Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

Events

* American poet

Jane Greer Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress best known for her role as ''femme fatale'' Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir '' Out of the Past''. In 2009, ''The Guardian'' ...

launches ''Plains Poetry Journal'', an advance guard of the

New Formalism New Formalism is a late 20th- and early 21st-century movement in American poetry that has promoted a return to metrical, rhymed verse and narrative poetry on the grounds that all three are necessary if American poetry is to compete with novels an ...

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 Craig Anthony Raine, FRSL (born 3 December 1944) is an English contemporary poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is a notable pioneer of Martian poetry, a movement that expresses alienation with the world, society and objects. He was a fellow o ...

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, 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 * H. Heseltine, editor, ''Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse'', anthology * L. Kramer, ''Oxford History of Australian Literature'' (scholarship) *

Jennifer Maiden Jennifer Maiden (born 1949) is an Australian poet. She was born in Penrith, New South Wales, and has had 36 books published: 28 poetry collections, 6 novels and 2 nonfiction works. Her current publishers are Quemar Press in Australia and Bloo ...

, ''For The Left Hand'', South Head

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

* Margaret Atwood, ''True Stories'' * Alfred Bailey, ''Miramichi Lightning: The Collected Poems''.Biographical Sketch
" Dr. Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey fonds, Lib.UNB.ca, Web, Jan. 5, 2009. *

Roo Borson Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (born January 20, 1952 in Berkeley, California) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. After undergraduate studies at UC Santa Barbara and Goddard College, she received an MFA from th ...

, ''A Sad Device'', , American-

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

Louis Dudek Louis Dudek, (February 6, 1918 – March 23, 2001) was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books. In ''A Digital Hist ...

, ''Continuation I''. Montréal: Véhicule Press, 1981.Louis Dudek: Publications
," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 6, 2011. *

, ''Poems from Atlantis.'' Ottawa: Golden Dog, 1981. * Robert Finch, ''Has and Is''.
Robert Finch
" Online Guide to Writing in Canada. Web, Mar. 17, 2011. * Gwen Hauser, ''Gophers and Swans'' * George Johnston: **''Auk Redivivus: Selected Poems'' **''Rocky Shores''.James Steele,
Johnston, George Benson
," ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1114. * Irving Layton, ''Europe And Other Bad News''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.Irving Layton: Publications
" Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011. *

Dorothy Livesay Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, (October 12, 1909 – December 29, 1996) was a Canadian poet who twice won the Governor General's Award in the 1940s, and was "senior woman writer in Canada" during the 1970s and 1980s.Mathews, R.D.. "Dorothy L ...

, ''The Raw Edges: Voices from Our Time''. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press. *

Gwendolyn MacEwen Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen (1 September 1941 – 29 November 1987) was a Canadian poet and novelist.Gwendoly ...

, ''Trojan Women''. 1981. *

Jay Macpherson Jean Jay Macpherson (June 13, 1931 – March 21, 2012) was a Canadian lyric poet and scholar. '' The Encyclopædia Britannica'' calls her "a member of 'the mythopoeic school of poetry,' who expressed serious religious and philosophical themes in ...

, ''Poems Twice Told: The Boatman & Welcoming Disaster.'' Toronto: Oxford University Press.Jay Macpherson, 1931-
, Canadian Women Poets," BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 10, 2011 * Anne Marriott: **''This West Shore'', Toronto: League of Canadian Poets. **''The Circular Coast: Poems New and Selected'', Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press.Anne Marriott (1913-1997)
", Canadian Woman Poets, BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 21, 2011. *

George McWhirter George McWhirter (born September 26, 1939 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver's first Poet Laureate. The son of a shipyard worker, George McWhirter was raised in a large extended f ...

, ''The Island Man'' * P. K. Page, ''Evening Dance of the Grey Flies'', poetry and proseRoberts, Neil, editor
''A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry''
Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, , retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009 *

Stephen Scobie Stephen Scobie (born 31 December 1943) is a Canadian poet, critic, and scholar. Born in Carnoustie, Scotland, Scobie relocated to Canada in 1965. He earned a PhD from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver after which he taught at the Un ...

, ''A Grand Memory For Forgetting'' *

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''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Governor General's Award

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

. *

Raymond Souster Raymond Holmes Souster (January 15, 1921 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian poet whose writing career spanned over 70 years. More than 50 volumes of his own poetry were published during his lifetime, and he edited or co-edited a dozen volumes ...

, ''Collected Poems of Raymond Souster, Volume Two, 1955-62''

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, in English

* Keki N. Daruwalla, ''Winter Poems'' ( Poetry in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...

: Allied Publishers.Naik, M. K.
''Perspectives on Indian poetry in English''
p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, , ), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009 *

Jayanta Mahapatra Jayanta Mahapatra (born 22 October 1928) is an Indian English poet. He is the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. He is the author of poems such as "Indian Summer" and "Hunger", which are regarded as classic ...

, ''Relationship'' ( Poetry in

), winner of the Central

Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

in 1982; Cuttack: Chandrabhaga Society *

Pritish Nandy Pritish Nandy (born 15 January 1951) is an Indian poet, painter, journalist, parliamentarian, media and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, TV and streaming content. He was a parliamentarian in the Rajya Sabha from Mahara ...

, editor, ''Indian Poetry in English Today'',

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...

: Sterling Publication Pvt. Ltd.

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Dermot Bolger Dermot Bolger (born 1959) is an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and editor from Dublin, Ireland. Born in the Finglas suburb of Dublin in 1959, his older sister is the writer June Considine. Bolger's novels include ''Night Shift'' (1982), ''Th ...

, ''Finglas Lilies'' * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: ''The Rose Geranium'', Dublin: The Gallery PressWeb page title
"Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin"
at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008 *

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

, '' Selected Poems 1965-1975'', Faber & Faber, Northern

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

native published in the United Kingdom *

Michael Longley Michael Longley, (born 27 July 1939, Belfast, Northern Ireland), is an Anglo-Irish poet. Life and career One of twin boys, Michael Longley was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to English parents, Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast A ...

, ''Patchwork'', Irish poet published in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

* Thomas McCarthy, ''The Sorrow Garden'', Anvil Press, London, Irish poet published in the

Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy"
at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 2008 *

Derek Mahon Derek Mahon (23 November 1941 – 1 October 2020) was an Irish poet. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland but lived in a number of cities around the world. At his death it was noted that his, "influence in the Irish poetry community, lit ...

: ** ''Courtyards in Delft''. Gallery Press ** ''The Hunt by Night'' *

Christopher Nolan Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American filmmaker. Known for his lucrative Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, Nolan is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. His films have grossed $5&nb ...

, ''Dam-Burst of Dreams''

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

Dannie Abse Daniel Abse CBE FRSL (22 September 1923 – 28 September 2014) was a Welsh poet and physician. His poetry won him many awards. As a medic, he worked in a chest clinic for over 30 years. Early years Abse was born in Cardiff, Wales, as the young ...

, ''Way Out in the Centre''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Sir John Betjeman, ''Church Poems'' * Alison Brackenbury, ''Dreams of Power'' * Roberta Berke, ''Bounds out of Bounds: A Compass for Recent American and British Poetry'', Oxford University Press, criticism *

Douglas Dunn Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE (born 23 October 1942) is a Scottish poet, academic, and critic. He is Professor of English and Director of St Andrew's Scottish Studies Institute at St Andrew's University. Background Dunn was born in Inchinnan, Re ...

, ''St. Kilda's Parliament'' * D. J. Enright, ''Collected Poems'' *

James Fenton James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

, ''Dead Soldiers'', Sycamore Press,
Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007 * Roy Fisher, ''Consolidated Comedies'' *

Thom Gunn Thomson William "Thom" Gunn (29 August 1929 – 25 April 2004) was an English poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement, and his later poetry in America, even after moving towards a looser, ...

, ''Talbot Road'' *

Tony Harrison Tony Harrison (born 30 April 1937) is an English poet, translator and playwright. He was born in Beeston, Leeds and he received his education in Classics from Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University. He is one of Britain's foremost verse w ...

: ** ''Continuous'' ** ''A Kumquat for John Keats'' *

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

, '' Selected Poems 1965-1975'', Faber & Faber, Northern

native published in the United Kingdom *

John Heath-Stubbs John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs (9 July 1918 – 26 December 2006) was an English poet and translator. He is known for verse influenced by classical myths, and for a long Arthurian poem, ''Artorius'' (1972). Biography and works Heath-Stub ...

: ** ''Buzz Buzz'' ** Editor, ''Selected Poems of

Thomas Gray Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his '' Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,'' published in 1751. G ...

'' *

Ted Hughes Edward James "Ted" Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest wri ...

: ** ''Under the North Star'' ** Editor, ''Collected Poems'' by

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, '' Th ...

(see Plath, below) *

Peter Levi Peter Chad Tigar Levi, FSA, FRSL (16 May 1931, in Ruislip – 1 February 2000, in Frampton-on-Severn) was a British poet, archaeologist, Jesuit priest, travel writer, biographer, academic and prolific reviewer and critic. He was Professor of P ...

, ''Private Ground'' *

Liz Lochhead Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE (born 26 December 1947) is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011. E ...

, ''The Grimm Sisters'' *

Christopher Logue Christopher Logue, CBE (23 November 1926 – 2 December 2011)Mark EspineObituary: Christopher Logue ''The Guardian'', 2 December 2011 was an English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival, and a pacifist. Life Born in Portsmouth, ...

, ''Ode to the Dodo'' *

, ''Patchwork'',

poet published in the United Kingdom *

: ** ''Courtyards in Delft''. Gallery Press ** ''The Hunt by Night'' * Andrew Motion, ''Independence'' *

Norman Nicholson Norman Cornthwaite Nicholson (8 January 1914 – 30 May 1987) was an English poet associated with the Cumbrian town of Millom. His poetry is noted for local concerns, straightforward language, and elements of common speech. Although known chief ...

, ''Sea to the West'' *

Brian Patten Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946) is an English poet and author. He came to prominence in the 1960s as one of the Liverpool poets, and writes primarily lyrical poetry about human relationships. His famous works include "Little Johnny's Confessi ...

, ''Love Poems'' *

Tom Paulin Thomas Neilson Paulin (born 25 January 1949 in Leeds, England) is a Northern Irish poet and critic of film, music and literature. He lives in England, where he was the G. M. Young Lecturer in English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford. Earl ...

, ''The Book of Juniper'' *

, ''Collected Poems'', posthumous, containing 224 poems in chronological order, edited by

; poems by an American, edited by her English husband * Peter Porter, ''English Subtitles'' *

Peter Reading Peter Reading (27 July 1946 – 17 November 2011) was an English poet and the author of 26 collections of poetry. He is known for his deep interest for the nature and use of classical metres. ''The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry'' de ...

, ''Tom O'Bedlam's Beauties'' *

Peter Redgrove Peter William Redgrove (2 January 1932 – 16 June 2003) was a British poet, who also wrote prose, novels and plays with his second wife Penelope Shuttle. Life and career Redgrove was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He was educated at Ta ...

, ''The Apple Broadcast, and Other New Poems'' *

Carol Rumens Carol Rumens FRSL (born 10 December 1944) is a British poet. Life Carol Rumens was born in Forest Hill, South London. She won a scholarship to grammar school and later studied Philosophy at London University, but left before completing her ...

, ''Unplayed Music'' *

Elizabeth Smart Elizabeth Ann Gilmour (née Smart; born November 3, 1987) is an American child safety activist and commentator for ABC News. She gained national attention at age 14 when she was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City by Brian David Mitchell. ...

, ''Ten Poems'' *

D. M. Thomas Donald Michael Thomas (born 27 January 1935), is a British poet, translator, novelist, editor, biographer and playwright. His work has been translated into 30 languages. Working primarily as a poet throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Thomas's 1981 ...

, ''Dreaming in Bronze'' * R. S. Thomas, ''Between Here and Now'' * ''The Faber Book of Christian Verse''

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A.R. Ammons Archibald Randolph Ammons (February 18, 1926 – February 25, 2001) was an American poet who won the annual National Book Award for Poetry in 1973 and 1993. Poetic themes Ammons wrote about humanity's relationship to nature in alternately comic ...

, ''A Coast of Trees''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) * John Ashbery, ''Shadow Train'' * Imamu Amiri Baraka, formerly "LeRoi Jones", ''Reggae or Not!'' * Ted Berrigan, ''In a Blue River'' *

Robert Bly Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is '' Iron John: A Book About Men'' (1990), which spent 62 weeks on ' ...

, ''The Man in the Black Coat Turns'' *

Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...

, ''Next to Nothing: Collected Poems 1926–1977'' *

Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan (December 20, 1918 – January 28, 1990) was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet. Of Irish ancestry, he was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and he lived most of his life in New Haven, Connect ...

, ''Creep To Death'' * Joseph Brodsky: ''Verses on the Winter Campaign 1980'', translation by Alan Meyers. – London: Anvil Press
Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007 Russian literature, Russian- American * Gwendolyn Brooks: ** ''Black Love'' ** ''To Disembark'' * Jared Carter, ''Work, for the Night Is Coming'' *

Gregory Corso Gregory Nunzio Corso (March 26, 1930 – January 17, 2001) was an American poet and a key member of the Beat movement. He was the youngest of the inner circle of Beat Generation writers (with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burrou ...

, ''Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit'', his first collection in 11 years * Peter Davison, ''Barn Fever and Other Poems'' *

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. The author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, an ...

, ''Endless Life: Selected Poems'' *

Carolyn Forche Carolyn is a female given name, a variant of Caroline. Other spellings include Karolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn or Carolynne. Caroline itself is one of the feminine forms of Charles. List of Notable People * Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian ...

, ''The Country Between Us'' *

Daryl Hine William Daryl Hine (February 24, 1936 – August 20, 2012) was a Canadian poet and translator. A MacArthur Fellow for the class of 1986, Hine was the editor of ''Poetry'' from 1968 to 1978. He graduated from McGill University in 1958 and then st ...

, ''Selected Poems'' *

John Hollander John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic. At the time of his death, he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, having previously taught at Connecticut College, Hunter ...

: ** ''Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse'', poetry ** ''The Figure of Echo'' * Janet Kauffman, ''The Weather Book'' *

Denise Levertov Priscilla Denise Levertov (24 October 1923 – 20 December 1997) was a British-born naturalised American poet. She was a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. Early life and influences Levertov was born and grew up in Ilford, Ess ...

, ''Light Up the Cave'' * Philip Levine, ''One for the Rose'' * Frederick Morgan, ''Northbook'' * Michael Palmer, ''Notes For Echo Lake'' (North Point Press) *

, ''The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath'',

, editor, containing 224 poems in chronological order (posthumous) *

Marie Ponsot Marie Ponsot (née Birmingham; April 6, 1921 – July 5, 2019) was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. Her awards and honors included the National Book Critics Circle Award, Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize, the ...

, ''Admit Impediment'' * Michael Ryan, ''In Winter'' (Holt) *

Anne Sexton Anne Sexton (born Anne Gray Harvey; November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974) was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book '' Live or Die''. Her poetry details ...

, ''The Complete Poems'', published posthumously (died 1974) *

Leslie Marmon Silko Leslie Marmon Silko (born Leslie Marmon; born March 5, 1948) is an American writer. A Laguna Pueblo Indian woman, she is one of the key figures in the First Wave of what literary critic Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance ...

, ''Storyteller'',Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer
''The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature''
p 29, Cambridge University Press, 2005, , retrieved February 9, 2009 short stories, poems and photographs *

Shel Silverstein Sheldon Allan Silverstein (; September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, poet, cartoonist, singer / songwriter, musician, and playwright. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before ...

, ''

A Light in the Attic ''A Light in the Attic'' is a book of poems by American poet, writer, and musician Shel Silverstein. The book consists of 135 poems accompanied by illustrations also created by Silverstein. It was first published by Harper & Row Junior Books in 1 ...

'' a collection of children's poetry * Gilbert Sorrentino, ''Selected Poems 1958-1980'' *

Gerald Stern Gerald Daniel Stern (February 22, 1925 – October 27, 2022) was an American poet, essayist, and educator. The author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays, he taught literature and creative writing at Temple University, Indi ...

, ''The Red Coal'' * Robert Stone, ''A Flag for Sunrise'' *

Mark Strand Mark Strand (April 11, 1934 – November 29, 2014) was a Canadian-born American poet, essayist and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990 and received the Wallace Stevens Award in 2004 ...

, ''The Planet of Lost Things'' * Richard L. Tierney, '' Collected Poems'' * Michael Van Walleghen, ''More Trouble With the Obvious'' *

David Wagoner David Russell Wagoner (June 5, 1926 – December 18, 2021) was an American poet, novelist, and educator. Biography David Russell Wagoner was born on June 5, 1926, in Massillon, Ohio. Raised in Whiting, Indiana, from the age of seven, Wagoner at ...

, ''Landfall'' *

Rosmarie Waldrop Rosmarie Waldrop (born Rosmarie Sebald; August 24, 1935) is an American poet, novelist, translator, essayist and publisher. Born in Germany, she has lived in the United States since 1958 and has settled in Providence, Rhode Island since the lat ...

, ''Nothing Has Changed'' (Awede Press) *

Diane Wakoski Diane Wakoski (born August 3, 1937) is an American poet. Wakoski is primarily associated with the deep image poets, as well as the confessional and Beat poets of the 1960s. She received considerable attention in the 1980s for controversial comm ...

, ''The Magician's Feastletters'' *

Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the liter ...

, ''Rumor Verified: Poems 1979-1980'' *

Richard Wilbur Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wilbur's work, composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentle ...

, ''Seven Poems'' *

Nancy Willard Nancy Willard (June 26, 1936 – February 19, 2017) was an American writer: novelist, poet, author and occasional illustrator of children's books. She won the 1982 Newbery Medal for ''A Visit to William Blake's Inn''. Biography Willard was born in ...

, '' A Visit to William Blake's Inn'', illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

Colin Robert Chase Colin Robert Chase (February 5, 1935 – October 13, 1984) was an American academic. An associate professor of English at the University of Toronto, he was known for his contributions to the studies of Old English and Anglo-Latin literature. Hi ...

, ''The Dating of Beowulf'' *

: ** ''Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse'', criticism ** ''The Figure of Echo'', criticism

Other in English

* Alistair Campbell, ''Collected Poems'', Hazard, ,

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

* C. K. Stead, ''In the Glass Case'', criticism,

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

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:

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

* Inger Christensen, ''

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'' (''Alfabet''), translated into English by Susanna Nied in 2001 * Klaus Høeck: ** ''Canzone'', publisher: Gyldendal Web page title
"Bibliography of Klaus Høeck"
website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010 ** ''Sorte sonetter'', publisher: Gyldendal *

Søren Ulrik Thomsen Søren Ulrik Thomsen (born 8 May 1956) is a Danish poet. His debut was ''City Slang'', 1981. Life Søren Ulrik Thomsen was born in 1956 in Kalundborg. He grew up in Store Heddinge, Stevns, south of Copenhagen, where he went to school together w ...

, ''City Slang''

French language

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, in French

Pierre Nepveu Pierre Nepveu (born 16 September 1946 in Montreal, Quebec) is a French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. As a scholar, he specializes in modern Quebec poetry, in particular the work of Gaston Miron. He taught at the French Studies Departm ...

, editor, ''La poésie québécoise, des origines à nos jours, en collaboration avec Laurent Mailhot'', Montréal: Presses de l'Université du Québec/l'Hexagone, anthology *

Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (born May 27, 1930) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.Quebec Since 1930'. James Lorimer & Company; 1991. . p. 579–. Early life and education Ouellette-Michalska was born in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec. ...

, ''Entre le souffle et l'aine'', Saint-Lambert: Le Noroît * Jean Royer, ''L'intime soif'', Montréal: Éditions du silence

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

Alain Bosquet Alain Bosquet, born Anatoliy Bisk (russian: Анато́лий Биск) (28 March 1919 – 17 March 1998), was a French poet. Life In 1925, his family moved to Brussels and he studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, then at the Sorbonn ...

: ** ''Poèmes, deux'' ** ''Sonnets pour une fin de siècle'' *

Jean Cayrol Jean Cayrol (; 6 June 1911 – 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt born in Bordeaux. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, ''Night and Fog''. H ...

, ''Poésie-Journal'' *

Michel Deguy Michel Deguy (23 May 1930 – 16 February 2022) was a French poet and translator. Biography Deguy was born in Paris on 23 May 1930. He taught French literature at the Universite de Paris VIII (Saint-Denis) for many years. He also served as dir ...

, ''Donnant Donnant''Auster, Paul, editor, ''The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets'', New York: Random House, 1982 *

Emmanuel Hocquard Emmanuel Hocquard (11 April 1940 – 27 January 2019) was a French poet. Life He grew up in Tangier, Morocco. He served as the editor of the small press ''Orange Export Ltd.'' and, with Claude Royet-Journoud, edited two anthologies of new Amer ...

, ''Une ville ou une petite ile'' *

Abdellatif Laabi Abdellatif Laâbi is a Moroccan poet, journalist, novelist, playwright, translator and political activist, born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco. Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal Souffles, an important literar ...

, ''Sous le bâillon le poème''.

L'Harmattan Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan (), is one of the largest French book publishers. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in ...

, Paris, Moroccan author writing in and published in

* Charles le Quintrec, ''La Lumière et l'argile'' *

Jacques Roubaud Jacques Roubaud (; born 5 December 1932 in Caluire-et-Cuire, Rhône) is a French poet, writer and mathematician Life and career Jacques Roubaud taught Mathematics at University of Paris X Nanterre and Poetry at EHESS. A member of the Oulipo gr ...

, ''Dors'' *

and

Florence Delay Florence Delay (born 19 March 1941 in Paris) is a French academician and actress. Biography The daughter of Marie-Madeleine Carrez and Jean Delay, Delay studied at the Lycée Jean de La Fontaine and then the Sorbonne. In 1962, she played the ti ...

, ''Merlin l'enchanteur''

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law Ge ...

* Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Rolf Haufs, guest editor, ''Jahrbuch der Lyrik 3'' ("Poetry Yearbook 3"), publisher: Claassen; anthology * V. Hage, editor, ''Lyrik für Leser: Deutsche Gedichte der siebziger Jahre'', anthologyPreminger, 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 * Heinz Toni Hamm, ''Poesie und kommunikative Praxis'' (scholarship)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 * Klaus Weissenberger, editor, ''Die deutsche Lyrik, 1945-1975'' (scholarship)

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

* A. Hillel, ''Devareiy'' *

Gabriel Preil Gabriel Preil (Hebrew: גבריאל פרייל; August 21, 1911 – June 5, 1993) was a modern Hebrew poet active in the United States, who wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish. Preil translated Robert Frost and Walt Whitman into Hebrew. Biography Gabri ...

, a new collection''Britannica Book of the Year 1982'', published by Encyclopædia 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 * Avot Yeshurun, a new collection * S. Shalom, a new collection *

Yehuda Amichai Yehuda Amichai ( he, יהודה עמיחי; born Ludwig Pfeuffer 3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. Amichai was awarded the 1957 Shlonsky Prize, the ...

, ''Shalva gedola, she'elot uteshuvot'' * Robert Whitehill, ''Efes Makom'' ("No Place"), published in Israel * Peretz Banai, a "new poet" * Esther Ettinger, a "new poet" * Yosef Yehezkel, a "new poet" * Aharon Shabtai, ''Xut'' ("Thread") * Mordecai Geldman, a new collection * Hannah Barzilai, a new collection * Batsheva Sharif, a new collection * Michael Senunit, a new collection * Menachem Ben, a new collection

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

György Petri György Petri (22 December 1943 – 16 July 2000) was a Hungarian poet. Childhood and youth He was born in 1943 to a multi-ethnic family in Budapest. After his father's death he was raised by his mother, grandparents and aunts. According to his ...

, ''Örökhétfő''

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Listed in alphabetical order by first name: * Hari Daryani, ''Amar Gitu'', a verse translation into Sindhi of (and commentary on) the ''Gita'' * K. G. Sankara Pillai, ''Kavitha'', Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Kerala Kavita;

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

-language * K. Satchidanandan, ''Peedana Kalam'', ("Times of Torment");

-language *

Namdeo Dhasal Namdeo Laxman Dhasal (15 February 1949 – 15 January 2014) was a Marathi poet, writer and Dalit activist from Maharashtra, India. He was one of the founders of the Dalit Panthers in 1972, a social movement aimed at destroying caste hierarchy ...

; Marathi-language: ** ''Tuhi Iyatta Kanchi?'', Mumbai: Ambedkara PrabodhiniWeb page title
"Namdeo Dhasal"
, Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010 ** ''Ambedkari Chalwal'', Mumbai: Ambedkara Prabodhini *

Nilmani Phookan Nilmani Phookan (born 10 September 1933) is an Indian poet in Assamese language and an academic. His work, replete with symbolism, is inspired by French symbolism and is representative of the genre in Assamese poetry. His notable works includ ...

, ''Gacia Larkar Kavita'', Guwahati, Assam: Bani Prakash, Assamese-language *

Nirendranath Chakravarti Nirendranath Chakravarty (19 October 1924 – 25 December 2018) was a contemporary Bengali poet, Translator, Novelist. He lived in Bangur Avenue, Kolkata. Biography He was born in Faridpur district of undivided Bengal in 1924. After graduati ...

, ''Pagla Ghonti'', Kolkata: Dey’s Publishing;

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

-language * Parsram Rohra "Nimano", Sindhi-languageDas, 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 The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its of ...

, , retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008 *

and

Shakti Chattopadhyay Shakti Chattopadhyay (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Bengali. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis. T ...

, ''Pritisa Nandira kabita'', Kalikata: Ananda Pabalisarsa * Rajendra Kishore Panda, ''Choukathhare Chirakala'', Cuttack: Friends Publishers, Oraya-language * Rituraj, ''Pul aur Pani'', New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan;

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

-language * Umashankur Joshi,

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...

-language: ** ''Dharavastra'' ** ''Saptapadi'' * Vinod Kumar Shukla, ''Vah Aadmi Chala Gaya Naya Garam Coat Pehankar Vichar Ki Tarah'', Hapur: Sambhavna Prakashan;

-language * Udaya Narayana Singh, ''Anuttaran'', Calcutta: Mithila Darshan, Maithili-language * Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi, ''Rang-o-Noor'' (The Colour and the Light) - published by R.K.Sehgal, Bazm-e-Seemab, New Delhi,

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

Eugenio Montale Eugenio Montale (; 12 October 1896 – 12 September 1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature. Life and works Early years Montale was born in Genoa. His family were che ...

, ''L'opera in versi'' *

Carlo Betocchi Carlo Betocchi (23 January 1899 – 25 May 1986) was an Italian writer. References 1899 births 1986 deaths Writers from Turin 20th-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian poets {{Italy-poet-stub ...

, ''Poesie del sabato'' *

, ''Altri verse e poesie disperse'' (originally published in 1980 under the title ''L'opera in versi''), Milan: Arnaldo Mondadore Editore;

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

Eugenio Montale, ''Collected Poems 1920-1954'', translated and edited by Jonathan Galassi, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, * Maria Luisa Spaziani, ''Geometria del disordine'' * Giovanni Guidici, ''Il ristorante dei morti'' * Amelia Rosselli: ** ''Primi scritti 1952-1965'' ** ''Impromptu''

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

Stanisław Barańczak Stanisław Barańczak (, November 13, 1946December 26, 2014) was a Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer. He is perhaps most well known for his English-to- Polish translations of the dramas of William Shakespeare a ...

, ''Ksiazki najgorsze 1975-1980'' ("The Worst Books"), criticism; Kraków: KOSWeb page title
"Rymkiewicz Jaroslaw Marek"
, at the Institute Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 24, 2010 * T. Kostkiewiczowa and Z. Goliński, editors, ''Swiat polprawiac—zuchwate rzemiosto'', anthologyPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Polish Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, pp 959-960 *

Ryszard Krynicki Ryszard Krynicki (Polish: ; born 28 June 1943) is a Polish poet and translator, member of the Polish "New Wave" Movement. He is regarded as one of the most prominent post-war contemporary Polish poets. In 2015, he was awarded the Zbigniew Herber ...

, ("Not Much More. Poems From the Notebook 78-79"); Kraków: Cracowska Oficyna StudentowWeb pages titled "Krynicki Ryszard" (bot
English version
an
Polish version
), at the Institute Ksiazki ("Book Institute") website, "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 26, 2010 *

Ewa Lipska Ewa Lipska (born 8 October 1945 in Kraków), is a Polish poet from the generation of the Polish "New Wave." Collections of her verse have been translated into English, Italian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German and Hungarian. She lives in Vienna and ...

, ''Poezje wybrane'' ("Selected Poems"), Warszawa: LSWWeb pages titled "Lipska Ewa" (i
English
an
Polish
), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 1, 2010 * Bronisław Maj, ''Taka wolność. Wiersze z lat 1971-1975'' ("Such Freedom: Poems, 1971-1975"); Warsaw: MAWWeb pages titled "Maj Bronisław" (bot
English version
an
Polish version
), at the Institute Ksiazki ("Book Institute") website, "Bibliography" section, retrieved March 2, 2010 * Piotr Sommer, ''Przed snem''

Portuguese language

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

* Herberto Helder, ''Poesia Toda'' * A. Pinheiro Torre, ''O Ressentimento dum Ocidental''

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Carlos Drummond de Andrade Carlos Drummond de Andrade () (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian poet and writer, considered by some as the greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He has become something of a national cultural symbol in Brazil, where his wi ...

, ''A paixão medida'' *

João Cabral de Melo Neto João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian modernism. He was awarded the 1990 Camões Prize and the 1992 Neustadt International Pr ...

, ''A escola das faces'' * Adélia Prado, ''Terra de Santa Cruz'' * Mário da Silva, several volumes of poetry

Spanish language

Spain

Antonio Abad Antonio Abad y Mercado (May 10, 1894 – April 20, 1970), was a prominent Filipino poet, fictionist, playwright and essayist. Personal life Antonio Abad y Mercado was born in Barili, Cebu, under the Captaincy General of the Philippines, on 10 ...

, ''Misericor de mí'' *

Matilde Camus Aurora Matilde Gómez Camus (26 September 1919 – 28 April 2012) was a Spanish poet from Cantabria who also wrote non-fiction. Life and career Aurora Matilde Gómez Camus was born in Santander, Cantabria Santander () is the capital of t ...

: ** ''He seguido tus huellas'' ("I have followed your footprints") ** ''Testigo de tu marcha'' ("Witness of your departure") * Concha Lagos, ''Teoría de la inseguridad'' * Vincente Presa, ''Teoría de los límites'' * Pablo Virumbrales, ''Cancionero del vaso''

Latin America

Mario Benedetti Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being publish ...

, ''Viento del exilio'' ("Air From Exile"),

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

Web page title
"Biblioteca de autores contemporaneos / Mario Benedetti - El autor"
in Spanish), retrieved May 27, 2009. 2009-05-30.

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

Karl Vennberg Karl Vennberg (11 April 1910 – 12 May 1995) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator. Born in Blädinge, Alvesta Municipality, Kronoberg County as the son of a farmer, Vennberg studied at Lund University and in Stockholm and worked as a tea ...

, ''Bilder I-XXVI'' * Goran Sonnevi, ''Små klanger; en rőst'' * Eva Runefelt, ''Augusti''

Yiddish

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

Other

* Chen Kehua, ''Qijing shaonian'' ("Whale Boy")

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

(Taiwan) * Rita Kelly, ''Dialann sa Díseart'',

* Luo Fu, ''Wound of Time'',

(Taiwan) Balcom, John
"Lo Fu"
, article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008 * Stein Mehren, ''Den usynlige regnbuen'',

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

* Alexander Mezhirov, ''Selected Works'', two volumes,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, Soviet UnionShrayer, 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, , , retrieved via Google Books on May 27, 2009 *

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (; born 1952) is a leading Irish poet. Biography Born in Lancashire, England, of Irish parents, she moved to Ireland at the age of 5 and was brought up in the Dingle Gaeltacht and in Nenagh, County Tipperary. Her uncle, Mo ...

, ''An dealg Droighin'', including "Sceala" and "Failte Bheal na Sionna don Iasc", Gaelic-language,

Crotty, Patrick, ''Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology'', Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, *

Nizar Qabbani Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani ( ar, نزار توفيق قباني, , french: Nizar Kabbani; 21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) was a Syrian diplomat, poet, writer and publisher. He is considered to be Syria's National Poet. His poetic style combines sim ...

, Syrian poet writing in

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: ** ''I Write the History of Woman Like So'' ** ''The Lover's Dictionary''

Awards and honors

Australia

* Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Alan Gould, ''Astral Sea''

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

Gerald Lampert Award The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert Gerald Lampert (c. 1924 - April 29, 1978) w ...

Elizabeth Allan Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage and film actress who worked in both Britain and Hollywood, where she appeared in 50 films. Life and career Allan was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire in 1910 and educated in ...

, ''The Shored Up House'' *

1981 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1981 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The 1981 awards were the first time that separate awards were presented for poetry and drama, w ...

: F. R. Scott, ''The Collected Poems of F. R. Scott'' (English);

Michel Beaulieu Michel Beaulieu (31 October 1941, Montréal - 10 July 1985) was a Quebec writer. Life He graduated from Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and then Université de Montréal. His archive is held at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Afte ...

, ''Visages'' (French) * Pat Lowther Award: M. Travis Lane, ''Divinations and Short Poems 1973–1978'' *

Prix Émile-Nelligan The Prix Émile-Nelligan is a literary award given annually by the Fondation Émile-Nelligan to a North American French language poet under the age of 35. It was named in honour of the Quebec poet Émile Nelligan and was first awarded in 1979, the 1 ...

: Jean-Yves Collette, ''La Mort d’André Breton''

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

Cholmondeley Award The Cholmondeley Awards () are annual awards for poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Awards honour distinguished poets, from a fund endowed by the Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1966. Since 1991 the award has be ...

: Roy Fisher, Robert Garioch,

Charles Boyle Charles Boyle may refer to: * Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan (1639–1694), British politician * Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington (died 1704), British politician * Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1674–1731), author, soldier and st ...

* Eric Gregory Award: Alan Jenkins,

Simon Rae Simon Rae is a British poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates ...

, Marion Lomax,

Philip Gross Philip Gross (born 1952) is a poet, novelist, playwright, children's writer and academic based in England and Wales. He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the University of South Wales. Biography Philip Gross was born in 1952 at D ...

Kathleen Jamie Kathleen Jamie FRSL (born 13 May 1962) is a Scottish poet and essayist. In 2021 she became Scotland's fourth Makar. Life and work Kathleen Jamie is a poet and essayist. Raised in Currie, near Edinburgh, she studied philosophy at the University ...

Mark Abley Mark Abley (born 13 May 1955) is a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and non-fiction writer. Both his poetry and several non-fiction books express his interest in endangered languages. He has also published numerous magazine articles. He publishe ...

, Roger Crowley, Ian Gregson *

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry is awarded for a book of verse published by someone in any of the Commonwealth realms. Originally the award was open only to British subjects living in the United Kingdom, but in 1985 the scope was extended to in ...

: D. J. Enright * Hawthornden Prize: Christopher Reid

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major United States, American literary award for a first full-length book of poetry in the English language. This prize of the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Penn ...

: Kathy Callaway, ''Heart of the Garfish'' *

AML Award The AML Awards are given annually by the Association for Mormon Letters (AML) to the best work "by, for, and about Mormons." They are juried awards, chosen by a panel of judges. Citations for many of the awards can be found on the AML website. T ...

for poetry to

Robert A. Rees Robert A. Rees (born November 17, 1935)Birth year is listed from Rees' United States copyright registration for the 2005 book ''Proving Contraries''. See registration number TX0006309104 at http://cocatalog.loc.gov. is an American educator, ...

for "Gilead" *

Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry The Bernard F. Conners Prize for Poetry is given by the Paris Review "for the finest poem over 200 lines published in The Paris Review in a given year", according to the magazine.

Frank Bidart Frank Bidart (born May 27, 1939) is an American academic and poet, and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Biography Bidart is a native of California and considered a career in acting or directing when he was young. In 1957, he began to s ...

, "The War of Vaslav Nijinsky" *

Bollingen Prize The Bollingen Prize for Poetry is a literary honor bestowed on an American poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement.

(United States):

Howard Nemerov Howard Nemerov (March 1, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was an American poet. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990. For ''The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov'' (1977) ...

and

May Swenson Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson (May 28, 1913 – December 4, 1989) was an American poet and playwright. Harold Bloom considered her one of the most important and original poets of the 20th century. The first child of Margaret and Dan Arthur Sw ...

* Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"):

Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin (June 6, 1925 – February 6, 2014) was an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982. Biography Early years Maxine Kumin was born Maxine Winokur on June ...

appointed this year. * MacArthur Fellowships:

, Joseph Brodsky,

National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The Nat ...

for poetry (United States): Lisel Mueller, ''The Need to Hold Still'' *

National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, established in 1975 is an annual American literary award presented by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English." Awards are presented an ...

, ''A Coast of Trees'' (Norton) * Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress:

appointed *

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published ...

James Schuyler James Marcus Schuyler (November 9, 1923 – April 12, 1991) was an American poet. His awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 1980 collection ''The Morning of the Poem''. He was a central figure in the New York School and is of ...

: ''The Morning of the Poem'' * Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets:

Richard Hugo Richard Hugo (December 21, 1923 – October 22, 1982), born Richard Franklin Hogan, was an American poet. Although some critics regard Hugo as primarily a regionalist, his work resonates broadly across place and time. A portion of Hugo's work re ...

Walt Whitman Award The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outreac ...

Alberto Ríos Alberto Álvaro Ríos (born September 18, 1952) is a US academic and writer who is the author of ten books and chapbooks of poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. Rios was named Arizona's first state poet laureate in August 20 ...

, ''Whispering to Fool the Wind'' (Sheep Meadow Press) Judge:

Donald Justice Donald Rodney Justice (August 12, 1925 – August 6, 2004) was an American teacher of writing and poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980. In summing up Justice's career, David Orr wrote, "In most ways, Justice was no different from a ...

Births

* April 6 – Marie Šťastná,

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poet * Emily Berry,

poet * Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu, Eritrean poet * Doireann Ní Ghríofa,

-language poet

Deaths

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ear An ear is the organ that enables hearing and, in mammals, body balance using the vestibular system. In mammals, the ear is usually described as having three parts—the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear consists of ...

in poetry" article: * January 29 –

John Glassco John Glassco (December 15, 1909 – January 29, 1981) was a Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist. According to Stephen Scobie, "Glassco will be remembered for his brilliant autobiography, his elegant, classical poems, and for his translations."S ...

(born

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Jan ...

poet, memoirist and novelist * February 23 –

Nan Shepherd Anna "Nan" Shepherd (11 February 1893 – 27 February 1981) was a Scottish Modernist writer and poet, best known for her seminal mountain memoir, ''The Living Mountain'', based on experiences of hill walking in the Cairngorms. This is noted as a ...

(born

1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

), Scottish novelist and poet * March 15 – Horiguchi Daigaku 堀口大学 (born

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, Taishō and

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poet and translator of

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; a member of the '' Shinshisha'' ("The New Poetry Society"); accompanied his father on overseas diplomatic postings * April 25 –

Takis Sinopoulos Takis Sinopoulos ( el, Τάκης Σινόπουλος; Pyrgos, Elis, March 17, 1917 – Athens, April 25, 1981) was a Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic gro ...

(born

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Fo ...

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* April 26 – Robert Garioch (born

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Scottish poet and translator * April 29 –

Leonard Mann Leonard Mann (15 November 1895 – 29 April 1981) was an Australian poet, and novelist. Life He served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, and with the Department of Aircraft Production in World War II. He was, in Septembe ...

(born

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

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* May 8 – Uri Zvi Grinberg (born

1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that ...

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* May 31 – Falguni Ray (born

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poet and youngest member of Hungryalism movement * August 19 – Badawi al-Jabal (born 1905 or 1907), Syrian

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* August 27 – James Larkin Pearson (born 1879), American poet, newspaper publisher; North Carolina Poet Laureate, 1953–1981 * September 12 –

, 85,

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poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the

Nobel Prize for Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 , ...

in 1975 * October 26 – Marie Uguay, 26 (born 1955), French-

), from bone cancer * October 30 –

Georges Brassens Georges Charles Brassens (; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and a ...

(born 1921), French singer-songwriter and poet * November 14 – Anton Podbevšek (born

1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

), Slovene avant-garde poet * Also: ** Adolf Beiss (born

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

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Ada Verdun Howell Ada Verdun Howell (19 July 1902 – 1981) was an Australian writer and poet. Born in Beaufort, Victoria, on her father's sheep property, she was educated at Ruyton Girls' School. Her sister was the artist Valma Howell. She lived in New Yo ...

(born

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world' ...

Notes

* ''Britannica Book of the Year 1982'' ("for events of 1981"), published by ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' 1982 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections) {{DEFAULTSORT:1981 In Poetry 20th-century poetry

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French language

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Portuguese language

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Spanish language

Spain

Latin America

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Yiddish

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Australia

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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, in English

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, in French

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law Ge ...