// 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... // Jorge Luis Borges, writer and poet, returns to Buenos Aires after a period living in Europe. ... // Pulitzer Prize for Poetry established The Criterion appears William Butler Yeats Who goes with Fergus (first published in 1892 is the song James Joyce has his character Stephen Daedalus sing to his mother as she lies dying in the novel Ulysses, published this year (the poem was Joyces favorite... 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. ... See also: 1924 in literature, other events of 1925, 1926 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1925 in literature, other events of 1926, 1927 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. ... 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). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Events

Works published

• Djuna Barnes, A Book, collection of prose and poetry
• e.e. cummings, Tulips and Chimneys
• Walter De La Mare, Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of all Ages (anthology)
• D.H. Lawrence, Birds, Beasts, and Flowers, including "Snake"
• John Masefield, Collected Poems
• Sukumar Ray, Abol Tabol
• Wallace Stevens, Harmonium, including "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" and "The Emperor of Ice-Cream"
• Jean Toomer, Cane
• William Carlos Williams, Go Go; Spring and All
• W.B. Yeats, The Cat and the Moon, including "Leda and the Swan"

Djuna Barnes [1] [2] [3] (June 12, 1892 - June 18, 1982) was an American writer who played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing by women and was one of the key figures in 1920s and 30s bohemian Paris after filling a similar role... Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 - September 3, 1962) was an American poet and writer. ... It has been suggested that The Listeners be merged into this article or section. ... 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. ... John Edward Masefield, OM, (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967), was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. ... A well-known photo of Sukumar Ray Sukumar Ray (Bangla:সুকুমার রায়) (1887-1923) was a Bengali nonsense poet, story writer and playwrite. ... Abol tabol (Weird and random) is a collection of poems and rhymes by Sukumar Ray. ... Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was a major American Modernist poet. ... Harmonium is a 1923 book of poetry by U.S. poet Wallace Stevens, his first publication in book form. ... Jean Toomer (December 26, 1894–March 30, 1967) was a poet, novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. ... William Carlos Williams Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. ... Alternate meanings: See Go go (disambiguation) Go Go is a form of funk music which arose in the 1980s in Washington D.C.. In the late 1970s, funk had gone electronic, influenced by then popular disco acts, and began using drum machines, synthesizers and other instruments that many purists derided. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... A 1907 engraving of Yeats. ... Leda and the Swan: copy after a lost original by Michelangelo, one of the iconic images of 16th century Mannerism The motif of Leda and the Swan from Greek mythology, in which the Greek god Zeus came to Leda in the form of a swan, was rarely seen in Gothic...

Awards

• Nobel Prize in Literature: William Butler Yeats
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver: A Few Figs from Thistles: Eight Sonnets in American Poetry, 1922. A Miscellany

Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on 24 January 1908. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Edna St. ...

Births

• January 15 — Ivor Cutler (died 2006), Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist
• January 16 — Anthony Hecht (died 2004), American poet
• February 2 — James Dickey (died 1997), American poet and novelist
• March 21: Nizar Qabbani, Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher
• March 27 — Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born American poet who won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
• March 30 — Milton Acorn (died 1986), Canadian poet, writer and playwright nicknamed "The People's Poet"
• April 3 — Daniel Hoffman, American poet, essayist, and academic who served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress — a position now known as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, from 1973 to 1974
• July 2 — Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet, essayist and translator who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996
• July 16 — Mari Evans African-American poet
• September 22 — Dannie Abse, British poet and writer
• October 24 — Denise Levertov (died 1997), British-born American poet
• November 9 — James Schuyler (died 1991), American poet and a central figure in the New York School
• December 21 — Richard Hugo (died 1982), American poet
• date not known:
  • Alan Dugan (died 2003), American poet
  • Cola Franzen
  • John Logan (poet)

January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthony Ivan Hecht, (January 16, 1923-October 20, 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... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... James Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was a popular United States poet and novelist. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... Nizar Qabbani (21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) (Arabic:نزار قباني) was a Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... Louis Simpson (born March 27, 1923 in Jamaica) is a United States poet. ... // Sir John Betjeman, Ring of Bells Leonard Cohen, Flowers for Hitler, including The Only Tourist in Havana Turns his Thoughts Homeward Philip Larkin, The Whitsun Weddings. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in leap years). ... Milton Acorn (March 30, 1923 - August 20, 1986), nicknamed The Peoples Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Daniel Gerard Hoffman (b. ... The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35,000 a year. ... // Adrienne Rich, Rape Derek Walcott, Another Life See 1973 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Wisława Szymborska Wisława Szymborska (born July 2, 1923) is a Polish poet, essayist and translator. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Mari Evans (born July 16, 1923 in Toledo, Ohio) is an African-American poet, best known for her poem When In Rome, which is taught in many high school and college English classes. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... Dannie Abse (really Daniel Abse, born September 22, 1923) is a British poet and writer. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 - December 20, 1997) was a British born American poet. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... James Schuyler(9 November 1923 – 12 April 1991) was a major American poet in the late 20th century. ... The New York School was an informal group of American poets, painters and musicians active in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in New York City. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Alan Dugan (1923-2003) was an American poet. ...

Deaths

• January 9 — Katherine Mansfield, 34, New Zealand poet and prominent Modernist writer of short fiction
• date not known — Maurice Henry Hewlett, English historical novelist, poet and essayist

January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Katherine Mansfield (October 14, 1888 – January 9, 1923) was prominent Modernist writer of short fiction. ... Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ...

See also

Poetry Portal

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