1885 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Henri Beauclair and Gabriel Vicaire, using the pseudonym Adoré Floupette, publish Les Déliquescences d'Adoré Floupette, a parodic collection of poems satirising French symbolism and the Decadent movement. Frederick George Scott, Justin and Other Poems. Published at author's expense.
1827 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). First publication of the 16th century Scottish Bannatyne Manuscript begins in Edinburgh by the Bannatyne Club.
1969 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). March 23 – German-born writer Assia Wevill, a mistress of English poet Ted Hughes (and ex-wife of Canadian poet David Wevill), gasses herself and their daughter at her London home. FIELD magazine founded at Oberlin College. Charles Bukowski quits his day job as a Post Office clerk in Los Angeles to embark on a writing career after being promised a $100 stipend from Black Sparrow Press.
1918 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January 23 — English poet Robert Graves marries the painter Nancy Nicholson in London. Wedding guests include Wilfred Owen, who will be killed by the end of the year, and whose first nationally published poem appears 3 days later ("Miners" in The Nation). April — Hu Shih, chief advocate of the revolution in Chinese literature at this time, publishes an essay, "Constructive Literary Revolution - A Literature of National Speech" in New Youth proposing a four-point reform program.
