Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). [edit] Events [edit] Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: - Dannie Abse, After Every Green Thing[4]
- Roy Campbell, Collected Poems, Volume 1 (Volume 2 1957, Volume 3 (consisting of translations) 1960)[4]
- C. Day Lewis, Collected Poems, published in March, although the book states "1948" (see also Collected Poems 1954)[4]
- William Empson, Collected Poems of William Empson[5]
- Roy Fuller, Epitaphs and Occasions[4]
- Robert Garioch Sutherland, writing under the name "Robert Garioch", Chuckles on the Cairn[4]
- Geoffrey Grigson, editor, Poetry of the Present, anthology[4]
- Christopher Hassall, The Slow Night, and Other Poems 1940–8[4]
- James Kirkup, editor, Leeds University Poetry, including work by Kirkup, Wilfred R. Childe, Derrick Metcalfe, and Kenneth Muir (Hull: Lotus Press)[6]
- Louis MacNeice, Collected Poems 1925–48[4]
- Edwin Muir, The Labyrinth[4]
- Kathleen Raine, The Pythoness, and Other Poems[4]
- James Reeves, The Imprisoned Sea[4]
- Edith Sitwell, The Canticle of the Rose: Poems 1917–1949[5]
- Stephen Spender, The Edge of Being[4]
- W. B. Yeats, Poems, "The Definitive Edition", Irish poet published in the United Kingdom[4]
- Conrad Aiken:
- The Divine Pilgrim[7]
- Skylight One[7]
- Joseph Payne Brennan, Heart of Earth (Decker Press)
- Gwendolyn Brooks, Annie Allen[7]
- John Ciardi, Live Another Day[7]
- Hilda Doolittle, writing under the pen name "H. D.", By Avon River[7]
- Kenneth Fearing, Stranger at Coney Island[7]
- Robert Frost, Complete Poems[7]
- Langston Hughes, One-Way Ticket[7]
- Kenneth Patchen:
- Red Wine & Yellow Hair[7]
- To Say If You Love Someone[7]
- Ezra Pound, Selected Poems[7]
- Kenneth Rexroth:
- The Signature of All Things[7]
- The Art of Worldly Wisdom", Prairie City, Illinois: Decker Press
- Louis Simpson, The Arrivistes[7]
- Donald A. Stauffer, The Golden Nightingale: Essays on Some Principles of Poetry in the Lyrics of William Butler Yeats, New York: Macmillan, United States criticism[8]
- Peter Viereck, The Poet in the Machine Age
- William Carlos Williams:
[edit] Other in English [edit] Works published in other languages - Paul Eluard, pen name of Paul-Eugène Grindel, ''Une leçon de morale[10]
- Eugene Guilleveic, Gagner[11]
- Pierre Jean Jouve, Diadème[11]
- Henri Michaux, Poesie pour pouvoir, Paris: Drouin[12]
- Pierre Reverdy, Main d'oeuvre: 1913–1949[11]
- Claude Roy, Le Poète mineur[10]
- Jules Supervielle, Oublieuse Mémoire[11]
- Tristan Tzara, pen name of Sami Rosenstock, Phases[11]
Including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname: - C. V. Karandikar, also known as Vinda Karandikar, Svedaganga, India, Marathi-language[13]
- Manmohan, Yugayugance Sahapravasi, Indian, Marathi-language (later translated into Hindi under the title Marsal ki Salami)[13]
- K. B. Nikumb, Ujjvala, Indian, Marathi-language[13]
- Sarachchandra Muktibodh, Navi Malavat Indian, Marathi-language[13]
- Shrikrishna Powale, Jala Mati, Indian, Marathi-language[13]
[edit] Other languages of the Indian subcontinent - Masood Husain, Urdu zaban aur adab, a history, written in Urdu of that language and its literature[13]
- Nilakantha Shastri, translator, Sri Rama Carita, translation into Sanskrit of the Tamil-language Kamba Ramayana[13]
- Pritam Singh Safir, Rakt Bundam, Indian, Punjabi-language[13]
- S. Lalita, translator, Valarmati, translation into Tamil from the Indian poetry in English of Rabindranath Tagore's The Crescent Moon[13]
- Sitaramaiah Kuruganti, Navyandhra Sahitya Vidhulu, a four-volume history in Telugu of that language's literature[13]
- Umar Alisha, translator, Umar Khayyam, translation into Telugu from the Persian of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyats[13]
[edit] Other languages Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: - Alfonso Calderón, Primer Consejo a los Arcangeles del Viento ("First Advice to the Archangels of the Wind"), Spanish-language, Chile[14]
- Haim Gouri, Pirhei Esh ("Flowers of Fire, Years of Fire"), Israeli writing in Hebrew[15]
- Alexander Mezhirov, Новые встречи ("New Encounters"), including "Communists, Ahead!", Russia[16]
- Carlos de Oliveira, Descida aos Infernos
- Nizar Qabbani, Samba, Syrian poet writing in Arabic
[edit] Awards and honors [edit] Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - January 25 – Tom Paulin, Northern Irish poet and critic of film, music and literature
- January 27 – Bruce Weigl, American poet and academic
- February 6 – Eliot Weinberger, American essayist & principal translator of Octavio Paz in English
- March 14 – Lynn Emanuel, American poet
- April 13 – Marilyn Bowering, Canadian poet and novelist
- April 25 – James Fenton English journalist, poet, critic and academic
- May 13 – Christopher Reid, English poet, essayist, cartoonist, writer, and exponent of Martian poetry
- June 21:
- July 5 – Pier Giorgio di Cicco Italian-Canadian poet
- August 1 – Jim Carroll, American poet, author and musician.[18]
- August 2 – Bei Dao, (北島, literally meaning "Northern Island"), the pseudonym of Chinese poet Zhao Zhenkai, the most notable representative of the Misty Poets, a group of Chinese poets who reacted against the restrictions of the Cultural Revolution
- Also:
- Agha Shahid Ali, English poet (died in 2001)
- Michael Blumenthal (poet)
- David Bottoms
- Olga Broumas Greek-born and raised, English-language poet in the United States
- Ralph Burns (poet)
- Victor Hernandez Cruz, African-American
- Gil Scott-Heron, African-American poet, musician, and author
- Denis Johnson, American
- Alice Major, Canadian poet
- Mary di Michele, Canadian poet and writer
- Bob Orr, New Zealand
- Barbara Ras
- Liam Rector, American poet, essayist and academic
- David St. John, American poet and academic
- Robyn Sarah
- Michael Waters, American
- C.D. Wright (Carolyn D. Wright), an American poet
[edit] Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: [edit] See also - ^ "Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry" in Williams, Emily Allen, Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography, page xvii and following pages, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 9780313317477, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
- ^ a b Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Ursula Bethall" in An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 website, accessed April 21, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ a b Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, editors, The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, W. W. Norton & Company, 1973, ISBN 0393093573
- ^ "James Kirkup", Leeds University Library website, retrieved November 30, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 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)
- ^ Untitled review by A. Norman Jeffares, of book in The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 7 (Jul., 1951), pp. 291-293
- ^ a b Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ^ a b Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ^ 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 0394521978
- ^ Rigaud-Drayton, Margaret, Henri Michaux: Poetry, Painting and the Universal Sign, Bibliography, p 165, Oxford University Press, 2005, retrieved via Google Books on August 10, 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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
- ^ "Chile National Literature Prize Winner Alfonso Calderon Dies", obituary, August 8, 2009, Latin American Herald Tribune, retrieved September 4, 2009. Archived 2009-09-06.
- ^ [1]Web page titled "Haim Gouri" at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
- ^ 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 076560521X, ISBN 9780765605214, retrieved via Google Books on May 27, 2009
- ^ Ackroyd, Peter, Ezra Pound, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Chronology" chapter, p 118
- ^ Grimes, William. "Jim Carroll, Poet and Punk Rocker, Is Dead at 60." NY Times. 13 Sept. 2009. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/books/14carroll.html>.
- ^ Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, ' 'Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology' ', pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009
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