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

* January –

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 ...

, composes a poem he reads at new United States President

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1 ...

’s inaugural gala (although not at the inauguration itself). * July 11 – The English magazine '' Gay News'' is found guilty of blasphemous libel for publishing a homoerotic poem ''

The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name ''Whitehouse v Lemon'' is a 1977 court case involving the blasphemy law in the United Kingdom. It was the last successful blasphemy trial in the UK. Facts James Kirkup's poem '' The Love that Dares to Speak its Name'' was published in the 3 J ...

'' by

James Kirkup James Harold Kirkup, FRSL (23 April 1918 – 10 May 2009) was an English poet, translator and travel writer. He wrote over 45 books, including autobiographies, novels and plays. He wrote under many pen-names including James Falconer, Aditya Jha ...

in a case ('' Whitehouse v. Lemon'') brought by Mary Whitehouse's

National Viewers and Listeners Association Mediawatch-UK, formerly known as the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (National VALA or NVLA), was a pressure group in the United Kingdom, which campaigned against the publication and broadcast of media content that it viewed as harm ...

at the Old Bailey in London. * Poet Sarah Kirsch leaves her native

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

for the West. * In Israeli the literary journal ''Keshet'' goes defunct, while ''Itton'' and ''Proza'' are founded.

Works published in English

Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

Australia

* Robert Adamson ''Cross The Border'' *

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

, ''Mortal Details'', Rigmarole * Les Murray, ''Ethnic Radio'', Angus & Robertson
Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007 * John Tranter, ''Crying in Early Infancy: 100 Sonnets'', Makar Press

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 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 Damnation of Vancouver''. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. A satire on the modern city. ** ''Ghost in the Wheels: selected poems.'' Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. *

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

, ''Landfall'', American-

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

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

, ''Death of a Ladies' Man'' *

Isabella Valancy Crawford Isabella Valancy Crawford (25 December 1846 – 12 February 1887) was an Irish-born Canadian writer and poet. She was one of the first Canadians to make a living as a freelance writer. "Crawford is increasingly being viewed as Canada's first maj ...

, ''Hugh and Ion'', Glenn Clever ed. (Ottawa: Borealis). * Irving Layton, ''The Poems of Irving Layton''.

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 ...

ed. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Also published, with an introduction by Hugh Kenner, as ''The Selected Poems of Irving Layton''. New York: New Directions, 1977.Irving Layton: Publications
" Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011. * Irving Layton, ''The Covenant''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. *

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 ...

, ''Right Hand Left Hand''. Erin, ON: Porcepic. * Pat Lowther, ''A Stone Diary'' * Miriam Mandel, ''Station 14''. Edmonton: NeWest Press.Books by former English Department Students
" USask.ca, Web, Apr. 25, 2011. *

Charles Sangster Charles Sangster (July 16, 1822 – December 9, 1893) was a Canadian poet. He was the first poet to write poetry which was substantially about Canadian subjects. ''The Dictionary of Canadian Biography'' calls him "the best of the pre- confeder ...

, ''The Angel Guest and Other Poems and Lyrics,'' edited by Frank M. Tierney (Tecumseh)Frank M. Tierney,
Sangster, Charles
" Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Web., Oct. 15 2010. *

F. R. Scott Francis Reginald Scott (1899–1985), commonly known as Frank Scott or F. R. Scott, was a lawyer, Canadian poet, intellectual, and constitutional scholar. He helped found the first Canadian social democratic party, the Co-operative Commonwe ...

, ''Poems of French Canada''. Translated by F. R. Scott. Burnaby, B.C.: Blackfish Press. *

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

, ''Extra Innings''. Ottawa. Oberon Press.Notes on Life and Works
," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. *

George Woodcock George Woodcock (; May 8, 1912 – January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, a philosopher, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet and published several volumes of travel wri ...

, ''Anima, or, Swann Grown Old. A Cycle of Poems by George Woodcock'', Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press,

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 ...

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

* R. Parthasarathy, ''Rough Passage'',

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

: Oxford University Press *

Meena Alexander Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018) was an Indian American poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander later lived and worked in New York City, where she was a Distinguished ...

, ''I Root My Name'', Calcutta:

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

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 ...

* Samuel Beckett, ''Collected Poems in English and French'',Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, Irish native living in France and 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 ...

* Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: ''The Second Voyage'', including "Deaths and Engines",Crotty, Patrick, ''Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology'', Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press"Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin"
at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008 * Harry Clifton, ''The Walls of Carthage'' Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, *

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 ...

, ''Mules'', Northern Ireland poet published in the

Frank Ormsby Francis Arthur Ormsby (born 1947) is a Northern Irish author and poet. Life Frank Ormsby was born in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh. He was educated at St Michael's College, Enniskillen and then Queen's University Belfast. From 1976 until his r ...

, ''A Store of Candles'', including "Passing the Crematorium", Oldcastle: Gallery Press *

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

, ''A State of Justice'', Northern Ireland poet 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 ...

Bill Manhire William Manhire (born 27 December 1946) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, emeritus professor, and New Zealand's inaugural Poet Laureate (1997–1998). He founded New Zealand's first creative writing course at Victoria University of Well ...

, ''How to Take Off Your Clothes at the Picnic'' *

Lauris Edmond Lauris Dorothy Edmond (née Scott, 2 April 1924 – 28 January 2000) was a New Zealand poet and writer. Biography Born in Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, Edmond survived the 1931 Napier earthquake as a child. Trained as a teacher, she raised a fam ...

, ''The Pear Tree: Poems '' * R. Ensing, editor, ''Private Gardens'', anthology of New Zealand women poetsPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, p 837 * Kendrick Smithyman, ''Dwarf with a Billiard Cue'', Auckland: Auckland University Press and Oxford University Press *

Ian Wedde Ian Curtis Wedde (born 17 October 1946) is a New Zealand poet, fiction writer, critic, and art curator. Biography Born in Blenheim, New Zealand, Wedde lived in East Pakistan and England as a child before returning to New Zealand. He attended ...

, ''Spells for Coming Out'',

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 ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

* Mafika Gwala, ''Jol'iinkomo''

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 ...

* Samuel Beckett, ''Collected Poems in English and French'',

native living in

and published in the United Kingdom * Kamau Brathwaite, ''Mother Poem'' * Joseph Brodsky: ''Poems and Translations'', Keele: University of Keele"Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at 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 (but published in the United Kingdom; see United States section for a book published there) *

Donald Davies Donald Watts Davies, (7 June 1924 – 28 May 2000) was a Welsh computer scientist who was employed at the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). In 1965 he conceived of packet switching, which is today the dominant basis for data communic ...

, ''To Scorch or Freeze'' *

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 ...

and

Adrian Henri Adrian Henri (10 April 1932 – 20 December 2000) was a British poet and painter best remembered as the founder of poetry-rock group the Liverpool Scene and as one of three poets in the best-selling anthology '' The Mersey Sound'', along with ...

, ''Beauty and the Beast''Michelis, Angelica
"Carol Ann Duffy (1955-)"
''The Literary Encyclopedia''; retrieved May 4, 2009
Archived
2009-05-07. *

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 ...

: ** ''Some Unease and Angels'', Hutchinson ** ''Selected Poems'', University Center, Michigan, Green River Press * W. S. Graham, ''Implements in their Places'' *

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 ...

, ''Real Estate'' *

, ''City Hedges'' *

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 ...

, ''Gaudete'', derived from an abandoned film scenario, the book has elements of a poetic novel, narrative poem and verse play * Elizabeth Jennings, ''Consequently I Rejoice'' * Norman MacCaig, ''Tree of Strings'' * Sorley MacLean, pen name of Somhairle MacGill-Eain, ''Spring Tide and Neap Tide eothairt is Contraigh', in Gaelic and English *

, ''Mules'', Northern

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

poet published in the United Kingdom *

, ''A State of Justice'', Northern

poet published in the United Kingdom *

Kathleen Raine Kathleen Jessie Raine CBE (14 June 1908 – 6 July 2003) was a British poet, critic, and scholar, writing in particular on William Blake, W. B. Yeats and Thomas Taylor. Known for her interest in various forms of spirituality, most prominently ...

, ''The Oval Portrait, and Other Poems'' * Peter Scupham, ''The Hinterland'' * R. S. Thomas, ''The Way of It'' * Anthony Thwaite, ''A Portion for Foxes''

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 ...

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

: ** ''Highgate Road'' ** ''The Selected Poems: 1951-1977'' ** ''The Snow Poems'' * John Ashbery, ''Houseboat Days'' *

Ted Berrigan Ted Berrigan (November 15, 1934 – July 4, 1983) was an American poet. Early life Berrigan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 15, 1934. After high school, he spent a year at Providence College before joining the U.S. Army. After ...

: ** ''Clear The Range'' ** ''Nothing For You'' *

John Berryman John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in th ...

, ''Henry's Fate and Other Poems, 1967-1972'', with 45 previously unpublished "Dream Songs" (posthumous) *

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

, ''The Riddle'' (Fantome Press) *

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

, ''The Book of the Body'' *

Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Awar ...

, ''Geography III'', which includes "In the Waiting Room," "The Moose," and the villanelle, "One Art" * Joseph Brodsky: ''A Part of Speech''
McFadden, Robert D., "Joseph Brodsky, Exiled Poet Who Won Nobel, Dies at 55", obituary,

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'', January 29, 1996, accessed October 18, 2007

- American (see United Kingdom section for a book published there) *

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 ' ...

, ''This Body is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood'' *

Billy Collins William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York (retired, 2016). Collins ...

, ''Pokerface'' *

Frank Belknap Long Frank Belknap Long (April 27, 1901 – January 3, 1994) was an American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known ...

, '' In Mayan Splendor'' *

Michael S. Harper Michael Steven Harper (March 18, 1938 – May 7, 2016) was an American poet and English professor at Brown University, who was the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island from 1988 to 1993. His poetry was influenced by jazz and history. Among the infl ...

, ''Images of Kin'' (1977), won the Melville-Cane Award from the

Poetry Society of America The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the society have included such renowned poets as Witter Bynner, Ro ...

; nominated for the

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

"Michael S. Harper"
Academy of American Poets, accessed April 23, 2008 * Robert Lowell, ''Day by Day'' *

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 Compass Flower'', New York: Atheneum"W. S. Merwin (1927- )"
Poetry Foundation; retrieved June 8, 2010 ** Translator, ''Vertical Poetry'', poems by Roberto Juarroz; San Francisco: Kayak (reprinted in 1988; San Francisco: North Point Press) * W. S. Merwin and J. Moussaieff Mason, translators, ''Sanskrit Love Poetry'', New York:

Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...

(published in 1981 as ''Peacock's Egg: Love Poems from Ancient India'', San Francisco: North Point Press) * Michael Palmer, ''Without Music'' (Black Sparrow Press) * Carl Rakosi, ''My Experience in Parnassus'' * Charles Reznikoff, ''Poems 1937-1975'' (published posthumously) *

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian novelist. One of the most famous Soviet dissidents, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repres ...

, '' Prussian Nights'', translated into English from the original

Robert Conquest George Robert Acworth Conquest (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British historian and poet. A long-time research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, Conquest was most notable for his work on the Soviet Union. His books ...

; first written in

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

; first published in 1974 *

Gary Soto Gary Anthony Soto (born April 12, 1952) is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist. Life and career Soto was born to Mexican-American parents Manuel (1910–1957) and Angie Soto (1924-). In his youth, he worked in the fields of the San Joaqui ...

, ''The Elements of San Joaquin''Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer
''The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature''
p. 29, Cambridge University Press, 2005, , retrieved February 9, 2009

Works published in other languages

Listed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

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

Vita Andersen Vita Andersen (29 October 1942 – 20 July 2021) was a Danish poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer. Career Andersen made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection ', which is among the most sold poetry collections in Den ...

, ''Tryghedsnarkomaner'' * Jørgen Gustava Brandt, ''Ophold'' * Klaus Høeck: ** ''Projekt Perseus'', publisher: Gyldendal"Bibliography of Klaus Høeck"
website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010 ** ''Ulrike Marie Meinhof'', publisher: Gyldendal *

Vagn Lundbye Vagn () is an Old Norse language, Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'vehicle; wagon, wain'. It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson. The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the nam ...

, ''Digte 1977'' * Jess Ornsbo, ''Digte uden arbejde'' *

Charlotte Strandgaard Charlotte Strandgaard (15 February 1943 – 9 October 2021) was a Danish author and director. She wrote more than 50 books, including novels, memoirs, reportage, poetry, and non-fiction. She was a member of the Danish Socialist People's Party, a ...

, ''Naesten kun om kaerlighed''

French language

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

* Denise Boucher and Madeleine Gagnon, ''Retailles'' * Claude Gavreau, ''Ouvres créatrices complètes'' (posthumous) * Michel Leclerc, ''La Traversée du réel'' *

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

, ''Épisodes'', Montréal: l'Hexagone

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 ...

* Samuel Beckett, ''Collected Poems in English and French'',

native living in France and published in the

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 ...

, ''Rue Traversière'' * André du Bouchet, ''Air (1950–1953)''Auster, Paul (ed.), ''The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets'', New York: Random House, 1982. * Alain Delahaye, ''L'etre perdu'' * Philippe Denis, ''Malgré la bouche'' *

Roger Giroux Roger Giroux (1925–1974) was a French poet and transtator. Giroux's only book published when he was alive was ''L’arbre le temps'', Mercure de France, 1964 ; it won the Max-Jacob' Prize that same year. Giroux translated texts of W.B. Yeats, ...

, published posthumously (died

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

): ** ''S'' ** ''L'arbre le Temps suivi le Lieu-Je et de Lettre'' * Eugene Guilleveic, ''Du domaine'' *

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

, ''Album d'images de la Villa Harris'' *

Georges Perec Georges Perec (; 7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Hol ...

, ''Alphabets'' *

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

, ''Autobiographie chapitre dix'' *

Alain Veinstein Alain Veinstein (born 17 August 1942, in Cannes) is a poet and writer, winner of the Mallarmé prize and a host and producer of radio. Biography Since 1978, Alain Veinstein is also the voice of the nights of ''France Culture'' with interviews on ...

, ''Recherche des dispositions anciennes''

German language

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

* Sarah Kirsch, ''Rückenwind'', love poems * Paul Günter Krohn, ''Alle meine Namen''

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

* , ''Jokers Farewell'' * Gotthard de Beauclair, ''Zeit, Überzeit'' * Rolf Haufs, ''Die Geschwindigkeit eines einzigen Tages'' * Karl Krowlow, ''Der Einfachheit halber'' * Norbert Mecklenburg, ''Naturlyrik und Gesellschaft'' Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta (scholarship)Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al. (eds), ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Criticism in German" section, p. 474.

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 ...

Nathan Alterman Nathan Alterman ( he, נתן אלתרמן, August 14, 1910 – March 28, 1970) was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. Though never holding any elected office, Alterman was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics ...

, a posthumous book of poemsThis is as specific as ''The Britannica Book of the Year 1978'', the source, gets; the book, published in 1978, covers events in 1977, "Literature" article, p. 511. * O. Bernstein, a book of poems * Simon Halkin, a book of the collected poems and works *

Hurvitz Hurvitz may refer to: People * Elazar Hurvitz, academic scholar in Talmudic studies * Eliyahu "Eli" Hurvitz (born 1932), Israeli industrialist *Rick Hurvitz, Executive Producer and Co-Creator of MTV's Pimp My Ride * Yair Hurvitz (1941–88), Israe ...

, a book of poems * Shimshon Meltzer, a book of the collected poems and works *

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

, a book of poems * Dalia Ravikovitch, a book of poems * Yonatan Ratosh, a book of poems *

Shin Shalom Shalom Yosef Shapira, known by the pen name Shin Shalom (19 December 1904 – 2 March 1990; Hebrew: ש. שלום), was an Israeli poet, author and translator. His poetry is known for elements derived form Hasidic and Kabbalah symbolism. In ...

, a book of poems * Y. Wallach, a book of collected poems *

Meir Wieseltier Meir Wieseltier (Hebrew: מאיר ויזלטיר, born 1941) is a prize-winning Israeli poet and translator. Biography Meir Wieseltier was born in Moscow in 1941, shortly before the German invasion of Russia. He was taken to Novosibirsk in southwe ...

, a book of poems * Avot Yeshurun, a book of poems * Zussman, a posthumous book of poems

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:

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

Sugathakumari Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, South India. Her parents were the poet and freedom fighter Bodheswaran and V. K. ...

, ''Raathrimazha'' (Night Rain)

Oriya

* Mohan Upendra Thakur, ''Baji Uthal Murali'' * Rajendra Kishore Panda: ** ''Satadru Anek'', Cuttack: Agradoot"Rajendra Kishore Panda"
at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 26, 2010 ** ''Ghunakshara'', Cuttack: Cuttack Students' Store

Sindhi

* Hari Daryani, ''Pala Pala Jo Parlau''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 * Harumal Isardas Sadarangani, ''Cikha'' * Parsram Rohra, ''O Nava Halaina Vara''

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi ''Dhoop Aur Chandni'' (The Sunlight and the Moonlight) - Collection of poems published by Radha Krishan Sehgal, Bazm-e-Seemab, J 5/21, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi in 1977.

Other languages in India
* K. Satchidanandan, ''Kavita'', ("Poetry");
Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...
-language *
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 ...
; Assamese-language: ''Golapi Jamur Lagna'', Guwahati, Assam: Bani Prakash"Nilmani Phookan"
at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 16, 2010 Editor, ''Kuri Satikar Asomiya Kavita'', an anthology of modern Assamese poetry; Guwahati, Assam: Asom Prakashan Parishad * Siddayya Puranika, ''Vacanodyana'', modern
vachana Vachana sahitya is a form of rhythmic writing in Kannada (see also Kannada poetry) that evolved in the 11th century and flourished in the 12th century, as a part of the Sharana movement. Madara Chennaiah, an 11th-century cobbler-saint who live ...
poetry,
Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
-language

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 ...
* Bartolo Cattafi, ''Marzo e le sue idi'' * Giovanni Guidici, ''Il male de creditori'' *
Tommaso Landolfi Tommaso Landolfi (9 August 1908 – 8 July 1979) was an Italian writer, translator and literary critic. His numerous grotesque tales and novels, sometimes on the border of speculative fiction, science fiction and realism, place him in a unique a ...
, ''Il tradimento'' *
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 ...
, ''Tutte le poesie'', publisher: MondadoriEugenio Montale, ''Collected Poems 1920-1954'', translated and edited by Jonathan Galassi, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, (enlarged edition published posthumously in
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
) * Maria Luisa Spaziani, ''Transito con catene''

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
*
Hans Børli Hans Børli (8 December 1918 – 26 August 1989) was a Norwegian poet and writer, who besides his writings worked as a lumberjack all his life. Biography Hans Georg Nilsen Børli was born at Eidskog in Hedmark, Norway. He was the fifth o ...
, * Jan Magnus Bruheim, ''Lyrespelaren'' *
Gunvor Hofmo Gunvor Hofmo (30 June 1921 – 17 October 1995) was a Norwegian writer, often considered one of Norway's most influential modernist poets. Background Gunvor Hofmo was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Erling Hofmo (1893–1959) and Bertha B ...
, ''Hva fanger natten'' *
Peter R. Holm Peter Røwde Holm (born 5 April 1931) is a Norwegian poet, author and translator. Holm has also worked as an observer at the United Nations' arms control and disarmament conferences. Ever since his writing debut in 1955, he has held an important p ...
, ''I disse bilder'' * Stein Mehren, ''Det trettende stjernebilde'' *
Sigmund Skard Sigmund Skard (31 July 1903 – 26 May 1995) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and professor of American literature. Biography Skard was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He was a son of educators Matias Skard (1846–1927) and Gyda Christensen (1868� ...
, ''Ord mot mørkret'' * Helge Vatsend, ''Livets bok''

Portuguese language

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
* Ruy de Moura Belo, ''Despeço-me da terra da alegria'' ("I Bid Farewell to the Land of Happiness")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 * Herberto Helder, ''Cobra'' * António Ramos Rosa, ''Boca Incompleta'' * Sophia Andresen, ''O Nome das Coisas'' * Fiama Brandão, ''Homenagem à Literatura'' * Liberto Cruz, ''Distància'' *
Vitorino Nemésio Vitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva (19 December 1901, in Praia da Vitória – 20 February 1978, in Lisbon) was a Portuguese poet, author and intellectual from Terceira, Azores, best known for his novel ''Mau Tempo No Canal'', as well ...
, ''Sapateia Açoriana''

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
*
Carlos Nejar Luis Carlos Verzoni Nejar, better known as Carlos Nejar (born January 11, 1939 in Porto Alegre), is a Brazilian poet, author, translator and critic, and a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras. One of the most important poets of its generati ...
, ''Árvore do mundo'' *
Décio Pignatari Décio Pignatari (August 20, 1927 – December 2, 2012) was a Brazilian poet, essayist and translator. Early life and education Born in Jundiaí in 1927, Pignatari began conducting experiments with poetic language, incorporating visuals e ...
''Poesia / Pois é / Poesia'' (poems) ''Comunicacao poética'' (critical theory about poetry) * Murilo Mendes, a posthumous collection of poems edited by
João Cabral de Melo Neto João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian modernism. He was awarded the 1990 Camões Prize and the 1992 Neustadt International Pr ...
, with a study by
José Guilherme Merquior José Guilherme Merquior (April 22, 1941 – January 7, 1991) was a Brazilian diplomat, academic, writer, literary critic and philosopher. Biography He was a prolific writer, and member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (the Brazilian Acade ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
* Arkadi Kuleshov, a book of poems *
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, ...
: ''Candle'' ''Dreams of Georgia'' * Alexander Mezhirov, ''Очертания вещей'' ("Outline of things"),
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
, Soviet Union * Valentin Sorokin, a book of poems * Stepan Shchipachev, a book of poems *
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian novelist. One of the most famous Soviet dissidents, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repres ...
, ''Prussian Nights'', narrative poem, much of it composed in his head when he was in concentration camps *
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, ...
, a book of poems * " sser-known poets who attracted attention": Konstantin Vanshenkin
Anatoly Zhigulin Anatoly (russian: Анато́лий, Anatólij , uk, Анато́лій, Anatólij ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'', meaning "sunrise." Other common Russian transliterations are Ana ...

Rimma Kazakova Rimma Fyodorovna Kazakova (russian: Ри́мма Фёдоровна Казако́ва; 27 January 1932 – 19 May 2008) was a Soviet and Russian poet and translator. She was known for writing many popular songs of the Soviet era. Biography Kazako ...
Viktor Bokov Maya Borisova Stanslav Zolotsev

Spanish language

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 ...
* Francisco Brines, ''Insistencia en Luzbel'' *
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 ...
, ''Cancionero de Liébana'' ("Collection of verse of Liebana") * José María Valverde, ''Ser de palabra''

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 ...
*
Mario Benedetti Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being publish ...
, ''La casa y el ladrillo'' ("The House and the Brick"),
Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
"Biblioteca de autores contemporaneos / Mario Benedetti - El autor"
in Spanish), retrieved May 27, 2009. 2009-05-30. *
Antonio Cisneros Antonio Alfonso Cisneros Campoy was a Peruvian poet, journalist and academic. He was born in Lima on 27 December 1942 and died there of lung cancer on 6 October 2012, aged 69. Career Cisneros studied literature from 1960 to 1964 at the Pontific ...
, ''el libro de dios y de los húngaros'' (Peru) *
Jaime Sabines Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his w ...
, ''Nuevo recuento de poemas'' (Mexico) *
Efraín Huerta Efraín Huerta (June 18, 1914 – February 3, 1982) was a Mexican poet and journalist. Born and raised in the state of Guanajuato, he moved to Mexico City initially to start a career in art. Unable to enter the Academy of San Carlos, he attend ...
, ''Circuito interior'' (Mexico) * David Huerta, ''Cuadernos de noviembre'' (Mexico)

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 ...
* David Hofshteyn, a two-volume selection of poems * Josl Lerner, ''Till Dawn Breaks'', partly written in a German-Romanian death camp during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
* Chaim Maltinsky, ''My Mother's Resemblance'' * Hirsh Osherovitch, ''Song in a Labyrinth'' * Shloyme Roitman, ''My Israel Shofar'' * Efraim Roitman, ''The Earth Sings'' * Motl Saktzier, ''With a Burned Pencil'', about his experiences in Soviet gulags * M.M. Shaffir, ''Words of Endearment'' * Avrom Sutzkever, ''Poems from My Diary'' * Rajzel Zychlinska, ''The Sun of November''

Other languages
*
Stanisław Barańczak Stanisław Barańczak (, November 13, 1946December 26, 2014) was a Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer. He is perhaps most well known for his English-to- Polish translations of the dramas of William Shakespeare a ...
, ''Ja wiem, ze to niesluszne'' ("I Know It's Not Right"), Paris: Instytut Literacki;
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
"Rymkiewicz Jaroslaw Marek"
, Institute Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 24, 2010 *
Anne-Marie Berglund Anne-Marie Berglund (31 January 1952 – 6 March 2020) was a Swedish poet, novelist, short story writer and pictorial artist. She was born in Espoo and made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection ''Luftberusningen''. Among her lat ...
, ''Luftberusningen'', Sweden *
Chen Yi Chen Yi may refer to: * Xuanzang (602–664), born as Chen Yi, Chinese Buddhist monk in Tang Dynasty * Chen Yi (Kuomintang) Chen Yi (; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June ...
, ''Selected Poems''; China *
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 ...
, ''Signalbook (Σηματολόγιον)'';
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 ...
* Ndoc Gjetja, ''Qëndresa'' ("Center");
Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
*
Gozo Yoshimasu Gozo (, ), Maltese: ''Għawdex'' () and in antiquity known as Gaulos ( xpu, 𐤂𐤅𐤋, ; grc, Γαῦλος, Gaúlos), is an island in the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Republic of Malta. After th ...
, ''river, Written in Cursive Characters''; Japan * Lars Gustafsson, ''Sonetter''; Sweden * Per E. Rundquist, ''Men störst av allt är kärleken till vem''; ( Sweden * Piotr Sommer, ''W krześle'';
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 ...
"Piotr Sommer"
, "Poetry International": retrieved February 19, 2010 *
Marlene van Niekerk Marlene van Niekerk (born 10 November 1954) is a South African poet, writer, and academic. She is best known for her novels, the satirical tragicomedy ''Triomf'' (1994) and the Herzog-winning ''Agaat'' (2004), which explore themes including the ...
, ''Sprokkelster'';
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
* Wen Wu-pin, ''Battle Songs of Tachai''; China * Yasuo Irisawa, ''Moon and Other Poems''; Japan

Awards and honors
* Nobel Prize in Literature:
Vicente Aleixandre Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (; 26 April 1898 – 14 December 1984) was a Spanish poet who was born in Seville. Aleixandre received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977 "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates ma ...
(
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 ...
)

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 ...
* 1977 Governor General's Awards

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: Tony Flynn,
Michael Vince Michael Vince (born 1947) is a British poet and author. He was educated at Emanuel School and King's College, Cambridge, where he read English under Tony Tanner and began friendships with the poets Dick Davis, Robert Wells and Clive Wilmer. He ...
, David Cooke, Douglas Marshall, Melissa Murray *
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 ...
:
Norman Nicholson Norman Cornthwaite Nicholson (8 January 1914 – 30 May 1987) was an English poet associated with the Cumbrian town of Millom. His poetry is noted for local concerns, straightforward language, and elements of common speech. Although known chief ...

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 ...
*
AML Award The AML Awards are given annually by the Association for Mormon Letters (AML) to the best work "by, for, and about Mormons." They are juried awards, chosen by a panel of judges. Citations for many of the awards can be found on the AML website. T ...
for Poetry to
Linda Sillitoe Linda Buhler Sillitoe (July 31, 1948 – April 7, 2010) was an American journalist, poet and historian. She is best known for her journalistic coverage about Mark Hofmann and the "Mormon forgery murders." Her subsequent book Salamander, coauthor ...
for "The Old Philosopher, Letter to a Four-Year-Old Daughter" and Arthur Henry King for "The Field Behind Holly House" *
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.
:
David Ignatow David Ignatow (February 7, 1914 – November 17, 1997) was an American poet and editor. Life David Ignatow was born in Brooklyn on February 7, 1914, and spent most of his life in the New York City area. He died on November 17, 1997, at his ...
*
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".
:
Richard Eberhart Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was an American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. "Richard Eberhart emerged out of the 1930s as a modern stylist with romanti ...
, ''Collected Poems, 1930-1976'' *
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published ...
:
James 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 ...
, '' Divine Comedies'' *
Walt Whitman Award The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outreac ...
: Lauren Shakely, ''Guilty Bystander'' * Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Louis Coxe

Births
* April 18 —
Ilya Kaminsky Ilya Kaminsky (born April 18, 1977) is a hard-of-hearing, USSR-born, Ukrainian-Russian-Jewish-American poet, critic, translator and professor. He is best known for his poetry collections ''Dancing in Odesa'' and ''Deaf Republic'', which have ear ...
, Soviet-born
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 ...
- and
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
-language poet * September 25 — Sole, American hip hop artist *
Jenni Fagan Dr Jenni Fagan (born 1977) is a Scottish novelist and poet. She has written several books including fiction novel '' The Panopticon,'' screenplays and several books of poetry. She was named Scottish writer of the year 2016 by ''The Glasgow Her ...
, Scottish novelist and poet

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: * January 5 —
Artur Adson Artur Adson ( – 5 January 1977) was an Estonian poet, writer and theatre critic.Don Rubin, Peter Nagy, Philippe Rouyer, ''World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe'', Taylor & Francis, 1995, , p248 Early years Artur Adson (born Karl ...
, 87, Estonian poet and critic * January 21 — Sandro Penna, 70,
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
* February 2 —
Rashid Hussein Rashid Hussein Mahmoud ( ar, راشد حسين, he, ראשד חוסיין; 1936 – 2 February 1977) was a Palestinian poet, orator, journalist and Arabic-Hebrew translator. He was born in Musmus, Mandatory Palestine. He published his first coll ...
, 41,
Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

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 in the United States, in fire * April 7 —
Elizabeth Daryush Elizabeth Daryush (8 December 1887 – 7 April 1977) was an English poet. Life Daryush was the daughter of Robert Bridges; her maternal grandfather was Alfred Waterhouse. She married Ali Akbar Daryush, a Persian government official whom she ...
, 96,
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
poet, daughter of
Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was an English poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is ...
* April 11 —
Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist moveme ...
, 77, French * September 12 — Robert Lowell, 60, American, from a heart attack * November 30 —
Miloš Crnjanski Miloš Crnjanski ( sr-cyr, Милош Црњански, ; 26 October 1893 – 30 November 1977) was a Serbian writer and poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism, author, and a diplomat. Biography Crnjanski was born in Csongrád (mode ...
, 84, Serbian poet and novelist * December 18 —
Louis Untermeyer Louis Untermeyer (October 1, 1885 – December 18, 1977) was an American poet, anthologist, critic, and editor. He was appointed the fourteenth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1961. Life and career Untermeyer was born in New Y ...
, 92, American author, poet, anthologist and editor * December 30 — Katherine C. Biddle, 87, American * Also — Gitaujali Badruddin, 16,
Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...
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* ''Britannica Book of the Year 1978'' ("for events of 1977"), published by ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' 1978 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)

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Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
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List of poetry awards Major international awards * Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings * Bridges of Struga (for a debuting author at Struga Poetry Evenings) * Griffin Poetry Prize (The international prize) * International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medi ...
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List of years in poetry This article gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order). These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry. 21st century in poetry 2020s * 2023 in poetry * 20 ...
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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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