1711 in poetry
This article covers 1711 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
- Sir Richard Blackmore, published anonymously, The Nature of Man
- John Dryden, translator, Metamorphoses, translated from the Latin original of Ovid
- William King, An Historical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes
- Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
- Jonathan Swift, editor, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, anthology, including 25 works by Swift
- Edward Ward, The Life and Notable Adventures of that Renown'd Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha
- James Watson (Scottish editor), editor, Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems, Edinburgh
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 15 - Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann, German
- March 22 - Samuel Gotthold Lange, German
- April 10 - John Gambold, Welsh-born religious poet and bishop of the Moravian Church.
- May - Henry Taylor, Church of England clergyman, religious writer and poet
- May 18 - Ruđer Bošković, Ragusan polymath and poet
- October 17 - Jupiter Hammon, English Colonial African American
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- March 13 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic
- September 4 - John Caryll, exiled English poet, dramatist, and diplomat
- Cille Gad, Norwegian female poet and scholar, of plague