:''Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:''
:''He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;''
:''He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:''
:''His truth is marching on.''
—first stanza 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" as new lyrics to an existing song, and the original 1870 pacifist Mothers' Day Proclamation. She w ...
's ''
Battle Hymn of the Republic
The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is an American patriotic music, American patriotic song written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War.
Howe adapted her song from the soldiers' song "John Brown's Body" in N ...
'' conceived as both poem and lyrics to a popular tune and first published in February in ''
The Atlantic Monthly
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It was founded in 1857 ...
''
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France
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).
Events
* February 11 –
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 Brother ...
, on returning home with
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He wrote many plays – all tragedies – and collections of poetry such as '' Poems and Ballads'', and contributed to the Eleve ...
after a night on the town, finds his wife,
Elizabeth Siddal, dead on the floor from an overdose of
laudanum
Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine). Laudanum is prepared by dissolving extracts from the opium poppy (''Papaver somniferum'') in alcohol (ethanol).
Reddish-br ...
. At her funeral, he places a sheaf of poems (a few years later retrieved) in the coffin.
* December 28 –
Walt Whitman
Walter Whitman Jr. (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature. Whitman incor ...
moves to
Washington, D.C.
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, where he will volunteer in army hospitals.
*
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 ...
's year of greatest poetic productivity.
Works published in English
United Kingdom
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*
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold (academic), Tom Arnold, literary professor, and Willi ...
, ''On Translating Homer: Last Words'', a reply to
F. W. Newman's ''Homeric Translation in Theory and Practice''
1861, itself a reply to Arnold's ''On Translating Homer'', published that year
*
William Barnes, ''Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect: Third Collection'' (see also
1844
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,
1869
Events January
* January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan.
* January 5 – Scotland's second oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
* January 20 – Elizabe ...
,
1868
Events
January
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsu ...
)
[
* ]Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her work receiv ...
, ''Last Poems'', edition prepared by her husband, Robert Browning
Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian literature, Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentar ...
; posthumously published[
* Charles Stuart Calverley, published anonymously, ''Verses and Translations''][
* A. H. Clough, ''Last Poems'', published posthumously with a memoir by F. T. Palgrave][
* ]Thomas De Quincey
Thomas Penson De Quincey (; Thomas Penson Quincey; 15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his ''Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'' (1821).Eaton, Horace Ainsworth, ''Thomas De Q ...
, '' Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets'', first publication of the author's series of biographical essays on the Lake Poets
The Lake Poets were a group of English poets who all lived in the Lake District of England, United Kingdom, in the first half of the nineteenth century. As a group, they followed no single "school" of thought or literary practice then known. They ...
, including William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poetry, Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romanticism, Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication ''Lyrical Balla ...
, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( ; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth ...
and Robert Southey
Robert Southey (; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic poetry, Romantic school, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth an ...
(originally published separately in '' Tait's Edinburgh Magazine'' in 1834
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* January 3 – The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
* January – The W ...
, 1835, 1839
Events
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* January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
* January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years.
* January 9 – ...
and 1840
Events
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* January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded.
* January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom.
* Janu ...
; see also ''Selections Grave and Gay'' 1854, which includes some of the essays)
* Charles Hindley, writing as Mother Shipton, ''Mother Shipton's Prophecy'', dated 1448
* George Meredith, ''Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadside''[
* ]Coventry Patmore
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (23 July 1823 – 26 November 1896) was an English poet and critic, literary critic. He is best known for his book of poetry ''The Angel in the House'', a narrative poem about the Victorian era, Victorian ideal of ...
, ''Victories of Love''
* Adelaide A. Procter, ''A Chaplet of Verses'', illustrated by Richard Doyle[
* ]Christina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romanticism, romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well k ...
, '' Goblin Market and Other Poems'' (see also ''Poems'' 1890
Events
January
* January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa.
* January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House.
* January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...
)[
* ]Joseph Skipsey
Joseph Skipsey (17 March 1832 – 3 September 1903) was a Northumberland, Northumbrian poet during the Victorian period and one of a number of literary coal miners to be known as 'The Pitman Poet'. Among his best known works is the ballad ...
, ''Poems, Songs and Ballads''
United States
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* Oliver Wendell Holmes:
** ''Songs in Many Keys''
** ''The Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes''[
* ]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" as new lyrics to an existing song, and the original 1870 pacifist Mothers' Day Proclamation. She w ...
, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is an American patriotic song written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War.
Howe adapted her song from the soldiers' song " John Brown's Body" in November 1861, and sold ...
",[ published in '']The Atlantic Monthly
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It was founded in 1857 ...
'', February
* William Ross Wallace, ''The Liberty Bell''[
* ]John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet ...
, ''The Furnace Blast''
Other in English
* Charles Harpur, ''A Poet's Home'', verse pamphlet, Australia
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* Henry Kendall, '' Poems and Songs'', Australia
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Works published in other languages
* Aleardo Aleardi, ''Canto politico'' ("Political Songs"), Italy
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* Charles Baudelaire
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, '' Petits poèmes en prose'', France
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* Dalpatram
Dalpatram Dahyabhai Travadi (21 January 1820 – 25 March 1898) was a Gujarati language poet during 19th century in India. He was the father of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, a poet.
He led social reform movements in Ahmedabad, and wrote articles aga ...
, editor, ''Kavhadohan'', an anthology of Gujarati
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-language poetry (India
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)
* Leconte de Lisle
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (; 22 October 1818 – 17 July 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle.
Biography
Leconte de Lisle was born on the French overseas i ...
, ''Poèmes barbares'', France
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* Henrik Ibsen
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, ''Terje Vigen
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'', Norway
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in poetry" article:
* January 10 – Hoshino Tenchi 星野天知 (died 1950
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* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
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), Japanese
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poet and martial arts master; a co-founder of ''Bungakukai'' literary magazine; 8th Grand Master and a teacher of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu martial-arts school (surname: Hoshino)
* January 12 – Edith Emma Cooper
Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of the English authors Katherine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper (12 January 1862 – 13 December 1913). As Field ...
, half of " Michael Field" (died 1913
Events January
* January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city.
* January 3 &ndash ...
), English
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* January 24 – Edith Wharton
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(died 1937
Events
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* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Feb ...
), American
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fiction writer
* c. January 28 – Ella Rhoads Higginson
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(died 1940
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Events
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January
*Janu ...
), American
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* February 17 – Mori Ōgai
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森 鷗外 / 森 鴎外 (died 1922
Events
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* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
) Japanese
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physician, translator, novelist and poet (surname: Mori)
* March 2 – John Jay Chapman
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Early life
Chapman was born in New York City on March 2, 1862. He was a son of Henry Grafton Chapman Jr. (1833–1883), a broker who became president of the New York St ...
(died 1923
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), American
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writer
* April 24 – A. C. Benson
Arthur Christopher Benson, (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an English essayist, poet and academic, who served as the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He wrote the lyrics of Edward Elgar's ''Coronation Ode'', including the words ...
(died 1925
Events January
* January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini m ...
), English
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* May 22 – John Kendrick Bangs
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Biography
He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis N. Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S ...
(died 1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
), American
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* June 6 – Sir Henry Newbolt
Sir Henry John Newbolt, Order of the Companions of Honour, CH (6 June 1862 – 19 April 1938) was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a role as a government adviser with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps ...
(died 1938
Events
January
* January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS).
* January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
), English
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* English people
English may also refer to:
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* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
* June 18 – Carolyn Wells
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Life and career
Born in Rahway, New Jersey, she was the daughter of William Edmund and Anna Potter Wells (née Woodruff).
After finishing school, she wo ...
(died 1942
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), American
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novelist and poet
* August 2 – Duncan Campbell Scott
Duncan Campbell Scott (August 2, 1862 – December 19, 1947) was a Canadian civil servant and poet and prose writer. With Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Archibald Lampman, he is classed as one of Canada's Confederation Poets.
A caree ...
(died 1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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), Canadian
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* September 28 – W. T. Goodge (died 1909
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* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
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* October 29 – John Bernard O'Hara (died 1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
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* November 4 – Jean Blewett (died 1934
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* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
), Canadian
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* November 5 – Thomas William Heney
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Heney was the son of Thomas William Heney (Snr), a printer, and Sarah Elizabeth, ''née'' Carruthers. He was born in Sydney and educated at Cooma, ...
(died 1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...
), Australian
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in poetry" article:
* February 11 – Elizabeth Siddall
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (25 July 1829 – 11 February 1862), better known as Elizabeth Siddal (a spelling she adopted in 1853), was an English artist, art model, and poet. Siddal was perhaps the most significant of the female models who pos ...
(born 1829
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* January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's '' Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig.
* February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw.
* Marc ...
), English
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artist, artist's model and poet, wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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; from an opium overdose
* February 14 – Emily Rebecca Page
Emily Rebecca Page (May 5, 1834 - February 14, 1862) was an American poet and editor. She began contributing poems to the Portland, Maine ''Transcript'' in 1846. She wrote prose and poetry for the ''Carpet-Bag'', ''Ladies' Repository'', and the ' ...
(born 1834
Events
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* January 3 – The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
* January – The W ...
), American
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poet and editor
* February 21 – Justinus Kerner
Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner (18 September 1786, in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – 21 February 1862, in Weinsberg, Baden-Württemberg) was a German poet, practicing physician, and medical writer. He gave the first detailed ...
(born 1786
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), German
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poet of the Swabian school and physician
* February 24 – Bernhard Severin Ingemann
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Biography
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He atten ...
(born 1789
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), Danish poet, playwright and historical novelist
* March 13 – Roderick Flanagan (born 1828
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* January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France.
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* May 6 – Henry David Thoreau
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(born 1817
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), American
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author, poet, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher and leading transcendentalist; from tuberculosis
* August 23 – Friedrich Julius Hammer (born 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.
* J ...
), German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
poet
* date not known – Gopala Krishna Pattanayak (born 1785
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Burmese Konbaung Dynasty annexes the Mrauk U Kingdom of Arakan.
** The first issue of the '' Daily Universal Register'', later known as ''The Times'', is published in London.
* January 7 &nd ...
), Indian
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Associated with India
* of or related to India
** Indian people
** Indian diaspora
** Languages of India
** Indian English, a dialect of the English language
** Indian cuisine
Associated with indigenous peoples o ...
, Oriya-language poet
See also
* 19th century in poetry
* 19th century in literature
Literature of the 19th century refers to world literature produced during the 19th century. The range of years is, for the purpose of this article, literature written from (roughly) 1799 to 1900. Many of the developments in literature in this ...
* List of years in poetry
This article gives a chronological list of years in poetry. These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry.
Before 1000 BC
* – '' Kesh Temple Hymn''
* – Enheduanna, ''The Exalta ...
* List of years in literature
This article gives a chronological list of years in literature, with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroque and Modern liter ...
* Victorian literature
Victorian era, Victorian literature is English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). In the Victorian era, the novel became the leading literary genre in English. English writing from this era reflects the major transform ...
* French literature of the 19th century
19th-century French literature concerns the developments in French literature during a dynamic period in French history that saw the rise of Democracy and the fitful end of Monarchy and Empire. The period covered spans the following political re ...
* Poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
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