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* [[Paul Hiebert (writer)|Paul Hiebert]], ''[[Sarah Binks]]'', "the sweet songstess of Saskatchewan", [satirical fictional biography of a Prairie poet] |
* [[Paul Hiebert (writer)|Paul Hiebert]], ''[[Sarah Binks]]'', "the sweet songstess of Saskatchewan", [satirical fictional biography of a Prairie poet] |
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* [[Archibald Lampman]], ''Selected Poems'', edited by [[Duncan Campbell Scott]], published posthumously<ref name=pbcv>Gustafson, Ralph, ''The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse'', revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books</ref> |
* [[Archibald Lampman]], ''Selected Poems'', edited by [[Duncan Campbell Scott]], published posthumously<ref name=pbcv>Gustafson, Ralph, ''The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse'', revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books</ref> |
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* [[Dorothy Livesay]], ''Poems for People''. Toronto: Ryerson.<ref>"[http://www.brocku.ca/canadianwomenpoets/Livesay.htm#works Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996): Works"], Canadian Women Poets, Brock University. Web, Mar. 18, 2011.</ref> '''Governor General's Award''' [[1947 Governor General's Awards|1947]]. |
* [[Dorothy Livesay]], ''Poems for People''. Toronto: Ryerson.<ref>"[http://www.brocku.ca/canadianwomenpoets/Livesay.htm#works Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996): Works"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905023413/http://www.brocku.ca/canadianwomenpoets/Livesay.htm#works |date=2012-09-05 }}, Canadian Women Poets, Brock University. Web, Mar. 18, 2011.</ref> '''Governor General's Award''' [[1947 Governor General's Awards|1947]]. |
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* [[E.J. Pratt]]: |
* [[E. J. Pratt]]: |
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**''Behind the Log'', Toronto: Macmillan. |
**''Behind the Log'', Toronto: Macmillan. |
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**''Ten Selected Poems'', Toronto: Macmillan.<ref>"Bibliography," ''Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt'', Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan, 1968, 207-208.</ref> |
**''Ten Selected Poems'', Toronto: Macmillan.<ref>"Bibliography," ''Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt'', Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan, 1968, 207-208.</ref> |
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* [[Duncan Campbell Scott]], ''The Circle of Affection'', prose and verse<ref name=pbcv/> |
* [[Duncan Campbell Scott]], ''The Circle of Affection'', prose and verse<ref name=pbcv/> |
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* [[Raymond Souster]], ''Go To Sleep, World''. Toronto: Ryerson.<ref name=rpo>"[http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/513.html Notes on Life and Works]," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.</ref> |
* [[Raymond Souster]], ''Go To Sleep, World''. Toronto: Ryerson.<ref name=rpo>"[http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/513.html Notes on Life and Works] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817195614/http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/513.html |date=2011-08-17 }}," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.</ref> |
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* [[John Sutherland (Canadian writer)|John Sutherland]], editor, ''Other Canadians: An Anthology of the New Poetry in [[Canadian literature|Canada]], 1940-1946'' (First Statement Press, 1947), anthology<ref>[http://www.ccca.ca/history/ozz/english/books/index.html Web page titled "One Zero Zero A Virtual Library of English Canadian Small Press 1945 - 2044"] at the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art website, accessed April 23, 2008</ref> |
* [[John Sutherland (Canadian writer)|John Sutherland]], editor, ''Other Canadians: An Anthology of the New Poetry in [[Canadian literature|Canada]], 1940-1946'' (First Statement Press, 1947), anthology<ref>[http://www.ccca.ca/history/ozz/english/books/index.html Web page titled "One Zero Zero A Virtual Library of English Canadian Small Press 1945 - 2044"] at the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art website, accessed April 23, 2008</ref> |
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===[[Indian poetry|India]], [[Indian poetry in English|in English]]=== |
===[[Indian poetry|India]], [[Indian poetry in English|in English]]=== |
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* [[Harindranath Chattopadhyaya]], ''Freedom Come'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] ), [[Bombay]]: Nalanda Publications<ref>Vinayak Krishna Gokak, [ |
* [[Harindranath Chattopadhyaya]], ''Freedom Come'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] ), [[Bombay]]: Nalanda Publications<ref>Vinayak Krishna Gokak, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WLE8GVsAfEMC ''The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965)'', p 316], New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), {{ISBN|81-260-1196-3}}, retrieved August 6, 2010</ref> |
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* [[Serapia Devi]], ''Rapid Visions'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] )<ref name=mnkpipe>Naik, M. K., [ |
* [[Serapia Devi]], ''Rapid Visions'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] )<ref name=mnkpipe>Naik, M. K., [https://books.google.com/books?id=FcH2MUnlQjQC ''Perspectives on Indian poetry in English''], p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, {{ISBN|0-391-03286-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-391-03286-6}}), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009</ref> |
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* [[Raul De Loyola Furtado]], ''Selected Poems'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] ), second edition, revised; [[Bombay]] (first edition [[1942 in poetry|1942]]; third edition, revised [[1967 in poetry|1967]])<ref name=mnkpipe/> |
* [[Raul De Loyola Furtado]], ''Selected Poems'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] ), second edition, revised; [[Bombay]] (first edition [[1942 in poetry|1942]]; third edition, revised [[1967 in poetry|1967]])<ref name=mnkpipe/> |
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* [[Vinayaka Krishna Gokak]], ''The Song of Life and Other Poems'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] ), [[Bombay]]: Hind Kitabs<ref name=mnkpipe/> |
* [[Vinayaka Krishna Gokak]], ''The Song of Life and Other Poems'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] ), [[Bombay]]: Hind Kitabs<ref name=mnkpipe/> |
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* [[P. R. Kaikini]], ''Poems of the Passionate East'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] ), [[Bombay]]<ref>Vinayak Krishna Gokak, [ |
* [[P. R. Kaikini]], ''Poems of the Passionate East'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] ), [[Bombay]]<ref>Vinayak Krishna Gokak, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WLE8GVsAfEMC ''The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965)'', p 322], New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), {{ISBN|81-260-1196-3}}, retrieved August 6, 2010</ref> |
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* [[Fredoon Kabraji]], editor, ''This Strange Adventure: An Anthology of Poems in English by Indians 1828-1946'', [[London]]: New India Pub. Co., 140 pages; Indian poetry published in the [[United Kingdom]]<ref>Vinayak Krishna Gokak, [ |
* [[Fredoon Kabraji]], editor, ''This Strange Adventure: An Anthology of Poems in English by Indians 1828-1946'', [[London]]: New India Pub. Co., 140 pages; Indian poetry published in the [[United Kingdom]]<ref>Vinayak Krishna Gokak, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WLE8GVsAfEMC ''The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965)'', p 309], New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), {{ISBN|81-260-1196-3}}, retrieved August 10, 2010</ref> |
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===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]=== |
===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]=== |
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[[File:AgeOfAnxietyTitlePage.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Title page of ''[[The Age of Anxiety (poem)|The Age of Anxiety]]'' (1947); Auden specified the typography for this book.]] |
[[File:AgeOfAnxietyTitlePage.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Title page of ''[[The Age of Anxiety (poem)|The Age of Anxiety]]'' (1947); Auden specified the typography for this book.]] |
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* [[W. H. Auden]], |
* [[W. H. Auden]], ''The Age of Anxiety'' ([[English poetry|English]] native living in the [[American poetry|United States]]) |
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* [[John Betjeman]], edited by W. H. Auden, ''Slick But Not Streamlined: poems & short pieces'' |
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* [[Cairo poets]], edited by [[Keith Bullen (poet)|Keith Bullen]] and John Cromer, ''[[Salamander: A Miscellany of Poetry]]'' (anthology) |
* [[Cairo poets]], edited by [[Keith Bullen (poet)|Keith Bullen]] and John Cromer, ''[[Salamander: A Miscellany of Poetry]]'' (anthology) |
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* [[F. W. Harvey]], ''Gloucestershire: A Selection from the Poems of F. W. Harvey'' (English poet published in Scotland) |
* [[F. W. Harvey]], ''Gloucestershire: A Selection from the Poems of F. W. Harvey'' (English poet published in Scotland) |
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* [[Hamish Henderson]], |
* [[Hamish Henderson]], as Seumas Mor Maceanruig, collected ''Ballads of World War II'' |
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* [[Patrick Kavanagh]], ''A Soul For Sale''<ref name=cocel/> |
* [[Patrick Kavanagh]], ''A Soul For Sale''<ref name=cocel/> |
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* [[Philip Larkin]], ''A Girl in Winter''<ref name=cocel/> |
* [[Philip Larkin]], ''A Girl in Winter''<ref name=cocel/> |
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* [[Karl Shapiro]], ''Trial of a Poet''<ref name=rmlaal/> |
* [[Karl Shapiro]], ''Trial of a Poet''<ref name=rmlaal/> |
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* [[William Jay Smith]], ''Poems''<ref name=rmlaal/> |
* [[William Jay Smith]], ''Poems''<ref name=rmlaal/> |
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* [[Wallace Stevens]], ''Transport to Summer'' (includes "The Pure Good of Theory," "A Word With Jose Rodriguez-Feo," "Description without Place," "The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm," "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction," and "Esthetique du Mal"), Knopf<ref name=wspf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=6576 "Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)"] |
* [[Wallace Stevens]], ''Transport to Summer'' (includes "The Pure Good of Theory," "A Word With Jose Rodriguez-Feo," "Description without Place," "The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm," "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction," and "Esthetique du Mal"), Knopf<ref name=wspf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=6576 "Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)"]at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 9, 2009. 2009-05-04.</ref> |
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* [[Richard Wilbur]], ''The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems'', New York: Reynal and Hitchcock |
* [[Richard Wilbur]], ''The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems'', New York: Reynal and Hitchcock |
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* [[Louis Zukofsky]] begins writing ''Bottom: on Shakespeare'', a long work of literary philosophy |
* [[Louis Zukofsky]] begins writing ''Bottom: on Shakespeare'', a long work of literary philosophy |
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===[[French poetry|France]]=== |
===[[French poetry|France]]=== |
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* [[Guillaume Apollinaire]], [[pen name]] of Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, ''Ombre de mon amour'', publisher: P. Cailler Vesenaz (revised edition entitled ''Poèmes a Lou'', [[1955 in poetry|1955]]), posthumously published (died [[1918 in poetry|1918]])<ref name=gapf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=196 "Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918)"] |
* [[Guillaume Apollinaire]], [[pen name]] of Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, ''Ombre de mon amour'', publisher: P. Cailler Vesenaz (revised edition entitled ''Poèmes a Lou'', [[1955 in poetry|1955]]), posthumously published (died [[1918 in poetry|1918]])<ref name=gapf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=196 "Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918)"]at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 9, 2009. 2009-09-03.</ref> |
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* [[Antonin Artaud]]: |
* [[Antonin Artaud]]: |
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** ''Artaud le momo'' Paris: Bordas<ref name=anarpf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=226 "Antonin Artaud (1896 - 1948)"] at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 25, 2009.</ref> |
** ''Artaud le momo'' Paris: Bordas<ref name=anarpf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=226 "Antonin Artaud (1896 - 1948)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808235048/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=226 |date=2010-08-08 }} at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 25, 2009.</ref> |
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** ''Ce-git, précédé de la culture indienne'', Paris: K Editeur<ref name=anarpf/> |
** ''Ce-git, précédé de la culture indienne'', Paris: K Editeur<ref name=anarpf/> |
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* [[André Breton]], ''Ode a Charles Fourier''<ref name=pa20cfv>Auster, Paul, editor, ''The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets'', New York: Random House, 1982, ISBN |
* [[André Breton]], ''Ode a Charles Fourier''<ref name=pa20cfv>Auster, Paul, editor, ''The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets'', New York: Random House, 1982, {{ISBN|0-394-52197-8}}</ref> |
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* [[Jean Cayrol]]: |
* [[Jean Cayrol]]: |
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** ''Je vivrai l'amour des autres''<ref name=gbtcfl>Bree, Germaine, ''Twentieth-Century French Literature'', translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983.</ref> |
** ''Je vivrai l'amour des autres''<ref name=gbtcfl>Bree, Germaine, ''Twentieth-Century French Literature'', translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983.</ref> |
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* [[Pierre Jean Jouve]]: |
* [[Pierre Jean Jouve]]: |
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** ''Hymne''<ref name=pa20cfv/> |
** ''Hymne''<ref name=pa20cfv/> |
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** ''Requiem'', Lausanne, Switzerland: Mermod, French author published in Switzerland<ref>Cady, Andrea, [ |
** ''Requiem'', Lausanne, Switzerland: Mermod, French author published in Switzerland<ref>Cady, Andrea, [https://books.google.com/books?id=iOo1F2XaGIkC ''Measuring the visible: the verse and prose of Philippe Jaccottet''], p. 32, Editions Rodopi, 1992, retrieved via Google Books on August 20, 2009.</ref> |
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* [[Marie Noël]], ''Chants et psaumes d'automne''<ref name=gbtcfl/> |
* [[Marie Noël]], ''Chants et psaumes d'automne''<ref name=gbtcfl/> |
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* [[Henri Pichette]], ''Apoèmes''<ref name=gbtcfl/> |
* [[Henri Pichette]], ''Apoèmes''<ref name=gbtcfl/> |
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* [[Bal Krisna Rav]], ''Kavi ki Chavi''<ref name=skdhil/> |
* [[Bal Krisna Rav]], ''Kavi ki Chavi''<ref name=skdhil/> |
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* [[Kedarnath Agarwal]]: |
* [[Kedarnath Agarwal]]: |
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** ''Nind Ke Badal'', written in the language of common people by a notable poet of the ''[[Pragativadi]]'' movement<ref name=skdhil>Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, [ |
** ''Nind Ke Badal'', written in the language of common people by a notable poet of the ''[[Pragativadi]]'' movement<ref name=skdhil>Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC ''History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2''], 1995, published by [[Sahitya Akademi]], {{ISBN|978-81-7201-798-9}}, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008</ref> |
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** ''Yug Ki Ganga'', poems in the ''[[Pragativadi]]'' tradition<ref name=skdhil/> |
** ''Yug Ki Ganga'', poems in the ''[[Pragativadi]]'' tradition<ref name=skdhil/> |
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* [[Mishra Dvarika Prasad]], epic based on [[Krishna]] legends from the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', ''[[Srimadbhagvata]]'', ''[[Sursagar]]'' and ''[[Sisupalavadha]]'', with contemporary elements; written in [[1942 in poetry|1942]] but published this year<ref name=skdhil/> |
* [[Mishra Dvarika Prasad]], epic based on [[Krishna]] legends from the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', ''[[Srimadbhagvata]]'', ''[[Sursagar]]'' and ''[[Sisupalavadha]]'', with contemporary elements; written in [[1942 in poetry|1942]] but published this year<ref name=skdhil/> |
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* [[Ramadhari Singh Dinkar]], ''Samadheni''<ref name=skdhil/> |
* [[Ramadhari Singh Dinkar]], ''Samadheni''<ref name=skdhil/> |
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* [[Sumitranandan Pant]]: |
* [[Sumitranandan Pant]]: |
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** ''Svarn dhuli'', a translation of [[Swami Vivekanand]]'s ''Song of the Sanyasin'' into Hindi is included under the title ''Sanyasi Ke Git''<ref name=skdhil/> |
** ''{{transl|hi|Svarn dhuli}}'', a translation of [[Swami Vivekanand]]'s ''Song of the Sanyasin'' into Hindi is included under the title ''Sanyasi Ke Git''<ref name=skdhil/> |
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** ''Svarna Kiran''<ref name=skdhil/> |
** ''Svarna Kiran''<ref name=skdhil/> |
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* [[Jhamandas Bhatia]], ''Sain Qutub Sah'', biography written in [[Sindhi poetry|Sindhi]] of the Sufi poet [[Qudub Shah]], who wrote in that language<ref name=skdhil/> |
* [[Jhamandas Bhatia]], ''Sain Qutub Sah'', biography written in [[Sindhi poetry|Sindhi]] of the Sufi poet [[Qudub Shah]], who wrote in that language<ref name=skdhil/> |
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* [[Joseph Mundasseri]], ''Rupabhadrata'', literary criticism which found fault with the Marxist school of literary criticism; the debate caused by the book resulted in a split in the progressive literary movement; [[Malayalam poetry|Malayalam]]<ref name=skdhil/> |
* [[Joseph Mundasseri]], ''Rupabhadrata'', literary criticism which found fault with the Marxist school of literary criticism; the debate caused by the book resulted in a split in the progressive literary movement; [[Malayalam poetry|Malayalam]]<ref name=skdhil/> |
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* [[Jyotsna Shukla]], ''Azadinan Geeto''; [[Gujarati poetry|Gujarati]]<ref name=20csjm>Mohan, Sarala Jag, [ |
* [[Jyotsna Shukla]], ''Azadinan Geeto''; [[Gujarati poetry|Gujarati]]<ref name=20csjm>Mohan, Sarala Jag, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&dq=Urdu+poets&pg=PA100 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, {{ISBN|978-0-313-28778-7}}, retrieved December 10, 2008</ref> |
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* [[K. S. Narasimha Swamy]], ''Dipadamalli'', [[Kannada poetry|Kannada]]<ref name=skdhil/> |
* [[K. S. Narasimha Swamy]], ''Dipadamalli'', [[Kannada poetry|Kannada]]<ref name=skdhil/> |
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* [[Kaifi Azmi]], [[pen name]] of [[Asar Husain Rizvi]], ''Akhir-i Shab'', [[Urdu poetry|Urdu]]<ref name=skdhil/> |
* [[Kaifi Azmi]], [[pen name]] of [[Asar Husain Rizvi]], ''Akhir-i Shab'', [[Urdu poetry|Urdu]]<ref name=skdhil/> |
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* [[Thorkild Bjørnvig]], ''Stærnen bag Gavlen'' ("The Star Behind the Gable"), [[Danish poetry|Denmark]]<ref name=apnpe>"Danish Poetry" article, p 273, in Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications</ref> |
* [[Thorkild Bjørnvig]], ''Stærnen bag Gavlen'' ("The Star Behind the Gable"), [[Danish poetry|Denmark]]<ref name=apnpe>"Danish Poetry" article, p 273, in Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications</ref> |
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* [[Nazik Al-Malaika]], ''Cholera'', [[Arabic poetry|Arabic]]-language book published in [[Iraqi poetry|Iraq]]<ref>"Arabic" section of "Literature" article in ''Britannica Book of the Year 2007'', published by Encyclopædia Britannica, online version retrieved January 14, 2009</ref> |
* [[Nazik Al-Malaika]], ''Cholera'', [[Arabic poetry|Arabic]]-language book published in [[Iraqi poetry|Iraq]]<ref>"Arabic" section of "Literature" article in ''Britannica Book of the Year 2007'', published by Encyclopædia Britannica, online version retrieved January 14, 2009</ref> |
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* [[Alexander Mezhirov]], ''Дорога далеко'' ("The Road is Long"), edited by [[Pavel Antokolksy]], the author's first published book, Moscow<ref name=msajrl>Shrayer, Maxim, [ |
* [[Alexander Mezhirov]], ''Дорога далеко'' ("The Road is Long"), edited by [[Pavel Antokolksy]], the author's first published book, Moscow<ref name=msajrl>Shrayer, Maxim, [https://books.google.com/books?id=8a392rarhCsC&pg=PA879 "Aleksandr Mezhirov"], p 879, ''An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry'', publisher: M.E. Sharpe, 2007, {{ISBN|0-7656-0521-X}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7656-0521-4}}, retrieved via Google Books on May 27, 2009</ref> |
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* [[Giorgos Seferis]], ''Κίχλη'' ("The Thrush"), [[Modern Greek poetry|Greek]] |
* [[Giorgos Seferis]], ''Κίχλη'' ("The Thrush"), [[Modern Greek poetry|Greek]] |
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* [[Shinoe Shōda]], ''Sange'' ("Penitence"), [[tanka (poetry)|tanka]] anthology about the [[atomic bombing of Japan]], secretly published in defiance of censorship<ref>{{cite book|title=Writing Ground Zero: Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb|publisher=University of Chicago Press|last=Treat|first=John Whittier|year=1996|pages= |
* [[Shinoe Shōda]], ''Sange'' ("Penitence"), [[tanka (poetry)|tanka]] anthology about the [[atomic bombing of Japan]], secretly published in defiance of censorship<ref>{{cite book|title=Writing Ground Zero: Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb|publisher=University of Chicago Press|last=Treat|first=John Whittier|year=1996|pages=189–197|isbn=9780226811789|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yv7a3mPbaAcC&pg=PA189}}</ref> |
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* [[Màrius Torres]] (died [[1942 in poetry|1942]]), ''Poesies'', [[Catalan people|Catalan]] [[Spanish poetry|Spanish]] poet published in [[Mexico]] |
* [[Màrius Torres]] (died [[1942 in poetry|1942]]), ''Poesies'', [[Catalan people|Catalan]] [[Spanish poetry|Spanish]] poet published in [[Mexico]] |
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* [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Robert Lowell]], ''Lord Weary's Castle'' |
* [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Robert Lowell]], ''Lord Weary's Castle'' |
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* [[Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets]]: [[Ridgely Torrence]] |
* [[Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets]]: [[Ridgely Torrence]] |
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* [[Canadian poetry|Canada:]] [[Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]], poetry or drama: ''Poems for People'', [[Dorothy Livesay]] <ref> |
* [[Canadian poetry|Canada:]] [[Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]], poetry or drama: ''Poems for People'', [[Dorothy Livesay]]<ref>[http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514183017/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf |date=2011-05-14 }}, Canada Council. Web, Feb. 10, 2011.</ref> |
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* [[Australian poetry|Australia:]] [[Grace Leven Prize for Poetry]]: ''Pacific Sea'', [[Nan McDonald]]<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18060944 "Strength and Sunshine" ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 14 February 1948, p6]</ref> |
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[http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards]", Canada Council. Web, Feb. 10, 2011. |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: |
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: |
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* January 2 |
* January 2 |
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** [[Ai (poet)|Ai]], born "Florence Anthony", an [[American poetry|American]] poet who legally changes her name |
** [[Ai (poet)|Ai]], born "Florence Anthony" (died [[2010 in poetry|2010]]), an [[American poetry|American]] poet who legally changes her name |
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** [[David Shapiro (poet)|David Shapiro]], [[American poetry|American]] poet, literary critic and art historian |
** [[David Shapiro (poet)|David Shapiro]], [[American poetry|American]] poet, literary critic and art historian |
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* January 13 – [[David Scott (poet)|David Scott]] (died [[2022 in poetry|2022]]), [[English poetry|English]] Anglican priest, poet, playwright and spiritual writer |
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* January 18 – [[Takeshi Kitano]] 北野 武, [[Japanese poetry|Japanese]] filmmaker, film editor, screenwriter, comedian, actor, author, poet and painter (surname: Kitano) |
* January 18 – [[Takeshi Kitano]] 北野 武, [[Japanese poetry|Japanese]] filmmaker, film editor, screenwriter, comedian, actor, author, poet and painter (surname: Kitano) |
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* February 19 |
* February 19 |
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** [[Bin Ramke]], [[American poetry|American]] poet and editor |
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** [[Lev Rubinstein]] (died [[2024 in poetry|2024]]), [[Russian poetry|Russian]] poet, essayist and social activist |
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* April 3 – [[Srikrishna Alanahalli]] (died [[1989 in poetry|1989]]), [[Indian poetry|Indian]] [[Kannada poetry|Kannada]] novelist and poet |
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* April 13 – [[Rae Armantrout]], [[American poetry|American]] poet |
* April 13 – [[Rae Armantrout]], [[American poetry|American]] poet |
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* April 24 – [[Astrid Roemer]], [[Suriname]]-born [[Dutch-language literature|Dutch]] poet, novelist and playwright |
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* March 2 – [[Michael Schmidt (poet)|Michael Schmidt]], Mexican-born [[English poetry|English]] poet, academic, founder, editor and managing director of [[Carcanet Press]] and founder of ''[[PN Review]]'' |
* March 2 – [[Michael Schmidt (poet)|Michael Schmidt]], Mexican-born [[English poetry|English]] poet, academic, founder, editor and managing director of [[Carcanet Press]] and founder of ''[[PN Review]]'' |
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* March 3 – [[Clifton Snider]], [[American poetry|American]] poet, novelist, literary critic, scholar and educator |
* March 3 – [[Clifton Snider]], [[American poetry|American]] poet, novelist, literary critic, scholar and educator |
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* May 6 – |
* May 6 – Jerry Estrin (died [[1993 in poetry|1993]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet |
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* May 12 – [[Penelope Shuttle]], [[English poetry|English]] poet |
* May 12 – [[Penelope Shuttle]], [[English poetry|English]] poet |
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* May 13 – [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]] (died 1947), [[Bengali poetry|Bengali]] poet |
* May 13 – [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]] (died 1947), [[Bengali poetry|Bengali]] poet |
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* May 23 – [[Jane Kenyon]] (died [[1995 in poetry|1995]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet and translator |
* May 23 – [[Jane Kenyon]] (died [[1995 in poetry|1995]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet and translator |
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* May 27 – [[Felix Dennis]] (died [[2014 in poetry|2014]]), [[English poetry|English]] publisher and poet |
* May 27 – [[Felix Dennis]] (died [[2014 in poetry|2014]]), [[English poetry|English]] publisher and poet |
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* June 16 – [[Ellen Bass]], [[American poetry|American]] poet |
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* July 18 – [[Dermot Healy]] (died [[2014 in poetry|2014]]), [[Irish poetry|Irish]] novelist and poet |
* July 18 – [[Dermot Healy]] (died [[2014 in poetry|2014]]), [[Irish poetry|Irish]] novelist and poet |
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* July 25 – [[Leslie Scalapino]], [[American poetry|American]] poet |
* July 25 – [[Leslie Scalapino]] (died [[2020 in poetry|2010]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet |
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* August 1 – [[Lorna Goodison]], Jamaican poet |
* August 1 – [[Lorna Goodison]], Jamaican poet |
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* August 8 – [[Alurista]] (''nom de plume'' of Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia), [[American poetry|American]] Chicano poet and activist |
* August 8 – [[Alurista]] (''nom de plume'' of Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia), [[American poetry|American]] Chicano poet and activist |
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* November 13 – [[John Steffler]], [[Canadian poetry|Canadian]] poet and novelist |
* November 13 – [[John Steffler]], [[Canadian poetry|Canadian]] poet and novelist |
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* November 30 – [[Sergio Badilla Castillo]], [[Chile]]an poet and dramatist |
* November 30 – [[Sergio Badilla Castillo]], [[Chile]]an poet and dramatist |
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* December 26 – [[Liz Lochhead]] [[English poetry|Scottish]] poet and dramatist |
* December 26 – [[Liz Lochhead]], [[English poetry|Scottish]] poet and dramatist |
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* Also: |
* Also: |
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** [[Michael Casey (poet)|Michael Casey]], [[American poetry|American]] poet |
** [[Michael Casey (poet)|Michael Casey]], [[American poetry|American]] poet |
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** [[Gloria Frym]], American poet, fiction writer and essayist |
** [[Gloria Frym]], American poet, fiction writer and essayist |
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** [[Reginald Gibbons]], [[American poetry|American]] poet |
** [[Reginald Gibbons]], [[American poetry|American]] poet |
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** [[Nasrollah Mardani]] (died 2003), [[Iranian poetry|Iranian]] poet |
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** [[Frank Ormsby]], Northern [[Irish poetry|Irish]] poet |
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** [[Molly Peacock]], [[American poetry|American]] poet of the [[New Formalism|New Formalist school]] and nonfiction writer |
** [[Molly Peacock]], [[American poetry|American]] poet of the [[New Formalism|New Formalist school]] and nonfiction writer |
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** [[Rosemary Sullivan]], [[Canadian poetry|Canadian]] poet, biographer and anthologist |
** [[Rosemary Sullivan]], [[Canadian poetry|Canadian]] poet, biographer and anthologist |
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==Deaths== |
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Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: |
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: |
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* April 9 – [[Desmond FitzGerald (politician)|Desmond FitzGerald]] (born [[1888 in poetry|1888]]), [[Irish poetry|Irish]] revolutionary, poet, publicist and politician |
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* April 12 – [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] (born [[1880 in poetry|1880]]), [[South African poetry|South African]] [[Afrikaans literature|Afrikaans]] poet, writer and pediatrician |
* April 12 – [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] (born [[1880 in poetry|1880]]), [[South African poetry|South African]] [[Afrikaans literature|Afrikaans]] poet, writer and pediatrician |
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* April 30 – [[Anna Wickham]] (born [[1883 in poetry|1883]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet (suicide by hanging) |
* April 30 – [[Anna Wickham]] (born [[1883 in poetry|1883]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet (suicide by hanging) |
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* June 25 – [[Minnie Gow Walsworth]] (born [[1859 in poetry|1859]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet |
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* July 13 – [[Yone Noguchi]] 野口米次郎 (born [[1875 in poetry|1875]]), [[Japanese poetry|Japanese]] poet, fiction writer, essayist and literary critic in both Japanese and English; father of the sculptor [[Isamu Noguchi]] |
* July 13 – [[Yone Noguchi]] 野口米次郎 (born [[1875 in poetry|1875]]), [[Japanese poetry|Japanese]] poet, fiction writer, essayist and literary critic in both Japanese and English; father of the sculptor [[Isamu Noguchi]] |
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* September 15 – [[Richard Le Gallienne]] (born [[1866 in poetry|1866]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet and writer |
* September 15 – [[Richard Le Gallienne]] (born [[1866 in poetry|1866]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet and writer |
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
[edit]- February 17 – On the death of Montserrat-born British fantasy fiction writer M. P. Shiel, his supposed title to the Kingdom of Redonda passes to London poet John Gawsworth.
- March – Landfall literary magazine is founded by Charles Brasch and first published by Caxton Press (New Zealand); it becomes that country's oldest literary journal.
- November – Muriel Spark becomes editor of Poetry Review in London from this month's issue.
- Dorothy Parker divorces Alan Campbell for the first time.
Works published in English
[edit]Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Arthur Bourinot, The Collected Poems of Arthur S. Bourinot (Toronto: Ryerson Press).[1]
- Paul Hiebert, Sarah Binks, "the sweet songstess of Saskatchewan", [satirical fictional biography of a Prairie poet]
- Archibald Lampman, Selected Poems, edited by Duncan Campbell Scott, published posthumously[2]
- Dorothy Livesay, Poems for People. Toronto: Ryerson.[3] Governor General's Award 1947.
- E. J. Pratt:
- Behind the Log, Toronto: Macmillan.
- Ten Selected Poems, Toronto: Macmillan.[4]
- Duncan Campbell Scott, The Circle of Affection, prose and verse[2]
- Raymond Souster, Go To Sleep, World. Toronto: Ryerson.[5]
- John Sutherland, editor, Other Canadians: An Anthology of the New Poetry in Canada, 1940-1946 (First Statement Press, 1947), anthology[6]
- Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, Freedom Come ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: Nalanda Publications[7]
- Serapia Devi, Rapid Visions ( Poetry in English )[8]
- Raul De Loyola Furtado, Selected Poems ( Poetry in English ), second edition, revised; Bombay (first edition 1942; third edition, revised 1967)[8]
- Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, The Song of Life and Other Poems ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: Hind Kitabs[8]
- P. R. Kaikini, Poems of the Passionate East ( Poetry in English ), Bombay[9]
- Fredoon Kabraji, editor, This Strange Adventure: An Anthology of Poems in English by Indians 1828-1946, London: New India Pub. Co., 140 pages; Indian poetry published in the United Kingdom[10]
- Kingsley Amis, Bright November[11]
- W. H. Auden, The Age of Anxiety (English native living in the United States)
- John Betjeman, edited by W. H. Auden, Slick But Not Streamlined: poems & short pieces
- Cairo poets, edited by Keith Bullen and John Cromer, Salamander: A Miscellany of Poetry (anthology)
- F. W. Harvey, Gloucestershire: A Selection from the Poems of F. W. Harvey (English poet published in Scotland)
- Hamish Henderson, as Seumas Mor Maceanruig, collected Ballads of World War II
- Patrick Kavanagh, A Soul For Sale[11]
- Philip Larkin, A Girl in Winter[11]
- Laurie Lee, The Bloom of Candles[11]
- Louis MacNeice, The Dark Tower
- John Pudney, Low Life[11]
- Alan Ross, The Derelict Day[11]
- Stephen Spender, Poems of Dedication[11]
- Terence Tiller, Unarm, Eros[11]
- Henry Treece, The Haunted Garden[11]
- Conrad Aiken, The Kid[12]
- W. H. Auden, The Age of Anxiety,[12] English native living in the United States
- R. P. Blackmur, The Good European[12]
- Cleanth Brooks, The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry
- Witter Bynner, Take Away the Darkness[12]
- John Ciardi, Other Skies[12]
- Louis Coxe, The Sea Faring[12]
- August Derleth, editor, Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre
- Robert Duncan, Heavenly City, Earthly City[12]
- Richard Eberhart, Burr Oaks,[12] including "The Fury of Aerial Bombardment"
- Robert Frost, Steeple Bush[12]
- Jean Garrigue, The Ego and the Centaur[12]
- Langston Hughes, Fields of Wonder[12]
- Weldon Kees, The Fall of Magicians[12] (his second book of poetry)
- Howard Nemerov, The Image of the Law[12]
- John Frederick Nims, The Iron Pastoral[12]
- Kenneth Patchen, Panels for the Walls of Heaven[12]
- Karl Shapiro, Trial of a Poet[12]
- William Jay Smith, Poems[12]
- Wallace Stevens, Transport to Summer (includes "The Pure Good of Theory," "A Word With Jose Rodriguez-Feo," "Description without Place," "The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm," "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction," and "Esthetique du Mal"), Knopf[13]
- Richard Wilbur, The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems, New York: Reynal and Hitchcock
- Louis Zukofsky begins writing Bottom: on Shakespeare, a long work of literary philosophy
Other in English
[edit]- Victor Daley, Creeve Roe, posthumously published, Australia
- Donagh MacDonagh, The Hungry Grass, Faber and Faber, Ireland
- Shaw Neilson, Unpublished Poems, edited by James Devaney, Angus and Robertson, Australia
Works published in other languages
[edit]Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Guillaume Apollinaire, pen name of Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, Ombre de mon amour, publisher: P. Cailler Vesenaz (revised edition entitled Poèmes a Lou, 1955), posthumously published (died 1918)[14]
- Antonin Artaud:
- André Breton, Ode a Charles Fourier[16]
- Jean Cayrol:
- Blaise Cendrars, pen name of Frédéric Louis Sauser, a Swiss novelist and poet naturalized as a French citizen in 1916; all of his poetry (which he stopped writing in 1924) was published this year in these two volumes:
- Aimé Césaire, Cahier d'un retour au pays natal, expanded edition in book format, Martinique writer
- Jean Follain, Exister[16]
- Eugène Guillevic, Exécutoire, poems written during the German occupation of France[17]
- Pierre Jean Jouve:
- Marie Noël, Chants et psaumes d'automne[17]
- Henri Pichette, Apoèmes[17]
- Raymond Queneau, Exercices de style[17]
Including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
- Bal Krisna Rav, Kavi ki Chavi[19]
- Kedarnath Agarwal:
- Nind Ke Badal, written in the language of common people by a notable poet of the Pragativadi movement[19]
- Yug Ki Ganga, poems in the Pragativadi tradition[19]
- Mishra Dvarika Prasad, epic based on Krishna legends from the Mahabharata, Srimadbhagvata, Sursagar and Sisupalavadha, with contemporary elements; written in 1942 but published this year[19]
- Ram Dahin Mishra, Kavya Darpan, comparing Indian and Western poetics; literary criticism[19]
- Ramadhari Singh Dinkar, Samadheni[19]
- Sumitranandan Pant:
- Svarn dhuli, a translation of Swami Vivekanand's Song of the Sanyasin into Hindi is included under the title Sanyasi Ke Git[19]
- Svarna Kiran[19]
- B. B. Borkar, Dudhasagar[19]
- B. S. Mardhekar, Kahi Kavita[19]
- Shanta Shelke, Varsa[19]
- V. R. Kant, Rudravina[19]
- Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, romantic poems by one of the earliest modern poets in Indian literature[19]
- Mayadhar Mansinha:
- Nityananda Mhapatra, Pancajanya[19]
- Sacchidananda Rout Roy, Pandulipi, poems written in free verse[19]
Other languages of the Indian subcontinent
[edit]- A. Muthusivan, Kavitaiyum Valkkaiyum, literary criticism written in Tamil[19]
- Akhtarul Imam, Sabrang, poems, some allegorical, some satiric, expressing dissatisfaction with traditional society; Urdu[19]
- Amrita Pritam, Lamian Vatan, mostly lyrical poems on romantic love, Punjabi[19]
- Bishnu Dey:
- Dimbeshwar Neog, Asama; Assamese-language
- Divya Prabha Bharali, Banhi. Aparna, her first book of poetry; Assamese-language[19]
- Dinu Bhai Pant, Vira Gulaba, modern ballad on the heroism and skillfulness of Gulab Singh (later Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir), in the battle of Jammu against Sikh invaders; Dogri[19]
- Jhamandas Bhatia, Sain Qutub Sah, biography written in Sindhi of the Sufi poet Qudub Shah, who wrote in that language[19]
- Joseph Mundasseri, Rupabhadrata, literary criticism which found fault with the Marxist school of literary criticism; the debate caused by the book resulted in a split in the progressive literary movement; Malayalam[19]
- Jyotsna Shukla, Azadinan Geeto; Gujarati[20]
- K. S. Narasimha Swamy, Dipadamalli, Kannada[19]
- Kaifi Azmi, pen name of Asar Husain Rizvi, Akhir-i Shab, Urdu[19]
- Kashikanta Mishra, Kobar-git, marriage songs, Maithili[19]
- Manohar Sharma, Aravali Ki Atma, includes nature poems such as "Aravali", "Jharano" and "Tiba", Rajasthani[19]
- Shankara Balakrishna Joshi, also known as "Sam. Ba. Joshi", Karnana Muru Citragulu, literary criticism written in the Kannada language, studying the character of Karna as portrayed in three epics, Mahabharata, Pampa Bharata, and Kumaravyasa Bharata[19]
- Vailoppalli Sridhara Menon, Kannikkoyttu, Malayalam[19]
Other languages
[edit]- Thorkild Bjørnvig, Stærnen bag Gavlen ("The Star Behind the Gable"), Denmark[21]
- Nazik Al-Malaika, Cholera, Arabic-language book published in Iraq[22]
- Alexander Mezhirov, Дорога далеко ("The Road is Long"), edited by Pavel Antokolksy, the author's first published book, Moscow[23]
- Giorgos Seferis, Κίχλη ("The Thrush"), Greek
- Shinoe Shōda, Sange ("Penitence"), tanka anthology about the atomic bombing of Japan, secretly published in defiance of censorship[24]
- Màrius Torres (died 1942), Poesies, Catalan Spanish poet published in Mexico
Awards and honors
[edit]- Frost Medal: Gustav Davidson
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Robert Lowell appointed this year.
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Lowell, Lord Weary's Castle
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Ridgely Torrence
- Canada: Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: Poems for People, Dorothy Livesay[25]
- Australia: Grace Leven Prize for Poetry: Pacific Sea, Nan McDonald[26]
Births
[edit]Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 2
- Ai, born "Florence Anthony" (died 2010), an American poet who legally changes her name
- David Shapiro, American poet, literary critic and art historian
- January 13 – David Scott (died 2022), English Anglican priest, poet, playwright and spiritual writer
- January 18 – Takeshi Kitano 北野 武, Japanese filmmaker, film editor, screenwriter, comedian, actor, author, poet and painter (surname: Kitano)
- February 19
- Bin Ramke, American poet and editor
- Lev Rubinstein (died 2024), Russian poet, essayist and social activist
- April 3 – Srikrishna Alanahalli (died 1989), Indian Kannada novelist and poet
- April 13 – Rae Armantrout, American poet
- April 24 – Astrid Roemer, Suriname-born Dutch poet, novelist and playwright
- March 2 – Michael Schmidt, Mexican-born English poet, academic, founder, editor and managing director of Carcanet Press and founder of PN Review
- March 3 – Clifton Snider, American poet, novelist, literary critic, scholar and educator
- May 6 – Jerry Estrin (died 1993), American poet
- May 12 – Penelope Shuttle, English poet
- May 13 – Sukanta Bhattacharya (died 1947), Bengali poet
- May 16 – Cheryl Clarke, American poet and academic
- May 23 – Jane Kenyon (died 1995), American poet and translator
- May 27 – Felix Dennis (died 2014), English publisher and poet
- June 16 – Ellen Bass, American poet
- July 18 – Dermot Healy (died 2014), Irish novelist and poet
- July 25 – Leslie Scalapino (died 2010), American poet
- August 1 – Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet
- August 8 – Alurista (nom de plume of Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia), American Chicano poet and activist
- October 13 – Joe Dolce, Australian poet and musician
- October 20 – Mikirō Sasaki 佐々木幹郎, also known as "Mikio Sasaki", Japanese poet and travel writer (surname: Sasaki)
- October 26 – Trevor Joyce, Irish poet
- November 13 – John Steffler, Canadian poet and novelist
- November 30 – Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet and dramatist
- December 26 – Liz Lochhead, Scottish poet and dramatist
- Also:
- Michael Casey, American poet
- Gloria Frym, American poet, fiction writer and essayist
- Reginald Gibbons, American poet
- Nasrollah Mardani (died 2003), Iranian poet
- Frank Ormsby, Northern Irish poet
- Molly Peacock, American poet of the New Formalist school and nonfiction writer
- Rosemary Sullivan, Canadian poet, biographer and anthologist
Deaths
[edit]Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 9 – Desmond FitzGerald (born 1888), Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and politician
- April 12 – C. Louis Leipoldt (born 1880), South African Afrikaans poet, writer and pediatrician
- April 30 – Anna Wickham (born 1883), English poet (suicide by hanging)
- June 25 – Minnie Gow Walsworth (born 1859), American poet
- July 13 – Yone Noguchi 野口米次郎 (born 1875), Japanese poet, fiction writer, essayist and literary critic in both Japanese and English; father of the sculptor Isamu Noguchi
- September 15 – Richard Le Gallienne (born 1866), English poet and writer
- December 19 – Duncan Campbell Scott (born 1862), Canadian poet and writer
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "The Collected Poems of Arthur S. Bourinot," Biblio.com, Web, Apr. 20, 2011.
- ^ a b Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ^ "Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996): Works" Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Women Poets, Brock University. Web, Mar. 18, 2011.
- ^ "Bibliography," Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt, Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan, 1968, 207-208.
- ^ "Notes on Life and Works Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ^ Web page titled "One Zero Zero A Virtual Library of English Canadian Small Press 1945 - 2044" at the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art website, accessed April 23, 2008
- ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 316, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 6, 2010
- ^ a b c Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0-391-03286-0, ISBN 978-0-391-03286-6), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 322, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 6, 2010
- ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 309, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 10, 2010
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q 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)
- ^ Web page titled "Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)"at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 9, 2009. 2009-05-04.
- ^ Web page titled "Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918)"at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 9, 2009. 2009-09-03.
- ^ a b Web page titled "Antonin Artaud (1896 - 1948)" Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 25, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Auster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982, ISBN 0-394-52197-8
- ^ a b c d e f Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983.
- ^ Cady, Andrea, Measuring the visible: the verse and prose of Philippe Jaccottet, p. 32, Editions Rodopi, 1992, retrieved via Google Books on August 20, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Das, 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, ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
- ^ Mohan, 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, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008
- ^ "Danish Poetry" article, p 273, in Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
- ^ "Arabic" section of "Literature" article in Britannica Book of the Year 2007, published by Encyclopædia Britannica, online version retrieved January 14, 2009
- ^ Shrayer, Maxim, "Aleksandr Mezhirov", p 879, An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry, publisher: M.E. Sharpe, 2007, ISBN 0-7656-0521-X, ISBN 978-0-7656-0521-4, retrieved via Google Books on May 27, 2009
- ^ Treat, John Whittier (1996). Writing Ground Zero: Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb. University of Chicago Press. pp. 189–197. ISBN 9780226811789.
- ^ "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards" Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, Canada Council. Web, Feb. 10, 2011.
- ^ "Strength and Sunshine" The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 1948, p6