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

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Events

* May 30 – Composer

Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

's '' War Requiem'', incorporating settings of

Wilfred Owen Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced b ...

's poems, is premièred for the consecration of the new

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. * September –

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 ...

and

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 ...

separate. * October ** Beginning this month,

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 Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess ...

reads from her poetry at a concert at

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in London given in honor of her 75th birthday. * Writers in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

this year are allowed to publish criticism of

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...

and are given more freedom generally, although many are severely criticized for doing so. The poet

Yevgeny Yevtushenko Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko ( rus, links=no, 1=Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко; 18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017) was a Soviet and Russian poet. He was also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, ...

, in the poem, ''The Heirs of Stalin'', writes that more guards should be placed at Stalin's tomb, "lest Stalin rise again, and with Stalin the past". He also condemns anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union. His poetry readings attract hundreds and thousands of enthusiastic young people, to the point where police are often summoned to preserve order and disperse the crowds long after midnight. Other young poets also go beyond the previous limits of Soviet censorship:

Andrei Voznesensky Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (russian: link=no, Андре́й Андре́евич Вознесе́нский, 12 May 1933 – 1 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of the ...

, Robert Rozhdestvensky, and

Bella Akhmadulina Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina ( rus, Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, tt-Cyrl, Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet, ...

(who has divorced Yevtushenko).

Aleksandr Tvardovsky Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky ( rus, links=no, Александр Трифонович Твардовский, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈtrʲifənəvʲɪtɕ tvɐrˈdofskʲɪj; – 18 December 1971) was a Soviet poet and writer and chief editor of ' ...

, editor of the literary monthly ''

Novy Mir ''Novy Mir'' (russian: links=no, Новый мир, , ''New World'') is a Russian-language monthly literary magazine. History ''Novy Mir'' has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-Soviet ...

'', supports many of the young writers. By the end of the year, the young writers have gained power in the official writers' unions which control much of the literary culture of the Soviet Union, and some publications which had attacked them are printing their work.''Britannica Book of the Year 1963'', covering events of 1962, published by The Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963.

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poet

Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American collo ...

visits Russian poet

Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn ...

in her

dacha A dacha ( rus, дача, p=ˈdatɕə, a=ru-dacha.ogg) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. A cottage (, ') or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbu ...

. * ''

Michigan Quarterly Review The ''Michigan Quarterly Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1962 and published at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The quarterly (known as "MQR" for short) publishes art, essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and ...

'' is 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 Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...

* R. D. Fitzgerald, ''

Southmost Twelve ''Southmost Twelve'' (1962) is the fifth poetry collection by Australian poet Robert D. Fitzgerald. It won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1962. The collection consists of 32 poems, all except three of which were previously published in ...

,''

Grace Leven Prize for Poetry The Grace Leven Prize for Poetry was an annual poetry award in Australia, given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress ...

Chris Wallace-Crabbe Christopher Keith Wallace-Crabbe (born 6 May 1934) is an Australian poet and emeritus professor in the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne. Life and career Wallace-Crabbe was born in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. His father was K ...

, ''Eight Metropolitan Poems'', Adelaide: Australian Letters

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 ...

* Earle Birney, ''Ice Cod Bell or Stone''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. *

Wilson MacDonald Wilson Pugsley MacDonald (May 5, 1880 – April 8, 1967) was a popular Canadian poet who "was known mainly in his own time for his considerable platform abilities" as a reader of his poetry. By reading fees, and by selling his books at readings, ...

, *''Pugwash''. Toronto: Pine Tree Publishing.Search results: Wilson MacDonald
Open Library, Web, May 10, 2011. * John Newlove, ''The Things which Are''Gustafson, Ralph, ''The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse'', revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books *

Al Purdy Alfred Wellington Purdy (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four b ...

, ''Poems for All the Annettes'' * James Reaney, ''Twelve Letters to a Small Town''. Governor General's Award

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

. * A. J. M. Smith, ''Collected Poems'' * F. R. Scott, ''St-Denys Garneau & Anne Hebert: Translations/Traductions''. Translated by F. R. Scott. Vancouver: Klanak Press. * Raymond Souster, ''A Local Pride''. Toronto: Contact Press.Notes on Life and Works
", Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. * Raymond Souster, ''Place of Meeting'' *

Wilfred Watson Wilfred Watson (May 1, 1911 – March 25, 1998) was professor emeritus of English at Canada's University of Alberta for many years. He was also an experimental Canadian poet and dramatist, whose innovative plays had a considerable influence i ...

, ''The Sea is Also a Garden''

Anthologies

* Irving Layton, editor, ''Love Where the Nights Are Long'' * Editors of the ''Tamarack Review'', a selection from its past issues, ''The First Five Years'', including poetry

Biography, criticism and scholarship

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 ...

, ''The Journal of Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau'' (translation) * Canadian critics and poets, ''Masks of Poetry''

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

Adil Jussawalla Adil Jehangir Jussawalla (born 8 April 1940, Mumbai) is an Indian poet, magazine editor and translator. He has written two books of poetry, 'Land's End' and 'Missing Person'. 'Sea Breeze Bombay' is a fine, city poem by this poet. It is actually ...

, ''Land's End'' ( Poetry in English ),

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

Writers Workshop Writers Workshop is a Kolkata-based literary publisher founded by the Indian poet and scholar Purushottama Lal in 1958. It has published many new Indian authors of post-independence urban literature. Many of these authors later became widely k ...

, India. * Lawrence Bantleman, ''Graffiti'' ( Poetry in English ),

, India. * M. P. Bhaskaran, ''The Dancer and the Ring'' ( Poetry in English ),

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

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 ...

, ''Poems, Golders Green'', including "The Abandoned", London: Hutchinson M. L. Rosenthal, ''The New Poets: American and British Poetry Since World War II'', New York: Oxford University Press, 1967, "Selected Bibliography: Individual Volumes by Poets Discussed", pp 334-340 * George Barker, ''The View From a Blind I''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Edmund Blunden, ''A Hong Kong House'' *

Ronald Bottrall (Francis James) Ronald Bottrall (2 September 1906, Camborne, Cornwall – 25 June 1989) was a Cornish poet. He was praised highly by F.R. Leavis, Anthony Burgess and Martin Seymour-Smith, and deprecated by Ian Hamilton and Martin Amis. Bottral ...

, ''Collected Poems'' * Tony Connor, ''With Love Somehow'', London: Oxford University Press * Patrick Creagh, ''A Row of Pharaohs'' * Allen Curnow, ''A Small Room with Large Windows'' (

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

), selected poems by this

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 ...

poet published in the United Kingdom * C. Day-Lewis, ''The Gate'', including "Not Proven" and "The Disabused" * T. S. Eliot, ''Collected Poems 1909–1962'' * D. J. Enright, ''Addictions'', London: Chatto and Windus with Hogarth Press * Roy Fuller, ''Collected Poems 1936-1961'', London: André Deutsch * Robert Graves, ''New Poems 1962'' * Thom Gunn, ''Fighting Terms'', a revision of a collection from the 1950s including "My Sad Captains" * Thom Gunn and

, ''Selected poems by Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes'', Faber * Richard Kell, ''Control Tower'' *

Thomas Kinsella Thomas Kinsella (4 May 192822 December 2021) was an Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher. Born outside Dublin, Kinsella attended University College Dublin before entering the civil service. He began publishing poetry in the early 1950s ...

, ''Downstream'',

poet published in the United Kingdom *

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 ...

, ''Water, Rock and Sand'' * Norman MacCaig, ''A Round of Applause'', London: Chatto and Windus with Hogarth Press * Christopher Middleton, ''Torse 3'' * Ewart Milne, ''A Garland for the Green'',

poet published in the UK *

Vernon Scannell Vernon Scannell (23 January 1922 – 16 November 2007) was a British poet and author. He was at one time a professional boxer, and wrote novels about the sport. Personal life Vernon Scannell, whose birth name was John Vernon Bain, was born i ...

, ''A Sense of Danger'' * Dame

, ''The Outcasts'' *

Stevie Smith Florence Margaret Smith, known as Stevie Smith (20 September 1902 – 7 March 1971), was an English poet and novelist. She won the Cholmondeley Award and was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. A play, '' Stevie'' by Hugh Whitemore, ba ...

, ''Selected Poems'' * Jon Stallworthy, ''Out of Bounds'' * R. S. Thomas, ''The Bread of Truth'' * Anthony Thwaite, ''The Owl in the Tree'' * J. R. R. Tolkien, ''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Other Verses from the 'Red Book *

Charles Tomlinson Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE (8 January 1927 – 22 August 2015) was an English poet, translator, academic, and illustrator. He was born in Penkhull, and grew up in Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Life After attending Longton High Sc ...

, ''A Peopled Landscape'' * Derek Walcott, ''In a Green Night'' the "most striking" first collection of poetry of 1962, according to Howard Sergeant, editor of ''Outposts'' (writing for publication in 1963). Walcott had already gained recognition with his plays. * Vernon Watkins, ''Affinities'' * T. H. White, ''Verses''

Anthologies

* Al Alvarez, editor, '' The New Poetry'' an anthology that provoked controversy with its omissions and inclusions * James Reeves, editor, ''Georgian Poetry''

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Brother Antoninus William "Bill" Everson, also known as Brother Antoninus (September 10, 1912 – June 3, 1994), was an American poet, literary critic, teacher and small press printer. He was a member of the San Francisco Renaissance. Beginnings Everson was bor ...

(William Everson), ''The Hazards of Holiness, 1957-1960'', Garden City, New York: Doubleday * John Ashbery, ''The Tennis Court Oath''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) * Robert Bly, ''Silence in the Snowy Fields'', Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press *

Kay Boyle Kay Boyle (February 19, 1902 – December 27, 1992) was an American novelist, short story writer, educator, and political activist. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Award winner. Early years The granddaughter of a publisher, Boyle was ...

, ''Collected Poems'' * Gregory Corso, ''Long Live Man'' * Robert Creeley, ''For Love: Poems 1950-1960'', collected lyrics from his seven previous volumes, New York: Scribner's *

James Dickey James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award. Dickey is best known for his n ...

, ''Drowning With Others'' *

William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most o ...

, ''Prose and Poetry'', fiction, nonfiction, verse *

Ian Hamilton Finlay Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. Life Finlay was born in Nassau, Bahamas, to James Hamilton Finlay and his wife, Annie Pettigrew, both of Scots descent. He was e ...

, ''The Dancers Inherit the Party'', 2nd edition, Ventura California and Worcester, England: Migrant Press, Scottish poet publishing in the United States *

, ''In the Clearing'', his first collection of new poems in 15 years *

Paul Goodman Paul Goodman (1911–1972) was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism. Goodman was prolific across numerous literary genres and non-fiction topics, including the arts, civil rights, decen ...

, ''The Lordly Hudson: Collected Poems'', New York: Macmillan *

Robert Hayden Robert Hayden (August 4, 1913February 25, 1980) was an American poet, essayist, and educator. He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 to 1978, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. He was the first African-Ameri ...

, ''A Ballad of Remembrance'' * John Hollander, ''Movie-Going and Other Poems'' *

Richard Howard Richard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022; adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz) was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a graduate of Columbia University, w ...

, ''Quantities'' *

Weldon Kees Harry Weldon Kees (February 24, 1914 – disappeared July 18, 1955) was an American poet, painter, literary critic, novelist, playwright, jazz pianist, short story writer, and filmmaker. Despite his brief career, Kees is considered an importa ...

, ''Collected Poems'', published posthumously (poet disappeared 1955) *

Kenneth Koch Kenneth Koch ( ; 27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. He was a prominent poet of the New York School of poetry. This was a loose group of poets includ ...

, ''Thank You and Other Poems'' *

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 ...

, ''The Jacob's Ladder'' * Hugh MacDiarmid, ''Collected Poems'', New York: Macmillan, Scottish poet publishing in the United States * Norman Mailer, ''Deaths for the Ladies'' * James Merrill, ''Water Street'' *

W. S. Merwin William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose, and produced many works in translation. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thema ...

, ''The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes'' * Christopher Middleton, ''torse 3'', New York: Harcourt, Brace *

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bor ...

, ''

Pale Fire ''Pale Fire'' is a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional poet John Shade, with a foreword, lengthy commentary and index written by Shade's neighbor and academic co ...

'', novel purporting to be a critical edition of a poem of this title written by the (fictional) American poet John Shade *

Ogden Nash Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by ''The New York Times'' the country's bes ...

, ''Everyone But Thee and Me'', light verse *

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) ...

, ''The Next Room of the Dream'', University of Chicago Press *

, ''The Colossus and Other Poems'', 1st U.S. edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, American poet resident in the United Kingdom * Charles Reznikoff, ''By the Waters of Manhattan: Selected Verse'' * David Ross, ''Three Ages of Lake Light'', his first book of poems * Muriel Rukeyser, ''Waterlily Fire: Poems 1935-1962'', *

James Schevill James Erwin Schevill (June 10, 1920 – January 30, 2009) was an American poet, critic, playwright and professor at San Francisco State University and Brown University, and the recipient of Guggenheim and Ford Foundation fellowships. Summa ...

, ''Private Dooms and Public Destinations: Poems 1945-1962'', Denver: Alan Swallow *

Winfield Townley Scott Winfield Townley Scott (April 30, 1910 – April 28, 1968) was an American poet and diarist. He also worked as a newspaperman and book reviewer. Biography Scott was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, seven days after the arrival of Halley's Co ...

, ''Collected Poems'' *

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 ...

, ''All My Pretty Ones'', including "The Truth the Dead Know", Boston: Houghton Mifflin * Edith Shiffert, ''In Open Woods'', her first book of poems * William Stafford, ''Traveling Through the Dark'', New York: Harper & Row *

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 ...

, ''Coins and Coffins'' * Theodore Weiss, ''Gunsight'', New York University Press * Reed Whittemore, ''The Boy from Iowa'' *

William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both pedia ...

, ''

Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems ''Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems'' is a 1962 book of poems by the American modernist poet/writer William Carlos Williams. It was Williams's final book, for which he posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1963. Two previously-pu ...

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

* Hugh Kenner, editor, '' T. S. Eliot: A Collection of Critical Essays'' (Prentice-Hall), Canadian writing published in the United States * Karl Shapiro, ''Prose Keys to Modern Poetry''

Other in English

Eavan Boland Eavan Aisling Boland (24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996. Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of w ...

, ''23 Poems'',

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 ...

* Ewart Milne, ''A Garland for the Green'',

poet published in the UK * Kendrick Smithyman, ''Inheritance'',

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:

French language

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, in French

* Gérard Bessette, ''Poèmes temporels'' *

Gilles Hénault The Gilles are the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium. They go out on Shrove Tuesday from 4 am until late hours and dance to traditional songs. Other cities, such as La Louvière and Nivelles, have a traditio ...

, ''Sémaphore''

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 ...

Yves Bonnefoy Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) was a French poet and art historian. He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of William Shakespeare which are considered among the best in French. He was pr ...

, ''Anti-Platon'',

* André du Bouchet, ''Dans la chaleur vacante'' * René Char, ''La Parole en archipel''Auster, Paul, editor, ''The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets'', New York: Random House, 1982 *

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...

, ''La Requiem''Bree, Germaine, ''Twentieth-Century French Literature'', translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983 * Jean-Paul de Dadelsen, ''Jonas'', published posthumously (died

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...

) * Pierre Emmanuel, ''Evangéliaire'' * André Frénaud, ''Il n'y a pas de paradis'' * Jean Follain, ''Poèmes et Pros choisis'', displaying some similarities to

haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or s ...

* Jean Grosjean, ''Apocalypse'' * Pierre Jean Jouve, ''Moires'' * Stéphane Mallarmé, ''Pour un tombeau d'Anatole'', an abandoned and previously unpublished work, consisting of notes and drafts of an elegy the poet expected to write on his dead son (posthumous); edited by J. P. Richard * Robert Marteau, ''Royaumes'' *

Henri Michaux Henri Michaux (; 24 May 1899 – 19 October 1984) was a Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim ...

, ''Vents et poussières'', Paris: Flinker * Saint-John Perse: ** ''Hommage à Rabindranath Tagore'', Liège: Editions DynamoWeb page title
"Saint-John Perse: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1960: Bibliography"
t the Nobel Prize Website, retrieved July 20, 2009. 2009-07-24. ** ''L'ordre des oiseaux'', Paris: Société d'Éditions d'art; republished as ''Oiseaux'', Paris: Société d'Éditions d'art ** ''Valéry Larbaud; ou, L'Honneur littéraire'', Liège: Editions Dynamo *

Marcelin Pleynet Marcelin Pleynet (born 23 December 1933, in Lyon, France) is a French poet, art critic and essayist. He was Managing Editor of the influential magazine ''Tel Quel'' from 1962 to 1982, and co-edits the journal ''L'Infini'' (Gallimard) with Philippe ...

, ''Provisoires Amants des nègres'' * Francis Ponge, ''Le Grand Recueil'' in three volumes * Jean Claude Renard: ** ''Incantation du temps'' ** ''Incantation des eaux'' * Michel Sager, ''XXI poèmes nocturnes''

=Criticism and scholarship

= * J. P. Richard, ''L'Univers imaginaire de Mallarmé''

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

* G. Benn, ''Lyrik des expressionistischen Jahrzehnts'', 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 *

Marie Luise Kaschnitz Marie Luise Kaschnitz (born Marie Luise von Holzing-Berslett; 31 January 1901 – 10 October 1974) was a German short story writer, novelist, essayist and poet. She is considered to be one of the leading post-war German poets. She was born in Ka ...

, ''Dein Schweigen-meine Stimmen'' * Hilde Domin, ''Rückkehr der Schiffe'' * Wilhelm Lehmann, ''Abschiedslust, Gedichte aus den Jahren 1957-1961'', 37 poems *

Hans Magnus Enzensberger Hans Magnus Enzensberger (11 November 1929 – 24 November 2022) was a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Andreas Thalmayr, Elisabeth Ambras, Linda Quilt and Giorgio Pellizzi. Enzensberger was regarde ...

, ''Viele schöne Kinderreime'', 777 poems for children

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 ...

* Anonymous author from the Soviet Union, ''Zion Halo Tishali'', poems originally written in Russian and clandestinely sent to Israel, edited and translated by A. Shlonsky and M. Sharett *

Avigdor Hameiri Avigdor Hameiri (Hebrew: אביגדור המאירי; September 16, 1890 – April 3, 1970) was a Hungarian-Israeli author. Biography Hameiri was born as Avigdor Menachem Feuerstein in 1890, in the village of Odavidhaza (near Munkatsch), Carpathia ...

, ''Belivnat ha-Sapir'' ("Clear-cut Sapphire"), collected poems * Levi Ben-Amittai, ''Matana Mimidbar'' ("Gift of the Desert") * Yitzahak Ogen, ''Shirim'' ("Poems") * P. Elad-Lander, ''Ke'raiah ha-Sadeh'' ("As the Fragrance of the Field") * A. Halfi, ''Mul Kohavim ve-Afar'' ("Against Stars and the Dust") * A. Meyrowitz, ''Avnai Bait'' ("Stones of a House") * D. Avidan, ''Shirai Lahatz'' ("Poems of Pressure") * Uri Bernstein, ''Beoto ha-Heder Beoto ha-Or'' ("In the Same Room, In the Same Light") * T. Carmi, ''Nehash ha-Nehoshet'' ("Brass Serpent") * J. Lichtenbaum, ''Shiratenu'' ("Our Poetry"), a two-volume anthology of Hebrew poetry from the end of the 18th century * J. J. Schwartz, ''Kentucky'', the only volume of Hebrew poetry published in the United States, according to ''The Britannica Book of the Year 1963'' (covering events of 1962)

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: * Barnardino Evaristo Mendes, also known as B. E. Mendes, ''Goenchem Git'', Konkani *

Gulzar Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this ...

, ''Jaanam'', New Delhi: Vanagi Publications;

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Maheswar Neog, ''Asamiya Sahityar Ruprekha'', Assamese-languageDas, 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 * Ratnadhwaj Josi, ''Hamro Kavya Paramparama Usaiko Lagi'' ("Our Poetic Tradition"), criticism, Nepali

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 ...

* A. Gatto, ''Carlomagno nella grotta'' *

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 ...

, ''Satura'', published in a private edition, Verona: Oficina BodoniEugenio Montale, ''Collected Poems 1920-1954'', translated and edited by Jonathan Galassi, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, * Cesare Pavese, ''Poesie edite e inedite'', edited by

Italo Calvino Italo Calvino (, also , ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the '' Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the ''Cosmicomi ...

, Turin: Einaudi (posthumous) * Maria Luisa Spaziani, ''Il gong'' * P. Volponi, ''Memoriale''

Spanish language

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

* Roque Dalton, ''El mar'' and ''El turno del ofendido'' ( Salvadoran poet published in

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

) * Héctor Rojas Herazo, ''Mascando las tinieblas en el odio'' (Colombia) *

Alberto Hidalgo Alberto is the Romance languages, Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic languages, Germanic ''Albert (given name), Albert''. It is used in Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, ...

, ''Historia peruana verdadera'' *

José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the libera ...

, ''Versos'' (Cuban), posthumous; with an introduction by Eugenio Florit * Pablo Neruda, a bilingual anthology of his selected verse; with an introduction by Louis Monguió * Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, ''Fuego de pobres'' (Mexico) * Carlos Pellicer, ''Material poético'' (Mexico)

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

Jorge Guillén Jorge Guillén Álvarez (; 18 January 18936 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic. In 1957-1958, he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard Un ...

, ''Lenguaje y poesía'' * A collaboration of 50 poets and 14 illustrators, ''Versos para Antonio Machado'' (published in France)

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...

* Eliyohu Bokher, ''Bovo-bukh'' ("Buovo d'Antona") (posthumous) a 16th-century epic poem translated into modern Yiddish by Moyshe Knaphes * Yaykev Glatshteyn, ''Di freyd fun yidishn vort'' ("The Joy of the Yiddish World'') * N. I. Gotlib, a book of poetry *

Chaim Grade Chaim Grade ( yi, חיים גראַדע) (April 4, 1910 – June 26, 1982) was one of the leading Yiddish writers of the twentieth century. Grade was born in Vilnius, Russian Empire and died in The Bronx, New York. He is buried in Riverside Cemet ...

, ''Der mench fun fayer'' ("The Man of Fire") * Rokhl Korn, a book of poetry * Kadye Molodovsky, editor, ''Lider fun khurbn'' ("Poems of the Catastrophe"), an anthology in which emphasized the theme of the Holocaust * Shloyme Shenhud, a book of poetry * A. N. Shtensl, a book of poetry * I. J. Shvarts, a book of poetry * I. Taubes, a book of poetry * Meyer Ziml Tkach, a book of poetry * Shneyer Vaserman, a book of poetry * Avrom Zak, a book of poetry * Reyzl Zhykhlinsky, a book of poetry

Other

, ''Struna'' ("The String"),

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

* Ruy de Moura Belo, ''O problema da habitação—alguns aspectos'' ("The Quandary of Living: Some Aspects'",

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 ...

* Inger Christensen, ''Lys: digte'' ("Light"),

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 ...

Wisława Szymborska Maria Wisława Anna SzymborskaVioletta Szosta gazeta.pl, 9 February 2012. ostęp 2012-02-11 (; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent ( ...

: ''Sól'' ("Salt"),

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 ...

Awards and honors

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 ...

* Eric Gregory Award: Donald Thomas, James Simmons,

Brian Johnson Brian Johnson (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter. In 1980, after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. He and the rest of the band were inducted into the Rock and Rol ...

, Jenny Joseph *

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 ...

: Christopher Fry

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 ...

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.

: John Hall Wheelock and Richard Eberhart * National Book Award for Poetry: Alan Dugan, ''Poems'' *

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 ...

: Alan Dugan: ''Poems'' * Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: John Crowe Ransom *

Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition The Yale Series of Younger Poets is an annual event of Yale University Press aiming to publish the debut collection of a promising American poet. Established in 1918, the Younger Poets Prize is the longest-running annual literary award in the Uni ...

: Jack Gilbert: ''Monolithos''

Awards in other nations

* Grand Prix National des Lettres (

): Pierre Jean Jouve * Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française (

): Luc Estang, for his work as a whole * Australia:

, ''

'', R. D. Fitzgerald * Canada:

Governor General's Award The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual List of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. Th ...

, poetry or drama: ''Twelve Letters to a Small Town'' and ''The Winter Sun and Other Plays'', James Reaney * Canada:

, Poésie et théâtre: ''Les insolites et les violons de l'automne'', Jacques Languirand

Births

* May 13 –

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 ...

, Scottish poet and essayist * May 21 – Stacy Doris (died

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poet writing in English and French * May 30 – Elizabeth Alexander,

poet * June 9 – Paul Beatty, African-

poet and author * June 25 – Phill Jupitus, born Phillip Swan, English comedian and performance poet * July 30 – Lavinia Greenlaw, English poet, librettist and fiction writer * October 9 –

Durs Grünbein Durs Grünbein (born 1962) is a German poet and essayist. Life and career Durs Grünbein was born and grew up in Dresden. He studied Theater Studies in East Berlin, to which he moved in 1985. Since the Peaceful Revolution nonviolently toppled ...

, German poet * August 25 – Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi-born poet, writer, physician and feminist * August 27 – Sjón, born Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson, Icelandic poet, lyricist and novelist * October 24 –

Nujoom Al-Ghanem Nujoom Alghanem (born 24 October 1962) is an Emirati poet, artist and film director. She has published eight poetry collections and has directed more than twenty films. Alghanem is active in her community and is considered a well established writ ...

, Emirati

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 ...

poet and film director * December 6 – Julia Kasdorf,

poet * December 31 – Machi Tawara 俵万智,

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

writer, translator and poet * March 13 – Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet (died 2011) * Also: ** Glyn Maxwell,

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

poet and author"Glyn Maxwell (1962 - )"
at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008 ** Jean Sprackland, English poet and essayist **

Virgil Suárez Virgil Suárez (born January 29, 1962, Havana, Cuba) is a poet and novelist. He is a professor of English at Florida State University. He is one of the leading writers in the Cuban American community, known for his novels including ''Latin Jazz' ...

, Cuban

poet and novelist

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "

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in poetry" article: * January 20 –

Robinson Jeffers John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887 – January 20, 1962) was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. Much of Jeffers's poetry was written in narrative and epic form. However, he is also known for his short ...

, 85 (born

1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl ...

poet and playwright * March 16 – Dora Adele Shoemaker, 89 (born

1873 Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defe ...

poet, playwright, educator * March 18 –

George Sylvester Viereck George Sylvester Viereck (December 31, 1884 – March 18, 1962) was a German-American poet, writer, and pro-German propagandist, latterly on behalf of the German Nazi government. Biography Early life Sylvester's father, Louis Viereck, was born ...

, 77 (born

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's '' Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price at ...

poet and novelist, as well as a pro-German propagandist during both World War I and World War II * May 26 –

Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (2 October 1878 – 26 May 1962) was a British Georgian poet, associated with World War I but also the author of much later work. Early work Gibson was born in Hexham, Northumberland, and left the north for London in 1914 ...

, 83 (born

1878 Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Bat ...

), English poet * June 2 – Vita Sackville-West, 70 (born

1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies fo ...

), English novelist and poet * June 8 –

William Stanley Braithwaite William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite (December 6, 1878 – June 8, 1962) was an African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist, and publisher. His work as a critic and anthologist was widely praised and important in the development of ...

(born

poet * June 22 – John Holmes, 58,

educator and poet * July 27 – Richard Aldington, 70, English writer and poet * August 9 –

Hermann Hesse Hermann Karl Hesse (; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include ''Demian'', '' Steppenwolf'', '' Siddhartha'', and ''The Glass Bead Game'', each of which explores an individual's ...

, 95, Swiss novelist and poet in German * August 18 – Rosemary Carr Benét, 65(?), poet and widow of

Stephen Vincent Benét Stephen Vincent Benét (; July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, '' John Brown's Body'' (1928), for which he receiv ...

* August 29 –

Alan Mulgan Alan Edward Mulgan (18 May 1881 – 29 August 1962) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and broadcaster. He was born in Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, of Protestant Irish parents, on 18 May 1881, and died in Lower Hutt. In 1935, M ...

(born

1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The ...

poet * September 2 – Natalia Negru, 79 (born

1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in t ...

), Romanian poet * September 3 – E. E. Cummings, 67 (born

1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...

poet, of a stroke; * October 3 – Dakotsu Iida 飯田蛇笏, commonly referred to as "Dakotsu", pen names of Takeji Iida 飯田武治 (born 1885),

haiku poet; trained under

Takahama Kyoshi was a Japanese poet active during the Shōwa period of Japan. His real name was ; Kyoshi was a pen name given to him by his mentor, Masaoka Shiki. Early life Kyoshi was born in what is now the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture; his father, Ik ...

* November 3 –

Ralph Hodgson Ralph Hodgson (9 September 1871 – 3 November 1962), Order of the Rising Sun (Japanese 旭日章), was an English poet, very popular in his lifetime on the strength of a small number of anthology pieces, such as ''The Bull''. He was one of th ...

, 91 (born 1871), English poet * December 3 – Dame

Mary Gilmore Dame Mary Jean Gilmore (née Cameron; 16 August 18653 December 1962) was an Australian writer and journalist known for her prolific contributions to Australian literature and the broader national discourse. She wrote both prose and poetry. Gi ...

, 97,

Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal A ...

socialist, poet and journalist

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Biography, criticism and scholarship

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Anthologies

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Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

Other in English

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French language

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=Criticism and scholarship

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Spanish language

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Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...

Other

Awards and honors

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Deaths

See also

Notes

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