1986 in poetry:
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:
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- The Incident Book, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press[3]
- Selected Poems, Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press[3]
- Alan Brunton, New Order, New York:Red Mole, work by a New Zealand poet in the United States[4]
- Allen Curnow, The Loop in Lone Kauri Road: Poems 1983–1985, New Zealand[5]
- Lauris Edmond, Seasons and Creatures[6]
- Cilla McQueen, Wild Sweets, New Zealand[7]
- Les Murray, editor, Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry, Melbourne, Collins Dove (new edition, 1991)[8]
- Norman Simms, Silence and Invisibility: A Study of the New Literature from the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand, scholarship[9]
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- The Incident Book, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press[3]
- Selected Poems, Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press[3]
- Elaine Feinstein, Badlands, Hutchinson
- Seamus Heaney: Clearances, Cornamona Press, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
- Ted Hughes, Flowers and Insects
- R.S. Thomas, Experimenting with an Amen
- 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[10]
- 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
- 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)[13]
- Kama Sywor Kamanda, Chants de brumes, Congo native writing in French
- 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[14]
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 12 - Bob Kaufman, at 60 (born 1925), of emphysema
- March 4 - Elizabeth Smart, at 72
- March 30 - John Ciardi, at 69 (born 1916), of a heart attack
- June 24 - Rex Warner
- July 13 - Brion Gysin, at 70
- August 20 - Milton Acorn, at 63, of heart disease and diabetes
- August 31 - Elizabeth Coatsworth, at 93
- December 8 - Henry Reed, at 72
- date not known - William Sydney Graham
[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 Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
- ^ 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
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
- ^ Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008
- ^ [2]Jayata Mahapatra Web page at the Orissa Gateway Web site, accessed October 16, 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, "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
- ^ Web page/article titled "Wang Xiaoni" at Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008
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