1918 in Poetry - Deaths

Deaths

Note two subsections, below. Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

  • January 1 – Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet (b. 1858)
  • June 10 – Arrigo Boito, Italian poet, journalist, novelist and composer (b. 1842)
  • June 26 – Peter Rosegger, 54, Austrian poet
  • October 12 – Mary Hannay Foott (born 1846), Australian
  • Also:
    • A. R. Raja Raja Varma (born 1863), Indian, Malayalam-language poet, grammarian, scholar, critic and writer; nephew of Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran
    • Balakavi, pen name of Tryambak Bapuji Thomare (born 1890), Indian, Marathi-language poet; died in a train accident
    • Edwin John Luce (born 1881), English writer and journalist in Jèrriais, the Norman language of Jersey.
    • Gobinda Rath (born 1848), Indian, Oriya-language poet and satirist
    • Govind Vasudev Kanitkar (born 1854), Indian, Marathi-language poet and translator
    • Dora Sigerson (born 1866), Irish poet

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