1890 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• February 10 –Boris Pasternak, (died 1960), Russian novelist, writer and poet
• February 22 – Hinatsu Kōnosuke 日夏耿之介, a pen-name of Higuchi Kunito (died 1971), Japanese poet, editor and academic known for romantic and gothic poetry patterned after English literature; fervent Roman Catholic, co-founder, with Horiguchi Daigaku and Saijo Yaso, of Shijin ("Poets") magazine
• May 18 – Zora Cross (died 1964), Australian poet, novelist and journalist
• May 31 – James Devaney (died 1976), Australian poet, novelist, and journalist
• August 15 – Tsugi Takano 鷹野 つぎ (died 1943), novelist and poet (a woman)
• August 28 – Ivor Gurney (died 1937), English composer and poet
• September 10 – Franz Werfel (died 1945), Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet who wrote in German
• November 25 – Isaac Rosenberg, (died 1918), English war poet
• December 13 – Dulcie Deamer (died 1972), Australian novelist, poet, journalist and actor

• Also:
  • Balakavi, pen name of Tryambak Bapuji Thomare (died 1918), Indian, Marathi-language poet
  • Ramanlal V. Desai (died 1954), Indian, Gujarati-language novelist, short-story writer and poet
  • A. P. Herbert, (died 1971), English writer, humorist and writer of light verse, most of it appearing in Punch
  • Sumatiben Mehta (died 1911), Indian, Gujarati-language woman poet
  • Jun Tanaka 田中純 (died 1966), Japanese, Showa period poet