Overview of the events of 1921 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1921 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published in other languages
Indian subcontinent
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[2]
- Basavaraju Appa Rao, Basavaraju Appa Rao Gitalu, Telugu-language[2]
- 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[2]
- Padmadhar Chaliha, Svaraj Sangit, Indian, Assamese-language[2]
- Vallathol Narayana Menon, Magdalana Mariyam, a Malayalam khanda kavya about a repentant Mary consoled by Christ[2]
- Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Andhra paurusamu, Indian, Telugu-language, written in 1917 but printed in book form this year[2]
Other languages
- Anna Akhmatova, Plantain, Russian
- August Alle, Carmina Barbata, Estonian
- J. C. Bloem, Het verlangen, Dutch
- António Botto, Canções (Songs), Portuguese
- 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
- Ramón López Velarde, La suave patria, Mexico
Births
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 (died 2017), American poet
- April 6 – Marie Ponsot (died 2019), née Birmingham, American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher and translator
- April 13 – Max Harris (died 1995), Australian poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller
- April 24 – Gabriel Okara (died 2019), Nigerian poet and novelist
- May 9:
- June 14 – John Bradburne (killed 1979), English poet and missionary
- June 15 – James Emanuel (died 2013), African-American poet and scholar
- June 27 – Lex Banning (died 1965), Australian poet born with cerebral palsy and unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen
- June 29 – vasko Popa (died 1991), Serbian poet
- July 5 – Nanos Valaoritis (died 2019), Greek poet, novelist and playwright
- August 14 – Julia Hartwig (died 2017), Polish poet
- August 16 – Shiv K. Kumar (died 2017), Indian, English-language poet, playwright and fiction writer
- August 18 – Frédéric Jacques Temple (died 2020), French poet and 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
- September 2 – Shukrullo (died 2020), Uzbek poet
- October 9 – Tadeusz Różewicz (died 2014), Polish poet, dramatist and writer
- October 13 – Dimitris Tsaloumas (died 2016), 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
- December 26 – Adebayo Faleti (died 2017), Nigerian poet, journalist, playwright, actor, broadcaster and translator
- Also:
- 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
Deaths
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[7]
- 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, 40, 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 11 – Subramania Bharati (born 1882), Indian, Tamil-language writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and social reformer, also writing Indian poetry in English
- September 13 – James Hebblethwaite (born 1857), English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman
- November 21 – Ernest Myers, 77, English poet and classicist
- Also:
