 – Australian seal hunter Frederick Hasselborough discovers Campbell Island, in the Subantarctic. * Jan ...

1800s

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1809 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published United Kingdom * Lord Byron, "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers", his anonymous response to the ...

Birth of

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...

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Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most fa ...

American poet The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q * George Quasha (born 1942) R S T U–V ...

, physician, and essayist *

1808 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published in English United Kingdom * Christopher Anstey, ''The Poetical Works of the Late Christopher A ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...

- '' Faust, Part One'' *

1807 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published Ireland * Thomas Moore, ''Irish Melodies'', Irish poet published in the United Kingdom * Sydne ...

Birth of

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include " Paul Revere's Ride", '' The Song of Hiawatha'', and ''Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely tran ...

, John Greenleaf Whittier *

1806 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Sir Roger Newdigate founds the Newdigate Prize for English Poetry at the University of Oxford. The first winner i ...

Birth of Elizabeth Barrett Browning *

1805 in poetry Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short ...

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

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poem Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...

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William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

; - Death of Friedrich Schiller, German poet * 1804 in poetry *

1803 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * First appearance of the ''Literary Magazine and American Register'', a United States monthly published in Philadel ...

Birth of Fyodor Tyutchev, important Russian poet *

1802 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January 29 – Greenock Burns Club holds the first Burns dinner, in Alloway, in honour of Scottish poet Rob ...

Birth of

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

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1801 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * July 21 – Greenock Burns Club established to honour the memory of Scottish poet Robert Burns (died 1796). * ...

* 1800 in poetry Death of

William Cowper William Cowper ( ; 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and sce ...

18th century in poetry

1790s

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1799 in poetry Events January–June * January 9 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound, to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the French Revolutionary Wars. * January 1 ...

Birth of Aleksandr Pushkin, important

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

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1798 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * July 13 – William Wordsworth's poem '' Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey on revisiting the bank ...

William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication '' Lyrical Ballads'' (1798). Wordsworth's ' ...

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake ...

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Lyrical Ballads ''Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems'' is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literatu ...

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Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...

, important Polish poet *

1797 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June 5 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, living at Nether Stowey in the Quantock Hills, renews his friendship with ...

Birth of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Heinrich Heine * 1796 in poetry Death of

Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...

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James Macpherson James Macpherson (Gaelic: ''Seumas MacMhuirich'' or ''Seumas Mac a' Phearsain''; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of epic poem ...

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1795 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June 27 – Mary Robinson writes the poem ''January, 1795''. * August 21–September 26 – English p ...

Birth of John Keats, important English poet; -

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

, ''The Book of Los'', '' The Book of Ahania'', '' The Song of Los'' *

1794 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *June – English poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey first meet, in Oxford while Coleridge is ''en ...

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases: a few first copies were printed and illuminated by Blake himself in 1789; five years later, he bound these poems with a ...

: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul'' two books of

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

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The Book of Urizen ''The Book of Urizen'' is one of the major prophetic books of the English writer William Blake, illustrated by Blake's own plates. It was originally published as ''The First Book of Urizen'' in 1794. Later editions dropped the "First". The book ...

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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

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William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

* 1793 in poetry

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

, '' Visions of the Daughters of Albion'' and ''America, A Prophecy''; - Birth of

John Clare John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th ce ...

, John Neal * 1792 in poetry Birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley, important English poet; -

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

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Song of Liberty "Song of Liberty" is a British patriotic song which became popular during the Second World War. The song was set to the music of Edward Elgar's '' Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4''. It followed the success of Land of Hope and Glory, another pat ...

'' * 1791 in poetry

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

, ''The French Revolution'' * 1790 in poetry

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell ''The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'' is a book by the English poet and printmaker William Blake. It is a series of texts written in imitation of biblical prophecy but expressing Blake's own intensely personal Romantic and revolutionary belief ...

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1780s

* 1789 in poetry

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

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Songs of Innocence ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases: a few first copies were printed and illuminated by Blake himself in 1789; five years later, he bound these poems with a ...

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The Book of Thel ''The Book of Thel'' is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably composed in the period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and compared to his later prophetic books is relatively short and easier to understand. The metre ...

'' * 1788 in poetry Birth of

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

) * 1787 in poetry * 1786 in poetry

Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...

publishes '' Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect'' * 1785 in poetry

William Cowper William Cowper ( ; 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and sce ...

publishes '' The Task'' *

1784 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * About this year, the Sturm und Drang movement ended in German literature (including poetry) and music, which began ...

Birth of

Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 178428 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded '' The Examiner'', a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre ...

; Death of Samuel Johnson English author, wrote

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets ''Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets'' (1779–81), alternatively known by the shorter title ''Lives of the Poets'', is a work by Samuel Johnson comprising short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during th ...

, (1779–81) *

1783 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published United Kingdom * Lady Anne Barnard, '' Auld Robin Gray'' (ballad) (published anonymously) * Wil ...

Death of

Buson was a Japanese poet and Painting, painter of the Edo period. Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period. He is also known for completing haiga as a style of art, working with ha ...

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haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or s ...

poet * 1782 in poetry *

1781 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Image:JoshuaReynoldsParty.jpg, A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted this year. The scene shows the frien ...

* 1780 in poetry

1770s

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1779 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Phillis Wheatley advertises six times in the ''Boston Evening Post & General Advertiser'' for subscribers to a vol ...

Birth of

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

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Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his ''Irish Melodies''. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish ...

* 1778 in poetry *

1777 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *March 1 (Saint David's Day) – Welsh ship's surgeon David Samwell, on board HMS ''Resolution'' in the Pacific ...

* 1776 in poetry *

1775 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events October 26 - Phillis Wheatley sends a poem and letter to General George Washington in his honor. He responded to he ...

Birth of

Charles Lamb Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his '' Essays of Elia'' and for the children's book '' Tales from Shakespeare'', co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764� ...

,

Walter Savage Landor Walter Savage Landor (30 January 177517 September 1864) was an English writer, poet, and activist. His best known works were the prose ''Imaginary Conversations,'' and the poem "Rose Aylmer," but the critical acclaim he received from contempora ...

* 1774 in poetry Birth of

Robert Southey Robert Southey ( or ; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a ra ...

; Death of Oliver Goldsmith *

1773 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *May 4 – Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill composes the keen ''Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire'' over the body of her hu ...

Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill (also known as Eileen O'Connell, ) was a member of the Irish gentry and a poet. She was the main composer of ''Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire'', a traditional lament in Irish described (in its written form) as the greate ...

composes "

Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire or the ''Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire'' is an Irish keen composed in the main by his wife Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, a member of the Gaelic gentry of County Kerry in the 18th century. It has been described as the gr ...

" * 1772 in poetry "

Prometheus In Greek mythology, Prometheus (; , , possibly meaning " forethought")Smith"Prometheus". is a Titan god of fire. Prometheus is best known for defying the gods by stealing fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, kn ...

" -

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...

; Birth of

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake ...

*

1771 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April 9 – Portuguese poet Pedro Correia Garção is arrested and committed to prison (where he will die) by ...

Death of

Thomas Gray Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his '' Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,'' published in 1751. G ...

, English poet, (born

1716 Events January–March * January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, conclud ...

); - Birth of

Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy' ...

*

1770 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published Colonial America * William Billings, ''The New England Psalm-Singer''Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A ...

Birth of

William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication '' Lyrical Ballads'' (1798). Wordsworth's ' ...

, important English poet (died

1850 Events January–June * April ** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome. ** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States. * April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city ...

); - Death of

Thomas Chatterton Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Altho ...

, 17-year-old English poet and

forger Forgery is a white-collar crime that generally refers to the false making or material alteration of a legal instrument with the specific intent to defraud anyone (other than themself). Tampering with a certain legal instrument may be forbidd ...

of pseudo-

medieval poetry Poetry took numerous forms in medieval Europe, for example, lyric and epic poetry. The troubadours and the minnesänger are known for their lyric poetry about courtly love. Among the most famous of secular poetry is ''Carmina Burana'', a manuscr ...

born

1752 In the British Empire, it was the only leap year with 355 days, as September 3–13 were skipped when the Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – The British Empire (except Scotland, which h ...

1760s

* 1769 in poetry *

1768 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Colonial America * John Dickinson, "A Song for Freedom (Liberty Song)"Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, ...

* 1767 in poetry * 1766 in poetry * 1765 in poetry Thomas Percy, '' Reliques of Ancient English Poetry''; Kristijonas Donelaitis, '' The Seasons'' * 1764 in poetry Oliver Goldsmith, ''The Traveller (poem), The Traveller'' * 1763 in poetry Birth of Samuel Rogers * 1762 in poetry Birth of Issa the

haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or s ...

poet * 1761 in poetry * 1760 in poetry

1750s

* 1759 in poetry Birth of

Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...

, Friedrich Schiller, German poet philosopher, and dramatist (died 1805 in poetry, 1805) * 1758 in poetry * 1757 in poetry * 1756 in poetry * 1755 in poetry * 1754 in poetry * 1753 in poetry * 1752 in poetry * 1751 in poetry * 1750 in poetry

1740s

* 1749 in poetry Birth of

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...

, German poetry, German poet and author * 1748 in poetry Death of James Thomson (poet), James Thomson * 1747 in poetry * 1746 in poetry * 1745 in poetry Death of Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satire, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, English poetry, poet * 1744 in poetry Death of Alexander Pope, English poet; - Anonymous, ''Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book'', the first extant collection of nursery rhymes * 1743 in poetry Death of Richard Savage (poet), Richard Savage, English poet * 1742 in poetry * 1741 in poetry * 1740 in poetry

1730s

* 1739 in poetry * 1738 in poetry * 1737 in poetry * 1736 in poetry Birth of

James Macpherson James Macpherson (Gaelic: ''Seumas MacMhuirich'' or ''Seumas Mac a' Phearsain''; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of epic poem ...

, Scottish poet * 1735 in poetry * 1734 in poetry * 1733 in poetry * 1732 in poetry * 1731 in poetry * 1730 in poetry

1720s

* 1729 in poetry * 1728 in poetry * 1727 in poetry * 1726 in poetry * 1725 in poetry * 1724 in poetry * 1723 in poetry * 1722 in poetry * 1721 in poetry * 1720 in poetry

1710s

* 1719 in poetry Death of Joseph Addison, English essayist and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

* 1718 in poetry * 1717 in poetry * 1716 in poetry First printed version of the ''Epic of King Gesar''; First printed version of ''The Jangar Epic''; Birth of

Thomas Gray Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his '' Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,'' published in 1751. G ...

, English poet, (died 1771 in poetry, 1771) * 1715 in poetry Birth of

Buson was a Japanese poet and Painting, painter of the Edo period. Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period. He is also known for completing haiga as a style of art, working with ha ...

the

haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or s ...

poet * 1714 in poetry First printed version of ''Popol Vuh'' * 1713 in poetry * 1712 in poetry * 1711 in poetry * 1710 in poetry

1700s

* 1709 in poetry Birth of Samuel Johnson, English literature, English author, biographer * 1708 in poetry * 1707 in poetry * 1706 in poetry * 1705 in poetry Death of Michael Wigglesworth (born 1631 in poetry, 1631), English poet, colonist in American poetry, America called "the most popular of early New England poets" * 1704 in poetry * 1703 in poetry * 1702 in poetry * 1701 in poetry * 1700 in poetry ''Hikayat Hang Tuah''; Death of John Dryden, influential England, English

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

, literary critic, translator and playwright; - Birth of James Thomson (poet), James Thomson, English poet

17th century in poetry

1690s

* 1699 in poetry * 1698 in poetry * 1697 in poetry Birth of Richard Savage (poet), Richard Savage, English poet * 1696 in poetry * 1695 in poetry * 1694 in poetry Death of the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō * 1693 in poetry * 1692 in poetry * 1691 in poetry * 1690 in poetry

1680s

* 1689 in poetry ''Oku no Hosomichi'' by Matsuo Bashō * 1688 in poetry Birth of Alexander Pope, English poet * 1687 in poetry * 1686 in poetry * 1685 in poetry * 1684 in poetry * 1683 in poetry * 1682 in poetry * 1681 in poetry * 1680 in poetry

1670s

* 1679 in poetry * 1678 in poetry * 1677 in poetry * 1676 in poetry * 1675 in poetry * 1674 in poetry Death of John Milton, important English poet * 1673 in poetry * 1672 in poetry Birth of Joseph Addison, English essayist and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

* 1671 in poetry * 1670 in poetry

1660s

* 1669 in poetry * 1668 in poetry * 1667 in poetry Birth of Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satire, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, English poetry, poet * 1666 in poetry * 1665 in poetry * 1664 in poetry Anne Bradstreet, ''Meditations Divine and Moral''Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West
''Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History''
Oxford University Press US, 1996 , retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009 * 1663 in poetry * 1662 in poetry * 1661 in poetry * 1660 in poetry

1650s

* 1659 in poetry * 1658 in poetry * 1657 in poetry * 1656 in poetry * 1655 in poetry * 1654 in poetry * 1653 in poetry * 1652 in poetry * 1651 in poetry * 1650 in poetry

1640s

* 1649 in poetry * 1648 in poetry * 1647 in poetry ''The Siege of Sziget'' by Miklós Zrínyi; April 1 — birth of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (died 1680 in poetry, 1680) * 1646 in poetry * 1645 in poetry * 1644 in poetry Birth of Matsuo Bashō the haiku poet * 1643 in poetry * 1642 in poetry * 1641 in poetry * 1640 in poetry - ''Biag ni Lam-ang'' first transcribed by Pedro Bucaneg

1630s

* 1639 in poetry * 1638 in poetry * 1637 in poetry Death of Ben Jonson, important English poet, playwright, actor * 1636 in poetry * 1635 in poetry * 1634 in poetry * 1633 in poetry * 1632 in poetry * 1631 in poetry Death of John Donne, important English poet, essayist, author, preacher; - Birth of John Dryden influential England, English

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

, literary critic, translator and playwright; Birth of Michael Wigglesworth (died 1705 in poetry, 1705), English poet, colonist in American poetry, America called "the most popular of early New England poets"Trent, William P. and Wells, Benjamin W., ''Colonial Prose and Poetry: The Beginnings of Americanism 1650-1710'', New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1903 edition, page 41 * 1630 in poetry

1620s

* 1629 in poetry * 1628 in poetry * 1627 in poetry * 1626 in poetry * 1625 in poetry * 1624 in poetry * 1623 in poetry * 1622 in poetry * 1621 in poetry * 1620 in poetry

1610s

* 1619 in poetry * 1618 in poetry Death of Sir Walter Raleigh * 1617 in poetry * 1616 in poetry Death of William Shakespeare English poetry, English poet, playwright and genius * 1615 in poetry * 1614 in poetry ''A Wife,'' poem by Thomas Overbury, Sir Thomas Overbury published posthumously * 1613 in poetry Death of Thomas Overbury English poet * 1612 in poetry * 1611 in poetry * 1610 in poetry

1600s

* 1609 in poetry Publication of William Shakespeare's ''Sonnets'' * 1608 in poetry Birth of John Milton, important English poet * 1607 in poetry * 1606 in poetry * 1605 in poetry * 1604 in poetry * 1603 in poetry * 1602 in poetry * 1601 in poetry * 1600 in poetry

16th century in poetry

1590s

* 1599 in poetry Death of Edmund Spenser English poet * 1598 in poetry * 1597 in poetry * 1596 in poetry * 1595 in poetry * 1594 in poetry * 1593 in poetry Birth of George Herbert Welsh poetry, Welsh poet; - Death of Christopher Marlowe English poet * 1592 in poetry * 1591 in poetry * 1590 in poetry

1580s

* 1589 in poetry * 1588 in poetry * 1587 in poetry * 1586 in poetry Birth of John Ford (dramatist), John Ford English poetry, English poet and playwright (d. c. 1640) * 1585 in poetry Death of Pierre de Ronsard * 1584 in poetry * 1583 in poetry * 1582 in poetry * 1581 in poetry ''Jerusalem Delivered'' by Torquato Tasso; Birth of Thomas Overbury English poet (d.1613) * 1580 in poetry

1570s

* 1579 in poetry * 1578 in poetry * 1577 in poetry Illustrated manuscript of the ''Hamzanama'' * 1576 in poetry * 1575 in poetry * 1574 in poetry * 1573 in poetry * 1572 in poetry Luís Vaz de Comões – ''Os Lusíadas''; Birth of John Donne, important English poet, essayist, author, preacher; - Birth of Ben Jonson, important English poet, playwright, actor * 1571 in poetry * 1570 in poetry

1560s

* 1569 in poetry * 1568 in poetry * 1567 in poetry * 1566 in poetry * 1565 in poetry * 1564 in poetry Birth of William Shakespeare English poet, playwright, and genius, Christopher Marlowe English poet * 1563 in poetry * 1562 in poetry * 1561 in poetry * 1560 in poetry

1550s

* 1559 in poetry * 1558 in poetry * 1557 in poetry * 1556 in poetry * 1555 in poetry * 1554 in poetry Miles Huggarde, ''The Assault of the Sacrament of the Altar''; Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Henry Howard, ''The Fourth Boke of Virgill, Intreating of the Love Betweene Aeneas & Dido''; Sir David Lyndsay, David Lindsay, ''The Monarche'' * 1553 in poetry Anonymous, ''Pierce the Ploughmans Crede''; Gavin Douglas, translator, ''Aeneid'', ''The Palis of Honoure'', second, revised edition (publication year conjectural) * 1552 in poetry Birth of Edmund Spenser, Walter Raleigh; Works: Thomas Churchyard, ''A Myrrour for Man'' * 1551 in poetry Robert Crowley (printer), Robert Crowley, published anonymously, ''Philargyrie of Greate Britayne; or, The Fable of the Great Giant'' * 1550 in poetry Charles Bansley, ''The Pride of Women''; Robert Crowley (printer), Robert Crowley, One and Thyrtye Epigrammes''; John Heywood, ''An Hundred Epigrammes''; William Langland (attributed), ''Piers Plowman, the B textCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004,

1540s

* 1549 in poetry * 1548 in poetry * 1547 in poetry * 1546 in poetry * 1545 in poetry * 1544 in poetry * 1543 in poetry * 1542 in poetry * 1541 in poetry * 1540 in poetry

1530s

* 1539 in poetry * 1538 in poetry * 1537 in poetry * 1536 in poetry * 1535 in poetry * 1534 in poetry * 1533 in poetry * 1532 in poetry * 1531 in poetry * 1530 in poetry

1520s

* 1529 in poetry * 1528 in poetry * 1527 in poetry * 1526 in poetry * 1525 in poetry * 1524 in poetry Birth of Pierre de Ronsard * 1523 in poetry * 1522 in poetry * 1521 in poetry * 1520 in poetry

1510s

* 1519 in poetry * 1518 in poetry * 1517 in poetry * 1516 in poetry * 1515 in poetry * 1514 in poetry * 1513 in poetry * 1512 in poetry * 1511 in poetry * 1510 in poetry

1500s

* 1509 in poetry * 1508 in poetry * 1507 in poetry * 1506 in poetry * 1505 in poetry * 1504 in poetry * 1503 in poetry * 1502 in poetry * 1501 in poetry ''Judita'' - Marko Marulić * 1500 in poetry ''La Araucana'' - Alonso de Ercilla

15th century in poetry

1490s in poetry, 1490s

* 1499 in poetry ''La Celestina'' by Fernando de Rojas * 1498 in poetry * 1497 in poetry * 1496 in poetry * 1495 in poetry * 1494 in poetry * 1493 in poetry * 1492 in poetry * 1491 in poetry * 1490 in poetry

1480s in poetry, 1480s

* 1489 in poetry * 1488 in poetry * 1487 in poetry * 1486 in poetry * 1485 in poetry * 1484 in poetry * 1483 in poetry * 1482 in poetry * 1481 in poetry * 1480 in poetry

1470s in poetry, 1470s

* 1479 in poetry * 1478 in poetry * 1477 in poetry * 1476 in poetry * 1475 in poetry * 1474 in poetry * 1473 in poetry * 1472 in poetry * 1471 in poetry * 1470 in poetry

1460s in poetry, 1460s

* 1469 in poetry * 1468 in poetry * 1467 in poetry * 1466 in poetry * 1465 in poetry * 1464 in poetry * 1463 in poetry c. Death of François Villon * 1462 in poetry * 1461 in poetry * 1460 in poetry

1450s in poetry, 1450s

* 1459 in poetry * 1458 in poetry * 1457 in poetry * 1456 in poetry * 1455 in poetry * 1454 in poetry * 1453 in poetry * 1452 in poetry * 1451 in poetry * 1450 in poetry

1440s in poetry, 1440s

* 1449 in poetry * 1448 in poetry * 1447 in poetry * 1446 in poetry * 1445 in poetry * 1444 in poetry * 1443 in poetry * 1442 in poetry * 1441 in poetry * 1440 in poetry

1430s in poetry, 1430s

* 1439 in poetry * 1438 in poetry * 1437 in poetry * 1436 in poetry * 1435 in poetry * 1434 in poetry * 1433 in poetry * 1432 in poetry * 1431 in poetry c. Birth of François Villon * 1430 in poetry

1420s in poetry, 1420s

* 1429 in poetry * 1428 in poetry * 1427 in poetry * 1426 in poetry * 1425 in poetry * 1424 in poetry * 1423 in poetry * 1422 in poetry * 1421 in poetry * 1420 in poetry

1410s in poetry, 1410s

* 1419 in poetry * 1418 in poetry * 1417 in poetry * 1416 in poetry * 1415 in poetry * 1414 in poetry * 1413 in poetry * 1412 in poetry * 1411 in poetry * 1410 in poetry

1400s in poetry, 1400s

* 1409 in poetry * 1408 in poetry * 1407 in poetry * 1406 in poetry * 1405 in poetry * 1404 in poetry * 1403 in poetry * 1402 in poetry * 1401 in poetry * 1400 in poetry Death of Geoffrey Chaucer

14th century in poetry

1390s in poetry, 1390s

* 1399 in poetry * 1398 in poetry * 1397 in poetry * 1396 in poetry * 1395 in poetry * 1394 in poetry * 1393 in poetry * 1392 in poetry * 1391 in poetry * 1390 in poetry

1380s in poetry, 1380s

* 1389 in poetry Death of Hafez * 1388 in poetry * 1387 in poetry * 1386 in poetry * 1385 in poetry * 1384 in poetry * 1383 in poetry * 1382 in poetry * 1381 in poetry * 1380 in poetry

1370s in poetry, 1370s

* 1379 in poetry * 1378 in poetry * 1377 in poetry * 1376 in poetry * 1375 in poetry John Barbour (poet), John Barbour's ''The Brus'' * 1374 in poetry * 1373 in poetry * 1372 in poetry * 1371 in poetry * 1370 in poetry

1360s in poetry, 1360s

* 1369 in poetry * 1368 in poetry * 1367 in poetry * 1366 in poetry * 1365 in poetry * 1364 in poetry * 1363 in poetry * 1362 in poetry * 1361 in poetry * 1360 in poetry Approximate date of the ''Mocedades de Rodrigo''

1350s in poetry, 1350s

* 1359 in poetry * 1358 in poetry * 1357 in poetry * 1356 in poetry * 1355 in poetry * 1354 in poetry * 1353 in poetry * 1352 in poetry * 1351 in poetry * 1350 in poetry

1340s in poetry, 1340s

* 1349 in poetry * 1348 in poetry * 1347 in poetry * 1346 in poetry * 1345 in poetry * 1344 in poetry * 1343 in poetry (c.) Birth of Geoffrey Chaucer, known as father of English poetry (died 1400) * 1342 in poetry * 1341 in poetry * 1340 in poetry

1330s in poetry, 1330s

* 1339 in poetry * 1338 in poetry * 1337 in poetry * 1336 in poetry * 1335 in poetry * 1334 in poetry * 1333 in poetry * 1332 in poetry * 1331 in poetry * 1330 in poetry

1320s in poetry, 1320s

* 1329 in poetry * 1328 in poetry * 1327 in poetry * 1326 in poetry * 1325 in poetry Birth of Hafez, Persian poet * 1324 in poetry * 1323 in poetry * 1322 in poetry * 1321 in poetry * 1320 in poetry

1310s in poetry, 1310s

* 1319 in poetry * 1318 in poetry * 1317 in poetry * 1316 in poetry * 1315 in poetry * 1314 in poetry * 1313 in poetry * 1312 in poetry * 1311 in poetry * 1310 in poetry

1300s in poetry, 1300s

* 1309 in poetry * 1308 in poetry * 1307 in poetry * 1306 in poetry * 1305 in poetry * 1304 in poetry * 1303 in poetry * 1302 in poetry * 1301 in poetry * 1300 in poetry ''Kebra Nagast'', ''Sundiata Keita'' in oral form

13th century in poetry

1290s

* 1299 in poetry * 1298 in poetry * 1297 in poetry * 1296 in poetry * 1295 in poetry * 1294 in poetry * 1293 in poetry * 1292 in poetry * 1291 in poetry Death of Saadi Shirazi, Saadi * 1290 in poetry

1280s

* 1289 in poetry * 1288 in poetry * 1287 in poetry The ''Jewang ungi, Jewang Un'gi'' by Yi Seung-hyu * 1286 in poetry * 1285 in poetry * 1284 in poetry * 1283 in poetry * 1282 in poetry * 1281 in poetry * 1280 in poetry

1270s

* 1279 in poetry * 1278 in poetry * 1277 in poetry * 1276 in poetry * 1275 in poetry * 1274 in poetry * 1273 in poetry * 1272 in poetry * 1271 in poetry * 1270 in poetry

1260s

* 1269 in poetry * 1268 in poetry * 1267 in poetry * 1266 in poetry * 1265 in poetry * 1264 in poetry * 1263 in poetry * 1262 in poetry * 1261 in poetry * 1260 in poetry

1250s

* 1259 in poetry * 1258 in poetry * 1257 in poetry * 1256 in poetry * 1255 in poetry * 1254 in poetry * 1253 in poetry * 1252 in poetry * 1251 in poetry * 1250 in poetry

1240s

* 1249 in poetry * 1248 in poetry * 1247 in poetry * 1246 in poetry * 1245 in poetry * 1244 in poetry * 1243 in poetry * 1242 in poetry * 1241 in poetry * 1240 in poetry

1230s

* 1239 in poetry * 1238 in poetry * 1237 in poetry * 1236 in poetry * 1235 in poetry * 1234 in poetry * 1233 in poetry * 1232 in poetry * 1231 in poetry * 1230 in poetry

1220s

* 1229 in poetry * 1228 in poetry * 1227 in poetry * 1226 in poetry * 1225 in poetry * 1224 in poetry * 1223 in poetry * 1222 in poetry * 1221 in poetry * 1220 in poetry

1210s

* 1219 in poetry * 1218 in poetry * 1217 in poetry * 1216 in poetry * 1215 in poetry * 1214 in poetry * 1213 in poetry * 1212 in poetry * 1211 in poetry * 1210 in poetry Birth of Saadi Shirazi, Saadi, Persian poet

1200s

* 1209 in poetry * 1208 in poetry Estimated date of the ''Gesta Danorum'' * 1207 in poetry * 1206 in poetry * 1205 in poetry * 1204 in poetry * 1203 in poetry * 1202 in poetry * 1201 in poetry * 1200 in poetry

12th century in poetry

1190s in poetry, 1190s

* 1199 in poetry * 1198 in poetry * 1197 in poetry * 1196 in poetry * 1195 in poetry Approximate date of ''El Cantar de mio Cid'' * 1194 in poetry * 1193 in poetry * 1192 in poetry * 1191 in poetry * 1190 in poetry Approximate date of ''The Tale of Igor's Campaign''

1180s in poetry, 1180s

* 1189 in poetry * 1188 in poetry * 1187 in poetry * 1186 in poetry * 1185 in poetry * 1184 in poetry * 1183 in poetry * 1182 in poetry * 1181 in poetry * 1180 in poetry

1170s in poetry, 1170s

* 1179 in poetry * 1178 in poetry * 1177 in poetry * 1176 in poetry * 1175 in poetry * 1174 in poetry * 1173 in poetry * 1172 in poetry * 1171 in poetry * 1170 in poetry

1160s in poetry, 1160s

* 1169 in poetry * 1168 in poetry * 1167 in poetry * 1166 in poetry * 1165 in poetry * 1164 in poetry * 1163 in poetry * 1162 in poetry * 1161 in poetry * 1160 in poetry

1150s in poetry, 1150s

* 1159 in poetry * 1158 in poetry * 1157 in poetry * 1156 in poetry * 1155 in poetry * 1154 in poetry * 1153 in poetry * 1152 in poetry * 1151 in poetry * 1150 in poetry

1140s in poetry, 1140s

* 1149 in poetry * 1148 in poetry * 1147 in poetry * 1146 in poetry * 1145 in poetry * 1144 in poetry * 1143 in poetry * 1142 in poetry * 1141 in poetry * 1140 in poetry

1130s in poetry, 1130s

* 1139 in poetry * 1138 in poetry * 1137 in poetry * 1136 in poetry * 1135 in poetry * 1134 in poetry * 1133 in poetry * 1132 in poetry * 1131 in poetry * 1130 in poetry

1120s in poetry, 1120s

* 1129 in poetry * 1128 in poetry * 1127 in poetry * 1126 in poetry * 1125 in poetry * 1124 in poetry * 1123 in poetry * 1122 in poetry * 1121 in poetry * 1120 in poetry

1110s in poetry, 1110s

* 1119 in poetry * 1118 in poetry * 1117 in poetry * 1116 in poetry * 1115 in poetry * 1114 in poetry * 1113 in poetry * 1112 in poetry * 1111 in poetry * 1110 in poetry

1100s in poetry, 1100s

* 1109 in poetry * 1108 in poetry * 1107 in poetry * 1106 in poetry * 1105 in poetry * 1104 in poetry * 1103 in poetry * 1102 in poetry * 1101 in poetry * 1100 in poetry ''The Knight in the Panther's Skin'' by Shota Rustaveli

11th century in poetry

1090s in poetry, 1090s

* 1099 in poetry * 1098 in poetry * 1097 in poetry * 1096 in poetry * 1095 in poetry * 1094 in poetry * 1093 in poetry * 1092 in poetry * 1091 in poetry * 1090 in poetry

1080s in poetry, 1080s

* 1089 in poetry * 1088 in poetry * 1087 in poetry * 1086 in poetry * 1085 in poetry * 1084 in poetry * 1083 in poetry * 1082 in poetry * 1081 in poetry * 1080 in poetry

1070s in poetry, 1070s

* 1079 in poetry * 1078 in poetry * 1077 in poetry * 1076 in poetry * 1075 in poetry * 1074 in poetry * 1073 in poetry * 1072 in poetry * 1071 in poetry * 1070 in poetry

1060s in poetry, 1060s

1050s in poetry, 1050s

1040s in poetry, 1040s

1030s in poetry, 1030s

1020s in poetry, 1020s

1010s in poetry, 1010s

1000s in poetry, 1000s

10th century in poetry

990s in poetry, 990s

980s in poetry, 980s

970s in poetry, 970s

* 977 - The ''Shahnameh'' by Ferdowsi

960s in poetry, 960s

950s in poetry, 950s

940s in poetry, 940s

930s in poetry, 930s

920s in poetry, 920s

910s in poetry, 910s

900s in poetry, 900s

*Earliest possible date of Lebor Gabála Érenn

5th century in poetry – 9th century in poetry

890s in poetry, 890s

880s in poetry, 880s

870s in poetry, 870s

860s in poetry, 860s

850s in poetry, 850s

840s in poetry, 840s

830s in poetry, 830s

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* 600 – Venantius Fortunatus born (c. 530 – c. 600), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy * 615 – Saint Columbanus (born 543), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer * 625 – Al-A'sha, Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha born (died 625) * 661 – Labīd died this year (born 560); Arabic poetry, Arabic poet

6th century in poetry, 500s

* 500 – Procopius born about this year (died 565) * 505 – Blossius Aemilius Dracontius born about this year (born 455) of Carthage, a Latin poet * 521 ** July 17 – Magnus Felix Ennodius died (born 474 – July 17, 521), Bishop of Pavia and poet, writing in Latin ** November – Jacob of Serugh died (born 451), writing in Syriac language, Syriac * 530 – Venantius Fortunatus born (c. 530 – c. 600), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy * 534 – Taliesin born about this year (died c. 599), the earliest identified Welsh people, Welsh poet * 536 – Agathias born about this year (died 582/594); Ancient Greek poetry, Ancient Greek poet and historian * 539 – Chilperic I born (died September 584) Frankish king of Neustria and a Latin poet * 543 – Saint Columbanus (died 615), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer * 544 – Arator declaims his poem ''De Actibus Apostolorum'' in the Church of San Pietro-in-Vinculi * 554 – 'Abid ibn al-Abris died about this year; Arabic poetry, Arabic poet * 560: ** Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya died about this year; Jewish poet writing in Arabic poetry, Arabic ** Labīd born this year (died 661); Arabic poetry, Arabic poet * 565 – Procopius died (born about 500) * 570 – Al-A'sha, Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha born (died 625) * 580 – Antara Ibn Shaddad died about this year; Arabic poetry, Arabic poet * 584 ** (September) – Chilperic I died (born 539) Frankish king of Neustria and a Latin poet ** Amr ibn Kulthum died about this year; Arabic poetry, Arabic poet * 599 – Taliesin died about this year (born c. 534), the earliest identified Welsh people, Welsh poet

5th century in poetry, 400s

* Unknown – Compilation of the ''Mahavamsa'' by Buddhist monks * 451 – Jacob of Serugh born (died November 521), writing in Syriac language, Syriac * 455 – Blossius Aemilius Dracontius born about this year (died c. 505) of Carthage, a Latin poet * 474 – Magnus Felix Ennodius (died July 17, 521), Bishop of Pavia and poet, writing in Latin

Poetry before the 5th century

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Before 1000 BC in poetry

* 11th century BC – earliest works in the ''Classic of Poetry'' * c. 1500 BC – Earliest possible date for composition of the "family poems" in the ''Rig Veda'' * c. 23rd century BC – Enheduanna, ''The Exaltation of Inanna'' and "Sumerian Temple Hymns" * c. 26th century BC – ''Kesh Temple Hymn''

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