1758 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• February 3 – Vasily Kapnist, Ukrainian poet and playwright (died 1823)
• December 27 – Mary Robinson, English poet and novelist

• Also:
  • Sir George Dallas, 1st Baronet, English
  • year uncertain – Joseph Fawcett (died 1804), English Presbyterian minister and poet
  • Elizabeth Hamilton (died 1816), English essayist, poet, satirist and novelist
  • Ryōkan 良寛 (died 1831), Japanese waka poet and calligrapher, Buddhist monk, often a hermit
  • Jane West, who published under the pen names "Prudentia Homespun" and "Mrs. West" (died 1852), English novelist, poet, playwright, and writer of conduct literature and educational tracts
  • Magdalene Sophie Buchholm, Norwegian poet, (died 1825)