1911 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 |
| Years in literature: | 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Britain establishes six copyright libraries to which copies of all books published in the country must be sent: Bodleian Library (Oxford); British Library (London); National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh); National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth); Trinity College, Dublin; and Cambridge University Library.
[edit] Works published
- Rupert Brooke, Poems 1911
- Constantine P. Cavafy, Itaka and The Gods Abandon Antony
- Ezra Pound, Canzoni
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] United States
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Poetry: James Whitcomb Riley
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck, Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist
[edit] Births
- February 8 — Elizabeth Bishop, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner (+ 1979)
- May 29 — Leah Goldberg (died 1970), Israeli poet writing in Hebrew
- November 2 — Odysseus Elytis, Greek
- J.V. Cunningham
- Allen Curnow
- Robert Gittings
- Paul Goodman (US)
- Sorley Maclean
- Josephine Miles
- Czeslaw Milosz
- Kenneth Patchen
- Mervyn Peake
[edit] Deaths
- Elizabeth Chase Allen
- James A. Bland
- Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall
- Frances Watkins
