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Encyclopedia > 1921 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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// Robert Graves marries Nancy Nicholson. ... // The Egoist, goes defunct Two paintings by E. E. Cummings appear in a show of the New York Society of Independent Artists. ... // The Dial, January 1920 issue Ezra Pound moves from London to Paris where he moved among a circle of artists, musicians and writers who were revolutionising modern art The Dial, a longstanding American literary magazine, is re-established by Scofield Thayer; the publication becomes an important outlet for Modernist poets... See also: 1917 in literature, other events of 1918, 1919 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1918 in literature, other events of 1919, 1920 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1919 in literature, other events of 1920, 1921 in literature, List of years in literature. ... See also: 1920 in literature, other events of 1921, 1922 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1921 in literature, other events of 1922, 1923 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1922 in literature, other events of 1923, 1924 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1923 in literature, other events of 1924, 1925 in literature, list of years in literature. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries in poetry. ... Category: ... Category: ... Category: ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The 21st century is the present century of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... // First flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. ... // Events and trends The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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 3Russian 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. His widow is Russian poet Anna Akhmatova]].

Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986), was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. ... Coordinates: Found 1536, 1580 Mayor Jorge Telerman Area    - City 203 km²  (78. ... Logo of International PEN International PEN, the worldwide association of writers, was founded in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere; to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as... John Galsworthy (August 14, 1867 – January 31, 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. ... Joseph Conrad. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... Nikolai Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (Russian: , April 15 NS 1886 - August 1921) was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. ... Cheka-KGB emblem: sword and shield The Cheka (ЧК - чрезвычайная комиссия) was the first of many Soviet secret police organizations, created by decree on December 20, 1917 by Vladimir Lenin and led by Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ...

Works published

Wilfred Owen Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (March 18, 1893 – November 4, 1918) was an English poet and soldier, regarded by some as the leading poet of the First World War. ... Dulce et Decorum Est (written in 1917 and published posthumously in 1921) is a poem written by the English poet and World War I soldier Wilfred Owen. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... H.D. in the mid 1910s Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 - September 27, 1961), better known by the pen name H.D., was an American poet, novelist and memoirist. ... Nikolai Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (Russian: , April 15 NS 1886 - August 1921) was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, certainly one of the most controversial, English writers of the 20th century, who wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters. ... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (December 11, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on 24 January 1908. ... Includes Poems: Solomon And The Witch An Image From A Past Life Under Saturn Easter, 1916 Sixteen Dead Men The Rose Tree On A Political Prisoner The Leaders Of The Crowd Towards Break Of Day Demon And Beast The Second Coming A Prayer For My Daughter A Meditation In Time... This article refers to the religious usage of the term. ... A Prayer for my Daughter is a poem by William Butler Yeats, which he wrote in June of 1919 and published in 1921 as part of Yeats collection Michael Robartes and the Dancer. ...

Births

January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Chester Kallman (7 January 1921 – 18 January 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for his collaborations with Igor Stravinsky Kallman was born in Brooklyn. ... Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Igor Fëdorovič Stravinskij) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a Russian composer best known for three compositions from his earlier, Russian period: LOiseau de feu (The Firebird) (1910), Petrushka (1911), and Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1913). ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Raymond Holmes Souster was born in 1921, in Toronto, Ontario. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921), is a United States poet. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... Mona Jane Van Duyn (May 9, 1921 - December 2, 2004) was an American poet. ... // Rita Dove, American Smooth: Poems (Norton); named a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review Donald Justice, Collected Poems (Knopf); published posthumously; named a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review Michael Ryan, New And Selected Poems Derek Walcott, The... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... Hayden Carruth (born August 3, 1921 in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.A) is an American poet and literary critic. ... George Mackay Brown (1921 - 1996), was a poet, author and dramatist. ... James A. Emanuel (born 1921), is an expatriate African-American poet, residing in France. ...

Deaths

January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Francis William Bourdillon (March 22, 1852 - January 13, 1921) was a British poet and translator. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Blok in 1907 Alexander Blok (Александр Александрович Блок, November 28, 1880 [O.S. November 16] – August 7, 1921), was perhaps the most gifted lyrical poet produced by Russia after Alexander Pushkin. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... Nikolai Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (Russian: , April 15 NS 1886 - August 1921) was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Austin Dobson (January 18, 1840 – September 2, 1921) was an English poet and essayist. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ...

Awards

The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ...

See also

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