Overview of the events of 1857 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1857 in poetry
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Births
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- February 27 – Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux, née Robinson (died 1944), English-born poet and biographer
- March 17 – Benjamin Franklin King, Jr. (died 1894), American poet
- April 11 – John Davidson (suicide 1909), Scottish poet and playwright
- April 17 – Jane Barlow (died 1917), Irish poet and novelist
- June 13 – Hubert Church (died 1932), Australian poet
- September 22 – James Hebblethwaite (died 1921), Australian poet and clergyman
- Undated – Kaikobad (কায়কোবাদ) (also spelt "Kaykobad" and also known as Mohakobi Kaikobad ("Kaikobad the great poet"), pen name of Kazem Al Quereshi (died 1951), Bengali poet
Deaths
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- February 9 – Dionysios Solomos Διονύσιος Σολωμός (born 1798), Greek poet best known for the Hymn to Liberty, the first two stanzas of which became the Greek national anthem
- March 11 – Manuel José Quintana (born 1772), Spanish
- April 11 – John Davidson (died 1909), Scottish poet and playwright
- May 2 – Alfred de Musset (born 1810), French poet and novelist
- June 25 – Isabella Kelly (born 1759), Scottish-born novelist and poet
- October 14 – Alexander Laing (born 1787), Scottish poet
- November 26 – Joseph von Eichendorff (born 1788), German poet and novelist
- December 13 – Richard Furness, "The Poet of Eyam" (born 1791), English
- Undated – Anna Ehrenström (born 1786), Swedish poet