1906 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 |
| Years in literature: | 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 |
| 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: | 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein
[edit] Works published
- W. F. Alexander and A. E. Currie, editors, New Zealand Verse, anthology[1]
- D. Hyde, editor and translator into English from Gaelic, The Religious Songs of Connacht, Ireland[2]
- Alfred Noyes, "The Highwayman", a ballad
- C. M. Doughty, The Dawn in Britain
- Thomas Hardy. The Dynasts, II
[edit] Births
- January 19 — Robin Hyde (died 1939), New Zealand
- April 13 — Samuel Beckett (died 1989), poet, playwright and novelist who won the Nobel Prize in 1969
- October 16 — Cleanth Brooks (died 1994) influential American literary critic and professor; author of Understanding Poetry
- November 12 — George Hill Dillon, American poet and winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize in poetry (died 1968)
- John Betjeman
- Bruce Charles (Canada)
- Sir William Empson
- Anne Lindbergh (US)
- Vernon Watkins (Wales)
[edit] Deaths
- Ronald Bottrall
- Martha Browne
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- James McIntyre
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] Notes
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, p 837
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Irish Poetry" article, "Anthologies in English and Translations from Gaelic" section, p 633
