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

* September 16 – Chilean poet

Víctor Jara Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, ran ...

, having been detained four days earlier as a political prisoner in

Estadio Chile A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

and tortured during the

1973 Chilean coup d'état The 1973 Chilean coup d'état Enciclopedia Virtual > Historia > Historia de Chile > Del gobierno militar a la democracia" on LaTercera.cl. Retrieved 22 September 2006. In October 1972, Chile suffered the first of many strikes. Among the par ...

, is shot and killed. His last poem ''

'' is preserved in memories and scraps of paper retained by fellow detainees. * Canadian poet and author,

Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple literary awards such as the Governor General's Award, the Giller P ...

adapts his

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

book of poetry, ''The Collected Works of Billy the Kid'', into a play which this year is first produced in Stratford, Ontario; it will appear in New York in 1974 and in London, England in 1984."Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )"
at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008 * White Pine Press founded in Buffalo, New York. The publisher is a nonprofit organization putting out poetry, fiction, essays, and literature in translation. * The journal '' L'éphémère'' a French journal founded in 1966, ceased publication this year; poets associated with it include

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 ...

, Jacques Dupin and André du BouchetDenis Hollier (ed.), ''A New History of French Literature'', p. 1023, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1989.

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

* John Tranter: ** ''Red Movie and other poems'', Angus & Robertson ** ''The Blast Area'', Gargoyle Poets number 13, Makar Press * Chris Wallace-Crabbe: ** ''Selected Poems'', Sydney: Angus & Robertson ** Vinyl record: ''Chris Wallace-Crabbe Reads From His Own Verse'', St.Lucia

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 ...

* Alfred Bailey, ''Thanks for a Drowned Island''.Biographical Sketch
" Dr. Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey fonds, Lib.UNB.ca, Web, Jan. 5, 2009. *

Earle Birney Earle Alfred Birney (13 May 1904 – 3 September 1995) was a Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honour, for his poetry. Life Born in Calgary, Alberta, and raised on a farm in Eri ...

: ** ''The Bear on the Delhi Road: selected poems''. London: Chatto & Windus. ** ''what's so big about GREEN?''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. * Shirley Gibson, ''I Am Watching'' *

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 ...

, ''Montreal''. Montreal:

DC Books DC Books is a publisher in Kerala publisher of books in Malayalam, and one of the publishers in India . It also operates one of the largest book store chains in India, with a network of over 45 bookshops under the DC Books and Current Books b ...

. * Irving Layton, ''Lovers and lesser Men''. Toronto: McClelland & 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 ...

, ''Nine Poems of Farewell''. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press. *

Eli Mandel Eli Mandel (December 3, 1922 – September 3, 1992) was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies, and literary academic. Biography Eli Mandel died in relative obscurity. A series of strokes had left him unable to write and, as a ...

, ''Crusoe: Poems Selected and New'' * Miriam Mandel, ''Lions at Her Face''. Edmonton: White Pelican Publications.Books by former English Department Students
" USask.ca, Web, Apr. 25, 2011. * John Metcalf (ed.), ''The Speaking Earth'', anthology *

, ''Rat Jelly'', Toronto: Coach House Press *

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 ...

, ''Sex and Death'' * F. R. Scott, ''The Dance Is One''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. * Raymond Souster, ''The Colour of the Times. Ten Elephants on Yonge Street.'' Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.Notes on Life and Works
," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. * Raymond Souster and Richard Woollatt, eds. ''Sights and Sounds''. Toronto: Macmillan. * Doris Huestis Speirs, ''Exercise for Psyche''

Caribbean

* Mervyn Morris, ''The Pond'', Jamaica"Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry"
in Williams, Emily Allen, ''Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography'', pp. xvii and following, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ; retrieved February 7, 2009 * Andrew Salkey (ed.), ''Breaklight'', Doubleday, anthology * Dennis Scott, ''Uncle Time'', Jamaica * Derek Walcott, ''Another Life'', St. Lucia

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

Kamala Das Kamala Surayya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam from Kerala, India. Her popularity ...

: ** ''The Old Playhouse and Other Poems'',

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 ...

: Orient Longman ** ''Alphabet of Love'',

: Orient Paper Backs * Richard L. Bartholomew, ''Poems'',

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 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 ...

.Naik, M. K.
''Perspectives on Indian poetry in English''
p. 230 (Abhinav Publications, 1984, , ); retrieved June 12, 2009 * Brooks Frederick, ''Rocket to the Moon'',

* Alokeranjan Das Gupta, ''Poems'', Calcutta: Dialogue Pub. *

A. K. Ramanujan Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan (16 March 1929 – 13 July 1993) was an Indian poet and scholar of Indian literature and Linguistics. Ramanujan was also a professor of Linguistics at University of Chicago. Ramanujan was a poet, scholar, ...

, ''Speaking of Siva'', Penguin

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 ...

Patric Dickinson Patric Thomas Dickinson (26 December 1914 – 28 January 1994) was a British poet, translator from the Greek and Latin classics, and playwright. He also worked for the BBC, from 1942 to 1948. His verse play ''Theseus and the Minotaur'' was broad ...

, ''A Wintering Tree'', 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 ...

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.

, a book of poetry, Northern Ireland native published in the

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 ...

: ** ''Selected Poems 1956–1968'', including "Chrysalides"Crotty, Patrick, ''Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology'', Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1995, ** ''New Poems 1973'', including "Notes from the Land of the Dead" *

Paul Muldoon Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951) is an Irish poet. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he is currently both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 University P ...

, ''New Weather'', Northern

native published in the

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 ...

* James K. Baxter, ''Two Obscene Poems'', posthumous, * Alan Brunton, ''Messengers in Blackface'', work by a New Zealand poet published in the

Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, ''The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'', 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson * Allen Curnow, ''An Abominable Temper & Other Poems'' * Winston Curnow (ed.), ''Essays on New Zealand Literature'', Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books (scholarship) * Keith Sinclair, ''The Firewheel Tree''

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 ...

, ''Funland, and Other Poems''Cox, Michael (ed.), ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, *

Peter Ackroyd Peter Ackroyd (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William ...

, ''London Lickpenny'' *

Martin Booth Martin Booth (7 September 1944 – 12 February 2004) was an English novelist and poet. He also worked as a teacher and screenwriter, and was the founder of the Sceptre Press. Early life Martin Booth was born in Lancashire England, the son of ...

, ''Coronis'', including the long poem, "On the Death of Archdeacon Broix'' *

Edwin Brock Edwin Brock (19 October 1927 – 7 September 1997) was a British poet. Brock published ten volumes of poetry from 1959 through his death in 1997. Two of Brock's poems In particular -- ''Five Ways to Kill a Man'' (1972) and ''Song of th ...

, a book of poetry"Literature" article, ''Britannica Book of the Year 1974'', covering events of 1973, published in 1974, pp. 425-442, the article provides no information on this book's title. * Alan Brunton, ''Messengers in Blackface'', work by a

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 * Cal Clothier, ''Behind Heslington Hall'' *

Tony Curtis Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American actor whose career spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s (Kansas Raiders, 1950) and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 f ...

, ''Walk Down a Welsh Wind'', Welsh *

, ''A Wintering Tree'',

poet published in the United Kingdom *

Carol Ann Duffy Dame Carol Ann Duffy (born 23 December 1955) is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, resigning in 2019. She was the first ...

, ''Fleshweathercock'' *

Lawrence Durrell Lawrence George Durrell (; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. Born in India to British colonial p ...

, ''Vega, and Other Poems'' * D. J. Enright, ''The Terrible Shears'' *

Elaine Feinstein Elaine Feinstein FRSL (born Elaine Cooklin; 24 October 1930 – 23 September 2019) was an English poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator. She joined the Council of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007. Earl ...

, ''The Celebrants and Other Poems'', Hutchinson *

Michael Fried Michael Martin Fried (born April 12, 1939 in New York City) is a modernist art critic and art historian. He studied at Princeton University and Harvard University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford. He is the J.R. Herbert Boone Pr ...

, ''Powers'' * Roy Fuller, ''Tiny Tears'' *

Geoffrey Grigson Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson (2 March 1905 – 25 November 1985) was a British poet, writer, editor, critic, exhibition curator, anthologist and naturalist. In the 1930s he was editor of the influential magazine ''New Verse'', and went on to p ...

, ''Sad Grave of an Imperial Mongoose'' *

Michael Hamburger Michael Peter Leopold Hamburger (22 March 1924 – 7 June 2007) was a noted German-British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic. He was known in particular for his translations of Friedrich Hölderlin, Paul Celan, Gottfried Benn and ...

, ''Ownerless Earth'' *

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.

, a book of poetry, Northern

native published in the United Kingdom *

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 ...

, ''Prometheus on his Crag'' *

, a book of poetry

poet published in the United Kingdom * Geoffrey Holloway, ''To Have Eyes'' *

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 ...

, ''An Exploded View'' *

George MacBeth George Mann MacBeth (19 January 1932 – 16 February 1992) was a Scottish poet and novelist. Biography George MacBeth was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland. When he was three, his family moved to Sheffield in England. He was educated in Sh ...

, ''Shrapnel'' * Edwin Morgan, ''From Glasgow to Saturn'' *

Pete Morgan Colin Peter Morgan (7 July 1939 – 5 July 2010)Miles SalteObituary: Pete Morgan ''The Guardian'', 15 July 2010, retrieved 7 August 2010 was a British poet, lyricist and television documentary author and presenter. Born in Leigh, Lancashire, ...

, ''The Grey Mare Being the Better Steed'' *

, ''New Weather'', Northern

native published in the United Kingdom *

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 ...

, ''The Unreliable Nightingale'' *

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 ...

, a book of poetry * Alan Ross, ''The Taj Express'' *

Anne Ridler Anne Barbara Ridler OBE (née Bradby) (30 July 1912 – 15 October 2001) was a British poet and Faber and Faber editor, selecting the Faber ''A Little Book of Modern Verse'' with T. S. Eliot (1941). Her ''Collected Poems'' (Carcanet Press ...

, a book of poetry *

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 ...

, ''A Strange Girl in Bright Colours'' *

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 ...

, ''The Winter Man'' * Michael Schmidt, ''It Was My Tree'' * Sydney Tremayne, ''Selected and New Poems'' * Derek Walcott, ''Another Life''

Anthologies

Philip Larkin Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, ''The North Ship'', was published in 1945, followed by two novels, ''Jill'' (1946) and ''A Girl in Winter'' (1947 ...

, ''

The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse ''The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse'' is a poetry anthology edited by Philip Larkin. It was published in 1973 by Oxford University Press with . Larkin writes in the short preface that the selection is wide rather than deep; and a ...

'' anthology of poets from the British Isles or who spent time there, *

Jon Silkin Jon Silkin (2 December 1930 – 25 November 1997) was a British poet. Early life Jon Silkin was born in London, in a Litvak Jewish family, his parents were Joseph Silkin and Doris Rubenstein. His grandparents were all from the Lithuanian- par ...

(ed.), ''Poetry of the Committeed Individual'' *

John Bishop John Marcus Bishop (born 30 November 1966) is an English comedian, presenter, actor and former footballer. Bishop formerly played football as a midfielder for Winsford United F.C., Crewe Alexandra F.C., Runcorn F.C., Rhyl F.C., Witton Al ...

and Virginia Broadbent (eds), ''London Between the Lines'' * Howard Sergeant (ed.), ''African Voices''

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 ...

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 ...

, ''Golden State'' *

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 ' ...

, ''Sleepers Joining Hands'' * Joseph Payne Brennan, ''A Sheaf of Snow Poems'' * Joseph Brodsky: ''Poems'', Ann Arbor, Michigan: Ardis"Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography"
Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation, accessed October 18, 2007

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

- American * Victor Hernandez Cruz, ''Mainland'' * Irving Feldman, ''Lost Originals'' *

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 ...

, ''Open Eye, Open Heart'' *

Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Gener ...

, ''The Fall of America'' * John Logan, ''The Anonymous Lover'', including "New Poem" and "Heart to Heart Talk with My Liver" * Robert Lowell: ** ''The Dolphin'', containing 103 new poems ** ''History'', containing 360 poems, including more than 80 new ones and many revised ** ''For Lizzie and Harriet'', 67 old poems, all revised *

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 ...

, ''Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment'', New York: Atheneum"W. S. Merwin (1927- )"
at the Poetry Foundation Web site, retrieved June 8, 2010 * Joyce Carol Oates, ''Angel Fire'' *

George Quasha George Quasha (born 1942) is an American artist and poet who works across media, exploring language, sculpture, drawing, video art, sound and music, installation, and performance. He lives and works in Barrytown, New York. Early life Quasha wa ...

, ''Somapoetics'' *

Adrienne Rich Adrienne Cecile Rich ( ; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "the ...

, "Rape" *

Muriel Rukeyser Muriel Rukeyser (December 15, 1913 – February 12, 1980) was an American poet and political activist, best known for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism. Kenneth Rexroth said that she was the greatest poet of her "e ...

, ''Breaking Open'' *

Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''. Called the "punk poet ...

, '' Witt'' *

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 Story of Our Lives'',

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 ...

native living in and published in the United States *

Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awa ...

, ''Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems''

Anthologies

Jerome Rothenberg Jerome Rothenberg (born December 11, 1931) is an American poet, translator and anthologist, noted for his work in the fields of ethnopoetics and performance poetry. Early life and education Jerome Rothenberg was born and raised in New York ...

, (eds.) ''America a Prophecy: A New Reading of American Poetry from Pre-Columbian Times to the Present'' (Random House/Viking) * Ronald Gross &

, (eds.) ''Open Poetry: Four Anthologies of Expanded Poems'' (Simon & Schuster)

Works published in other languages

Listed 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

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 ...

* Michel Bealieu: ** ''Variables'' ** ''Pulsions'' * Yves-Gabriel Brunet, ''Poésies I'', collected poems from 1958 to 1962 * Gilles Constantineau, ''Nouveaux Poèmes'' * Roland Giguère, ''La Main au feu'', collected poems from 1949 to 1968 *

Gilbert Langevin Gilbert may refer to: People and fictional characters *Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Gilbert (surname), including a list of people Places Australia * Gilbert River (Queensland) * Gilbert River (South ...

: ** ''Les Ecrits de Zéro Legel'' ** ''Novembre'' *

Raymond LeBlanc Raymond Leblanc (born 22 May 1915 – 21 March 2008) was a Belgian comic book publisher, film director and film producer, best known for publishing works such as ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé and '' Blake and Mortimer'' by Edgar P. Ja ...

, ''Cri de terre'' * Luc Racine, ''Le Pays saint''

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 ...

* Conseil international des femmes, ''Anthologie de la poésie féminine mondiale'', Saint-Germain-des-Prés *

Jean Daive Jean Daive (born 13 May 1941) is a French poet and translator. He is the author of novels, collections of poetry and has translated work by Paul Celan and Robert Creeley among others. He has edited encyclopedias, worked as a radio journalist an ...

, ''Fut bâti'', about the author's friendship with Paul Celan; part memoir, part prose-poem; GallimardAuster, Paul (ed.), ''The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets'', New York: Random House, 1982. * Michel Deguy, ''Tombeau de du Bellay'' * Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, ''Peut-Être une demeure'' * Jean Loisy, ''Le Double Jeu'' * Katia Granoff ''Méditerranée'' * Eugene Guilleveic, ''Inclus'' * Edmond Jabès, ''(El, ou le drier livre)'' *

Michel Leiris Julien Michel Leiris (; 20 April 1901 in Paris – 30 September 1990 in Saint-Hilaire, Essonne) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. Part of the Surrealist group in Paris, Leiris became a key member of the College of Sociology with ...

, ''Haut-mal''Brée, Germaine, ''Twentieth-Century French Literature'', translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983 * François Pradelle, ''Les Naïves Amours'' * Denis Roche, ''Le Mécrit'' * Pierrette Sartin, ''Le Destin accepté'' *

Philippe Soupault Philippe Soupault (2 August 1897 – 12 March 1990) was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He was active in Dadaism and later was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault in ...

, ''Poèmes et Poésies: 1917–1973'', publisher: Grasset

German language German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is als ...

East Germany

Wolf Biermann Karl Wolf Biermann (; born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song "Ermutigung" and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976. Early life Biermann was b ...

, a communist living in East Germany, he could only publish these works in the West: ** ''Für meine Genossen'' ** ''Deutschland: ein Wintermärchen'', long satirical poem on the division of Germany

West Germany, Austria, Switzerland

* Peter Huchel, ''Gezähte Tage'' *

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 ...

, ''Kein Zauberspruch'' * Eric Fried, ''Die Freiheit den Mund aufzumachen'' * Günter Herburger, ''Operette'' * J. P. Stössel, ''Friedenserklärung''

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 each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:

Assamese

Maheswar Neog Professor Maheswar Neog (7 September 1915 – 13 September 1995) was an Indian academic who specialised in the cultural history of the North East India especially Assam, besides being an Assamese-language scholar and poet. He was a top Indologis ...

, ''Pracya Sasanavali'' * Nabakanta Barua, ''Mor Aru Prithivir'' ("Of Mine and the Earth")George, K. M. (ed.)
''Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: An Anthology: Surveys and Poems''
p. 65, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, , retrieved January 8, 2009 *

Narayan Bezbarua Narayan or Narayana may refer to: People *Narayan (name), a common Indian name (including a list of persons with this and related names) *Narayan (actor), an Indian film actor *Narayan (writer), Indian writer *Narayana Pandit, Indian mathematicia ...

, ''Punaruthan''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 December 23, 2008 *

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 ...

, ''Phuli Thaka Suryamukhi Phultor Phale'', Guwahati, Assam: Guwahati Book Stall

Other in India

* Amrita Pritan, ''Kagaz te Kanvas'', Punjabi * K. Siva Reddy, ''Raktam Suryudu'', Hyderabad: Jhari Poetry Circle, Telugu-language * Yumlembam Ibomcha Singh, ''Sandrembi Thoraklo Nahum Ponjel Sabige'', Imphal: V.I. Publications;

Meitei language Meitei (), also known as Manipuri (, ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of north-eastern India. It is spoken by around 1.8 million people, predominantly in the state of Manipur, but also by smaller communities in the rest of the country and in p ...

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 ...

, ''Diario del '71 e del '72'' (poetry) Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (a private edition of 100 copies was published in 1971)Eugenio Montale, ''Collected Poems 1920-1954'', translated and edited by Jonathan Galassi, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, * ''Almanacco dello Specchio'' for 1973, an anthology of poetry, including translated poetry * Franco Fortini, ''Questo muro'', collected poems from 1962 to 1972 *

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

, ''Trasumanar e organizzar'' * Libero De Libero, ''Scempio e lusinga'', collected poems written from 1930 to 1956 * Marino Moretti, ''Le poverazze''

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, ...

* M. Bazhan, ''The Spark'' from ''Uman Recollections'' (translated into Russian from Ukrainian), 1973''Britannica Book of the Year 1975'', published by ''The Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1975, "Literature" article, "Russian" section, "Soviet Literature" subsection, p. 465; although the book is for "Events of 1974" the article specifically cites each of these works as published in Russian in 1973. * P. Brovka, ''We Are Children of One Mother'' (translated into Russian from Belarusian) * B. Istru, ''Pain of a Shadow'' (translated into Russian from Moldavian) * R. Margiani, ''From the Book of Brotherhood'' (translated into Russian from Georgian) * S. Orlov, ''Loyalty''

Spanish language

* José Carlos Becerra, ''El otoño recorre las islas'', collected poetry from 1960 to 1970, edited by José Emilio Pacheco and Gabriel Zaid * Alfonso Calderón, ''Isla de los Bienaventurados'' ("Island of the Blessed"),

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

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 ...

, ''Bestiario poético'' ("Poetic Book of Aaimals") *

Ernesto Cardenal Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived fo ...

, ''Canto nacional'',

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...

Rosario Castellanos Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gend ...

, "Valium 10" * Rafael Méndez Dorich, ''Globos cautivos'', posthumously published (Lima),

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

* Enrique Fierro, ''Mutaciones'',

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* Ulalume González de León, ''Plagio'',

* Alvaro Mutis, ''Summa de magroll el Gaviero'', Colombia * José Miguel Oviedo, ''Estos trece'' * José Emilio Pacheco, ''Irás y no volverás'',

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

* Justo Jorge Padrón, ''Mar de la noche'' * Gabriel Zaid, ''Práctica mortal'',

Other

* Ruy de Moura Belo,

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 ...

: ** ''País possível'' ("The Possible Country"), consisting of a single, long poem, ''Pequena História Trágico-Trerrestre'' ("Brief Tragi-Terrestrial History")da Silva, Jaime H.
"BELO, Ruy de Moura"
article, p. 185, Bleiberg, Germán, ''Dictionary of the literature of the Iberian peninsula, Volume 1''; retrieved September 6, 2011 ** ''Transporte no tempo'' ("Borne through Time") *

Odysseus Elytis Odysseas Elytis ( el, Οδυσσέας Ελύτης , pen name of Odysseas Alepoudellis, el, Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης; 2 November 1911 – 18 March 1996) was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as th ...

, ''The Trills Of Love (Τα Ρω του Έρωτα)'',

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

* Klaus Høeck, ''Rejse l-V'', publisher: Grevas;

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 ...

"Bibliography of Klaus Høeck"
Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre; retrieved January 1, 2010.

Awards and honors

English language

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* See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

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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 ...

* Eric Gregory Award: John Beynon, Ian Caws,

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 ...

, Keith Harris, David Howarth, Philip Pacey *

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 ...

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 ...

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

Daniel Hoffman Daniel Gerard Hoffman (April 3, 1923 – March 30, 2013) was an American poet, essayist, and academic. He was appointed the twenty-second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1973. Early life and education Hoffman w ...

appointed this year. * American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, John Crowe Ransom *

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.

James Merrill James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1977 for ''Divine Comedies.'' His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyri ...

National Book Award for Poetry The National Book Award for Poetry is one of five annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers".

: A. R. Ammons, ''Collected Poems, 1951-1971'' *

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 ...

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 ...

, ''Up Country'' * Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets:

French language

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 ...

* Max Jacob prize: Hubert Juin for ''Le Cinquième Poème'' * Guillaume Apollinaire prize: Marc Alyn * Grand Priz of the French Academy: André Frénaud * Grand Aigle d'Or: Eugène Guillevic

Births

January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...

– Bryan Thao Worra, Laotian-American author, poet, and playwright * January 7 – Natalia Belchenko, Ukrainian poet and translator * date not known: ** Ben Doyle ( pen name: "Ben Dollar") ** Duo Yu,

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Sonnet L'Abbé Sonnet L'Abbé, is a Canadian poet, editor, professor and critic. As a poet, L'Abbé writes about national identity, race, gender and language. Career L'Abbé has a PhD in English literature from the University of British Columbia, a master's d ...

** Paul Vermeersch,

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "

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: * March 26 – Noël Coward, 73,

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actor, playwright, poet and composer of popular music, of a heart attack * May 20 –

Charles Brasch Charles Orwell Brasch (27 July 1909 – 20 May 1973) was a New Zealand poet, literary editor and arts patron. He was the founding editor of the literary journal ''Landfall'', and through his 20 years of editing the journal, had a significant im ...

, 63,

poet, literary editor and arts patron * June 4 – Arna Bontemps, 70 (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' ...

), American poet and member of the Harlem Renaissance, of a heart attack * August 17 –

Conrad Aiken Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published works include poetry, short ...

, 84, of a heart attack * September 2 –

J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...

, 81,

novelist, poet and academic * September 16 –

, 40, Chilean writer, poet and Communist politician, by political murder * September 20 –

William Plomer William Charles Franklyn Plomer (10 December 1903 – 20 September 1973) was a South African and British novelist, poet and literary editor. He also wrote a series of librettos for Benjamin Britten. He wrote some of his poetry under the pseud ...

, 69, South African-born

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, novelist and literary editor, sometimes writing as Robert Pagan * September 23 – Pablo Neruda, 69, Chilean writer, poet and Communist politician, from leukemia * September 28 –

W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...

, 66,

poet, often cited as one of the most influential of the century * October 17 –

Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. Biography Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the daughter of Olga (née Haas) and Matthias Bachmann, a schoolteacher. Her f ...

(born

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...

) Austrian poet and author * November 22 – Ramon Guthrie, 77, * November 23 – Francis Webb, 48,

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 ...

poet * November 24 – John G. Neihardt (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 ...

), American author and poet * December 11 – May Wedderburn Cannan, 80 (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 ...

war poet * December 14 –

Josef Magnus Wehner Josef Magnus Wehner (14 November 1891 – 14 December 1973) was a German writer and playwright. Celebrated (locally, in Fulda) as a "great German poet" his reputation is criticized for the militarism displayed in his work and his allegiance to ...

, 82 (born

1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. ** Germany takes formal possession of its new Af ...

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poet and playwright * December 30 –

Vagaland Vagaland (6 March 1909 – 30 December 1973), was a Scottish poet from Shetland. Biography Born Thomas Alexander Robertson at Westerwick at the southern tip of the parish of Sandsting, his mother's home. He was the second son of Andrina Joh ...

, pen name of Thomas Alexander Robertson, 64 (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 ...

), Shetland Scottish poet * date not known – Kenneth Allott, Welsh poet, academic, and authority on

Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, lit ...

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Anthologies

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Anthologies

Works published in other languages

French language

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East Germany

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Assamese

Other in India

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Spanish language

Other

Awards and honors

English 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

French language

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Notes

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