Overview of the events of 1881 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1881 in poetry
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Births
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- January 9 – Lascelles Abercrombie (died 1938), English poet and literary critic called the Georgian Laureate and one of the "Dymock poets"
- February 13 – Eleanor Farjeon (died 1965), English author and poet
- February 15 – Piaras Béaslaí (died 1965), Irish writer and poet
- February 17 – Puran Singh (died 1931), Indian, writing Indian poetry in English[10]
- March 6 – John Cournos, born Ivan Grigorievich Korshun (died 1966), Russian-American Imagist poet, but better known for his novels, short stories, essays, criticism and translations of Russian literature (pen name: John Courtney)
- April 4 – Gertrud von Puttkamer, born Gertrud Günther (died 1944), German homoerotic poet (pen name: Marie-Madeleine)
- April 6 – Furnley Maurice (died 1942), Australian
- April 16 – Alice Corbin Henderson (died 1949), American poet
- May 18 – Alan Edward Mulgan (died 1962), New Zealand
- June 10 – Jaime Sabartés (died 1968), Catalan Spanish poet and longtime secretary to Pablo Picasso
- August 1 – Aizu Yaichi 会津 八一 (died 1956), Japanese poet, calligrapher and historian (surname: Aizu)
- August 10 – Witter Bynner (died 1968), American poet, writer and scholar
- August 20 – Edgar Albert Guest (died 1959), prolific American poet
- September 16 – Clive Bell (died 1964), English critic associated with the Bloomsbury group
- October 30 – Elizabeth Madox Roberts (died 1941), American novelist and poet
- November 15:
- November 16 – Ernest O'Ferrall (died 1925), Australian poet and short-story writer (pen name: Kodak)
- December 8 – Padraic Colum (died 1972), Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, collector of folklore and a leading figure of the Celtic Revival
- December 24 – Lady Margaret Sackville (died 1963), English poet and children's author
- Also:
Deaths
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- January 30 – Arthur O'Shaughnessy (born 1844), 36, British poet
- August 2 – Marcus Clarke (born 1846), 35, Australian novelist and poet
- September 7 – Sidney Lanier (born 1842), 39, American musician and poet
- October 12 – Josiah Gilbert Holland (born 1819), 62, American novelist and poet
- November 1 – Jacques Perk (born 1859), 22, Dutch poet
- November 4 – Estella Hijmans-Hertzveld (born 1837), 44, Dutch poet
- Also – Mangkunegara IV (born 1809), Javanese ruler of Mangkunegaran and poet