1890 in poetry
This article covers 1890 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- Rhymers' Club founded in London by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys as a group of like-minded poets who meet regularly and publish anthologies in 1892 and 1894; attendees include Ernest Dowson, Lionel Johnson, Richard Le Gallienne, John Davidson, Edwin Ellis, Victor Plarr, Selwyn Image, A. C. Hillier, John Todhunter, Arthur Symons, Ernest Radford and Thomas William Rolleston; Oscar Wilde attends some meetings held in private homes
- Dove Cottage, Grasmere in the English Lake District 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
- Rudyard Kipling, "Danny Deever", first of the Barrack-Room Ballads
- William McGonagall, Poetic Gems
- Walter Pater, Appreciations with an Essay on Style
- Mary F. Robinson, The New Arcadia
- 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 (London) on 13 December
United States">American poetry">United States
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Wyndham Towers
- Madison Cawein, Lyrics and Idyls
- Danske Dandridge, Rose Brake
- Emily Dickinson, Poems
- 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
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- 2 January – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and dramatist
- 11 January – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and polemicist
- 12 January – Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, doctor and radical politician
- 10 February – Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist, writer and poet
- 22 February – 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
- 18 May – Zora Cross, Australian poet, novelist and journalist
- 31 May – James Devaney, Australian poet, novelist, and journalist
- 15 August – Tsugi Takano 鷹野 つぎ, Japanese novelist and poet
- 28 August – Ivor Gurney, English composer and poet
- 31 August – August Alle, Estonian writer and poet
- 10 September
- * Marie Heiberg, Estonian poet
- * Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet writing in German
- 24 September – A. P. Herbert,, English writer, humorist, writer of light verse, most of it appearing in Punch, lawyer and independent politician
- 15 October – Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and marine engineer, heteronym of Fernando Pessoa
- 25 November – Isaac Rosenberg,, English war poet
- 13 December – Dulcie Deamer, Australian novelist, poet, journalist and actorFull date unknown:
- * 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
- * Henriette Sauret, French poet, political writer, journalist
- * Jun Tanaka 田中純, Japanese, Shōwa period poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- 2 January – George Henry Boker, 66, American poet, playwright, and diplomat
- 10 August – John Boyle O'Reilly, 46, Irish-born poet, novelist and newspaper editor, transported as a convict to Australia and escaped to the United States
- 11 August – John Henry Newman, 89, English Roman Catholic cardinal, theologian, author and poet
- 25 August – Emily Manning, 45, Australian poet and journalist
- 7 September – Mary Mackellar, 55, Scottish poet and translator