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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]
* [[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>
* [[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]].
* [[E. J. Pratt]]:
* [[E. J. Pratt]]:
**''Behind the Log'', Toronto: Macmillan.
**''Behind the Log'', Toronto: Macmillan.
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===[[Indian poetry|India]], [[Indian poetry in English|in English]]===
===[[Indian poetry|India]], [[Indian poetry in English|in English]]===
* [[Harindranath Chattopadhyaya]], ''Freedom Come'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] ), [[Bombay]]: Nalanda Publications<ref>Vinayak Krishna Gokak, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WLE8GVsAfEMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''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>
* [[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>
* [[Serapia Devi]], ''Rapid Visions'' ( Poetry in [[English language|English]] )<ref name=mnkpipe>Naik, M. K., [https://books.google.com/books?id=FcH2MUnlQjQC&printsec=frontcover#PRA1-PA230,M1 ''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>
* [[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>
* [[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/>
* [[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/>
* [[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&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''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>
* [[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>
* [[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&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''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>
* [[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>


===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]===
===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]===
[[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.]]
* [[Kingsley Amis]], ''[[Bright November]]''<ref name=cocel>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6}}</ref>
* [[Kingsley Amis]], ''[[Bright November]]''<ref name=cocel>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm}}</ref>
* [[W. H. Auden]], ''The Age of Anxiety'' ([[English poetry|English]] native living in the [[American poetry|United States]])
* [[W. H. Auden]], ''The Age of Anxiety'' ([[English poetry|English]] native living in the [[American poetry|United States]])
* [[John Betjeman]], edited by W. H. Auden, ''Slick But Not Streamlined: poems & short pieces''
* [[John Betjeman]], edited by W. H. Auden, ''Slick But Not Streamlined: poems & short pieces''
* [[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)
* [[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)
* [[Hamish Henderson]], ''Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica'' (Scottish poet published in England)
* [[Hamish Henderson]], as Seumas Mor Maceanruig, collected ''Ballads of World War II''
* [[Patrick Kavanagh]], ''A Soul For Sale''<ref name=cocel/>
* [[Patrick Kavanagh]], ''A Soul For Sale''<ref name=cocel/>
* [[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/>
* [[William Jay Smith]], ''Poems''<ref name=rmlaal/>
* [[William Jay Smith]], ''Poems''<ref name=rmlaal/>
* [[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. [https://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1241471713370560 Archived] 2009-05-04.</ref>
* [[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>
* [[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
* [[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]]===
* [[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. [https://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1252010303710156 Archived] 2009-09-03.</ref>
* [[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>
* [[Antonin Artaud]]:
* [[Antonin Artaud]]:
** ''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://www.webcitation.org/5jWdyQMqE?url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=226 |date=2009-09-04 }} 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>
** ''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/>
* [[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>
* [[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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* [[Pierre Jean Jouve]]:
* [[Pierre Jean Jouve]]:
** ''Hymne''<ref name=pa20cfv/>
** ''Hymne''<ref name=pa20cfv/>
** ''Requiem'', Lausanne, Switzerland: Mermod, French author published in Switzerland<ref>Cady, Andrea, [https://books.google.com/books?id=iOo1F2XaGIkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Measuring the visible: the verse and prose of Philippe Jaccottet''], p. 32, Editions Rodopi, 1992, retrieved via Google Books on August 20, 2009.</ref>
** ''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>
* [[Marie Noël]], ''Chants et psaumes d'automne''<ref name=gbtcfl/>
* [[Marie Noël]], ''Chants et psaumes d'automne''<ref name=gbtcfl/>
* [[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/>
* [[Kedarnath Agarwal]]:
* [[Kedarnath Agarwal]]:
** ''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&ndash;1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&printsec=frontcover ''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>
** ''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&ndash;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>
** ''Yug Ki Ganga'', poems in the ''[[Pragativadi]]'' tradition<ref name=skdhil/>
** ''Yug Ki Ganga'', poems in the ''[[Pragativadi]]'' tradition<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/>
* [[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/>
* [[Sumitranandan Pant]]:
* [[Sumitranandan Pant]]:
** ''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/>
** ''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/>
* [[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/>
* [[Jyotsna Shukla]], ''Azadinan Geeto''; [[Gujarati poetry|Gujarati]]<ref name=20csjm>Mohan, Sarala Jag, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA100&lpg=PP9&dq=Urdu+poets&num=100&output=html 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>
* [[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>
* [[K. S. Narasimha Swamy]], ''Dipadamalli'', [[Kannada poetry|Kannada]]<ref name=skdhil/>
* [[K. S. Narasimha Swamy]], ''Dipadamalli'', [[Kannada poetry|Kannada]]<ref name=skdhil/>
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[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&printsec=frontcover#PPA879,M1 "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>
* [[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>
* [[Giorgos Seferis]], ''Κίχλη'' ("The Thrush"), [[Modern Greek poetry|Greek]]
* [[Giorgos Seferis]], ''Κίχλη'' ("The Thrush"), [[Modern Greek poetry|Greek]]
* [[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>
* [[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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* [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Robert Lowell]], ''Lord Weary's Castle''
* [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Robert Lowell]], ''Lord Weary's Castle''
* [[Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets]]: [[Ridgely Torrence]]
* [[Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets]]: [[Ridgely Torrence]]
* [[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>
[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.
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf</ref>
* [[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>
* [[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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Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
* January 2
* January 2
** [[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
** [[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
* January 13 &ndash; [[David Scott (poet)|David Scott]] (died [[2022 in poetry|2022]]), [[English poetry|English]] Anglican priest, poet, playwright and spiritual writer
* January 18 &ndash; [[Takeshi Kitano]] 北野 武, [[Japanese poetry|Japanese]] filmmaker, film editor, screenwriter, comedian, actor, author, poet and painter (surname: Kitano)
* January 18 &ndash; [[Takeshi Kitano]] 北野 武, [[Japanese poetry|Japanese]] filmmaker, film editor, screenwriter, comedian, actor, author, poet and painter (surname: Kitano)
* February 19 &ndash; [[Bin Ramke]], [[American poetry|American]] poet and editor
* February 19
** [[Bin Ramke]], [[American poetry|American]] poet and editor
** [[Lev Rubinstein]] (died [[2024 in poetry|2024]]), [[Russian poetry|Russian]] poet, essayist and social activist
* April 3 &ndash; [[Srikrishna Alanahalli]] (died [[1989 in poetry|1989]]), [[Indian poetry|Indian]] [[Kannada poetry|Kannada]] novelist and poet
* April 3 &ndash; [[Srikrishna Alanahalli]] (died [[1989 in poetry|1989]]), [[Indian poetry|Indian]] [[Kannada poetry|Kannada]] novelist and poet
* April 13 &ndash; [[Rae Armantrout]], [[American poetry|American]] poet
* April 13 &ndash; [[Rae Armantrout]], [[American poetry|American]] poet
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* March 2 &ndash; [[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 &ndash; [[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 3 &ndash; [[Clifton Snider]], [[American poetry|American]] poet, novelist, literary critic, scholar and educator
* March 3 &ndash; [[Clifton Snider]], [[American poetry|American]] poet, novelist, literary critic, scholar and educator
* May 6 &ndash; [[Jerry Estrin]] (died [[1993 in poetry|1993]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet
* May 6 &ndash; Jerry Estrin (died [[1993 in poetry|1993]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet
* May 12 &ndash; [[Penelope Shuttle]], [[English poetry|English]] poet
* May 12 &ndash; [[Penelope Shuttle]], [[English poetry|English]] poet
* May 13 &ndash; [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]] (died 1947), [[Bengali poetry|Bengali]] poet
* May 13 &ndash; [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]] (died 1947), [[Bengali poetry|Bengali]] poet
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* May 23 &ndash; [[Jane Kenyon]] (died [[1995 in poetry|1995]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet and translator
* May 23 &ndash; [[Jane Kenyon]] (died [[1995 in poetry|1995]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet and translator
* May 27 &ndash; [[Felix Dennis]] (died [[2014 in poetry|2014]]), [[English poetry|English]] publisher and poet
* May 27 &ndash; [[Felix Dennis]] (died [[2014 in poetry|2014]]), [[English poetry|English]] publisher and poet
* June 16 &ndash; [[Ellen Bass]], [[American poetry|American]] poet
* July 18 &ndash; [[Dermot Healy]] (died [[2014 in poetry|2014]]), [[Irish poetry|Irish]] novelist and poet
* July 18 &ndash; [[Dermot Healy]] (died [[2014 in poetry|2014]]), [[Irish poetry|Irish]] novelist and poet
* July 25 &ndash; [[Leslie Scalapino]], [[American poetry|American]] poet
* July 25 &ndash; [[Leslie Scalapino]] (died [[2020 in poetry|2010]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet
* August 1 &ndash; [[Lorna Goodison]], Jamaican poet
* August 1 &ndash; [[Lorna Goodison]], Jamaican poet
* August 8 &ndash; [[Alurista]] (''nom de plume'' of Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia), [[American poetry|American]] Chicano poet and activist
* August 8 &ndash; [[Alurista]] (''nom de plume'' of Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia), [[American poetry|American]] Chicano poet and activist
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* November 13 &ndash; [[John Steffler]], [[Canadian poetry|Canadian]] poet and novelist
* November 13 &ndash; [[John Steffler]], [[Canadian poetry|Canadian]] poet and novelist
* November 30 &ndash; [[Sergio Badilla Castillo]], [[Chile]]an poet and dramatist
* November 30 &ndash; [[Sergio Badilla Castillo]], [[Chile]]an poet and dramatist
* December 26 &ndash; [[Liz Lochhead]] [[English poetry|Scottish]] poet and dramatist
* December 26 &ndash; [[Liz Lochhead]], [[English poetry|Scottish]] poet and dramatist
* Also:
* Also:
** [[Michael Casey (poet)|Michael Casey]], [[American poetry|American]] poet
** [[Michael Casey (poet)|Michael Casey]], [[American poetry|American]] poet
** [[Gloria Frym]], American poet, fiction writer and essayist
** [[Gloria Frym]], American poet, fiction writer and essayist
** [[Reginald Gibbons]], [[American poetry|American]] poet
** [[Reginald Gibbons]], [[American poetry|American]] poet
** [[Nasrollah Mardani]] (died 2003), [[Iranian poetry|Iranian]] poet
** [[Frank Ormsby]], Northern [[Irish poetry|Irish]] poet
** [[Frank Ormsby]], Northern [[Irish poetry|Irish]] poet
** [[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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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
* April 9 &ndash; [[Desmond FitzGerald (politician)|Desmond FitzGerald]] (born [[1888 in poetry|1888]]), [[Irish poetry|Irish]] revolutionary, poet, publicist and politician
* April 12 &ndash; [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] (born [[1880 in poetry|1880]]), [[South African poetry|South African]] [[Afrikaans literature|Afrikaans]] poet, writer and pediatrician
* April 12 &ndash; [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] (born [[1880 in poetry|1880]]), [[South African poetry|South African]] [[Afrikaans literature|Afrikaans]] poet, writer and pediatrician
* April 30 &ndash; [[Anna Wickham]] (born [[1883 in poetry|1883]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet (suicide by hanging)
* April 30 &ndash; [[Anna Wickham]] (born [[1883 in poetry|1883]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet (suicide by hanging)
* June 25 &ndash; [[Minnie Gow Walsworth]] (born [[1859 in poetry|1859]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet
* July 13 &ndash; [[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 &ndash; [[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]]
* September 15 &ndash; [[Richard Le Gallienne]] (born [[1866 in poetry|1866]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet and writer
* September 15 &ndash; [[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).

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Works published in English

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Title page of The Age of Anxiety (1947); Auden specified the typography for this book.

Other in English

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Works published in other languages

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Indian subcontinent

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Including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:

Other languages of the Indian subcontinent

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Awards and honors

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Births

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Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Deaths

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See also

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Notes

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