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Maria Luisa Spaziani
Maria Luisa Spaziani (21 June 1923 – 30 June 2014) was an Italian poet. Biography Spaziani was born in Turin. At nineteen, she founded the review ''Il dado'', working with collaborators such as Vasco Pratolini, Sandro Penna and Vincenzo Ciaffi. Virginia Woolf sent her a chapter of her novel ''The Waves'', autographed to ''Alla piccola direttrice'' (To the young editor). Spaziani did not contribute her own poems, however, feeling that they were not of sufficient quality. In the 1950s Spaziani became involved with the poet Eugenio Montale (1896–1981). Montale encouraged Spaziani to write poetry, and was a significant influence in her early style. Maria Luisa Spaziani's first book of poetry, ''Le acque del sabato'', appeared in 1954. Montale drew upon his affair with her in creating the character of ''la Volpe'' ("the Fox") in his work ''La bufera e altro'' (1956). Montale's poem "Da un lago svizzero" is an acrostic forming her name, Maria Luisa Spaziani. (Spaziani e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1962 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * May 30 – Composer Benjamin Britten's '' War Requiem'', incorporating settings of Wilfred Owen's poems, is premièred for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral. * September – Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath separate. * October ** Beginning this month, Sylvia Plath experiences a great burst of creativity, writing most of the poems on which her reputation will rest in what will be the last few months of her life, including many which will be published in '' Ariel'' and ''Winter Trees''. ** Dame Edith Sitwell reads from her poetry at a concert at Royal Festival Hall in London given in honor of her 75th birthday. * Writers in the Soviet Union this year are allowed to publish criticism of Joseph Stalin and are given more freedom generally, although many are severely criticized for doing so. The poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, in the poem, ''The Hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * March 16 — Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrest and jail poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and dismiss a newspaper editor following the publication of Musalam's poem " The Corrupt on Earth" which criticizes the state's Islamic judiciary, accusing some judges of being corrupt and issuing unfair rulings for their own personal benefit. * August 22 — Poet Ron Silliman starts his popular and controversial weblog Silliman's Blog' which will become one of the most popular blogs devoted largely to contemporary poetry and poetics. (By August 2006, the blog will reach a total of 800,000 hits and get its next 100,000 by early November.). * September — Amiri Baraka (b. 1934), an African-American poet and political activist from Newark, New Jersey who was appointed the second Poet Laureate of New Jersey, ignites a controversy and accusations of anti-Semitism with a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally. * February — Janice Mirikitani succeeds Lawrence Ferlinghetti as San Francisco's Poet Laureate * April 17 - New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman appoints poet Gerald Stern to be the first Poet Laureate of New Jersey * October 3 — Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat" named Britain's favorite children's poem in a BBC poll * October 3 — Justin Trudeau quotes from Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods" at the funeral of his father, former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau * October 4 — National Poetry Day in Great Britain: 300 school children at the Royal Festival Hall along with 4,000 other people nationwide perform Agbabi's "Word," setting a new Guinne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * 1 May 1999 — Andrew Motion becomes Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom for 10 years * 1 July 1999 — Scotland's Parliament opens with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen" * 4 October 1999 — In the United States, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman signs into law Assembly Bill No. 2714 (P.L. 1999, c. 228) sent to her from the state legislature and creates the ''New Jersey William Carlos Williams Citation of Merit''—effectively, Poet Laureate of New Jersey. Whitman subsequently selected poet Gerald Stern (b. 1925), then a resident of Lambertville, New Jersey as the first appointed to the post in the following April. * The Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award is established at the Fifth Annual West Chester University Poetry Conference. The award is given to scholars who have made a lasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * May 12 — John Montague is named as first holder of The Ireland Chair of Poetry. * August — English poet and playwright Tony Harrison's film-poem ''Prometheus'' is first shown. * Fall — '' Skanky Possum'' poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas. * ''Samizdat'' poetry magazine founded in Chicago (it will run until 2004). 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: Australia * Robert Gray, ''New Selected Poems'' * Jennifer Harrison, ''Dear B'' (Black Pepper) * Frieda Hughes, ''Wooroloo'', English-born Australian poet, originally published in United States by Harper Flamingo * John Leonard, editor, ''Australian Verse: An Oxford Anthology'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press (anthology) * Philip Salom, ''New and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April – National Poetry Month established by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. * Summer/Autumn – Ledbury Poetry Festival established in England. * November 11 – A memorial to John Betjeman is unveiled in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey by Lady Wilson. 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: Australia * Raewyn Alexander, ''Fat'', Auckland: PenguinWeb page titled "Raewyn Alexander / New Zealand Literature File" at the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *The Forward Prizes for Poetry in the U.K. are initiated and ''The Forward Book of Poetry'', an associated annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication is selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year. Each year, 50 to 80 poems are selected. *The first wall poems in Leiden are installed. 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: Australia * Chris Mansell, ''Shining Like a Jinx'' * Les Murray, ''Translations from the Natural World'', Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day. * Jason Shinder, an American poet, expands a New York City Y.M.C.A. writing education program nationwide, thereby founding the Y.M.C.A. National Writer's Voice program, one of the country's largest networks of literary-arts centers, with 24 locations by 2008. Writers who teach in the program include poets Adrienne Rich and Galway Kinnell, novelists Michael Cunningham and E. L. Doctorow, and playwright Wendy Wasserstein. 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: Australia * Jennifer Maiden: ** ''Bastille Day'', NLA ** ''Selected Poems of Jennifer Maiden'', Penguin ** ''The Winter Baby'', Angus & Robertson * Les Murray, ''Dog Fox Field'' Sydney: Angus & Roberts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *March 4 — Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, publicly recites from memory lines from Robert W. Service's ''The Cremation of Sam McGee'' (1907) *December 18 — Pforzheimer Collection of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his circle donated to the New York Public Library * John Montague becomes the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry *Dissident Russian poet Dmitri Prigov is arrested by the K.G.B for distributing his samizdat poetry and briefly confined in a psychiatric hospital before being freed after protests by other poets such as Bella Akhmadulina *''New American Writing'', an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago * English poet Wendy Cope's ''Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis'' is a best-seller Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * American poet Jane Greer launches ''Plains Poetry Journal'', an advance guard of the New Formalism movement. * Final issue of '' L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E'' magazine published in the United States. * First issue of '' Conjunctions'' literary journal published in the United States. * This year, "the word ' Martianism' comes 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'' reports (p. 504). Some note that "Martianism" is an anagram for one of Raine's associates, Martin Amis. 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: Australia * R. Hall, editor, ''Collins Book of Australian Poetry'', anthologyPreminger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January – James Dickey, composes a poem he reads at new United States President Jimmy Carter’s inaugural gala (although not at the inauguration itself). * July 11 – The English magazine '' Gay News'' is found guilty of blasphemous libel for publishing a homoerotic poem ''The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name'' by James Kirkup in a case ('' Whitehouse v. Lemon'') brought by Mary Whitehouse's National Viewers and Listeners Association at the Old Bailey in London. * Poet Sarah Kirsch leaves her native East Germany for the West. * In Israeli the literary journal ''Keshet'' goes defunct, while ''Itton'' and ''Proza'' are founded. 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: Australia * Robert Adamson ''Cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
