Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events January 16 - Canadian Poetry Association founded. May - The term "New Formalism" is first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in e AWP Newsletter in an attack on the poetry movement. The term is adopted as the name of the movement by those in it. November 11 - A memorial to sixteen English poets of World War I is unveiled in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. A memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm, Scotland. Boulevard magazine founded at St. Louis University by Richard W. Burgin. Influential Chinese literary magazine Tamen ("They/Them") founded with Han Dong as chief editor, with close collaboration of other Chinese writers, including Ding Dang, Yu Jian, Xiaojun, Su Tong, Naigu and Xiaohai. Nine issues will be published between 1985–1988 and 1993-1995 and in 2002 Tamen will be revived as a webzine.http://www.tamen.net .
Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Australia Robert Gray, Selected Poems 1963-1983 Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Amorous Cannibal, Oxford: Oxford University Press W. Wilde, et al., editors, Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (scholarship)Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108
Canada Roo Borson, The Transparence of November / Snow, (with Kim Maltman) American-Canadian Matt Cohen, In Search of Leonardo Dorothy Livesay, Beyond War: The Poetry. Anne Michaels, The Weight of OrangesRoberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, , retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009 P. K. Page, The Glass Air: Selected Poems (an expanded edition published in 1991) Ajmer Rode, Blue Meditations, by a Punjabi poet living and published in Canada and writing in English; London, Ontario: Third Eye Publications, Web page titled "Ajmer Rode" , at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010 Joe Rosenblatt, Poetry Hotel, Selected Poems (1963-1985). McClelland & Stewart."Joe Rosenblatt: Publications ," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011. Duncan Campbell Scott.Powassan’s Drum: Selected Poems of Duncan Campbell Scott. Raymond Souster and Douglas Lochhead, eds. Ottawa: Tecumseh." Elizabeth Smart, In the Meantime Raymond Souster, Flight of the Roller-Coaster: Poems for Younger Readers. Ottawa: Oberon Press."Notes on Life and Works ," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. Raymond Souster and James Deahl. Into This Dark Earth. Toronto: Unfinished Monument Press.
India, in English Kamala Das, The Anamalai Poems ( Poetry in English ) Web page titled "Kamala Das" at the Emory University English Department Web site, retrieved July 28, 2010 Hari Mohan Prasad, Indian Poetry in English, New Delhi: Sterling Pub. Ltd.Jyoti Rane, "14. The Poetry of Kamala Das and Sylvia Plath", p 172, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, , retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010 Ajmer Rode, Blue Meditations, by a Punjabi poet living and published in Canada and writing in English; Blue Meditations, London, Ontario: Third Eye Publications,
Ireland Paul Durcan: The Selected Paul Durcan, second edition, including "The Hat Factory", "Tullynoe: Tete-a-Tete in the Parish Priest's Parlour" The Berlin Wall Cafe, including "the Haulier's Wife Meets Jesus on the Road Near Moone", and "Around the Corner from Francis Bacon";Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, Belfast: Blackstaff Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom John Ennis, The Burren Days, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, Seamus Heaney: From the Republic of Conscience, Amnesty International, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States Thomas Kinsella, Songs of the Psyche, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Michael Longley, Poems 1963–1983, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom Richard Murphy, The Price of Stone, including "Morning Call"
New Zealand Ursula Bethell, Collected Poems, edited and with a substantial introduction by Vincent O'Sullivan, Auckland: Oxford University Press (posthumous)Web page titled "Ursula Bethell / New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 30, 2008 Alistair Campbell, Soul Traps, Pukerua Bay: Te Kotare Press Janet Charman, Marina Bachmann and Sue Fitchett, Drawing Together, New Women's PressRobinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article Bob Orr, Red TreesWeb page titled "Bob Orr" at Best of New Zealand Poems 2001 website, accessed April 23, 2008 Kendrick Smithyman, Stories About Wooden Keyboards, winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry Ian Wedde and Harvey McQueen, editors, Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse, anthology, revised editionPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, p 837
United Kingdom James Berry (poet), Chain of DaysCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, Carol Ann Duffy, Standing Female Nude Douglas Dunn, Elegies Paul Durcan, The Berlin Wall Cafe, Belfast: Blackstaff Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom D. J. Enright, Instant Chronicles Roy Fuller: New and Collected Poems 1934–1984, see also Collected Poems 1962 Subsequent to Summer Tony Harrison: Dramatic Verse, 1973-85 The Fire Gap V Seamus Heaney: From the Republic of Conscience, Amnesty International, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States John Heath-Stubbs, The Immolation of Aleph Thomas Kinsella, Songs of the Psyche, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Liz Lochhead, True Confessions and New Cliches Michael Longley, Poems 1963–1983, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom Norman MacCaig, Collected Poems Derek Mahon, Antarctica,, Gallery Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom Peter Reading, Ukulele Music Peter Redgrove, The Man Named East, and Other New Poems Jeremy Reed, New Carol Rumens, Direct Dialling Lisa St Aubin de Terán, The High Place Stephen Spender: Collected Poems 1928–1985 The Journals of Stephen Spender, 1939–83 (biographical) R.S. Thomas, Ingrowing Thoughts Hugo Williams, Writing Home Benjamin Zephaniah, The Dread Affair
United States John Ashbery, April Galleons Paul Blackburn, The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn Joseph Payne Brennan, Sixty Selected Poems (The New Establishment Press) Raymond Carver, Where Water Comes Together With Other Water Maxine Chernoff, New Faces of 1952 (Ithaca House) Amy Clampitt, What the Light was Like Michael S. Harper, Healing Song for the Inner EarWeb page titled "Michael S. Harper" at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008 Robert Hayden, Collected Poems (posthumously published) Seamus Heaney: From the Republic of Conscience, Amnesty International, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States William Logan, Difficulty James Merrill, Late Settings Lorine Niedecker, From This Condensery and The Granite Pail (posthumous) Grace Paley, Leaning Forward Mary Jo Salter, Henry Purcell in Japan, Knopf Gjertrud Schnackenberg, The Lamplit Answer
Works published in other languages Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Denmark Niels Frank, ÿjeblikket, the author's first book of poetryAndersen, Jørn Erslev, translated by: David McDuff, "Author Profile: Niels Frank", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010 Klaus Høeck, Jævndøgn ("Equinox"), with Asger Schnack, publisher: Schønberg; DenmarkWeb page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck" , website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010 Søren Ulrik Thomsen, Mit lys brænder. Omrids af en ny poetik ("My candle is burning. Outline of a new poetics"), criticism; Denmark"", blog post, March 6, 2009, "CLA blog" ("College of Liberal Arts"), University of Minnesota website, retrieved January 1, 2009
French language Claude Esteban, Le Nom et la Demeure, Flammarion; France Abdellatif Laabi, Discours sur la colline arabe. L'Harmattan, Paris, Moroccan author writing in and published in France Jean-Guy Pilon, Comme eau retenue: poèmes 1954-1977, Montréal: l'Hexagone; CanadaWeb page titled "Jean-Guy Pilon" at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010
Hungary György Petri, Azt hiszik
India Listed in alphabetical order by first name: Amarjit Chandan, Kavitavaan, Navyug, Delhi; Punjabi-languageWeb page titled "Amarjit Chandan" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010 Bernardino Evaristo Mendes, also known as B. E. Mendes, Konkani Sahitik Nibondh; Konkani-languageDas, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, , retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008* Jaya Mehta, Akashman Tarao Chup Chhe; Gujarati-languageMohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, , retrieved December 10, 2008 Kedarnath Singh, Pratinidhi Kavitayen’, Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi-languageWeb page titled "Kedarnath Singh" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010 Nilmani Phookan, Nrityarata Prithivi, Guwahati, Assam: Barua Book Agency Assamese-languageWeb page titled "Nilmani Phookan" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 16, 2010 Thangjam Ibopishak Singh, Norok Patal Prithivi ("This Earth is Hell"), Imphal: V.I. Publication; Meitei languageWeb page titled "Thangjam Ibopishak Singh" , Poetry International website, retrieved July 29, 2010
Poland Juliusz Erazm Bolek, TekstyWeb page titled "Juliusz Erazm Bolek był gościem wczorajszego Wieczoru w "Arce" (zdjęcia)" (in Polish; Google translation: "Julius Erasmus Bolek was a guest last night in the "Ark" (photos)") at the "moja-ostroleka" website, retrieved February 19, 2010 Ewa Lipska, Przechowalnia ciemnosci, ("Storage for Darkness"); Warsaw: Przedswit / Warszawska Oficyna Poetow i MalarzyWeb pages titled "Lipska Ewa" (in English and Polish ), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 1, 2010 Adam Zagajewski, Jechac do Lwowa ("To Travel to Lviv"), illustrations by Józef Czapski; London: AneksWeb page titled "Some information about Adam Zagajewski" , cached page from the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts website, cached on February 24, 2005 by the "Info-Poland" website, retrieved February 25, 2010
Spain Matilde Camus, Cristales como enigmas ("Glasses as enigma")
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