1884 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 |
| Years in literature: | 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 18th century 19th century 20th century |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s |
| Years: | 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 |
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[edit] Events
[edit] Awards
[edit] Works published
- Isabella Valency Crawford, Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and Other Poems
- Amy Levy, A Minor Poet and Other Verse
[edit] Births
- 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
- November 5 — James Elroy Flecker (died 1915), English poet, novelist and playwright
- dates not known —
- Edith Alice Mary Harper, aka Anna Wickham (died 1947), British poet with strong Australian connections
- Angelos Sikelianos, Greek
- Kostas Varnalis, Greek
[edit] Deaths
- 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
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