1896 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 |
| Years in literature: | 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 18th century 19th century 20th century |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- William Morris publishes the Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer's works
[edit] Awards
[edit] Works published
- Ernest Christopher Dowson, Verses, including "Non Sum Qualis Eram"
- A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad
- Andrew Barton (`Banjo') Paterson, The Man from Snowy River
[edit] Births
- February 26 — Andrei Zhdanov (died 1948, a Soviet official who persecuted poets, writers and artists under the Zhdanov doctrine)
- October 30 — Kostas Karyotakis, Greek
- Date not known – Walter D'Arcy Creswell (died 1960), New Zealand
[edit] Deaths
- January 8 — Paul Verlaine, 52
- Mathilde Blind
- Henry Cuyler Bunner
- Thomas Edward Brown
- Alexander McLachlan
- William Morris
- Coventry Patmore

