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1859 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
May – Antoni de Bofarull and Víctor Balaguer re-establish the Barcelona Floral Games (jocs florals), contests for Catalan Renaixença poetry.
The first translation of Adam Mickiewicz's Polish epic poem Pan Tadeusz (1834) into a different language, Belarusian, is made by Belarusian writer and dramatist Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich, in Vilnius but because of pressure from the authorities of the ruling Russian Empire he is able to publish only the first two chapters of the poem.
William Barnes:
Hwomely Rhymes (see also 1844, 1862, 1868)
The Song of Solomon in the Dorset Dialect
Edmund Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (revised in 1868, 1872, 1879 [with the Salaman and Absal of Jami — see 1856])
Louisa Shore and Arabella Shore, written anonymously, Gemma of the Isles
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King including "Enid," "Vivien," "Elaine," and "Guinevere" (see also The Holy Grail 1869, Idylls of the King 1870, Gareth and Lynette 1872, "Balin and Balan" in Tiresias 1885, Idylls of the King 1889)
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Ballad of Babie Bell and Other Poems, United States
William Kirby, The U.E.: A Tale of Upper Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Victor Hugo, La Légende des siècles, first series (see other series 1877, 1883), France
Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Premières Poésies, France
Frédéric Mistral, Mireio, France
Casimiro de Abreu, As Primaveras, Brazil
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 13 (January 8 OS) – Kostis Palamas (died 1943), Greek poet
February 24 – Susie Frances Riley, Canadian poet
February 25 – James Kenneth Stephen (died 1892), English poet and tutor to Prince Albert Victor, son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
March 26 – A. E.
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