1903 in poetry

none 1903 poetry literature This article covers 1903 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published in English Australia Gün Gencer, General Poems: Australia facing the dawn and its result, published by the author, printed in Sydney by R.T. KellyArnold, John, et al., eds, The Bibliography of Australian Literature: F-J, 2004, St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, p. 146 Allen Gilfillen, A Day, Melbourne: Melville and Mullen, drama and poetryArnold, John, et al., eds, The Bibliography of Australian Literature: F-J, 2004, St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, p. 161 Lilian Wooster Greaves, Poems by Lilian, Newtown, New South Wales: G. Baker WalkerArnold, John, et al., eds, The Bibliography of Australian Literature: F-J, 2004, St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, p. 222 Bernard O'Dowd, Dawnward?, Australia Banjo Paterson, "Waltzing Matilda", Australia's most widely known bush ballad Canada Bliss Carman, From the Green Book of BardsWeb page titled "CONFEDERATION VOICES: Seven Canadian Poets By JOHN COLDWELL ADAMS"], at the Canadian Poetry website, retrieved August 8, 2010 E. Pauline Johnson, also known as "Tekahionwake", Canadian BornGarvin, John William, editor, Canadian poets (anthology), published by McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1916, retrieved via Google Books, June 5, 2009 Charles G. D. Roberts, The Book of the Rose United Kingdom Robert Bridges, Now in Wintry DelightsCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (died 1720), The Poems of Anne, Countess of Winchilsea, edited by Myra Reynolds W. E. Henley, A Song of Speed Rudyard Kipling, The Five Nations Thomas MacDonagh, April and May, Irish poet published in Ireland John Masefield, Ballads Alfred Noyes, The Flower of Old Japan 'Æ' (George William Russell), The Nuts of Knowledge, lyrical poems old and newhttp://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/cuala/cuala.htm Dun Emer & Cuala Press University of FloridaLiam Miller The Dun Emer Press New York The Typophiles 1974 Thomas Traherne (died 1674), The Poetical Works of Thomas Trahernehttp://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/#heading9 A Time-Line of Poetry in English Representative Poetry Online University of Toronto 2008-12-20 W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom: In the Seven Woods, being poems of the Irish heroic age including "Adam's Curse", "The King's Threshold" and "The Hour-Glass"Mac Liammoir Michael Eavan Boland W. B. Yeats https://archive.org/details/wbyeatshisworld00macl registration Thames and Hudson Thames and Hudson Literary Lives London 1971 81 Ideas of Good and Evil, essays, including essays on Edmund Spenser, Percy Shelley and William Blake (criticism) United States Ambrose Bierce, Shapes of ClayLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press ("If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year." — from the Preface, p vi) Willa Cather, Shapes of Clay H. L. Mencken, Ventures into Verse Josephine Preston Peabody, The Singing Leaves George Sterling, The Testimony of the Suns J. T. Trowbridge, Poetical Works Other in English Yone Noguchi, From the Eastern Sea N. W. Pai, The Angel of Misfortune: A Fairy Tale, A Metrical Romance in Ten Books, Bombay: W. N. Mulgaokar and Co.India, Indian poetry in EnglishMost sources give "1903" as the year of publication, including Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, 0-391-03286-0, 978-0-391-03286-6), and a Web page titled "South Asian literature in English,/ Pre-independence era" https://web.archive.org/web/20090830022509/http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/SouthAsia/guides/pre1947.html 2009-08-30 at the "University Libraries/ University of Washington" website, both retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009, although "1904" is given in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008. Archived 2009-06-15. W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom: In the Seven Woods, being poems of the Irish heroic age including "Adam's Curse", "The King's Threshold" and "The Hour-Glass" Ideas of Good and Evil, essays, including essays on Edmund Spenser, Percy Shelley and William Blake (criticism) Works published in other languages Konstantin Balmont, Будем как Солнце (Budem kak Solntse), RussiaС. Венгеров http://www.rulex.ru/01020861.htm Константин Дмитриевич Бальмонт Русский биографический словарь 2010-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20111016125624/http://rulex.ru/01020861.htm 2011-10-16 dead Paul Claudel, Art poétique, criticism; FrancePreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications Kavi Dalpatram Nanalal, Katlank Kavyo, Indian, Gujarati-languageMohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008 Saint-Pol-Roux, pen name of Paul Roux, Anciennetés, FranceHartley, Anthony, editor, The Penguin Book of French Verse: 4: The Twentieth Century, Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1967 Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: April 3 – Peter Huchel (died 1981), German poet May 25 – Ewart Milne (died 1987), Irish poet and radical May 30 – Countee Cullen (died 1946), African-American poet June 13 – Sanjayan, pen name of M. R. Nayar (died 1943), Indian, Malayalam-language poetPaniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology, pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009 June 17 – Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (died 1953), playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker; Indian, writing in Assamese September 9 – Atul Chandra Hazarika (died 1986), poet, dramatist, children's story writer and translator; called "Sahitycharjya" by an Assamese literary society; Indian, writing in Assamese October 5 – Yaho Kitabatake 北畠 八穂 (died 1982), Japanese Shōwa period poet and children's fiction writer November 6 – Carl Rakosi (died 2004), German-born American poet November 15: Tatsuko Hoshino 星野立子 (died 1984), Japanese Shōwa period haiku poet and travel writer; founded Tamamo, a haiku magazine exclusively for women; in the Hototogisu literary circle; haiku selector for Asahi Shimbun newspaper; contributed to haiku columns in various newspapers and magazines (a woman) Jinzai Kiyoshi 神西清 (died 1957) Japanese Shōwa period novelist, translator, literary critic, poet and playwright December 4 – A. L. Rowse (died 1997), English poet, historian and Shakespeare scholar and biographer December 10 – William Plomer (died 1973), South African-born novelist, poet, literary editor and librettist December 31: Fumiko Hayashi 林 芙美子 (born this year or 1904 (sources disagree); died 1951), Japanese novelist, writer and poet (a woman) Lorine Niedecker (died 1970) the only woman associated with the Objectivist poets Also: Raymond Herbert McGrath (died 1977), Australian poet Rafael Méndez Dorich (died 1973), Peruvian poetWeb page titled ["Rafael Méndez Dorich," http://www.revistasolnegro.com/sol%20negro/mendezdorich1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120331000044/http://www.revistasolnegro.com/sol%20negro/mendezdorich1.htm 2012-03-31 ] Sol Negro website, retrieved August 20, 2011 Deaths thumb|right|150px|Tree on which Misao Fujimura wrote his final poem March 20 – Charles Godfrey Leland (born 1824), American humorist, folklorist and poet May 8 – David Mills (born 1831), Canadian politician and poet May 22 – Misao Fujimura, 藤村操 (born 1886), Japanese philosophy student and poet, largely remembered for the poem he carved into a tree before committing suicide over an unrequited love; made famous by Japanese newspapers after his death (see picture at right) July 11 – W. E. Henley (born 1849), English poet, critic and editor September 3 – Joseph Skipsey "The Pitman Poet" (born 1832), English collier and poetWatson Robert Spence Joseph Skipsey: his life and work 1909 T. Fisher Unwin London https://archive.org/details/josephskipseyhis00watsrich/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater 2025-09-16 October 30 – Ozaki Kōyō 尾崎 紅葉, pen name of Ozaki Tokutarō 尾崎 徳太郎 (born 1868), Japanese novelist, essayist and haiku poet December – Isa Craig (born 1831), Scottish-born poet See also 20th century in poetry 20th century in literature List of years in poetry List of years in literature French literature of the 20th century Silver Age of Russian Poetry Poetry Young Poland (Młoda Polska) a modernist period in Polish arts and literature, roughly from 1890 to 1918 Poetry Notes * Category:20th-century poetry