Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events American poet Jane Greer launches Plains Poetry Journal, an advance guard of the New Formalism movement. Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine published in the United States. First issue of Conjunctions literary journal published in the United States. This year, "the word 'Martianism' comes into use, through the verse of Craig Raine and his associates, presenting a vision of life on Earth as seen by a visiting Martian," the 1982 Britannica Book of the Year reports (p. 504). Some note that "Martianism" is an anagram for one of Raine's associates, Martin Amis.
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 R. Hall, editor, Collins Book of Australian Poetry, anthologyPreminger, 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 H. Heseltine, editor, Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse, anthology L. Kramer, Oxford History of Australian Literature (scholarship) Jennifer Maiden, For The Left Hand, South Head
Canada Margaret Atwood, True Stories Alfred Bailey, Miramichi Lightning: The Collected Poems."Biographical Sketch," Dr. Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey fonds, Lib.UNB.ca, Web, Jan. 5, 2009. Roo Borson, A Sad Device, , American-Canadian Louis Dudek, Continuation I. Montréal: Véhicule Press, 1981."Louis Dudek: Publications ," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 6, 2011. Louis Dudek, Poems from Atlantis. Ottawa: Golden Dog, 1981. Robert Finch, Has and Is." Robert Finch," Online Guide to Writing in Canada. Web, Mar. 17, 2011. Gwen Hauser, Gophers and Swans George Johnston: Auk Redivivus: Selected Poems Rocky Shores.James Steele, "Johnston, George Benson ," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1114. Irving Layton, Europe And Other Bad News. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart."Irving Layton: Publications ," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011. Dorothy Livesay, The Raw Edges: Voices from Our Time. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press."Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996): Works" , Canadian Women Poets, Brock University. Web, Mar. 18, 2011. Gwendolyn MacEwen, Trojan Women. 1981. Jay Macpherson, Poems Twice Told: The Boatman & Welcoming Disaster. Toronto: Oxford University Press."Jay Macpherson, 1931-", Canadian Women Poets," BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 10, 2011 Anne Marriott: This West Shore, Toronto: League of Canadian Poets. The Circular Coast: Poems New and Selected, Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press."Anne Marriott (1913-1997) ", Canadian Woman Poets, BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 21, 2011. George McWhirter, The Island Man P. K. Page, Evening Dance of the Grey Flies, poetry and proseRoberts, 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 Stephen Scobie, A Grand Memory For Forgetting Stephen Scobie and Douglas Barbour: The Pirates of Pen's Chance: Homolinguistic Translations The Maple Laugh Forever: An Anthology of Canadian Comic Poetry (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers) F. R. Scott, The Collected Poems of F. R. Scott. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart."F. R. Scott: Publications ," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. Governor General's Award 1981. Raymond Souster, Collected Poems of Raymond Souster, Volume Two, 1955-62
India, in English Keki N. Daruwalla, Winter Poems ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: Allied Publishers.Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, , ), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009 Jayanta Mahapatra, Relationship ( Poetry in English ), winner of the Central Sahitya Akademi Awardin 1982;Niranjan Mohanty, "Trends in Indian Poetry in English", p 10, 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 Cuttack: Chandrabhaga SocietyNiranjan Mohanty, "Trends in Indian Poetry in English", p 18 ("Works Cited"), Footnote 7, 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 Pritish Nandy, editor, Indian Poetry in English Today, New Delhi: Sterling Publication Pvt. Ltd.M. Dasan, "10. The Silenced Subalterns in Kamala Das's Poetry", p 131, 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
Ireland Dermot Bolger, Finglas Lilies Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Rose Geranium, Dublin: The Gallery PressWeb page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008 Anthony Cronin, RMS Titanic Seamus Heaney, Selected Poems 1965-1975, Faber & Faber, Northern Ireland native published in the United Kingdom Michael Longley, Patchwork, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Thomas McCarthy, The Sorrow Garden, Anvil Press, London, Irish poet published in the United KingdomWeb page titled "Thomas McCarthy" at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 2008 Derek Mahon: Courtyards in Delft. Gallery Press The Hunt by Night Christopher Nolan, Dam-Burst of Dreams
United Kingdom Dannie Abse, Way Out in the CentreCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, Sir John Betjeman, Church Poems Alison Brackenbury, Dreams of Power Roberta Berke, Bounds out of Bounds: A Compass for Recent American and British Poetry, Oxford University Press, criticismWeb page titled "Archives / Kenneth Koch (1925 - 2002)", "Further Readings" section, at Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 15, 2008 Douglas Dunn, St. Kilda's Parliament D. J. Enright, Collected Poems James Fenton, Dead Soldiers, Sycamore Press, Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007 Roy Fisher, Consolidated Comedies Thom Gunn, Talbot Road Tony Harrison: Continuous A Kumquat for John Keats Seamus Heaney, Selected Poems 1965-1975, Faber & Faber, Northern Ireland native published in the United Kingdom John Heath-Stubbs: Buzz Buzz Editor, Selected Poems of Thomas Gray Ted Hughes: Under the North Star Editor, Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath (see Plath, below) Peter Levi, Private Ground Liz Lochhead, The Grimm Sisters Christopher Logue, Ode to the Dodo Michael Longley, Patchwork, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Derek Mahon: Courtyards in Delft. Gallery Press The Hunt by Night Andrew Motion, Independence Norman Nicholson, Sea to the West Brian Patten, Love Poems Tom Paulin, The Book of Juniper Sylvia Plath, Collected Poems, posthumous, containing 224 poems in chronological order, edited by Ted Hughes; poems by an American, edited by her English husband Peter Porter, English Subtitles Peter Reading, Tom O'Bedlam's Beauties Peter Redgrove, The Apple Broadcast, and Other New Poems Carol Rumens, Unplayed Music Elizabeth Smart, Ten Poems D. M. Thomas, Dreaming in Bronze R. S. Thomas, Between Here and Now The Faber Book of Christian Verse
United States A.R. Ammons, A Coast of TreesLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press ("If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year." — from the Preface, p vi) John Ashbery, Shadow Train Imamu Amiri Baraka, formerly "LeRoi Jones", Reggae or Not! Ted Berrigan, In a Blue River Robert Bly, The Man in the Black Coat Turns Paul Bowles, Next to Nothing: Collected Poems 1926–1977 Joseph Payne Brennan, Creep To Death Joseph Brodsky: Verses on the Winter Campaign 1980, translation by Alan Meyers. – London: Anvil Press Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007 Russian-American Gwendolyn Brooks: Black Love To Disembark Jared Carter, Work, for the Night Is Coming Gregory Corso, Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit, his first collection in 11 years Peter Davison, Barn Fever and Other Poems Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Endless Life: Selected Poems Carolyn Forche, The Country Between Us Daryl Hine, Selected Poems John Hollander: Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, poetry The Figure of Echo Janet Kauffman, The Weather Book Denise Levertov, Light Up the Cave Philip Levine, One for the Rose Frederick Morgan, Northbook Michael Palmer, Notes For Echo Lake (North Point Press) Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, editor, containing 224 poems in chronological order (posthumous) Marie Ponsot, Admit Impediment Michael Ryan, In Winter (Holt) Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems, published posthumously (died 1974) Leslie Marmon Silko, Storyteller,Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer, The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature, p 29, Cambridge University Press, 2005, , retrieved February 9, 2009 short stories, poems and photographs Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic a collection of children's poetry Gilbert Sorrentino, Selected Poems 1958-1980 Gerald Stern, The Red Coal Robert Stone, A Flag for Sunrise Mark Strand, The Planet of Lost Things Richard L. Tierney, Collected Poems Michael Van Walleghen, More Trouble With the Obvious David Wagoner, Landfall Rosmarie Waldrop, Nothing Has Changed (Awede Press) Diane Wakoski, The Magician's Feastletters Robert Penn Warren, Rumor Verified: Poems 1979-1980 Richard Wilbur, Seven Poems Nancy Willard, A Visit to William Blake's Inn, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States Colin Robert Chase, The Dating of Beowulf John Hollander: Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, criticism The Figure of Echo, criticism
Other in English Alistair Campbell, Collected Poems, Hazard, , New Zealand C. K. Stead, In the Glass Case, criticism, New ZealandPreminger, 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, "History and Criticism" section, p 837
Works published in other languages Listed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Denmark Inger Christensen, Alphabet (Alfabet), translated into English by Susanna Nied in 2001 Klaus Høeck: Canzone, publisher: Gyldendal Web page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck" , website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010 Sorte sonetter, publisher: Gyldendal Søren Ulrik Thomsen, City Slang
French language
Canada, in French Pierre Nepveu, editor, La poésie québécoise, des origines à nos jours, en collaboration avec Laurent Mailhot, Montréal: Presses de l'Université du Québec/l'Hexagone, anthologyWeb page titled "Pierre Nepveu" at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010 Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, Entre le souffle et l'aine, Saint-Lambert: Le NoroîtWeb page titled "Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska" at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010 Jean Royer, L'intime soif, Montréal: Éditions du silenceWeb page titled "Jean Royer" at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010
France Alain Bosquet: Poèmes, deux