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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events Works published in English Other in English Works published in other languages Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - January 16 – Laura Riding Jackson (died 1991), American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer
- March 4 – Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo or "Jean-Joseph Rebearivelo" (died 1937), Madagascar native and French-language poet
- March 27 – Kenneth Slessor (died 1971), Australian newspaper journalist and poet
- April 20 – Michel Leiris, French author and poet
- May 1 – Sterling Brown (died 1989) African-American teacher, poet, writer on folklore, and literary critic
- May 30 – Itsik Manger (or "Itzig Manger") (died 1969), Yiddish poet and playwright born in Ukraine, a resident in Romania and Poland, then an immigrant to Israel
- June 10 – Eric Maschwitz (died 1969) English entertainer, writer, broadcaster, broadcasting executive and poet
- July 26 – Nina Berberova, (died 1993), Russian-born poet, novelist, playwright, critic and academic who lived in Europe from 1922 to 1950, then in the United States
- August 20 – Salvatore Quasimodo, (died 1968), Italian poet
- September 23 – Jaroslav Seifert (died 1986) Czech, Nobel Prize-winning poet and journalist
- September 29 – Lanza del Vasto (died 1981), French poet and novelist
- October 2 – Roy Campbell (died 1957), South African poet and translator
- Also:
- Heinrich Anacker (died 1971), German
- Yocheved Bat-Miriam (died 1979), Russian-born, Israeli, Hebrew-language poet
- J. C. Beaglehole (died 1971), New Zealand
- Adrian Hanbury Bell[4]
- Andreas Empeirikos (died 1975), Greek
- Robert Francis (died 1987), American
- Heinz Helmerking (died 1964), German
- Kilian Kerst (died 1981), German
- Sankara Kurup (died 1978), Indian, Malayalam-language poet[11]
- Ruth Lechlitner, American
- Hans Lorber (died 1973), German
- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Lugovskoy (or "Lugovskoi") (died 1957)
- T. Inglis Moore (died 1979), Australian[12]
- Amin Nakhla, (died 1976)
- Hans Erich Nossack (died 1977), German
- Irina Odoyevtseva, also "Odoevtseva" also "Iraida Gustavovna Beinlke Ivanova" (died 1990)
- Louis Paul (died 1970)
- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Smolensky or "Smolenskii", (died 1961)
- Shinkichi Takahashi, (died 1987)
Deaths - June 10 – Robert Williams Buchanan, 59, Scots poet, novelist and dramatist
- July 20 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, 61 (born 1840), English poet and critic
- October 18 – Nicholas Flood Davin, 61 (born 1840), Irish-born Canadian lawyer, journalist, politician and poet
- December 23 – William Ellery Channing, 73, American Transcendentalist poet
Awards and honors See also Notes
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