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

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Events

* April 15–June 4 –

1989 Tiananmen Square protests The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led Demonstration (people), demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsucces ...

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

(

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

): Poets are active in the events (see '' Collection of June Fourth Poems''). * June 2 – ''

Dead Poets Society ''Dead Poets Society'' is a 1989 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Tom Schulman. The film, starring Robin Williams, is set in 1959 at a fictional elite boarding school called Welton Academy, and tells ...

'', a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain! My Captain!", is released in the United States * November 10 – ''

My Left Foot ''My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown'' is a 1989 Biographical film, biographical Comedy drama, comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan (in his director debut) adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from My Left Foot (book), the 195 ...

'', a film about Christy Brown, the Irish poet, and based on his autobiography, is released

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:

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* Robert Adamson ''The Clean Dark'' * Les Murray, ''The Idyll Wheel'' * Philip Salom: ''Barbecue of the Primitives''. (University of Queensland) * Chris Wallace-Crabbe (''Sangue e l'acqua'', translated and edited into

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

by Giovann Distefano, Abano Terme: Piovan Editore

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 ...

* Margaret Avison, ''No Time'' (winner of the Governor General's Award for English language poetry in

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

Roberts, Neil, editor
''A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry''
Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, , retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009 * C. Bayard, ''The New Poetics in Canada and Quebec'' (scholarship) * Roo Borson, ''Intent, or, The Weight of the World'', American-

Canadian Canadians () 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 their being ''C ...

* Tim Lilburn, ''Tourist To Ecstasy'', a finalist for the Governor General's Award,

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 ...

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 ...

, ''The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems'',

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 ...

; London: Pan; New York: Knopf, 1991Web page title
"Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )"
at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008 *

and Linda Spalding, editors, ''The Brick Anthology'', illustrated by David Bolduc, Toronto: Coach House Press

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

* Nissim Ezekiel, ''Collected Poems'' ( Poetry in English ),

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, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

, Oxford University Press * Jayanta Mahapatra, ''Temple'' ( Poetry in English ),

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

: Dangaroo Press * Imtiaz Dharker, ''Purdah'' (Poetry in English), Oxford University 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 ...

* Sebastian Barry, ''Fanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever'' *

Dermot Bolger Dermot Bolger (born 1959) is an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and editor from Dublin, Ireland. Born in the Finglas suburb of Dublin in 1959, his older sister is the writer June Considine. Bolger's novels include ''Night Shift'' (1982), ''T ...

, ''Leinster Street Ghosts'' * Eavan Boland, ''Selected Poems'', including "Listen. This is the Noise of Myth" and "Fond Memory", Carcanet PressCrotty, Patrick, ''Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology'', Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, *

Ciaran Carson Ciaran Gerard Carson ( Irish: ''Ciarán Gearóid Mac Carráin''; 9 October 1948 – 6 October 2019) was a Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist. Early life and education Ciaran Carson was born on 9 October 1948 in Belfast Belfast ...

, ''Belfast Confetti'', including "The Mouth" and "Hamlet", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: ''The Magdalene Sermon'', shortlisted for the ''

Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is Ireland's leading n ...

''/

Aer Lingus Aer Lingus ( ; an anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish , meaning "air fleet") is an Irish airline company which is the flag carrier of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded by the Irish Government, it was privatised between 2006 and 201 ...

Award, 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 ...

Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin"
at Poetry International website, accessed May 3, 2008 * Denis Devlin, ''Collected Poems'', including "Ank'hor Vat", "Little Elegy", "Memoirs of a Turcoman Diplomat: Oteli Asia Palas, Inc.", (see also ''Collected Poems''

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

), Dedalus Press * Thomas McCarthy, ''Seven Winters in Paris'', Anvil Press, London,

Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy"
at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 2008 * John Montague, ''New Selected Poems'', including "Like Dolmens Round My Childhood, the Old People", "The Trout", "A Chosen Light", The Same Gesture", "Last Journey", "Dowager" and "Herbert Street Revisited", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press * Matthew Sweeney, ''Blue Shoes'', including "to the Building Trade", and "Tube Ride to Martha's"

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 ...

* Dannie Abse, ''White Coat, Purple Coat''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, *

Fleur Adcock Fleur Adcock (10 February 1934 – 10 October 2024) was a New Zealand poet and editor. Of English and Northern Irish ancestry, Adcock lived much of her life in England. She is well-represented in New Zealand poetry anthologies, was awarded an ...

(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 ...

), translator, ''Orient Express: Poems. Grete Tartler'', Oxford and New York: Oxford University PressWeb page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File"
at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008 * Simon Armitage, ''Zoom!'' *

, ''Leinster Street Ghosts'', Irish poet published in the United Kingdom * Gillian Clarke, ''Letting in the Rumour'' * Donald Davie, ''To Scorch or Freeze'' *

Gavin Ewart Gavin Buchanan Ewart Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, FRSL (4 February 1916 – 23 October 1995) was a British poet who contributed to Geoffrey Grigson's ''New Verse'' at the age of seventeen. Early life Gavin Ewart was born in Lond ...

, ''Penultimate Poems'' *

James Fenton James Martin Fenton (born 25 April 1949) is an English poet, journalist and literary critic. He is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry. Life and career Born in Lincoln, Fenton grew up in Lincolnshire and Staffordshire, the son of Canon Jo ...

, ''Manila Envelope'', self-published book of poems
Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007 * Roy Fuller, ''Available for Dreams'' * Alasdair Gray, ''Old Negatives'' * Gerald Hammond, ''Fleeting Things: English Poets and Poems, 1616-1660'', scholarshipPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "English Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p. 353 *'' The Blasphemers' Banquet'' by Tony Harrison * Selima Hill, ''The Accumulation of Small Acts of Kindness'' *

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 ...

, ''Wolfwatching'' * Peter Levi, ''Shadow and Bone'' * George MacBeth, ''Collected Poems 1958–1982'' * E. A. Markham, editor, '' Hinterland: Caribbean Poetry from the West Indies and Britain'' * Grace Nichols: ** Editor, ''Poetry Jump-Up'', illustrated by Michael Lewis, Penguin (Harmondsworth, England); had been published as ''Black Poetry'' in 1988 by Blackie (London, England) ** ''Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman, and Other Poems'', Virago Press (London, England); published in

by Random House (New York) * Sean O'Brien, ''Boundary Beach '' (Ulsterman Publications) *

Fiona Pitt-Kethley Fiona Pitt-Kethley (born 21 November 1954) is a British poet, novelist, travel writer and journalist, who is the author of more than 20 books of both poetry and prose. She lived for many years in Hastings, East Sussex, and moved to Spain in 2002 ...

, ''The Perfect Man'' * Peter Porter, ''Possible Worlds'' * Pauline Prior-Pitt, ''Waiting Women'' * J. H. Prynne, ''Word Order'' * Peter Reading, ''Perduta Gente'' * Vernon Scannell, ''Soldiering On'' *

Iain Crichton Smith Iain Crichton Smith, (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn''; 1 January 1928 – 15 October 1998) was a Scottish people, Scottish poet and novelist, who wrote in both English and Gaelic. He was born in Glasgow, but moved to the Isl ...

, ''The Village, and Other Poems'' * Charles Tomlinson, ''Annunciations'' * Hugo Williams, ''Selected Poems,'' Oxford University Press

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 ...

* Joseph Payne Brennan, ''Look Back On Laurel Hills'' (Jwindz Publishing/Dwayne H. Olsen) *

Raymond Carver Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, '' Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?'', in 1976. His breakout collection, '' What We Talk About ...

, ''A New Path To The Waterfall'' * Henri Cole, ''The Zoo Wheel of Knowledge'' * Ed Dorn, ''Abhorrences'', Black Sparrow PressWeb page title
"Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)"
at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008 * Rita Dove, ''Grace Notes'' * W. S. Merwin and Soiku Shigematsu, translators, ''Sun at Midnight'', poems by Musō SosekiWeb page title
"W. S. Merwin (1927- )"
at the Poetry Foundation Web site, retrieved June 8, 2010 * Molly Peacock, ''Take Heart'' * Charles Reznikoff, ''Poems 1918-1975: The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff'', edited by Seamus Cooney (Black Sparrow Press) * Michael Ryan, ''God Hunger'', Viking Penguin * Mary Jo Salter, ''Unfinished Painting'', Knopf

Anthologies in the United States

* N. Baym, et al., editors, '' The Norton Anthology of American Literature'', two volumes, third editionPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "American Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, p. 66 * Eugene England and Dennis Clark, editors, '' Harvest: Contemporary Mormon Poems'', 328 pages.

Signature Books Signature Books is an American press specializing in subjects related to Utah, Mormonism, and Western Americana. The company was founded in 1980 by George D. Smith and Scott Kenney and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is majority owned by t ...

, . * M. Honey, editors, ''Shadowed Dreams: Women's Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance'' * M. Harris and K. Aguero, editors, ''An Ear to the Ground''

=Poets included in '' The Best American Poetry 1989''

= Poems by these 75 poets were included in '' The Best American Poetry 1989'', edited by David Lehman, with Donald Hall, guest editor: * A. R. Ammons *

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 ...

* Beth Bentley * Elizabeth Bishop * Robert Bly * Catherine Bowman * George Bradley * David Budbill * Michael Burkhard *

Amy Clampitt Amy Clampitt (June 15, 1920 – September 10, 1994) was an American poet and author. Life Clampitt was born on June 15, 1920, of Quaker parents, and brought up in New Providence, Iowa. At nearby Grinnell College and later in the American Academy ...

* Tom Clark * Clark Coolidge * Douglas Crase * Robert Creeley *

Peter Davison Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of Jame ...

* David Dooley * Rita Dove * Stephen Dunn * Russell Edson * Daniel Mark Epstein * Elaine Equi * Aaron Fogel *

Alice Fulton Alice Fulton (born 1952) is an American author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Fulton is the Ann S. Bowers Professor of English Emerita at Cornell University. Her awards include the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, ...

* Suzanne Gardinier * Debora Greger * Linda Gregg *

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 ...

* Donald Hall * John Hollander * Paul Hoover * Marie Howe * Andrew Hudgins * Rodney Jones * Lawrence Joseph * Donald Justice * Vickie Karp * Jane Kenyon *

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

* Phillis Levin * Philip Levine * Anne MacNaughton * Harry Mathews * Robert Mazzacco * James McCorkle * Robert McDowell * Wesley McNair * James Merrill * Thylias Moss * Sharon Olds * Mary Oliver * Steve Orlen * Michael Palmer * Bob Perelman * Robert Pinsky * Anna Rabinowitz * Mark Rudman * Yvonne Sapia * Lynda Schraufnagel * David Shapiro * Karl Shapiro *

Charles Simic Dušan Simić ( sr-cyr, Душан Симић, ; May 9, 1938 – January 9, 2023), known as Charles Simic, was a Serbian American poet and poetry co-editor of ''The Paris Review''. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for '' The W ...

* Louis Simpson * W. D. Snodgrass *

Gary Snyder Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate ...

* Elizabeth Spires * David St. John * William Stafford * George Starbuck * Patricia Storace * Mark Strand * Eleanor Ross Taylor * Jean Valentine * Richard Wilbur * Alan Williamson * Jay Wright

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

* Frederick Feirstein, editor, ''Expansive Poetry'', various essays on the

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

and the related movement New Narrative, under the umbrella term " Expansive Poetry" * Michele Leggott, ''Reading Zukofsky's 80 Flowers'', Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (

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 ...

writer; book published in the United States) * A. Shucard, ''Modern American Poetry 1865-1950''Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "American Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p. 66 * M. Davidson, ''The San Francisco Renaissance'' * W. Kalaidjian, ''Languages of Liberation: The Social Text in Contemporary American Poetry''

Other in English

* Norman Simms, ''Who's Writing and Why in the South Pacific'', scholarship,

Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p 837

Works published in other languages

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

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 ...
language

* Nizar Qabbani,

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 ...

; ** ''A Match in My Hand'' ** ''Petty Paper Nations'' ** ''No Victor Other Than Love''

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,

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 ...

: ** ''Digt om døden'' ("Poem on Death") ** ''Lys og Græs'' ("Light and Grass") * Klaus Høeck, ''Heptameron'', publisher: Gyldendal;

Web page title
"Bibliography of Klaus Høeck"
website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010

French language

* Claude Esteban, ''Elégie de la mort violente'', Flammarion;

* Abdellatif Laabi, translator, ''Plus rares sont les roses'', translated from the original

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 ...

of Mahmoud Darwich into French; Paris: Éditions de Minuit *

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 ...

, ''Introduction à la poésie québécoise: Les poètes et les œuvres des origines à nos jours'', Montréal: BQ;

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

* György Petri ** ''Ami kimaradt'' ** ''Valahol megvan''

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: * Anamika, ''Samay Ke Shahar Mein'', Delhi: Parag Publications;

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 * Dileep Jhaveri, ''Pandukavyo ane Itar'', Gujarati-languag

* Gagan Gill, ''Ek Din Lautegi Laraki,'' New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi, 1989, Bharatiya Jnanpith;

-language * Nirendranath Chakravarti, ''Jongole Ek Unmadini'', Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-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 ...

* Juliusz Erazm Bolek, ''Prywatne zagrożenie'' * Tymoteusz Karpowicz, ''Rozwiązywanie przestrzeni. Poemat polifoniczny'' ("Dissolving Space – A Polyphonic Poem")Web pages titled "Karpowicz Tymoteusz" (i
English
an
Polish
), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 2, 2010 *

Wisława Szymborska Maria Wisława Anna SzymborskaVioletta Szostagazeta.pl, 9 February 2012. ostęp 11 February 2012 (; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish people, Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Liter ...

: ''Poezje: Poems'', bilingual Polish-English edition

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: ** ''Santander en mi sentir'' ("Santander in my heart") ** ''Sin alcanzar la luz'' ("Without reaching the Light")

Other languages

* Nujoom Al-Ghanem, ''Masaa Al-Janah'' ("Evening of Heaven"), Emirati

* Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Rolf Haufs, guest editor, ''Luchterhand Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1989/90'' ("Poetry Yearbook 1989/90"), publisher: Luchterhand Literaturverlag; anthology;

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

* Alexander Mezhirov,

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

, Soviet Union: ** ''Бормотуха'' ("Bormotuha") ** ''Стихотворения'' ("Poems") * Vladimir Vysotsky, ''Poėzii͡a i proza'' ("Poems and prose"),

songwriter and poet, Soviet Union * Yu Jian, ''Shi liushi shou'',

Awards and honors

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 ...

* C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry:

Gwen Harwood Gwen Harwood (née Gwendoline Nessie Foster, 8 June 19205 December 1995) was an Australian poet and librettist. Harwood is regarded as one of Australia's finest poets, publishing over 420 works, including 386 poems and 13 librettos. She won num ...

, ''Bone Scan'' * Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry:

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 ...

, ''Under Berlin'' * Mary Gilmore Prize: Alex Skovron, ''The Re-arrangement''

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 ...

Gerald Lampert Award The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert. Each winner receive ...

: Sarah Klassen, ''Journey to Yalta'' * Archibald Lampman Award: Patrick White, ''Habitable Planets'' * 1989 Governor General's Awards: Heather Spears, ''The Word for Sand'' (English); Pierre DesRuisseaux, ''Monème'' (French) * Pat Lowther Award: Heather Spears, ''The Word for Sand'' *

Prix Alain-Grandbois The Prix Alain-Grandbois or ''Alain Grandbois Prize'' is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry.

, ''Poèmes d'amour'' *

Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. One of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, the award was originally known as the B.C. Prize for Poet ...

: Charles Lillard, ''Circling North'' *

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 ...

: Élise Turcotte, ''La Terre est ici''

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 ...

* Jenny Bornholdt, ''Moving House'' *

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 fa ...

, ''Hot October'', autobiography * Kendrick Smithyman, ''Selected Poems'', edited by Peter Simpson, Auckland: Auckland University Press,

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

: Peter Didsbury, Douglas Dunn, E. J. Scovell * Eric Gregory Award: Gerard Woodward, David Morley, Katrina Porteous, Paul Henry * Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry:

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 ...

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 ...

* Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Nancy Vieira Couto, ''The Face in the Water'' * Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Anthony Hecht * AML Award for poetry Susan Elizabeth Howe for "Things in the Night Sky" * Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Jorie Graham, "Spring" * Frost Medal:

Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poet ...

* Lannan Literary Award for Poetry: Cid Corman,

George Evans George Evans may refer to: Arts and entertainment * George "Honey Boy" Evans (1870–1915), American songwriter and entertainer * George Evans (bandleader) (1915–1993), English jazz bandleader, arranger and tenor saxophonist * George Evans (sin ...

and Peter Levitt *

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. The award came five years after the first Pulitzers were awarded in other categories; Joseph Pulitzer's will had not ment ...

: Richard Wilbur: ''New and Collected Poems'' *

Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation, which also publishes ''Poetry'' magazine. The prize was established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly. It honors a living U.S. poet whose "lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordin ...

: Mona Van Duyn * Whiting Awards: Russell Edson, Mary Karr, C.D. Wright * William Carlos Williams Award: Diane Wakoski, ''Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987'' * Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Richard Howard

Births

* March 9 – Chen Chen, Chinese-born American poet * June 19 – Chris Tse,

spoken word Spoken word is an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a 20th-century continuation of an oral tradition, ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetic ...

poet and

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

artist * June 21 – Jackie Hill Perry, born Jackie Hill, American poet and hip hop artist * Matt Abbott, English poet and performer

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "

ear In vertebrates, an ear is the organ that enables hearing and (in mammals) body balance using the vestibular system. In humans, the ear is described as having three parts: the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear co ...

in poetry" article: * January 4 – Srikrishna Alanahalli, 41 (born

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

), Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language novelist and poet * January 13 –

Sterling Allen Brown Sterling Allen Brown (May 1, 1901 – January 13, 1989) was an American professor, folklorist, poet, and literary critic. He chiefly studied black culture of the Southern United States and was a professor at Howard University for most of his ca ...

, 87 (born 1901), African- American poet, teacher and writer on folklore and of literary criticism * January 22 – M. Govindan, 69 (born

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off th ...

), Indian,

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 poet * January 28 – Halina Konopacka, 89 (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 ...

), Polish-born poet and discus thrower * February 28 – Richard Armour, 82, American poet and writer, of Parkinson's disease * May 14 – Bhupi Sherchan, 53 (born

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

) Nepali poet * June 19 – Betti Alver, 82 (born

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

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...

poet * August 25 – Hans Børli, 70, Norwegian poet, novelist, and writer * September 15 –

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 ...

(born 1905), poet and writer, former U.S. Poet Laureate, of cancer * October 12 – N. V. Krishna Warrier, 78 (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 ...

), Indian,

-language poet, critic and scholar, introduced new types of long narrative poems and satires, editor of weekly ''Mathrubhumi'', director of Kerala Bhasa Institute * October 24 – Doris Huestis Speirs (born 1894),

painter, ornithologist and poet * December 4 –

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 ...

, American poet and playwright * December 22 –

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and Tragicomedy, tra ...

, Irish poet, playwright and novelist, winner of the

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

in 1969

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