Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). [edit] Events - Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine published.
- First issue of Conjunctions literary journal published.
- This year, "the word 'Martianism' came into use, through the verse of Craig Raine and his associates, presenting a vision of life on Earth as seen by a visiting Martian," the 1982 Britannica Book of the Year reported (page 504). Some noted that "Martianism" is an anagram for one of Raine's associates, Martin Amis.
[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: - R. Hall, editor, Collins Book of Australian Poetry, anthology[1]
- H. Heseltine, editor, Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse, anthology[1]
- L. Kramer, Oxford History of Australian Literature (scholarship)[1]
- Jennifer Maiden, For The Left Hand, South Head
- Margaret Atwood, True Stories
- Roo Borson, A Sad Device, ISBN 0-86495-011-X, American-Canadian
- Louis Dudek, Cross-Section: Poems 1940-80
- Gwen Hauser, Gophers and Swans
- George McWhirter, The Island Man
- P. K. Page, Evening Dance of the Grey Flies, poetry and prose[2]
- Stephen Scobie, A Grand Memory For Forgetting
- Stephen Scobie and Douglas Barbour:
- The Pirates of Pen's Chance: Homolinguistic Translations
- The Maple Laugh Forever: An Anthology of Canadian Comic Poetry (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers)
- F.R. Scott, The Collected Poems of F.R. Scott
- Raymond Souster, Collected Poems of Raymond Souster, Volume Two, 1955-62
- Dermot Bolger, Finglas Lilies
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Rose Geranium, Dublin: The Gallery Press[3]
- Seamus Heaney, Selected Poems 1965-1975, Faber & Faber, Northern Ireland native published in the United Kingdom
- Michael Longley, Patchwork,[4] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Thomas McCarthy, The Sorrow Garden, Anvil Press, London, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom[5]
- Derek Mahon:
- Courtyards in Delft.[4] Gallery Press
- The Hunt by Night[4]
- Dannie Abse, Way Out in the Centre[4]
- Sir John Betjeman, Church Poems[4]
- Alison Brackenbury, Dreams of Power[4]
- Roberta Berke, Bounds out of Bounds: A Compass for Recent American and British Poetry, Oxford University Press, criticism[6]
- Douglas Dunn, St. Kilda's Parliament[4]
- D. J. Enright, Collected Poems[4]
- James Fenton, Dead Soldiers, Sycamore Press, [7]
- Roy Fisher, Consolidated Comedies[4]
- Thom Gunn, Talbot Road[4]
- Tony Harrison:
- Seamus Heaney, Selected Poems 1965-1975, Faber & Faber, Northern Ireland native published in the United Kingdom
- John Heath-Stubbs:
- Ted Hughes:
- Under the North Star[4]
- Editor, Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath (see Plath, below)
- Peter Levi, Private Ground[4]
- Liz Lochhead, The Grimm Sisters[4]
- Christopher Logue, Ode to the Dodo[4]
- Michael Longley, Patchwork,[4] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Derek Mahon:
- Courtyards in Delft.[4] Gallery Press
- The Hunt by Night[4]
- Andrew Motion, Independence[4]
- Norman Nicholson, Sea to the West[4]
- Brian Patten, Love Poems[4]
- Tom Paulin, The Book of Juniper[4]
- Sylvia Plath, Collected Poems, posthumous, containing 224 poems in chronological order, edited by Ted Hughes; poems by an American, edited by her English husband[4]
- Peter Porter, English Subtitles[4]
- Peter Reading, Tom O'Bedlam's Beauties[4]
- Peter Redgrove, The Apple Broadcast, and Other New Poems[4]
- Carol Rumens, Unplayed Music[4]
- Elizabeth Smart, Ten Poems
- D. M. Thomas, Dreaming in Bronze[4]
- R. S. Thomas, Between Here and Now[4]
- The Faber Book of Christian Verse
- A.R. Ammons, A Coast of Trees[8]
- John Ashbery, Shadow Train[8]
- Imamu Amiri Baraka, formerly "LeRoi Jones", Reggae or Not![8]
- Ted Berrigan, In a Blue River
- Robert Bly, The Man in the Black Coat Turns[8]
- Paul Bowles, Next to Nothing: Collected Poems 1926–1977[8]
- Joseph Payne Brennan, Creep To Death
- Joseph Brodsky: Verses on the Winter Campaign 1980, translation by Alan Meyers. – London: Anvil Press[9] Russian-American
- Gwendolyn Brooks:
- Gregory Corso, Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit, his first collection in 11 years
- Peter Davison, Barn Fever and Other Poems[8]
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Endless Life: Selected Poems[8]
- Carolyn Forche, The Country Between Us[8]
- Daryl Hine, Selected Poems[8]
- John Hollander:
- Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, poetry[8]
- The Figure of Echo[8]
- Janet Kauffman, The Weather Book[8]
- Denise Levertov, Light Up the Cave[8]
- Philip Levine, One for the Rose[8]
- Frederick Morgan, Northbook[8]
- Michael Palmer, Notes For Echo Lake (North Point Press)
- Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, editor, containing 224 poems in chronological order (posthumous)
- Marie Ponsot, Admit Impediment
- Michael Ryan, In Winter (Holt)
- Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems, published posthumously (died 1974)[8]
- Leslie Marmon Silko, Storyteller,[10] short stories, poems and photographs
- Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic a collection of children's poetry
- Gilbert Sorrentino, Selected Poems 1958-1980
- Gerald Stern, The Red Coal[8]
- Robert Stone, A Flag for Sunrise[8]
- Mark Strand, The Planet of Lost Things[8]
- Richard L. Tierney, Collected Poems
- Michael Van Walleghen, More Trouble With the Obvious
- David Wagoner, Landfall[8]
- Rosmarie Waldrop, Nothing Has Changed (Awede Press)
- Diane Wakoski, The Magician's Feastletters[8]
- Robert Penn Warren, Rumor Verified: Poems 1979-1980[8]
- Richard Wilbur, Seven Poems[8]
[edit] Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States - John Hollander:
- Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, criticism
- The Figure of Echo, criticism
[edit] Other in English - Alistair Campbell, Collected Poems, Hazard, ISBN 1-877393-00-2, New Zealand
- Keki N. Daruwalla, Winter Poems, Bombay: Allied Pub.; India, Indian poetry in English[11]
- C. K. Stead, In the Glass Case, criticism, New Zealand[12]
[edit] Works published in other languages Listed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: - V. Hage, editor, Lyrik für Leser: Deutsche Gedichte der siebziger Jahre, anthology[14]
- Heinz Toni Hamm, Poesie und kommunikative Praxis (scholarship)[15]
- Klaus Weissenberger, editor, Die deutsche Lyrik, 1945-1975 (scholarship)[15]
- A. Hillel, Devareiy
- Gavriel Preil, a new collection[16]
- Avot Yeshurun, a new collection[16]
- S. Shalom, a new collection[16]
- Yehuda Amichai, Shalva gedola, she'elot uteshuvot
- Robert Whitehill, Efes Makom ("No Place"), published in Israel
- Peretz Banai, a "new poet"[16]
- Esther Ettinger, a "new poet"[16]
- Yosef Yehezkel, a "new poet"[16]
- Aharon Shabtai, Xut ("Thread")
- Mordecai Geldman, a new collection[16]
- Hannah Barzilai, a new collection[16]
- Batsheva Sharif, a new collection[16]
- Michael Senunit, a new collection[16]
- Menachem Ben, a new collection[16]
Including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname: [edit] Italian [edit] Portuguese language [edit] Spanish language [edit] Latin America [edit] Yiddish [edit] Criticism, scholarship and biography in Yiddish - Itskhak Janoswicz, Avrom Sutzkever, His Poetry and Prose
- The Lexicon of Modern Yiddish Literature, the eighth and final volume
- Khaim Leyb Fuks, Biographical Dictionary of Hebrew and Yiddish Writers in Canada
- Chen Kehua, Qijing shaonian ("Whale Boy") Chinese (Taiwan)[19]
- Inger Christensen, Alfabet, 1981 ("Alphabet"), later translated into English by Susanna Nied, twice translated into Swedish, Denmark[20]
- Lo Fu (poet) (Luo Fu),Wound of Time, Chinese (Taiwan) [21]
- Stein Mehren, Den usynlige regnbuen, Norway
- Alexander Mezhirov, Selected Works, two volumes, Russia, Soviet Union[22]
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, An dealg Droighin, including "Sceala" and "Failte Bheal na Sionna don Iasc", Gaelic-language, Ireland[23]
- Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet writing in Arabic:
- I Write the History of Woman Like So
- The Lover's Dictionary
[edit] Awards and honors [edit] Births [edit] Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - March 15 – Horiguchi Daigaku 堀口 大学 (born 1892), Japanese, Taishō and Showa period poet and translator of French literature; a member of the Shinshisha ("The New Poetry Society"); accompanied his father on overseas diplomatic postings
- April 26 – Robert Garioch (born 1909)
- May 31 – Falguni Ray (born 1945), Bengali poet and youngest member of Hungryalism movement
- September 12 – Eugenio Montale, 85, Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.
- October 26 – Marie Uguay, 26 (born 1955), French-Canadian), from bone cancer
- October 30 – George Brassens, French
[edit] See also - ^ a b c Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108
- ^ Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 9781405113618, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
- ^ Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008
- ^ 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 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy" at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Archives / Kenneth Koch (1925 - 2002)", "Further Readings" section, at Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 15, 2008
- ^ [1]Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w 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)
- ^ [2] Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007
- ^ Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer, The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature, p 29, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 9780521822831, retrieved February 9, 2009
- ^ 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
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p 837
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Anthologies in German" section, pp 473-474
- ^ a b Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Criticism in German" section, p 474
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Britannica Book of the Year 1982, published by Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 1982, "Literature" section, "Jewish" subsection, page 518; the article does not specify the names of all works, or, in the case of "new poets" whether a work was even written or whether the poet was just published in a periodical; perhaps this information can be added from other sources
- ^ a b c d 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
- ^ Web page titled "Biblioteca de autores contemporaneos / Mario Benedetti - El autor" (in Spanish), retrieved May 27, 2009. Archived 2009-05-30.
- ^ Poetry International website Web page on Chen Kehua, retrieved November 22, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Inger Christensen (b. 1935)" at Pegasos website, retrieved January 7, 2009
- ^ Balcom, John, "Lo Fu", article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008
- ^ 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
- ^ Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0856405612
- Britannica Book of the Year 1982 ("for events of 1981"), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica 1982 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)
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