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Encyclopedia > 1931 in poetry
Years in poetry: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Years in literature: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Decades in poetry: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Centuries in poetry: 19th century 20th century 21st century
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934

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// 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 T.S. Eliot, For Lancelot Andrewes Robert Frost, West-Running Brook Federico García Lorca, Romancero Gitano Thomas Hardy... // Frost Medal inaugurated by the Poetry Society of America John Masefield becomes Poet Laureate T.S. Eliot - Ash Wednesday W. H. Auden, Poems, his first published book (accepted by T.S. Eliot on behalf of Faber & Faber, which remained Audens publisher for the rest of his life) Samuel Beckett... 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. ... See also: 1931 in literature, other events of 1932, 1933 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1932 in literature, other events of 1933, 1934 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1933 in literature, other events of 1934, 1935 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. ... // 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 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... 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). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Events

Works published

Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906–19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle-class family in Edwardian London. ... Edmund Charles Blunden (November 1, 1896 - January 20, 1974), although not one of the top trio of English World War I writers, was an important and influential poet, author and critic. ... 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. ... 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. ...

Awards

The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Robert Frost (1941) Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. ...

Births

February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Judith Viorst (born February 2, 1932) is an American author, perhaps best known for her childrens literature, such as The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (about the death of a pet), and the Alexander series of short books, which include Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... Etheridge Knight (b. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... Peter Levi (1931 – 2000) was a British poet, scholar and writer. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Jay Macpherson (born Jean Jay Macpherson on June 13, 1931) is a Canadian lyric poet and scholar. ... Lyric poetry is a form of poetry that does not attempt to tell a story, as do epic poetry and dramatic poetry, but is of a more personal nature instead. ... A poet is someone who writes poetry. ... Mythopoeic literature is literature that involves the making of myths. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Alan Charles Brownjohn (born 28 July 1931) is a British poet and novelist. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... Libretto can also refer to a sub-notebook PC manufactured by Toshiba. ... Tomas Tranströmer (b. ...

Deaths

March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... The Poetry Bookshop, which ran in Bloomsbury, London, from 1913 to 1926, was the brainchild of Harold Monro, and was supported by his moderate income. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... Katharine Tynan (January 23, 1861–April 2, 1931) was a prolific Irish-born writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... Gibran Khalil Gibran (Arabic: جبران خليل جبران ) (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a famous Christian Lebanese-American author, poet and artist. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 in Garrettsville, Ohio, United States – April 27, 1932 at sea) was a U.S. poet. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... Christopher Brennan was born in Sydney, Australia, 1870 to a brewer, and was educated in Catholic schools. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (November 10, 1879 - December 5, 1931), an American poet born in Springfield, Illinois, became known as the Prairie Troubador. ... Jazz poetry is poetry which is read to accompany jazz music. ... Raymond Knister (1899-1932) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, and poet who died tragically in a swimming accident. ...

See also

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