1921 in poetry

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List of years in poetry (table)
In literature
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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

India in Indian poetry in English

  • Sri Aurobindo, Love and Death, long poem about the triumph of love over death, concerning the Ruru-Priyumvada legend (somewhat like the Greek Orpheus-Eurydice and the Indian Satvitri-Satyavan myths)[2]
  • Toru Dutt, Life and Letters of Toru Dutt, London, Milford: Oxford University Press, Indian poet, writing in English, published in the United Kingdom[3]
  • Maneck B. Pithawalla, A Wedding Feast, Karachi: M. B. Pithawalla[4]* Poets of John Company, Calcutta: Tahcker, Spink and Co., 134 pages; anthology[5]
  • K. S. R. Sastry, The Epic of Indian Womanhood, Madras: Imperial Trading Co.[6]
  • Puran Singh, The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel and Other Sikh Poems, London: Dent[6]
  • Nanikram Vasanmal Thadani, Ashoka and Other Poems, Delhi: self-published[4]

United Kingdom

United States

Other in English

  • Australia
  • Australia
  • Australian book of poetry which went into five editions and 18,000 copies by 1926; widely popularized across eastern Australia by recitations of John Byrne, praised in Ireland and the United States, made into a film in 1925, and 20 poems of the book were set to music in 1933; includes "Said Hanrahan", from which "We'll all be rooned" became an Australian catch phrase[11]
  • W. B. Yeats, Irish author published in the United Kingdom:
    • A Prayer For My Daughter
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    • Four Plays for Dancers, adds "At the Hawk's Well" and "Calvary" to Two Plays for Dancers, published in 1919[7]

Works published in other languages

France

Indian subcontinent

Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:

Other languages

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article (Indian poets listed by first name, when listed alphabetically, whether or not it is a surname):

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article (Indian poets listed by first name, when listed alphabetically, whether or not it is a surname):

Awards and honors

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Search results: Wilson MacDonald, Open Library, Web, May 10, 2011.
  2. ^ , retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
  3. ^ ), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
  4. ^ , retrieved August 6, 2010
  5. ^ Joshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies" Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. 2009-06-19.
  6. ^ , retrieved August 6, 2010
  7. ^ .
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  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
  10. ^ Ackroyd, Peter, Ezra Pound, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Bibliography" chapter, p 121
  11. ^ "Hartigan, Patrick Joseph (John O'Brien) (1878 - 1952)", article, Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition, retrieved May 12, 2009. Archived 2009-05-14.
  12. ^ a b Hartley, Anthony, editor, The Penguin Book of French Verse: 4: The Twentieth Century, Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1967
  13. ^ Web page titled "Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 9, 2009. 2009-09-03.
  14. ^ a b Web page titled "POET Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)", at The Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 30, 2009