1921 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 |
| Years in literature: | 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s |
| Years: | 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 |
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[edit] Events
- Jorge Luis Borges, writer and poet, returns to Buenos Aires after a period living in Europe.
- Mrs. C.A. Dawson-Scott founds PEN, an international Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists with John Galsworthy, who would become International PEN's first President; first members included Joseph Conrad, George Bernard Shaw, and H.G. Wells
- August 3 — Russian poet Nikolay Gumilyov's fate is sealed when he is arrested in the Soviet Union by the Cheka on charges of being a monarchist; on August 24 the Petrograd Cheka decrees execution of all 61 participants of the "Tagantsev Conspiracy", including Gumilyov. The exact dates and locations of their executions and burials are still unknown. He had divorced Russian poet Anna Akhmatova in 1918.
[edit] Works published
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Anna Akhmatova in the 1920s
- Anna Akhmatova, Plantain (Russian)
- Wilfred Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est (written in 1917 and published posthumously); the poem's horrifying imagery made it one of the most popular condemnations of war ever written.
- Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), Hymen
- H. Leivick, The Golem, "dramatic poem in eight scenes" (Yiddish)
- Federico García Lorca, Libro de poemas (Spanish for "Book of Poems")
- Nikolay Gumilyov, The Pillar of Fire (Russian)
- D. H. Lawrence, Tortoises
- Marianne Moore, Poems
- Ezra Pound, Poems 1918–1921, New York[1]
- Charles Reznikoff, A Fourth Group of Verse
- John Collings Squire, Collected Parodies
- William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes
- William Butler Yeats, Michael Robartes and the Dancer, including "The Second Coming" and "A Prayer For My Daughter"
[edit] Births
- January 7 — Chester Kallman, (died 1975) American poet, librettist, and translator best known for collaborations with Igor Stravinsky
- January 15 — Raymond Souster, Canadian poet
- March 1 — Richard Wilbur, American poet
- May 9 — Mona Van Duyn, (died 2004), American poet
- August 31 — Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic
- date not known:
- George Mackay Brown, poet
- James A. Emanuel, American poet and scholar
- Marie Ponsot
- Nanos Valaoritis, Greek
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 — Francis William Bourdillon, 68, British poet and translator
- August 7 — Alexander Blok, 60, Russian poet known for his lyrics
- circa August 26 — Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and former husband of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova]], is executed (see Events section, above)
- September 2 — Henry Austin Dobson, 61, English poet and essayist
- date not known — Ernest Myers
[edit] Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: no award given
