1909 in poetry

none 1909 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events February – Founding of the Poetry Recital Society, later the Poetry Society, in London. July 1 – English poets F. M. Cornford and Frances Darwin marry. T. E. Hulme leaves the Poets' Club, and starts meeting with F. S. Flint and other poets in a new group which Hulme refers to as the 'Secession Club'; they meet at the Eiffel Tower restaurant in London's Soho district to discuss plans to reform contemporary poetry through the introduction of free verse, tanka and haiku, and the removal of all unnecessary verbiage from poems.February 2013 In April, Ezra Pound is introduced to the group and joins it. Works published in English Canada May Austin Low, Confession, and Other Verses.Carole Gerson and Gwendolyn Davies, ed. Canadian Poetry from the Beginnings Through the First World War. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart NCL, 1994. Tom MacInnes, Lonesome Bar and Other Poems (much of the book was reprinted in In Amber Lands 1910) Robert W. Service, Ballads of a Cheechako E. W. Thomson, The Many-Mansioned House and Other PoemsGarvin, John William, editor, Canadian Poets (anthology), published by McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1916, retrieved via Google Books, June 5, 2009 United Kingdom Laurence Binyon, England, and Other PoemsCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm A. C. Bradley, Oxford Lectures on Poetry, criticism Joseph Campbell, The Mountainy Singer Roby Datta, Echoes from the East and West to which are added stray notes of Mine Own, edited by Roby Datta, Cambridge: Galloway and Porter, Indian poet, writing in English, published in the United KingdomNaik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, 0-391-03286-0, 978-0-391-03286-6), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009 John Davidson, Fleet Street, and Other Poems Lord Alfred Douglas, Sonnets Darrell Figgis, A Vision of Life, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Thomas Hardy, Time's Laughingstocks, and Other Verses Frederic Manning, Scenes and Portraits, a historical novel set in the Renaissance George Meredith, Last Poems Alfred Noyes, The Enchanted Island, and Other Poems Ezra Pound, American poet published in the United Kingdom: PersonaeAckroyd, Peter, Ezra Pound, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Bibliography" chapter, p 121 Exultations The Poets' Club publishes two anthologies: For Christmas MDCCCCVIII (January 1909) and The Book of the Poets' Club (December) including the first examples of Imagist poetry James Stephens, Insurrections, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom John Millington Synge, Poems and Translations, preface by W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom United States Ambrose Bierce, Collected Works, including poetry, published in 12 volumes from this year to 1912Ludwig, 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) Florence Earle Coates, Lyrics of Life Francis M. Finch, The Blue and the Gray and other verses, published posthumously (the author died in 1907), with an introduction by Andrew Dickson White, "and a portrait of the author"; New York: Henry Holt and Company Louise Imogen Guiney, Happy Ending James Oppenheim, Monday Morning Ezra Pound, American poet published in the United Kingdom: Personae Exultations Lizette Woodworth Reese, A Wayside Lute Robert Service, Ballads of a Cheechako George Sterling, A Wine of Wizardry William Carlos Williams, Poems Other in English James Stephens, Insurrections, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom John Millington Synge, Poems and Translations, preface by W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Works published in other languages India Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran, ' 'Deiva Yogam' ', a short narrative poem, India, Malayalam-languagePaniker, 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 Telugu language Chellapilla Venkata Sastry and Divakarla Tirupati Sastry: PanigrihitaNatarajan, Nalini and Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Chapter 11: "Twentieth-Century Telugu Literature" by G. K. Subbarayudu and C. Vijayasree' ', pp 306-328, retrieved via Google Books, January 4, 20089 Sravananandam Chilakamarti Lakshminarasimham, Gayopakhyanam, verse drama about the mythological Gaya, devotee of Lord KrishnaGeorge, K. M., "Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology' ', p 411, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992 978-81-7201-324-0, retrieved via Google Books, January 4, 2008 Rayaprolu Subba Rao, Lalitha Other Jean Cocteau, La Lampe d'Aladin, published when the author was 20 years old; FranceBrée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983. Ernst Enno, Uued luuletused, Estonia René Maran, La Maison du Bonheur, Guyanese poet writing in French Yone Noguchi, The Pilgrimage, Japan Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 28 – Beatrice Deloitte Davis (died 1992), Australian book editor and poet February 6 – Seán Rafferty, born John Rafferty (died 1993), Scottish-born poet February 14 – A. M. Klein (died 1972) Ukrainian-born Canadian poet, essayist and author of short stories February 28 – Stephen Spender (died 1995), English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle March 6 – Vagaland, pen name of Thomas Alexander Robertson (died 1973), Shetland Scottish poet March 9 – Elder Olson (died 1992), American poet, teacher and literary critic April 24 – Robert Farren (Roibeárd Ó Faracháin) (died 1984), Irish poet May 1 – Yannis Ritsos (died 1990), Greek poet May 9 – Robert Garioch (died 1981), Scots-language poet, translator, and key member in the literary revival of the language in the mid-20th century May 28 – Randall Swingler (died 1967), English poet, librettist, publisher and flautist May 30 – Edappally Raghavan Pillai (died 1936), Indian, Malayalam-language poet July 4 – Lynette Roberts (died 1995), Argentine-born Welsh poet July 18 – Bishnu Dey (died 1982), Bengali poet, prose writer and movie critic July 19 – Balamani Amma, Indian, Malayalam-language poet, a woman July 27 – Charles Brasch (died 1973), New Zealand poet, literary editor, arts patron and founding editor of the literary journal Landfall August 1 – W. R. Rodgers (died 1969), Irish poet, essayist, book reviewer, radio broadcaster, script writer, lecturer, teacher and Presbyterian minister September 10 – Irakli Abashidze (died 1992), Georgian poet, literary scholar and politician October 4 – P. Kunhiraman Nair (died 1978), Indian, Malayalam-language poet October 12 – Dorothy Livesay (died 1996), Canadian poet November 16 – Michio Mado, Japanese poet who worked for the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan December 15 – John Glassco (died 1981) Canadian poet, memoirist, novelist and pornographer Deaths January 22 – Nabinchandra Sen (born 1847), Bengali poet and writer March 23 – John Davidson (born 1857), Scottish-born poet and playwright, suicide by drowning March 24 – John Millington Synge (born 1871), Irish playwright, poet, prose writer and collector of folklore, Hodgkin's-related cancer April 10 – Algernon Charles Swinburne (born 1837), English poet May 4 – Helen Marr Hurd (born 1839), American poet and teacher May 18 – George Meredith (born 1828), English novelist and poet June 24 – Sarah Orne Jewett (born 1849), American novelist, short story writer and poet July 26 – William Reed Huntington (born 1838), American Episcopal priest, author and poet August 21 – George Cabot Lodge (born 1873), American October 16 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (born 1856), Sorbian poet, writer, playwright and translator November 10 – George Essex Evans (born 1863), Australian November 18 – Renée Vivien (born 1877), English-born French-language Symbolist poet, lung congestion with complications November 19 Richard Watson Gilder (born 1844), American poet and editor John B. Tabb (born 1845), American poet, Catholic priest and scholar November 28 – W. T. Goodge (born 1862), Australian November 30 – Romesh Chundar Dutt (born 1848), writer of Indian poetry in English; cousin of Toru Dutt Awards and honors Newdigate Prize (University of Oxford) – Frank Ashton-Gwatkin, "Michelangelo" See also Poetry 20th century in poetry 20th century in literature French literature of the 20th century List of years in literature List of years in poetry Silver Age of Russian Poetry Young Poland (Młoda Polska) a modernist period in Polish arts and literature, roughly from 1890 to 1918 Notes Category:20th-century poetry *