- 1921 in poetry
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in?=in poetry
in2?=in literature
cp=19th century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1918
yp2=1919
yp3=1920
year=1921
ya1=1922
ya2=1923
ya3=1924
dp3=1890s
dp2=1900s
dp1=1910s
d=1920s
da=0
dn1=1930s
dn2=1940s
dn3=1950s|Events
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Jorge Luis Borges , writer and poet, returns toBuenos Aires after a period living in Europe.
* Mrs. C.A. Dawson-Scott founds PEN, an international Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists withJohn Galsworthy , who would become International PEN's first President; first members includedJoseph Conrad ,George Bernard Shaw , andH.G. Wells
*August 3 — Russian poet Nikolay Gumilyov's fate is sealed when he is arrested in theSoviet Union by theCheka on charges of being a monarchist; onAugust 24 the Petrograd Cheka decrees execution of all 61 participants of the "Tagantsev Conspiracy", including Gumilyov. The exact dates and locations of their executions and burials are still unknown. He had divorced Russian poetAnna Akhmatova in 1918.Works published
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Anna Akhmatova , "Plantain" (Russian)
*Wilfred Owen , "Dulce et Decorum Est " (written in1917 and published posthumously); the poem's horrifyingimagery made it one of the most popular condemnations of war ever written.
*Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), "Hymen"
*H. Leivick , "The Golem", "dramatic poem in eight scenes" (Yiddish)
*Federico García Lorca , "Libro de poemas" (Spanish for "Book of Poems")
*Nikolay Gumilyov , "The Pillar of Fire" (Russian)
*D. H. Lawrence , "Tortoises"
*Marianne Moore , "Poems"
*Ezra Pound , "Poems 1918–1921", New York [Ackroyd, Peter, "Ezra Pound", Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Bibliography" chapter, p 121]
*Charles Reznikoff , "A Fourth Group of Verse"
*John Collings Squire , "Collected Parodies"
*William Carlos Williams , "Sour Grapes"
*William Butler Yeats , "Michael Robartes and the Dancer ", including "The Second Coming " and "A Prayer For My Daughter "Births
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January 7 —Chester Kallman , (died 1975) American poet, librettist, and translator best known for collaborations withIgor Stravinsky
*January 15 —Raymond Souster , Canadian poet
*March 1 —Richard Wilbur , American poet
*May 9 —Mona Van Duyn , (died 2004), American poet
*August 31 —Hayden Carruth , American poet and literary critic
* date not known:
**George Mackay Brown , poet
**James A. Emanuel , American poet and scholar
**Marie Ponsot
**Nanos Valaoritis , GreekDeaths
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January 13 —Francis William Bourdillon , 68, British poet and translator
*August 7 —Alexander Blok , 60, Russian poet known for his lyrics
* circaAugust 26 —Nikolay Gumilyov , Russian poet and former husband of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova] , is executed (see Events section, above)
*September 2 —Henry Austin Dobson , 61, English poet and essayist
* date not known —Ernest Myers Awards and honors
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry : "no award given"ee also
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Poetry
*List of years in poetry References
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