1890 in poetry
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- Rhymers' Klub founded in London by William Butler Yeats and Ernest Rhys as a group of like-minded poets who met regularly and published anthologies in 1892 and 1894; attendees included Ernest Dowson, Lionel Johnson, Richard Le Gallienne, John Davidson, Edwin Ellis, Victor Plarr, Selwyn Image, A. S. Hillier, John Todhunter, Arthur Symons, Ernest Radford and Thomas William Rolleston; Oscar Wilde attended some meetings held in private homes
- Dove Cottage, Grasmere, acquired by the Wordsworth Trust.
Works published in English
United Kingdom">English poetry">United Kingdom
- Richard Garnett, Iphigenia in Delphi
- W. S. Gilbert, Songs of a Songbird
- William McGonagall, Poetic Gems
- Walter Pater, Appreciations with an Essay on Style
- Christina Rossetti, Poems
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Ballads
- William Watson, Wordsworth's Grave, and Other Poems
- W. B. Yeats, The Lake Isle of Innisfree first published, in The National Observer on December 13
United States">American poetry">United States
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Wyndham Towers
- Madison Cawein, Lyrics and Idyls
- Emily Dickinson's Poems published posthumously
- John Hay, Poems
- Joaquin Miller, In Classic Shades and Other Poems
- James Whitcomb Riley, Rhymes of Childhood
- Richard Henry Stoddard, The Lion's Cub; with Other Verse
- John Greenleaf Whittier, At Sundown
Other in English
- Seranus, Four Ballads and a Play., Canada.
- Banjo Paterson, "The Man From Snowy River", Australia
Works published in other languages
France">French poetry">France
- Paul Claudel, Tête d'or
- François Coppée, Paroles sinceres
- Paul Valéry, Album de vers anciens, published starting this year and ending in 1900
Other languages
- Naim Frashëri, Lulet e verës, Albania
- Stefan George, Hymnen, 18 poems written reflecting Symbolism; dedicated to Carl August Klein; limited, private edition; German
- Herman Gorter, Verzen, Netherlands
- Władysław Mickiewicz, Vie d'Adam Mickiewicz, four volumes, Poznań, Poland, published beginning this year and through 1895; written by the poet's son
- Rabindranath Tagore, Manasi, Bengal
Awards and honors
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 2 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and dramatist
- January 11 – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and polemicist
- January 12 – Johannes Vares , Estonian poet, doctor and radical politician
- February 10 – Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist, writer and poet
- February 22 – Hinatsu Kōnosuke 日夏耿之介, a pen-name of Higuchi Kunito, Japanese poet, editor and academic known for romantic and gothic poetry patterned after English literature; fervent Roman Catholic, co-founder, with Horiguchi Daigaku and Saijo Yaso, of Shijin magazine
- May 18 – Zora Cross, Australian poet, novelist and journalist
- May 31 – James Devaney, Australian poet, novelist, and journalist
- August 15 – Tsugi Takano 鷹野 つぎ, Japanese novelist and poet
- August 28 – Ivor Gurney, English composer and poet
- August 31 – August Alle, Estonian writer and poet
- September 10
- * Marie Heiberg, Estonian poet
- * Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet writing in German
- September 24 – A. P. Herbert,, English writer, humorist and writer of light verse, most of it appearing in Punch
- November 25 – Isaac Rosenberg,, English war poet
- December 13 – Dulcie Deamer, Australian novelist, poet, journalist and actor
- Also:
- * Balakavi, pen name of Tryambak Bapuji Thomare, Indian, Marathi-language poet
- * Ramanlal Vasantlal Desai, Indian, Gujarati-language novelist, short-story writer and poet
- * Sumatiben Mehta, Indian, Gujarati-language woman poet
- * Jun Tanaka 田中純, Japanese, Shōwa period poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 2 – George Henry Boker, 66, American poet, playwright, and diplomat
- August 10 – John Boyle O'Reilly, 46, Irish-born poet, novelist and newspaper editor, transported as a convict to Australia and escaped to the United States
- August 11 – John Henry Newman, 89, English Roman Catholic cardinal, theologian, author and poet
- August 25 – Emily Manning, 45, Australian poet and journalist
- September 7 – Mary Mackellar, 55, Scottish poet and translator
