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: - Eavan Boland, The Journey, and Other Poems,[3] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Dermot Bolger, Internal Exiles
- Seamus Heaney, Clearances, Cornamona Press, Northern Irish native at this time living in the United States
- Paul Muldoon, Selected Poems 1968–1983, including "Lunch with Pancho Villa", "Cuba", "Anseo", "Gathering Mushrooms", "The More a Man Has the More a Man Wants", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom[4]
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Second Voyage, Dublin: The Gallery Press[5]
- Frank Ormsby, A Northern Spring, including "Home", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[4]
- James Simmons, Poems 1956–1986, including "One of the Boys", "West Strand Visions" and "From the Irish", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[4]
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- The Incident Book, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press[6]
- Selected Poems, Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press[6]
- Alan Brunton, New Order, New York:Red Mole, work by a New Zealand poet in the United States[7]
- Allen Curnow, The Loop in Lone Kauri Road: Poems 1983–1985, New Zealand[8]
- Lauris Edmond, Seasons and Creatures[9]
- Cilla McQueen, Wild Sweets, New Zealand[10]
- Les Murray, editor, Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry, Melbourne, Collins Dove (new edition, 1991)[11]
- Norman Simms, Silence and Invisibility: A Study of the New Literature from the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand, scholarship[12]
- Dannie Abse, Ask the Bloody Horse[3]
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- The Incident Book, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press[6]
- Selected Poems, Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press[6]
- Eavan Boland, The Journey, and Other Poems,[3] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Charles Causley, Early in the Morning[3]
- Jack Clemo, A Different Drummer[3]
- Tony Connor, Spirits of Place[3]
- Wendy Cope, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis[3]
- Kevin Crossley-Holland, Waterslain[3]
- Carol Ann Duffy, Thrown Voices[3]
- Helen Dunmore, The Sea Skater[3]
- Elaine Feinstein, Badlands,[3] Hutchinson
- Roy Fuller, Outside the Canon[3]
- Seamus Heaney: Clearances, Cornamona Press, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
- Adrian Henri, Collected Poems[3]
- Ted Hughes, Flowers and Insects
- George MacBeth, The Cleaver Garden[3]
- Edwin Morgan, From the Video Box[3]
- Grace Nichols, Whole of a Morning Sky[3]
- Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Sky Ray Lolly[3]
- Peter Reading, Stet[3]
- E. J. Scovell, Listening to Collared Doves[3]
- Penelope Shuttle, The Lion From Rio[3]
- Jon Silkin, The Ship's Pasture[3]
- John Stallworthy, The Anzac Sonata[3]
- R.S. Thomas, Experimenting with an Amen[3]
- Abdullah al-Udhari, editor and translator, Modern Poetry of the Arab World, Penguin, anthology
- A.R. Ammons, The Selected Poems: Expanded Edition
- Ralph Angel, Anxious Latitudes
- Gwendolyn Brooks, The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems
- Alan Brunton, New Order, New York:Red Mole, work by a New Zealand poet in the United States[7]
- Raymond Carver, Ultramarine
- Henri Cole, The Marble Queen
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Over All the Obscene Boundaries
- Alice Fulton, Palladium
- Marilyn Hacker, Love, Death and the Changing of the Seasons
- Seamus Heaney: Clearances, Cornamona Press, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
- John Hollander, In Time and Place
- Paul Hoover, Nervous Songs, (L'Epervier Press)
- Jane Kenyon, The Boat of Quiet Hours
- Li-Young Lee, Rose
- Mary Oliver, Dream Work
- Michael Ondaatje:
- Carl Rakosi, Collected Poems published by the National Poetry Foundation
- Vikram Seth, The Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse
- Rosmarie Waldrop, Streets Enough to Welcome Snow (Station Hill)
[edit] Anthologies in the United States [edit] Other in English [edit] Works published in other languages - Mario Benedetti, Preguntas al azar ("Random Questions"), Uruguay[15]
- Matilde Camus, Sin teclado de fiebre ("Without a fever keyboard"), Spain
- Osman Durrani, editor, German Poetry of the Romantic Era (with poetry in German), anthology, Leamington Spa, England: Oswald, Wolf and Berg (publisher)[16]
- Niels Frank, Digte i kim, Denmark[17]
- Kama Sywor Kamanda, Chants de brumes, Congo native writing in French
- Nizar Qabbani, Poems Inciting Anger, Syrian poet writing in Arabic
- Wisława Szymborska: Ludzie na moście ("People on the Bridge"), Poland
- Marie Uguay, Poèmes (contains Signe et rumeur, L'Outre-vie, and Autoportraits) French-Canadian (posthumous)
- Wang Xiaoni, Wode shixuan ("My Selected Poems"), China[18]
[edit] Awards and honors [edit] Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - January 4 – Christopher Isherwood (born 1904), English-born American novelist and poet
- January 9 – W. S. Graham (born 1918), Scottish poet
- January 12 – Bob Kaufman, at 60 (born 1925), of emphysema
- March 4 – Elizabeth Smart, at 72 (born 1913), Canadian poet and novelist
- March 30 – John Ciardi, at 69 (born 1916), American poet, translator, and etymologist, of a heart attack
- April 21 – Salah Jahin, also spelled "Salah Jaheen" صلاح جاهين (born 1930), Egyptian, Arabic-language poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist
- June 24 – Rex Warner (born 1905), English classicist, author, poet and translator
- July 13 – Brion Gysin, at 70 (born 1916), English painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist
- August 20 – Milton Acorn, at 63 (born 1923), Canadian poet, writer, and playwright, of heart disease and diabetes
- August 31 – Elizabeth Coatsworth, at 93 (born 1893), American author of children's fiction and poetry
- December 8 – Henry Reed, at 72 (born 1914), English British poet, translator, radio playwright and journalist
[edit] See also [edit] References - ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Canadian Poetry" article, English "Anthologies" section, p 164
- ^ a b c d Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ a b c Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0856405612
- ^ Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008
- ^ a b c d Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
- ^ a b Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
- ^ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Lauris Edmond" article
- ^ Cilla McQueen - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library
- ^ [1]Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007
- ^ 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 "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
- ^ [2]Jayata Mahapatra Web page at the Orissa Gateway Web site, accessed October 16, 2007
- ^ Web page titled "Biblioteca de autores contemporaneos / Mario Benedetti - El autor" (in Spanish), retrieved May 27, 2009. Archived 2009-05-30.
- ^ 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;First name of editor and publishing information from Murray, Christopher John, Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, Taylor & Francis, 2004, p 885
- ^ Andersen, Jørn Erslev, translated by: David McDuff, [uid=111&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[lang]=_eng "Author Profile: Niels Frank"], website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
- ^ Web page/article titled "Wang Xiaoni" at Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008
- ^ "MS 6327/PAPERS OF LAURENCE COLLINSON". National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms6327. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
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