1867 in Poetry - Births

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

• February 9 – Natsume Sōseki 夏目 漱石 (commonly referred to as "Sōseki"), pen name of Natsume Kinnosuke 夏目金之助 (died 1916), Japanese, Meiji Era novelist, haiku poet, composer of Chinese-style poetry, writer of fairy tales and a scholar of English literature; from 1984–2004, his portrait was on the 1000 yen note (surname: Natsume)
• March 15 – Lionel Pigot Johnson (died 1902), British
• April 10 – George William Russell "Æ" (died 1935), Irish
• June 5 - Paul-Jean Toulet (died 1920), French
• June 17 – Henry Lawson (died 1922), Australian
• August 2 – Ernest Christopher Dowson (died 1900), English poet, novelist and writer of short stories associated with the Decadent movement
• August 6 – David McKee Wright, New Zealand
• September 17 – Masaoka Shiki 正岡 子規, pen-name of Masaoka Tsunenori 正岡 常規, who changed his name to Noboru 升 (died 1902), Japanese author, poet, literary critic, journalist and, early in his life, a baseball player (surname: Masaoka)
• November 8 – Sadakichi Hartmann (died 1944), American

• Also:
  • Eva Dobell (died 1963) English poet, nurse, and editor best known for her verses related to World War I soldiers
  • Kant (poet) (died 1923), Indian, Gujarati-language writer and poet who wrote khandakavyas (narrative poems) and ghazals
  • Louis Lavater (died 1953), Australian
  • Roderic Quinn (died 1949), Australian