Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). [edit] Events - George Oppen joins the Communist Party, where his organizing work will increasingly take precedence over his poetry; he writes no more verse until 1958.
[edit] Works published in English - George Barker, Poems[1]
- Samuel Beckett, Echo's Bones nd Other Precipitates[1]
- Norman Cameron, The Winter House[1]
- Cecil Day Lewis:
- Collected Poems 1929–1933[1]
- A Time to Dance, and Other Poems[1]
- Walter de la Mare, Poems 1919 to 1934[1]
- T. S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral
- Christopher Hassall, Poems of Two Years[1]
- Louis MacNeice, Poems[1]
- Herbert Read, Poems 1914–34[1]
- James Reeves, The Natural Need, preface, in verse, by Laura Riding[1]
- Siegfried Sassoon, Vigils[1]
- Humbert Wolfe:
- The Fourth of August, sonnets[1]
- Stings and Wings[1]
- X at Oberammergau[1]
- W. B. Yeats, A Full Moon in March,[1] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- John Peale Bishop, Minute Particulars[2]
- Robert P. Tristram Coffin, Strange Holiness[2]
- Countee Cullen, The Medea and Some Poems[2]
- E. E. Cummings, No Thanks
- Kenneth Fearing, Poems[2]
- John Gould Fletcher, XXIV Elegies[2]
- Hamlin Garland, Iowa, O Iowa[2]
- Horace Gregory, Chorus for Survival[2]
- Robinson Jeffers, Solstice and Other Poems[2]
- James Weldon Johnson, Selected Poems[2]
- Edgar Lee Masters, Invisible Landscapes[2]
- Marianne Moore, Selected Poems[2]
- John G. Neihardt, The Song of the Messiah[2]
- Edward Arlington Robinson, King Jasper[2]
- Muriel Rukeyser, Theory of Flight[2]
- Karl Shapiro, Poems[2]
- Wallace Stevens, Ideas of Order, includes "Farewell to Florida," "The Idea of Order at Key West," "Academic Discourse at Havana," "Like Decorations in a Nigger Cemetery," and "A Postcard from the Volcano"), Alcestis Press (enlarged edition, 1936)[3]
- Robert Penn Warren, Thirty-Six Poems[2]
- William Carlos Williams, An Early Martyr and Other Poems
[edit] Other in English - Govind Krishna Chettur, The Shadow of God: A Sonnet Sequence, London: Longmans, Green; Indian poet, writing in English, published in the United Kingdom[4]
- Allen Curnow (New Zealand):
- Three Poems (Caxton)
- Poetry and Language, a brief poetry manifesto (Caxton)
- C. J. Dennis, The Singing Garden, Australia
- Tom MacInnes, Rhymes of a Rounder, Canada[5]
- Duncan Campbell Scott, The Green Cloister, Canada[5]
- W. B. Yeats, A Full Moon in March, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Rex Ingamells, Gumtops published in Adelaide; Australia[6]
[edit] Works published in other languages Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname: - Balawantrai Thakore, Mharon Sonnet[11]
- Jhaverchand Meghani, Yugavandana[11]
- Jhinabhai Desai Snehrashmi, Arghya, the author's first poetry collection; many of the poems display patriotism and love for the poor[12]
- Kavi Nhanalal, Ketalank Kavyo, Part 3 (Part 1 published 1903; Part 2 in 1908); the first part made Nhanalal's reputation as the best Gujarati lyric poet; the collection is known for its metrical innovations, creative power and mix of modern and old folk elements[12]
- Kishorlal Mashruvala, translator, Vidayuelae, from the English of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet into Gujarati
- Mansukhlal Jhaveri, Phooldal[11]
- Akbar Allahabadi, Kulliyat-i Akbar Allahabadi, in four volumes, published (posthumously) from this year through 1939; Indian, Urdu-language[12]
- M. Diyauddin, translator, Kālam-i-Tagore, translated from the Bengali of Rabindranath Tagore, with Tagore involved in the translation, into Urdu[12]
- Mohammad Iqbal, Bal-i Jibrial, alternate spelling: "Bal-i Jibril" ("Wings of Gabriel"), includes rubaiyat qitas and ghazals; famous poems in the volume: "Jibrail-o-Iblis", "Lenin Khuda Ke Hazur main" ("Lenin in the Court of God"), "Punjab ke Dehqan se" ("To the Punjab Peasants"); "This is regarded as a milestone in Urdu poetry", according to Indian academic Siser Kumar Das; inspired by Iqbal's 1933 visit to Spain[12]
[edit] Other Indian languages - Bal Krisna Rav, Abhas, Indian, Hindi-language[12]
- Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Baspanjali ("Offering of tears"), the author's first poetry collection, Malayalam[12]
- Duvvuri Rami Reddi, translator, Panasala, translation from the Persian of Omar Khayyam's Rubayit into Telugu[12]
- Jayshankar Prasad, Kamayani, said to be the greatest poem of the Chayavadi (Indian romantic) movement; 15 cantos, each named after an emotion; Hindi[12]
- Mahjoor, "Gristi Kur", Kashmiri poem in the Vatsan form comparing the refreshing traits of peasants as compared with less lively aristocrats; published in the August 1 issue of Hamdard[12]
- Rabindranath Tagore, Ses Saptak, in this and in some of the author's other books in the mid-1930s, he introduced a new rhythm in poetry that "had a tremendous impact on the modern poets", according to Indian academic Sisir Kumar Das; Bengali[12]
- Ulloor Paramesvara Iyer, Dipavali, Malayalam[12]
[edit] Other languages [edit] Awards and honors [edit] Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - January 16 – Inger Christensen, 73 (died 2009), Danish poet, writer, novelist, essayist and children's book author[14]
- January 18 – Jon Stallworthy, English poet, literary critic and academic
- January 30 – Richard Brautigan, writer and poet (died 1984)
- January 27 – D. M. Thomas, English novelist, poet, and translator from Cornwall
- March 13 – Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian poet and author whose work combines the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization.
- April 16 — Sarah Kirsch, German
- May 13 – Taku Miki 三木卓 pen name of Tomita Miki, Japanese Showa period poet and novelist in the Han ("Inundation") poetry circle (Surname: Miki)
- May 14 – Roque Dalton, leftist Salvadoran poet and journalist who wrote on death, love, and politics (died 1975)
- June 1 – Clayton Eshleman, American poet, translator, and editor
- June 6 – Joy Kogawa, Canadian poet and novelist
- June 12 – Christoph Meckel, German
- July 29 – Pat Lowther, Canadian poet killed by her husband (died 1975)
- August 12 – A. B. Spellman, African American poet, music critic, music historian, arts administrator and author
- August 24 – Rosmarie Waldrop, German-born American poet and translator (primary English translator of Edmond Jabès)
- August 25 – Charles Wright, American poet.
- September 10 – Mary Oliver, American poet
- September 24 – Robert Kelly, American poet associated with the deep image group
- November 7 – Wahyu Sulaiman Rendra, born Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, popularly known as W. S. Rendra and also known as "Si Burung Merak" and "The Peacock" (died 2009), Indonesian poet[15]
- November 15 – Gustaf Sobin, American expatriate poet & novelist (died 2005)
- December 1 – George Bowering, Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer
- December 10 – Shūji Terayama 寺山 修司 (died 1983), Japanese avant-garde poet, playwright, writer, film director and photographer (surname: Terayama)
- December 29 – Yevgeny Rein (Евгений Рейн), Russian poet
- Also:
- Johari M. Amini (aka Jewel Christine McLawler Latimore and Johari M. Kunjufu), African American
- James Applewhite, American
- Michael Benedikt, American poet
- Sam Cornish, African American
- Russell Edson, American poet
- Andrew Hoyem, American a typographer, letterpress printer, publisher, poet, and preservationist; founder and director of Arion Press in San Francisco
- Desmond O'Grady, Irish poet and translator; former editor of The Transatlantic Review, and organizer of the Spoleto International Poetry Festival
- David R. Slavitt
- Grigore Vieru, (died 2009), a Moldovan poet writing in Romanian, strong promoter of the Romanian language in Moldova
- Jay Wright, African American poet, playwright and essayist
- Ahmos Zu-Bolton II, African American
[edit] Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - March 26 – Tekkan Yosano 与謝野 鉄幹 pen-name of Yosano Hiroshi (born 1873), late Meiji period, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese author and poet ; husband of author Yosano Akiko.; grandfather of cabinet minister and politician Kaoru Yosano
- April 6 – Edwin Arlington Robinson (born 1869), American poet and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- July 17 – George William Russell (born 1867), Anglo-Irish supporter of Irish nationalism, critic, poet, and painter who wrote under the pseudonym Æ, mystical writer, and centre of a group of followers of theosophy
- August 11 – Sir William Watson (born 1858), English traditionalist poet popular for the political content of his verse
- September 18 – Alice Dunbar Nelson (born 1875), African American poet, journalist and political activist, and a part of the Harlem Renaissance; her husband Paul Laurence Dunbar was also a poet
- November 23 – Louise Mack (born 1870) Australian poet, journalist and novelist
- November 30 – Fernando Pessoa (born 1888), Portuguese poet and writer, of cirrhosis
- December 17 – Lizette Woodworth Reese (born 1856), American poet
[edit] See also - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ Web page titled "Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 9, 2009. Archived 2009-05-04.
- ^ Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0391032860, ISBN 9780391032866), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ^ a b Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ^ "Ingamells, Reginald Charles (Rex) (1913 - 1955)", article, Australian Dictionary of Biography online edition, retrieved May 12, 2009. Archived 2009-05-14.
- ^ a b c 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 0394521978
- ^ Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ^ Rees, William, The Penguin book of French poetry: 1820-1950 : with prose translations, p 413, Penguin Classics, 1992, ISBN 978-0140423853, retrieved via Google Books, August 30, 2009
- ^ Web page titled "POET Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)", at The Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 30, 2009
- ^ a b c 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 9780313287787, retrieved December 10, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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 9788172017989, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
- ^ a b c d e Debicki, Andrew P., Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Modernity and Beyond, p 42, University Press of Kentucky, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8131-0835-3, retrieved via Google Books, November 21, 2009
- ^ "Poet Inger Christensen dies: Danish poet Inger Christensen dies at 73", Agence France Presse, as published on the Singapore Straits Times website, retrieved January 7, 2008
- ^ No byline, "'The Peacock' dies at 74", article, Jakarta Post, August 7, 2009, retrieved August 12, 2009
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