1884 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• February 14 – Kostas Varnalis Κώστας Βάρναλης, (died 1974), Greek
• March 28 – Angelos Sikelianos Άγγελος Σικελιανός (died 1951), Greek poet and playwright
• April 2 - John Collings Squire (died 1958), English poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor of the post-World War I period
• June 29 - Francis Brett Young (died 1954), English novelist and poet
• July 24 - Donald Evans (died 1921), American poet, publisher, music critic and journalist
• July 29 - Eunice Tietjens (died 1944), American poet, novelist, journalist, children's author, lecturer, and editor
• August 8- Sara Teasdale
• November 5 - James Elroy Flecker (died 1915), English poet, novelist and playwright
• December 31 - George Sylvester Viereck (died 1962), German-American poet, writer, and propagandist
• Date not known:
  • Edith Alice Mary Harper, aka Anna Wickham (died 1947), British poet with strong Australian connections
  • Leknath Ponday, Indian, Nepali-language poet