1901 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 |
| Years in literature: | 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 |
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[edit] Events
- a small plaque is set on the Statue of Liberty to display Emma Lazarus' 1883 poem, "The New Colossus"
- The first Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Sully Prudhomme, a French poet and essayist.
[edit] Works published
- Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and Present
- George Meredith, A Reading of Life
[edit] Births
- January 16 — Laura Riding Jackson (died 1991), American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer
- March 27 — Kenneth Slessor (died 1971), Australian newspaper journalist and poet
- May 1 — Sterling Brown (died p1989) African-American teacher, poet, writer on folklore, and literary critic
- August 20 — Salvatore Quasimodo, (died 1968), Italian poet
- date not known:
- Adrian Hanbury Bell
- Ignatius Campbell South African poet
- Andreas Empeirikos, Greek
[edit] Deaths
- June 10 — Robert Williams Buchanan, 59, Scots poet, novelist and dramatist
- July 20 — William Cosmo Monkhouse, 61, English poet and critic
- December 23 — William Ellery Channing, 73, American Transcendentalist poet
- date not known:
- Sarah Carmichael
- Albery Whitman
