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Encyclopedia > 1928 in poetry
Years in poetry: 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
Years in literature: 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
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: 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931

Contents

// T.S. Eliot joins the publishing house of Faber & Gwyer, leaves Lloyds bank. ... // T.S. Eliot enters the Church of England and assumes British citizenship G.K. Chesterton, Collected Poems Robert Desnos, La liberté ou lamour! T.S. Eliot, The Journey of the Magi Allama Iqbal, Zabur-i-Ajam (Persian Psalms) James Weldon Johnson, Gods Promises James Joyce, Pomes Penyeach J... 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. ... See also: 1926 in literature, other events of 1927, 1928 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1927 in literature, other events of 1928, 1929 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1928 in literature, other events of 1929, 1930 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1929 in literature, other events of 1930, 1931 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1930 in literature, other events of 1931, 1932 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. ... 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). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

Events

  • Russian poets Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky found OBERIU (a Russian acronym for "An Association of Real Art"), an avant-garde grouping of Russian post-Futurist poets in the 1920s-1930s

Daniil Kharms Daniil Kharms (Russian: ) (30 December 1905/Gregorian calendar: 12 January 1906 - 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era satirist who used a surrealist or absurdist style. ... Futurism may refer to: Future studies, the philosophical or academic study of the medium to long-term future also known as futurology. ...

Works published

Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ... Robert Frost (1941) Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. ... Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist movement, who delineated characters struggling against their passions and circumstances. ... Carl Sandburg in 1955 Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist. ... Siegfried Sassoon, 1916 Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (September 8, 1886 – September 1, 1967) was an English poet and author. ... John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979) was an American poet, essayist, and social commentator, and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1943 - 1944. ... A 1907 engraving of Yeats. ... The Tower was a book of poems by William Butler Yeats, published in 1928. ... Sailing to Byzantium is the name of a poem by William Yeats in 1926, and first appeared in The Tower. ... 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

The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 - April 6, 1935) was an American poet, who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. ...

Births

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Iain Crichton Smith (Iain Mac aGhobhainn) (January 1, 1928 - October 15, 1998) was a Scottish man of letters, writing in both English and Scottish Gaelic, and a prolific author in both languages. ... // Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse, (Knopf) ; named a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters, (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); named a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review Mark Strand, Blizzard of One... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Alan Sillitoe (born March 4, 1928) is an English writer, one of the Angry Young Men of the 1950s. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... Angry Young Men (or Angries for short) is a journalistic catchphrase applied to a number of British playwrights and novelists from the mid-1950s. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... Thomas Kinsella (born May 4, 1928) is an Irish poet, translator, editor and publisher. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Donald Hall (born September 20, 1928) is an American poet. ... 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. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... Anne Sexton, 1974 Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928, Newton, Massachusetts – October 4, 1974, Weston, Massachusetts), born Anne Gray Harvey, was an American poet and writer. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... // Cecil Day-Lewis is selected as the new Poet Laureate of the UK. Margaret Atwood, The Circle Game Ted Hughes, Wodwo Wole Soyinka, Idanre, and Other Poems See 1967 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ... Bruce Beaver (born 1928) is a poet, born at Manly. ... Philip Levine, an American poet, was born in 1928 in Detroit, Michigan. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ...

Deaths

January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist movement, who delineated characters struggling against their passions and circumstances. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... Paul van Ostaijen (Antwerp, February 22, 1896 - Miavoye-Anthée, March 18, 1928) was a Flemish poet and writer. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in leap years). ... Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was an English poet. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... Edmund William Gosse (September 21, 1849 - May 16, 1928) was an English poet, author and critic, the son of Philip Henry Gosse. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Elinor (Hoyt) Wylie (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American poet and novelist who was popular before World War II. She was a contemporary of Edna St. ... David McKee Wright (6 August 1869–5 February 1928) poet and journalist. ...

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