1903 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 |
| Years in literature: | 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 |
| 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: | 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] Works published
- Thomas Traherne, Poetical Works (posthumous)
- W. B. Yeats:
- In the Seven Woods, poems[1]
- Ideas of Good and Evil, essays, including essays on Edmund Spenser, Percy Shelley and William Blake (criticism)[1]
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] Births
- January 9 — Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903–January 9, 1946), African-American poet
- April 3 — Peter Huchel (died 1981), German
- November 6 — Carl Rakosi, American poet
- December 4 — A. L. Rowse (died 1997), British poet, historian and Shakespeare scholar and biographer
- December 31 — Lorine Niedecker (died 1970) the only woman associated with the Objectivist poets
- date not known — William Plomer (died 1973), South African novelist, poet and literary editor
[edit] Deaths
- March 20 — Charles Godfrey Leland, 78, American humorist, folklorist and poet
- July 11 — William Ernest Henley, 52, British poet, critic, and editor
- date not known:
- Isa Craig
- David Mills (poet)
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Mac Liammoir, Michael, and Eavan Boland, W. B. Yeats, Thames and Hudson (part of the "Thames and Hudson Literary Lives" series), London, 1971, p. 81
