Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
March — Jorge Luis Borges returns to his birthplace, Buenos Aires in Argentina, after a period living with his family in Europe.
August 3 — Russian poet Nikolay Gumilyov's fate is sealed when he is arrested in the Soviet Union by the Cheka on charges of being a monarchist; on August 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 poet Anna Akhmatova in 1918.
December 31 — Mexican poet Manuel Maples Arce distributes the first Stridentist manifesto, Comprimido estridentista, in the broadsheet Actual n°1 (Mexico City).
Mrs. C. A. Dawson-Scott founds PEN, an international Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists, in London with John Galsworthy, who becomes the organisation's first President; first members include Joseph Conrad, George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells
Arthur Bourinot, Poems. Toronto: T.H. Best.
Wilson MacDonald, The Miracle Songs Of Jesus. Toronto: W. MacDonald.
Sri Aurobindo, Love and Death, long poem about the triumph of love over death, concerning the Ruru-Priyumvada legend (somewhat like the Greek Orpheus-Eurydice and the Indian Satvitri-Satyavan myths)
Toru Dutt, Life and Letters of Toru Dutt, London, Milford: Oxford University Press, Indian poet, writing in English, published in the United Kingdom
Maneck B. Pithawalla, A Wedding Feast, Karachi: M. B. Pithawalla* Poets of John Company, Calcutta: Tahcker, Spink and Co., 134 pages; anthology
K. S. R. Sastry, The Epic of Indian Womanhood, Madras: Imperial Trading Co.
Puran Singh, The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel and Other Sikh Poems, London: Dent
Nanikram Vasanmal Thadani, Ashoka and Other Poems, Delhi: self-published
Nancy Cunard, Outlaws
Walter de la Mare, The Veil, and Other Poems
Toru Dutt, Life and Letters of Toru Dutt, London, Milford: Oxford University Press, Indian poet, writing in English, published in the United Kingdom
T. S. Eliot, The Metaphysical Poets, critical essay on the Metaphysical poets of the 16th and 17th centuries (text here)
Robert Graves, The Pier-Glass
D. H. Lawrence, Tortoises
Charlotte Mew, Saturday Market
Vita Sackville-West, Orchard and Vineyard
John Collings Squire, Collected Parodies
Flora Thompson, Bog-Myrtle and Peat
W. B. Yeats, Irish author published in the United Kingdom:
Michael Robartes and the Dancer, includes "The Second Coming" and "A Prayer For My Daughter"
Four Plays for Dancers, adds "At the Hawk's Well" and "Calvary" to Two Plays for Dancers, published in 1919
Conrad Aiken, Punch: The Immoratal Liar
Sherwood Anderson, The Triumph of the Egg
Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), Hymen
John Gould Fletcher, Breakers and Granite
Zona Gale, The Secret Way
Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", in The Crisis
Amy Lowell, Legends
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Second April
Marianne Moore, Poems
Ezra Pound, Poems 1918–1921, New York
Charles Reznikoff, A Fourth Group of Verse
Edward Arlington Robinson, Avon's Harvest
William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes
Yvor Winters, The Immobile Wind
Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind
C. J. Dennis, A Book for Kids (reissued as Roundabout, 1935), Australia
Lesbia Harford, special issue of Birth (Melbourne, May) devoted to her poetry, Australia
Patrick Joseph Hartigan, published under the pen name "Joseph O'Brien", Around the Boree Log and Other Verses, very popular Australian book of poetry which went into five editions and 18,000 copies by 1926; widely popularized across eastern Australia by recitations of John Byrne, praised in Ireland and the United States, made into a film in 1925, and 20 poems of the book were set to music in 1933; includes "Said Hanrahan", from which "We'll all be rooned" became an Australian catch phrase
W. B. Yeats, Irish author published in the United Kingdom:
Michael Robartes and the Dancer, includes "The Second Coming" and "A Prayer For My Daughter"
Four Plays for Dancers, adds "At the Hawk's Well" and "Calvary" to Two Plays for Dancers, published in 1919
André Breton, Les Champs magnétiques
Max Jacob, Le Laboratoire central
Francis Jammes:
Épitaphes, Paris: Librairie de l'Art catholic
Le Tombeau de Jean de la Fontaine, Paris: Mercure de France
Pierre Reverdy, Étoiles peintes
Paul-Jean Toulet, Les Contrerimes, French
Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
Amir Minai, Mina-yi, Urdu-language
Basavaraju Appa Rao, Basavaraju Appa Rao Gitalu, Telugu-language
Dimbeshwar Neog, Malika, Assamese-language
Govindagraj, Vagvaijayanti, 160 poems, including love poems and verses on social and mystic topics; with an introduction by N. C. Kelkar, Marathi-language
Padmadhar Chaliha, Svaraj Sangit, Indian, Assamese-language
Vallathol Narayana Menon, Magdalana Mariyam, a Malayalam khanda kavya about a repentant Mary consoled by Christ
Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Andhra paurusamu, Indian, Telugu-language, written in 1917 but printed in book form this year
Anna Akhmatova, Plantain, Russian
August Alle, Carmina Barbata, Estonian
H. Leivick, The Golem, "dramatic poem in eight scenes", Yiddish
Federico García Lorca, Libro de poemas ("Book of Poems"), Spain
Nikolay Gumilyov, The Pillar of Fire, Russian
Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Pastorale Austria
Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano, Avidez, Mexico
Carlos Pellicer, Colores en el mar ("Colors in the Sea"), Mexico
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article (Indian poets listed by first name, when listed alphabetically, whether or not it is a surname):
January 7 – Chester Kallman (died 1975), American poet, librettist and translator best known for collaborations with Igor Stravinsky
January 15 – Raymond Souster (died 2012), Canadian poet
January 31 – Kurt Marti (died 2017), Swiss theologian and poet
March 1 – Richard Wilbur, American poet
April 6 – Marie Ponsot, née Birmingham, American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher and translator
April 13 – Max Harris (died 1995), Australian poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller
May 9:
Daniel Berrigan (died 2016), American Jesuit priest, poet and anti-war activist
Mona Van Duyn (died 2004), American poet
June 15 – James Emanuel (died 2013), African American poet and scholar
July 5 – Nanos Valaoritis, Greek poet, novelist and playwright
August 16 – Shiv K. Kumar, Indian, English-language poet, playwright and fiction writer
August 21 – Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak (died 1966), Telugu-language poet and story writer
August 31 – Hayden Carruth (died 2008), American poet and literary critic
October 9 – Tadeusz Różewicz (died 2014), Polish poet, dramatist and writer
October 13 – Dimitris Tsaloumas, Greek-born Australian poet, resident in Australia from 1952
October 17 – George Mackay Brown (died 1996), Scottish poet, author and dramatist
December 25 – Nan McDonald (died 1974), Australian poet and editor
Also:
Lex Banning (died 1965), Australian poet born with cerebral palsy and unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen
Divya Prabha Bharali, Indian, Assamese-language poet; a woman
Kathan Singh Jamal, Indian, Dogri-Pahadi-language poet
Khizar Maghribi, Indian writer of parodies and humorous verse in the Kashmiri language
Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay, Indian, Bengali-language Marxist poet
Parsram Rohra (died 1981), Indian, Sindhi-language
Ramkrishna Sharma (died 1986), Indian, Nepali-language critic, essayist, poet and short-story writer called the father of modern literary criticism in Nepali
Rasananda Sahu, Indian, Oriya poet and novelist
Shambhoo Nath Bhatt Haleem, Indian, Kashmiri-language poet and children's author
Sarachchandra Muktibodh (died 1984), Indian, Marathi-language poet and novelist
Shrikrishna Powale (died 1974), Indian, Marathi-language poet in the "Sthandil" Cult of Kusumagraj and Kant
Sugan Ahuja (died 1966), Indian, Sindhi-language poet and short-story writer
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article (Indian poets listed by first name, when listed alphabetically, whether or not it is a surname):
January 13 – Francis William Bourdillon, 68, British poet and translator
February 15 – Akbar Allahabadi, 74, Indian, Urdu-language poet known for his satire
April 21 – Rosa Mulholland, Lady Gilbert (born 1841), Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet
May 26 – Donald Evans (born 1884), American poet, publisher, music critic and journalist
June 18 – G. H. Gibson, "Ironbark" (born 1846), Australian
August 7 – Alexander Blok, 60, Russian poet known for his lyrics
circa August 25 – Nikolay Gumilyov, 35, Russian poet and former husband of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova (executed – see Events, above)
September 2 – Henry Austin Dobson, 61 (born 1840), English poet and essayist
September 13 – James Hebblethwaite (born 1857), English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman
November 21 – Ernest Myers, 77, English poet and classicist
Also:
C. Subrahamania Bharati (born 1882), Indian, Tamil-language poet who also wrote Indian poetry in English
Va. Ba. Patavardhan (born 1870), Indian, Marathi-language critic and poet
Awards and honors
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: no award given
