1900 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
| Years in literature: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
| 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: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] Works published
- G. K. Chesterton, The Wild Knight and Other Poems
- Stephen Crane, The Black Riders and Other Lines
- Ernest Henley, For England's Sake
- Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch edits Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900
- W.B. Yeats, The Shadowy Waters
[edit] Births
- February 19 – Giorgos Seferis (died 1971), Greek poet, diplomat and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963
- March 3 – Basil Bunting (died 1985), British modernist poet
- April 19 – Richard Hughes (died 1976) British poet, novelist, playwright and writer
- July 4 – Robert Desnos (died 1945), French surrealist poet
- October 17 – Yvor Winters (died 1968) American literary critic and poet
[edit] Deaths
- January 19 – William Larminie, 50, Irish poet and folklorist
- January 23 – Richard Watson Dixon, 76, English poet and divine
- January 29 – John Ruskin, 80, English art critic and social critic
- January 31 – John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, 55, nemesis of Oscar Wilde
- February 21 – Henry Duff Traill, 67, British author, poet and journalist
- February 23 – Ernest Dowson, 32, English poet associated with the Decadent movement
- June 5 – Stephen Crane, 28, American novelist, poet and journalist
- November 30 – Oscar Wilde, 46, Irish playwright, novelist, poet and short story writer
- date not known – Richard Hovey, American composer, poet and artist
