1781 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

Works published

United Kingdom=

• George Crabbe, The Library

United States

• Philip Freneau, The British Prison-Ship: A Poem^[1]
• William Hayley, "The Triumphs of Temper: A Poem"^[1]
• Francis Hopkinson, The Temple of Minerva^[1]
• Anna Seward, Monody on Major Andre^[1]

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• January 26 – Ludwig Achim von Arnim (died 1831), German poet and novelist
• November 6 – Lucy Aikin (died 1864), English historical writer or poetry and novels
• Ebenezer Elliott (died 1849), English poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• February 15 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (born 1729), German poet
• March 17 – Johannes Ewald (born 1743), Danish national dramatist and poet^[2]
• Johann Nikolaus Götz (born 1721), German poet
• Richard Jago (born 1715), English clergyman and poet
• Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (born 1699), Indian, Urdu-language poet
• Samuel Gotthold Lange (born 1711), German

See also

Poetry portal

• 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

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