1860 in poetry
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Events
- Andreas Munch becomes the first person to be granted a poet's pension by the Parliament of Norway.
Works published in English
Canada
- Charles Heavysege, Count Filippo[1]
- Charles Sangster, Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics[1]
United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems Before Congress[2]
- Samuel Lover, Metrical Tales, and Other Poems, illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, Kenney Meadows and others[2]
- Coventry Patmore, Faithful for Ever (The Angel in the House, Volume 3; see also The Betrothal 1854, The Espousals 1856, The Victories of Love 1863)[2]
- John Leicester Warren, writing under the pen name "George F. Preston", Ballads and Metrical Sketches[2]
United States
- William Turner Coggeshall, editor, Poets and Poetry of the West, anthology[3]
- Paul Hamilton Hayne, Avolio: A Legend of the Island of Cos[3]
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, fiction, nonfiction and verse[3]
- William Dean Howells and John James Piatt, Poems of Two Friends[3]
- Adrien Rouquette, L'Antoniade, ou la solitude avec Dieu[3]
- Edmund Clarence Stedman, Poems, Lyrical and Idyllic[3]
- Henry Timrod, Poems[3]
- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, third edition,[3] including "Calamus" poems
- John Greenleaf Whittier, Home Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics[3]
Other
Works published in other languages
- Charles Baudelaire, Les paradis artificiels ("Artificial Paradise"), France
- Gul Bakhsh, Kukikatar Puthi (à¦à§à¦à¦¿ à¦à¦¾à¦à¦¾à¦° পà§à¦à¦¥à¦¿), Bengali[4]
- Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Poésies inédites[5] (posthumous)
- Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Tilottama Sambhab Kabya (তিলà§à¦¤à§à¦¤à¦®à¦¾à¦¸à¦®à§à¦à¦¬ à¦à¦¾à¦¬à§à¦¯, "Birth of Tilottama"), Bengali
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 10 â Charles G. D. Roberts (died 1943), Canadian poet and writer known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry" because he serves as an inspiration for other writers of his time; also known as one of the "Confederation poets" (together with his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott)
- June 1 â Wilfred Campbell (died 1918), Canadian
- August 5 â John Philip Bourke (died 1914), Australian
- September 6 â Lorentzos Mavilis (died 1912), Greek
- September 14 â Hamlin Garland, (died 1940), American novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer
- September 18 â Clinton Scollard (died 1932), American
- October 6 â Rosamund Marriott Watson, born Rosamund Ball and writing as Graham R. Tomson (died 1911), English
- December 8 â Amanda McKittrick Ros, born Anna McKittrick (died 1939), Irish novelist and poet noted for her purple style
- December 12 â Harriet Monroe (died 1936), American editor, scholar, literary critic and patron of the arts, best known as the founder and longtime editor of Poetry magazine
- Date not known:
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 6 â James Kirke Paulding (born 1778),[7] American novelist, poet, writer for and sometime owner of Salamagundi magazine and a United States Secretary of the Navy
- August 25 â Johan Ludvig Heiberg (born 1791), Danish
- November 24 â George Croly (born 1780), Irish-born poet, novelist, historian, and clergyman
