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

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

Events

* '' The Kenyon Review'' is restarted by

Kenyon College Kenyon College ( ) is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1824 by Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase. It is the oldest private instituti ...

in the United States 10 years after the original publication was closed. * ''Jahrbuch der Lyrik'' ("Poetry Yearbook"), an annual poetry anthology, is launched in Germany, nine years before the similar series '' The Best American Poetry'' is begun. Each year's edition, containing 100 poems, is published in the spring by Beck, and is edited by Christoph Buchwald along with a guest editor. * '' Poetry Canada Review'' founded by Clifton Whiten in order to publish and review poetry from across Canada; the publication folds in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

Works published in English

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

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

* Robert Adamson ''Where I Come From'' * Robert Gray, ''Grass script'' * Jennifer Maiden, ''The Border Loss'', Angus & Robertson * Les Murray, ''The Boys Who Stole the Funeral'', Angus & Robertson, 1979, 1980 and Manchester, Carcanet, 1989 *

John Tranter John Ernest Tranter (29 April 1943 – 21 April 2023) was an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He published more than twenty books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program ''Books and Writing''; and foundin ...

: ** ''Dazed in the Ladies Lounge'',

Island Press (Australia) Island Press is an Australian publisher of poetry and other interests. Island Press was founded in 1970 by Canadian poet, musician and Sydney University lecturer Philip Roberts. He lived on Scotland Island at that time, hence the name. In 1973 ...

** Editor, ''The New Australian Poetry'' (anthology) * Chris Wallace-Crabbe: ** ''The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers'', Sydney: Angus & Robertson ** ''Toil and Spin: Two Directions in Modern Poetry'' (scholarship), Melbourne: Hutchinson

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

Dionne Brand Dionne Brand (born 7 January 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was Toronto's third Poet Laureate from September 2009 to November 2012 and first Black Poet Laureate. She was admitted to the Order of Canada in ...

, ''Earth Magic'' * Paul Dutton, ''Right Hemisphere, Left Ear'' *

Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist. Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing ''The Dainty Monsters'', and then in 1970 the critically a ...

, ''There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do'' * Irving Layton, ''Droppings from Heaven''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. * Irving Layton, ''The Tamed Puma''. Toronto: Virgo Press. * Irving Layton, ''There Were No Signs''. Toronto: Madison Gallery.Irving Layton: Publications
," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011. * Dennis Lee.''The Gods''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. * Steven McCaffery and B.P. Nichol, ''In England Now That Spring'' *

Susan Musgrave Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Canadian parents, and lives in British Columbia, dividing her time between Sidney and Haida Gwaii. She has been nominated ...

, ''A Man to Bury, A Man to Marry'' *

(also see "Anthologies in Canada" section below): ** ''There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do: Poems, 1963-1978'', New York: W. W. Norton (New York, NY), 1979Web page title
"Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )"
at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008 , (published as ''Rat Jelly, and Other Poems, 1963-1978'', London, United Kingdom: Marion Boyars,

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

) ** ''Claude Glass'' (literary criticism), Toronto: Coach House Press * Charles Sangster, ''Hesperus and other poems and lyrics'' (revised edition), edited by Frank M. Tierney (Tecumseh) Frank M. Tierney,
Sangster, Charles
" Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Web., Oct. 15 2010. *

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 ...

, ''Hanging In: New Poems.'' Ottawa: Oberon Press.Notes on Life and Works
," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. * James Wreford Watson, ''Countryside Canada''.

Anthologies in Canada

: ** Editor, ''A Book of Beasts'', animal verse; Ottawa: Oberon; revision of ''The Broken Ark'',

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

** Editor, ''The Long Poem Anthology'', Toronto: Coach House

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
, in English

* K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, ''Leaves from a Log: Fragments of a Journey'',

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

: Arnold Heinemann * Kamala Das, ''Old Playhouse and Other Poems'' ( Poetry in English ),

Madras Chennai, also known as Madras ( its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian ce ...

: Orient Longman * Eunice de Souza, ''Fix'' ( Poetry in English ),

Bombay Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities i ...

: Newground,

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. * Jayanta Mahapatra, ''Waiting'' ( Poetry in English ),

: Samkaleen Prakashan * Prabhu Siddartha Guptara, ''Continuations'' ( Poetry in English ),

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

: Writers Workshop * Om Prakash Bhatnagar, ''Feeling Fossils''Naik, M. K.
''Perspectives on Indian poetry in English''
p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, , ), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

* Harry Clifton, ''Office of the Salt Merchant'', Oldcastle: The Gallery Press,

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish Irish poetry, poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is ''Death of a Naturalist'' (1966), his first m ...

, Northern Ireland 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 Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

: ** ''

Field Work Field research, field studies, or fieldwork is the empirical research, collection of raw data outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting. The approaches and methods used in field research vary across branches of science, disciplines. ...

'',Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, Faber & Faber ** ''Hedge School'', Janus Press ** ''Ugolino'', Carpenter Press ** ''Gravities'', Charlotte Press ** ''A Family Album'', Byron Press * Thomas Kinsella, ''One and Other Poems'', including "Anniversaries"Crotty, Patrick, ''Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology'', Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, *

Michael Longley Michael George Longley (27 July 1939 – 22 January 2025) was a Northern Irish poet. In his later years Longley observed: "It's a mystery where poems come from. If I knew where poems came from I would go there ... When I write a poem I am movi ...

, ''The Echo Gate''. Northern Ireland poet published in the

* Derek Mahon, ''Poems 1962-1978,'' including "A Dying Art", "Ecclesiastes", "An Image from Beckett", "Lives", "The Snow Party", "A Refusal to Mourn" and "A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford", Oxford University Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

* Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

): ** ''The Inner Harbour'', Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press (New Zealand poet who moved to England in

)Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File"
at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008 ** ''Below Loughrigg'', Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books *

Allen Curnow Thomas Allen Monro Curnow (17 June 1911 – 23 September 2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. Life Curnow was born in Timaru, New Zealand, the son of a fourth generation New Zealander, an Anglican clergyman, and he grew up in a relig ...

, ''An Incorrigible Music'' * Bill Manhire, ''Dawn/Water'' * Bob Orr, ''Poems for Moira''

Anthologies

* John Jessop, editor, ''International Anthology of Concrete Poetry, vol. i'' * George Swede, editor, ''The Canadian Haiku Anthology''

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

* Mazisi Kunene, '' Emperor Shaka the Great: a Zulu Epic''

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

* Fleur Adcock (

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

poet who moved to England in

): ** ''The Inner Harbour'', Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press (New Zealand poet who moved to England in

) ** ''Below Loughrigg'', Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books *

Kingsley Amis Sir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social crit ...

, ''Collected Poems 1944–1979'' * James Berry, ''Fractured Circles'' * Anne Born, ''Changing Views'' * Robert Conquest, ''Forays'' * Patric Dickinson, ''Our Living John, and Other Poems'' *

Maureen Duffy Maureen Patricia Duffy (born 21 October 1933) is an English poet, playwright, novelist and non-fiction author. Long an activist covering such issues as gay rights and animal rights, she campaigns especially on behalf of authors. She has receive ...

, ''Memorials of the Quick and the Dead'' * Douglas Dunn, ''Barbarians'' * Ketaki Kushari Dyson, ''Hibiscus in the North'' * D. J. Enright, ''A Faust Book'' * John Fuller, ''Lies and Secrets'' * W. S. Graham, ''Collected Poems 1942–1977'' *

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

, ''Selected Poems 1950–1975'' (see also ''Poems''

1969 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * March 23 – German-born writer Assia Wevill, a mistress of English poet Ted Hughes ( ...

, ''Collected Poems''

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

) *

, Northern

poet published in the United Kingdom: ** ''

'', Faber & Faber ** ''Hedge School'', Janus Press ** ''Ugolino'', Carpenter Press ** ''Gravities'', Charlotte Press ** ''A Family Album'', Byron Press *

Ted Hughes Edward James 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 writers. He wa ...

: ** ''Moortown'' ** ''Remains of Elmet'' * Elizabeth Jennings, ''Moments of Grace'' * P. J. Kavanagh, ''Life Before Death'' *

Omar Khayyám Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) ( Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (), was ...

, ''The Rubaiyat'', translated by John Heath-Stubbs and Peter Avery *

, ''The Echo Gate'' * Roger McGough, ''Holiday on Death Row'' * Derek Mahon, ''Poems 1962-1978.'' Oxford University Press * Pete Morgan, ''The Spring Collection'' * Brian Patten, ''Grave Gossip'' * Craig Raine, ''A Martian Sends a Postcard Home'' * Peter Reading, ''Fiction''

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

John Ashbery John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet and art critic. Ashbery is considered the most influential American poet of his time. Oxford University literary critic John Bayley wrote that Ashbery "sounded, in ...

, ''As We Know'' * Ted Berrigan and Harris Schiff, ''Yo-Yo's With Money'' * Joseph Payne Brennan, ''Webs of Time'' (Macabre House) * Maxine Chernoff, ''Utopia TV Store'' (The Yellow Press) * Robert Creeley, ''Was That a Real Poem and Other Essays'', edited by Donald Allen (Bolinas, California), criticism *

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a g ...

(posthumous), translated by Paul Blackburn, ''Lorca/Blackburn: Poems of Federico García Lorca Chosen by Paul Blackburn'' * John Hollander, ''Blue Wine'' * Paul Hoover, ''Letter to Einstein Beginning Dear Albert'' (The Yellow Press) * Stanley Kunitz, ''The Poems of Stanley Kunitz'' * Denise Levertov, ''Collected Earlier Poems'' * Gary Miranda, ''Listeners at the Breathing Place'' * F. A. Nettelbeck, ''Bug Death'' * Mary Oliver, ''Sleeping in the Forest'' (chapbook) * George Quasha, ''Giving the Lily Back Her Hands'' (Station Hill Press) * Frank Stanford, ''You'', posthumous chapbook ( Lost Roads Publishers) *

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

, ''Brother to Dragons''

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 Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

* Inger Christensen, ''Brev i April'' ("Letter in April") * Klaus Høeck,

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

: ** ''Dylan Forever'', publisher: SwingWeb page title
"Bibliography of Klaus Høeck"
website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010 ** ''Winterreise'', publisher: Gyldendal * Henrik Nordbrandt, ''Spøgelseslege''

French

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
, in French

Jean Royer Jean Royer (31 October 1920 – 25 March 2011) was a French Catholic conservative politician who was a minister and mayor of Tours. Biography Mayor of Tours Born in Nevers, Nièvre, Royer was at first a teacher. In 1958 he was elected as a r ...

, ''Les heures nues'', Montréal: Nouvelles Éditions de l'Arc * Marie Uguay ''Signe et rumeur''

France

* Noureddine Aba, ''Gazelle après minuit'',

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

n writer * Alain Bosquet, ''Poémes, un'', his collected works up to 1967 *

André du Bouchet André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French language, French-spe ...

, ''Laisses''Auster, Paul, editor, ''The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets'', New York: Random House, 1982 * Pierre Emmanuel, ''Una, ou la mort, la vie'' * Claude Esteban, ''Terres, travaux du cœur'', Flammarion * Guillevic, ''Etier'' * André Pieyre de Mandiargues, ''L'ivre Oeil'' * Patrick Reumaux, ''Repérages du vif''

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Listed in alphabetical order by first name: * Ajmer Rode, ''Surti'', London, Ontario: Third Eye Publications, Chandigarh: Raghbir Rachna Parkashan; Punjabi-language * Geeta Parikh, ''Bhinash''; Gujarati-languageMohan, Sarala Jag
Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature"
(Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, ''Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India'', Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, , retrieved December 10, 2008 * K. Satchidanandan, ''Ezhuthachan Ezhutumbol'', ("When the Poet Writes");

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 ...

-language * Kunwar Narain, ''Apne Samne'', New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan;

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

-language * Malika Amar Sheikh, ''Valuchya Priyakar'', Mumbai: Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Prabodhini; Marathi-languageWeb page title
"Malika Amar Sheikh"
, Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010 * Rajendra Bhandari, ''Hiundey yee chisa raatka pardeharuma'' ("In the Veils of Cold Wintry Nights"), Gangtok, Sikkim: Padmakala Prakashan; Nepali-language

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

* Stanisław Barańczak, ''Etyka i poetyka'' ("Ethics and Poetics"), criticism; Paris: Instytut LiterackiWeb page title
"Rymkiewicz Jaroslaw Marek"
, at the Institute Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 24, 2010 * Ewa Lipska: ** ''Dom spokojnej młodości'' ("A Home for Youth"), selected poems, Kraków: Wydawnictwo literackieWeb pages titled "Lipska Ewa" (i
English
an
Polish
), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 1, 2010 ** ''Zywa smierc'', ("Living Death"); Kraków: Wydawnictwo literackie

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

* Matilde Camus, ''Corcel en el tiempo'' ("Steed of the time")

Other

* Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Harald Hartung, guest editor, ''Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1: Am Rand der Zeit'' ("Poetry Yearbook 1: On the Edge of Time"), publisher: Claassen; anthology;

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

* Haim Gouri, ''Ayuma'', Israeli writing in

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

* Nizar Qabbani, ''I Testify That There Is No Woman But You'',

Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...

poet writing in

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

Awards and honors

Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in ...

: Odysseus Elytis,

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

* See

1979 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1979 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council, Canada Council for the Arts. The 1979 awards were the first for which a shortlist of finalists was released ...

for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. *

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

: François Charron, ''Blessures''

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

* Cholmondeley Award: Alan Brownjohn, Andrew Motion, Charles Tomlinson * Eric Gregory Award: Stuart Henson, Michael Jenkins, Alan Hollinghurst, Sean O'Brien, Peter Thabit Jones, James Lindesay, Walter Perrie, Brian Moses

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

* AML Award for Poetry to Marden J. Clark for "Moods: Of Late" and Edward L. Hart for "To Utah" * Bollingen Prize: W.S. Merwin * American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry,

Archibald MacLeish Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard University. He enlisted in and saw action ...

* Pulitzer Prize for Poetry:

: ''Now and Then'' * Walt Whitman Award: David Bottoms, ''Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump'' * Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets:

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

and Mark Strand

Births

* February 4 - Ben Lerner, American poet, novelist and critic * October 16 - Jonathan Edwards, Welsh, English-language poet * Aifric Mac Aodha, Irish-language poet and editor * Qabaniso Malewezi ('Q'), Malawian musician and English-language poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article: * February 8 - Alexandru A. Philippide (born

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

), Romanian * February 9 -

Allen Tate John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 – February 9, 1979), known professionally as Allen Tate, was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and poet laureate from 1943 to 1944. Among his best known works are the poems " Ode to th ...

(born

1899 Events January * January 1 ** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...

), American poet, of emphysema * June 15 - Ernst Meister (born

1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

), German * July 15 - Juana de Ibarbourou (born

1892 In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west. Events January * January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...

Uruguayan Uruguayans () are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent. Uruguay is home to people of different ethnic origins. As a result, many Uruguayans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizen ...

* September 5 - John Bradburne (born

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

), English poet and missionary, killed by guerillas * September 7 - I. A. Richards (born 1893), influential English literary critic and rhetorician * October 6 - Elizabeth Bishop (born

), American poet, from an aneurism * December 7 - Nicolas Born (born

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Feb ...

), German poet, from cancer

Notes

* ''Britannica Book of the Year 1980'' ("for events of 1979"), published by ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' 1980 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)

Events

Works published in English

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

Anthologies in Canada

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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

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

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
, in English

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
, in French