1921 in poetry
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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 family in Europe.
- August 3 — Russian poet Anna Akhmatova in 1918.
- Autumn–Winter — T. S. Eliot works on The Waste Land in Margate and Lausanne.
- December 31 — Mexican poet Manuel Maples Arce distributes the first Stridentistmanifesto, Comprimido estridentista, in the broadsheet Actual n°1 (Mexico City).
- Mrs. C. A. Dawson-Scott founds PEN, an international Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists, in London with John Galsworthy, who becomes the organisation's first President; first members include Joseph Conrad, George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells
Works published in English
Canada
- Arthur Bourinot, Poems. Toronto: T.H. Best.[citation needed]
- Wilson MacDonald, The Miracle Songs Of Jesus. Toronto: W. MacDonald.[1]
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
- Nancy Cunard, Outlaws
- Walter de la Mare, The Veil, and Other Poems[7]
- Toru Dutt, Life and Letters of Toru Dutt, London, Milford: Oxford University Press, Indian poet, writing in English, published in the United Kingdom[3]
- T. S. Eliot, The Metaphysical Poets, critical essay on the Metaphysical poets of the 16th and 17th centuries (text here)
- Robert Graves, The Pier-Glass[7]
- D. H. Lawrence, Tortoises
- Bertram Lloyd, ed., The Great Kinship: An Anthology of Humanitarian Poetry[8]
- Charlotte Mew, Saturday Market
- Vita Sackville-West, Orchard and Vineyard[7]
- John Collings Squire, Collected Parodies
- Flora Thompson, Bog-Myrtle and Peat[7]
- W. B. Yeats, Irish author published in the United Kingdom:
United States
- Conrad Aiken, Punch: The Immoratal Liar[9]
- Sherwood Anderson, The Triumph of the Egg[9]
- John Gould Fletcher, Breakers and Granite[9]
- Zona Gale, The Secret Way[9]
- H.D., Hymen[9]
- Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", in The Crisis
- Amy Lowell, Legends[9]
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, Second April[9]
- Marianne Moore, Poems[9]
- Ezra Pound, Poems 1918–1921, New York[10]
- Charles Reznikoff, A Fourth Group of Verse
- Edward Arlington Robinson, Avon's Harvest[9]
- Sour Grapes
- Yvor Winters, The Immobile Wind[9]
- Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind[9]
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:
Works published in other languages
France
- André Breton, Les Champs magnétiques[12]
- Max Jacob, Le Laboratoire central[13]
- Francis Jammes:
- Pierre Reverdy, Étoiles peintes[15]
- Paul-Jean Toulet, Les Contrerimes, French[12]
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:
- Telugu-language[2]
- Dimbeshwar Neog, Malika, Assamese-language
- Padmadhar Chaliha, Svaraj Sangit, Indian, Assamese-language[2]
- Vallathol Narayana Menon, Magdalana Mariyam, a Malayalam khanda kavya about a repentant Mary consoled by Christ[2]
- Telugu-language, written in 1917 but printed in book form this year[2]
Other languages
- Russian
- August Alle, Carmina Barbata, Estonian
- Dutch
- António Botto, Canções (Songs), Portuguese
- Yiddish
- Federico García Lorca, Libro de poemas (Book of Poems), Spain
- Russian
- Austria
- Mexico
- Mexico
- Mexico
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):
- January 7 – Chester Kallman (died 1975), American poet, librettist and translator best known for collaborations with Igor Stravinsky
- January 15 – Raymond Souster (died 2012), Canadian poet
- January 31 – Swisstheologian and poet
- March 1 – Richard Wilbur (died 2017), American poet
- April 6 – Marie Ponsot (died 2019), née Birmingham, American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher and translator
- April 13 – Australianpoet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller
- April 24 – Gabriel Okara (died 2019), Nigerian poet and novelist
- May 9:
- Daniel Berrigan (died 2016), American Jesuit priest, poet and anti-war activist
- Mona Van Duyn (died 2004), American poet
- June 14 – John Bradburne (killed 1979), English poet and missionary
- June 15 – James Emanuel (died 2013), African-American poet and scholar
- June 27 – Australian poet born with cerebral palsyand unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen
- June 29 – vasko Popa (died 1991), Serbian poet
- July 5 – Greekpoet, novelist and playwright
- August 14 – Julia Hartwig (died 2017), Polish poet
- August 16 – Shiv K. Kumar (died 2017), Indian, English-language poet, playwright and fiction writer
- August 18 – Frédéric Jacques Temple (died 2020), French poet and writer
- August 21 – Telugu-language poet and story writer
- August 31 – Hayden Carruth (died 2008), American poet and literary critic
- September 2 – Shukrullo (died 2020), Uzbek poet
- October 9 – Tadeusz Różewicz (died 2014), Polish poet, dramatist and writer
- October 13 – Australianpoet, resident in Australia from 1952
- October 17 – Scottishpoet, author and dramatist
- December 25 – Australianpoet and editor
- December 26 – Adebayo Faleti (died 2017), Nigerian poet, journalist, playwright, actor, broadcaster and translator
- Also:
- Divya Prabha Bharali, Indian, Assamese-language poet; a woman
- Dogri-Pahadi-language poet
- Kashmirilanguage
- Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay, Indian, Bengali-language Marxist poet
- Sindhi-language
- Nepali-language critic, essayist, poet and short-story writer called the father of modern literary criticism in Nepali
- Oriyapoet and novelist
- Kashmiri-language poet and children's author
- Sarachchandra Muktibodh (died 1984), Indian, Marathi-language poet and novelist
- Shrikrishna Powale (died 1974), Indian, Marathi-language poet in the "Sthandil" Cult of Kusumagraj and Kant
- Sindhi-language poet and short-story writer
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):
- January 13 – Francis William Bourdillon, 68, British poet and translator
- February 15 – Akbar Allahabadi, 74, Indian, Urdu-language poet known for his satire
- April 21 – Rosa Mulholland, Lady Gilbert (born 1841), Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet[7]
- May 26 – Donald Evans (born 1884), American poet, publisher, music critic and journalist
- June 18 – Australian
- August 7 – Russianpoet known for his lyrics
- circa August 25 – Russian poet Anna Akhmatova(executed – see Events, above)
- September 2 – Henry Austin Dobson, 61 (born 1840), English poet and essayist
- September 11 – Tamil-language writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and social reformer, also writing Indian poetry in English
- September 13 – Australianpoet, teacher and clergyman
- September 26 – Romanianpoet and Imperial Russian Army general
- November 21 – Ernest Myers, 77, English poet and classicist
- Also:
- Va. Ba. Patavardhan (born 1870), Indian, Marathi-language critic and poet
Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: no award given
See also
Notes
- ^ Search results: Wilson MacDonald, Open Library, Web, May 10, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
- ^ ISBN 978-0-391-03286-6), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ^ ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 6, 2010
- ^ 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.
- ^ ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 6, 2010
- ^ ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ISBN 9781137526519.
- ^ 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
- ^ Ackroyd, Peter, Ezra Pound, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Bibliography" chapter, p 121
- ^ "Hartigan, Patrick Joseph (John O'Brien) (1878 - 1952)", article, Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition, retrieved May 12, 2009. Archived 2009-05-14.
- ^ a b Hartley, Anthony, editor, The Penguin Book of French Verse: 4: The Twentieth Century, Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1967
- ^ Web page titled "Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 9, 2009. 2009-09-03.
- ^ a b Web page titled "POET Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)", at The Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 30, 2009
- ISBN 0-394-52197-8