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| * January 20 – ] (died ]), ]<ref name=npepap>Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications</ref> | |||
| * May 28 – ] (died ]), ] poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer | |||
| * July 15 – ] (died ]), ] credited as the author of "]" (more commonly known today as "Twas the Night Before Christmas") | |||
| * August 1 – ] (died ]), ] lawyer, author, and amateur poet who wrote the words to the United States' ], "]" | |||
| * November 5 – ], (died ]), ] poet and painter<ref name=ucapb>Web page titled [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/AmPo1/AmPo.bib.html "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009</ref> | * November 5 – ], (died ]), ] poet and painter<ref name=ucapb>Web page titled [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/AmPo1/AmPo.bib.html "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:59, 25 March 2009
Overview of the events of 1779 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
- Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets (1779-81), 52 critical biographies
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 20 – Adam Oehlenschlager (died 1850), Danish
- May 28 – Thomas Moore (died 1852), Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer
- July 15 – Clement Moore (died 1863), American credited as the author of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (more commonly known today as "Twas the Night Before Christmas")
- August 1 – Francis Scott Key (died 1843), American lawyer, author, and amateur poet who wrote the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- November 5 – Washington Allston, (died 1843), American poet and painter
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- March 4 – Heinrich Leopold Wagner (born 1747), German writer and poet
- John Armstrong
- Elizabeth Amherst
- David Garrick
- John Langhorne
- Thomas Penrose
- Kenrick Prescot
- Peter Wilhelm Hensler (born 1742), German
See also
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 18th century in poetry
- 18th century in literature
- French literature of the 18th century
- Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s
- List of years in poetry
- Poetry
Notes
- Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
- Web page titled [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/AmPo1/AmPo.bib.html "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009
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