Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events Poet Cid Corman begins Origin magazine in response to the failure of a magazine that Robert Creeley had planned. The magazine typically features one writer per issue and runs, with breaks, until the mid-1980s. Poets featured include Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Larry Eigner, Denise Levertov, William Bronk, Theodore Enslin, Charles Olson, Louis Zukofsky, Gary Snyder, Lorine Niedecker, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams and Paul Blackburn. The magazine also leads to the establishment of Origin Press, which publishes books by a similar range of poets. Bad Lord Byron, a film directed by David MacDonald about the Romantic poet.Web page titled "A Time-Line of Poetry in English" at the Representative Poetry Online website of the University of Toronto, retrieved December 20, 2008 Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet, translator, literary critic, future (1980) winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, becomes an exile this year. The Dolmen Press is founded in Dublin, Ireland by Liam and Josephine Miller to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poets and artists. The Press operates in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Web page titled "Dolmen Press Collection" at the Wake Forest University Web site, accessed October 20, 2007
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:
Canada Irving Layton, The Black Huntsmen: Poems. Montreal."Irving Layton: Publications ," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011. Tom MacInnes, In the Old of my AgeGustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books Duncan Campbell Scott, Selected Poems, edited by E. K. Brown A. J. M. Smith, The Worldly Muse Kay Smith, Footnote to the Lord's Prayer and Other Poems Raymond Souster, City Hall Street. Toronto: Ryerson."Notes on Life and Works ," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. Anne Wilkinson, Counterpoint to Sleep
New Zealand James K. Baxter, Recent Trends in New Zealand Poetry, scholarshipPreminger, 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 Allen Curnow, editor, A Book of New Zealand Verse 1923-50, anthologyAllen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008 Denis Glover, Sings Harry, New Zealand"Denis Glover" article in The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 website, accessed April 21, 2008 M. H. Holcroft, Discovered Isles, scholarship Louis Johnson: Editor, New Zealand Poetry Yearbook, first annual edition, anthologyPreminger, 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 The Sun Among the RuinsWeb page titled "The Contemporary Scene" in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966 website, accessed April 21, 2008 Roughshod Among the Lilies Charles Spear, Twopence Coloured Hubert Witheford, The Falcon Mark
United Kingdom W. H. Auden, Nones, including the poem "In Praise of Limestone" E. C. Bentley, Clerihews CompleteCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, Basil Bunting, Seeds, a long poem, published by Poetry magazine Roy Campbell, Light on a Dark Horse, autobiography Charles Causley: Farewell Aggie Weston Hands to Dance Jack Clemo, The Clay Verge Keith Douglas, Collected Poems Robert Graves, Poems and Satires James Kirkup, The Submerged Village, and Other Poems John Lehmann, The Age of the Dragon Iona and Peter Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes Poems of Today, British poetry anthology, fourth series Enoch Powell, The Wedding Gift & Dancer’s End (London: Falcon Press,) . Anne Ridler, The Golden Bird, and Other Poems Alan Ross, Poetry, 1945–1950 John Wain, Mixed Feelings
United States W. H. Auden, Nones,Ludwig, 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) English-born poet living and published in the United States John Malcolm Brinnin, The Sorrows of Cold Stone John Ciardi, From Time to Time, including "My Father's Watch"Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, , retrieved via Google Books, February 14, 2009 Langston Hughes, Montage of a Dream Deferred, including "Harlem"Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, editors, The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, W. W. Norton & Company, 1973, Randall Jarrell: Losses, New York: Harcourt, BraceM. L. Rosenthal, The New Poets: American and British Poetry Since World War II, New York: Oxford University Press, 1967, "Selected Bibliography: Individual Volumes by Poets Discussed", pp 334-340 The Seven-League Crutches, New York: Harcourt, Brace Hugh Kenner, The Poetry of Ezra Pound, highly influential in causing a re-assessment of Pound's poetry (New Directions), criticism Robert Lowell, The Mills of the Kavanaughs, New York: Harcourt, Brace James Merrill, First Poems Marianne Moore, Collected Poems, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for poetry in 1952 Ogden Nash, Parents Keep Out Adrienne Rich, A Change of World, her first volume, selected by W. H. Auden for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Theodore Roethke, Praise to the End!, 13 long poems about a child's sensibility and developing consciousness Louis Simpson, Good News of Death and Other Poems, Jamaican-born poet living in the United States Clark Ashton Smith, The Dark Chateau Jean Toomer, Cane Theodore Weiss, The Catch William Carlos Williams: Paterson, Book IV The Collected Earlier Poems The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams
Other in English Nagendranath Gupta, editor and translator, Eastern Poetry, Allahabad: Indian Press, second edition, Bombay: Hind Kitabs (first edition 1929), anthology; Indian poetry in EnglishJoshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies" , "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. 2009-06-19. Louis Simpson, ''Good News of Death and Other Poems, Jamaican-born poet living in the United States Rex Ingamells, The Great South Land, Melbourne, a history of Australia from primordial times, Australia
Works published in other languages
France Pierre Jean Jouve, OdeAuster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 Alphonse Métérié, ProellaBrée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983 Jacques Prévert: Histoires Spectacle Jules Supervielle, Naissances Frédéric Jacques Temple, Foghorn
India In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Rajendra Shah, Andolan, 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 Binod Chandra Nayak, Oriya: Nilacandrara UpatyakaDas, 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 Candra O tara Hem Barua, Balichandra, Indian, Assamese Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay, Mergh Brsti Jar, Bengali Sumitra Kumari Sinha, Panthini, Hindi-language Sundaram, Yatra Gujarati language V. A. Anandakkuttan, Dipavali, Malayalam Naresh Guha, Duranta Dupur, Bengali Ajneya, editor, Dusara Saptak, Hindi, influential anthology in the Nai Kavita ("New Poetry") movement, which has been said to have started with this book, which contains poetry from Bhavani Prasad Misra, Sakunta Mathur, Hari Narayan Vyas, Shamasher Bahadur Singh, Naresh Mehta, Raghuvir Sahay and Dharamvir Bharati (see also Tar Saptak 1943)
Other Simin Behbahani, Seh-tar-e Shekasteh ("The Broken Lute"), Persia Alberto de Lacerda, Poemas, Portugal Hushang Ebtehaj (H. E. Sayeh) سراب ("Mirage"), Persian poet published in Iran Uri Zvi Greenberg, Reḥovot Hanahar ("The Streets of the River"), poems lamenting the loss of Jews in Europe; Hebrew-language, IsraelCarmi, T., The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, p 136, Penguin, 1981, Cesare Pavese, Verrà la morte ed avrà i tuoi occhi ("Death Will Come and Will Have Your Eyes"), Turin: Einaudi; ItalyWeb page titled "Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 9, 2009. 2009-05-04.
Awards and honors Nobel Prize in Literature: Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish poet, author, playwright and writer Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to E.E. Cummings National Book Award for Poetry: Wallace Stevens, The Auroras of Autumn Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Carl Sandburg, Complete Poems Bollingen Prize: John Crowe Ransom Canada: Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: The Mulgrave Road, Charles Bruce "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards ", Canada Council. Web, Feb. 10, 2011.
Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 1 – Abul Bashar, Bengali poet and writer January 29 – Neil Shepard, American poet, essayist, professor of creative writing and literary magazine editor February 23 – Leevi Lehto (died 2019), Finnish poet, translator and programmer March 12 – Susan Musgrave, Canadian poet and children's author March 21 – Lesley Choyce, Canadian novelist, writer, children's book writer, poet, and academic, founder of Pottersfield Press, host of the television program "Choyce Words" and "Off the Page"; born in the United States and immigrated to Canada in 1979 April 5 – Lillian Allen, Canadian dub poet April 21 – Brigit Pegeen Kelly, American poet and academic, daughter of author Robert Glynn Kelly and married to poet Michael Madonick April 22 – Andrew Hudgins, American poet, essayist and academic May 2 – Ralph Angel (died 2020), American poet and translator May 9: Christopher Dewdney, Canadian poet, writer, artist, creative writing teacher and writer in residence at various universities Jorie Graham, American poet and academic Joy Harjo, Native-American poet, musician and author May 30 – Garrett Hongo, American poet and academic, born in Volcano, Hawaii June 20: Paul Muldoon Irish poet living in the United States Noel Rowe (died 2007), Australian, poet, writer, academic and Roman Catholic priest in the Marist order July 10 – Robert Priest, English-born Canadian poet and children's author July 25 – Angela Jackson, African American September 13 – Suzanne Lummis, American poet, teacher and co-founder of the Los Angeles Poetry Festival October 8 – Jenny Boult, also known as "MML Bliss" (died 2005), Australian October 12 – Peter Goldsworthy, Australian poet, novelist, short-story writer, opera librettist and medical practitioner November 13 – Robert Hilles, Canadian poet and novelist December 13 – Anne-Marie Alonzo (died 2005), Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher Also: Robin Becker, American Peter Boyle, Australian Ron Charach, Canadian Peter Christensen, Canadian Stephen Edgar, Australian poet, editor and indexer