- 1898 in poetry
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The "Generation of '98" in Spain
The "
Generation of '98 " (also called "Generation of 1898", in Spanish, "Generación del 98" or "Generación de 1898") was a group of novelists, poets, essayists, and philosophers active inSpain at the time of theSpanish-American War (1898 ).Jose Martínez Ruiz, commonly known as
Azorín , came up with the name in 1913 to allude to the moral, political, and social crisis produced by Spain's defeat. Writing mostly after 1910, the group reinvigorated Spanish letters, revived literary myths and broke with classical schemes ofliterary genre s. In politics, members of the movement often justified radicalism andrebellion .Awards
Works published
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Thomas Hardy , "Wessex Poems"
*Oscar Wilde , "The Ballad of Reading Gaol"Births
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February 18 —Luis Muñoz Marín , Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (d.1980 )
*June 4 —Harry Crosby , American publisher and poet (d. 1929)
*June 5 —Federico García Lorca , Spanish poet (d. 1936)
*August 15 —Jan Brzechwa , Polish poet (d. 1966)
*Vicente Aleixandre
*Stephen Vincent Benét
*Louise Bogan
*Harindranath Chattopadhyana
*Govinda Krishna Chettur
*Philip Child
*Horace Gregory
*Luis Palés Matos
*Edgell Rickword
*William Soutar Deaths
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September 9 —Stéphane Mallarmé , French
*Lewis Carroll
*Evan MacColl
*Alexander MacGregor Rose ee also
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Poetry
*List of years in poetry
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