1884 in poetry
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Events

Works published

• Isabella Valency Crawford, Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and Other Poems
• Amy Levy, A Minor Poet and Other Verse

Awards and honors

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• April 2 - John Collings Squire (died 1958), English poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor of the post-World War I period
• June 29 - Francis Brett Young (died 1954), English novelist and poet
• July 24 - Donald Evans (died 1921), American poet, publisher, music critic and journalist
• July 29 - Eunice Tietjens (died 1944), American poet, novelist, journalist, children's author, lecturer, and editor
• November 5 - James Elroy Flecker (died 1915), English poet, novelist and playwright
• December 31 - George Sylvester Viereck (died 1962), German-American poet, writer, and propagandist
• Date not known:
  • Edith Alice Mary Harper, aka Anna Wickham (died 1947), British poet with strong Australian connections
  • Angelos Sikelianos, Greek
  • Kostas Varnalis, Greek

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• February 17 – Charles Stuart Calverley, 82, English poet and wit
• March 19 – Elias Lönnrot, 81, Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry best known for composing the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore
• date not known – John Harris, English poet

See also

Poetry portal

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry

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