Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
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Events
edit- The Little Review, edited by Margaret Caroline Anderson and Jane Heap, ceases publication
- The Dial ceases publication
Works published in English
edit- Arthur Bourinot, Ottawa Lyrics and verses for children.[citation needed]
- Frederick George Scott, New Poems.[1]
- Raul De Loyola Furtado (Poetry in English), The Desperrado, London: Chapman and Hall; Indian poet writing in English and published in the United Kingdom[2]
- Nagendranath Gupta, editor and translator, Eastern Poetry (Poetry in English), Allahabad: Indian Press, (second edition Bombay: Hind Kitabs, 1951), poetry anthology[3]
- Ursula Bethell, From a Garden in the Antipodes, "by Evelyn Hayes" (pseudonym), London: Sidgwick & Jackson, New Zealand poet published in Britain:[4]
- Edmund Blunden, Near and Far[5]
- Robert Bridges, The Testament of Beauty[5]
- W. H. Davies, Ambition, and Other Poems[5]
- Cecil Day-Lewis, Transitional Poem[5]
- T. S. Eliot:
- Animula[5]
- "Som de l'escalina" (later to become part III of Ash Wednesday, published in 1930) was published in the Autumn, 1929 issue of Commerce along with a French translation.[6]
- Aldous Huxley, Arabia Infelix, and Other Poems[5]
- D. H. Lawrence, Pansies[5]
- Louis MacNeice, Blind Fireworks[5]
- Charlotte Mew, The Rambling Sailor[5]
- William Plomer, The Family Tree[5]
- I. A. Richards, Practical Criticism: A Study in Literary Judgement
- T. H. White, Loved Helen, and Other Poems
- W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom:
- A Packet for Ezra Pound
- The Winding Stair
- Léonie Adams, High Falcon[7]
- Conrad Aiken, Selected Poems[7]
- Djuna Barnes, A Night Among the Horses a collection of prose and poetry expanded from her 1923 volume, A Book
- Louise Bogan, Dark Summer[7]
- Witter Bynner, Indian Earth[7]
- James Branch Cabell, Sonnets from Antan[7]
- Malcolm Cowley, Blue Juniata[7]
- Countee Cullen, The Black Christ[7]
- Emily Dickinson, Further Poems,[7] 150 recently discovered poems; Little, Brown, & Company
- Hilda Doolittle, writing under the pen name "H.D.", Red Roses for Bronze[7]
- Kenneth Fearing, Angel Arms[7]
- Robinson Jeffers, Dear Judas and Other Poems[7]
- Vachel Lindsay, Every Soul is a Circus[7]
- Edgar Lee Masters, The Fate of the Jury[7]
- Lola Ridge, Firehead[7]
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, Cavender's House[7]
- E. B. White, The Lady is Cold[7]
- Edmund Wilson, Poets, Farewell[7]
- Elinor Wylie, Angels and Earthly Creatures[7]
Other in English
edit- Ursula Bethell, From a Garden in the Antipodes, "by Evelyn Hayes" (pseudonym), London: Sidgwick & Jackson, New Zealand poet published in Britain:[4]
- Robin Hyde, The Desolate Star, New Zealand
- Voices from Summerland, the first major anthology of Jamaican poetry[8]
- W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom:
- A Packet for Ezra Pound
- The Winding Stair
Works published in other languages
edit- Louis Aragon, La Grande Gaite[9]
- Jacques Audiberti, L'Empire et la Trappe, the author's first book of poems; winner of the Prix Mallarme[10]
- Paul Éluard, L'Amour la poésie[9]
- Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz-Milosz, also known as O. V. de L. Milosz, Poèmes[9]
- Alphonse Métérié, ''Petit Maroc[10]
- Henri Michaux:
- Pierre Reverdy, Sources du vent[9]
- J. Slauerhoff, Fleurs de Marécage, Dutch poet writing in French, published in Belgium
Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
- Jagannathdas Ratnakar, Uddhava Satak, written in Brajabhasa in the Bhramaragit tradition of Krishna Bhakti verse; Hindi[12]
- Nirala Suryakant Tripathi, Parimal, Hindi poems influenced by Chayavadi sensibility; includes "Juhi Ki Kali", a well-known poem in Hindi; also includes "Vidhava" and "Badal Rag"[12]
- Ram Kumar Varma, Cittaur Ki Cita, Hindi-language historical poem on the glory of the Rajputs written in the Chayavadi style[12]
- Ram Naresh Tripathi, Svapna, Hindi epic poem on women and patriotism[12]
- Ramachandra Shukla, Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihas, one of the earliest and most influential histories of Hindi literature; scholarship[12]
- Uday Shankar Bhatta, Takasila, Hindi epic on the ancient glory of the city of Takshasila[12]
- Narayana Panikkar, Kerala Bhasa Sahitya Caritram, literary history in seven volumes, published from this year to 1951; won the first Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam literature in 1955; scholarship[12]
- P. K. Narayana Pillai, Tucattezhuttaccan, a study, in Malayalam of 16th-century poet Ezhuttacchan; criticism[12]
- Ullur Paramesvara Iyer:
- Pingala, a well known khandakavya[12]
- Karnabhusanam, on the episode in the Mahabharata in which Karna gives away his protective kavaca and kundals to Indra, disguised as a brahman[12]
- Hafiz Jalandhari, Shahnamah-yi Islam, a history of the Islamic Empire in four volumes of verse, published from this year to 1947[12]
- Mohammad Iqbal, Bang-e-Dara ("The Caravan Bell")
- Dr. Rafiq Hussain and Amar Nath Jha, Urdu ghazal ki nashv o numa, treatise on the evolution of the Urdu ghazal[12]
Other Indian languages
edit- Devulappali Krishna Shastri, written in Telugu:
- Pravasamu, very influential in Telugu poetry of its time[12]
- Urvasi, very influential in Telugu poetry of its time
- Dharmeshvari Devi Baruani, Phular Sarai, Assamese[12]
- L. Kamal Singh, Lei pareng ("Garland"), Manipuri lyrics, many focusing on love for nature and solitude; academic and anthologist Sisir Kumar Das has called the work a landmark in Manipuri literature with which "modern Manipuri poetry began"[12]
- Mu. Raghava Ayyankar, Alvarkal Kalanilai, literary history of the 12 Alvars, saint poets of the Vaishnava sect, with an evaluation of their works as influenced by various factors; a Tamil-language work[12]
- Jasimuddin, Naksikathar Math, narrative poem in Bengali about a tragic love story of a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl; a companion volume to Rakhali 1930 and Dhankhet 1932[12]
- R. Narasimhachar, Karnataka Kavi Carite, Volume 3 of a three-volume history of Kannada literature, and written in that language (see also Volume 1, 1907); scholarship[12]
- Rabinidrath Thakur, Mahuya, primarily live poems in Bengali[12]
- U. V. Swaminatha Ayyar, Cankattamilum Pirkalattamilum, essays summarizing 10 lectures delivered at Madras University in 1927 on Sangam literature and post-Sangam literature[12]
- Vakil Ahmed Shah Qureshi, Qissa Sulaiman O Bilqis, sufistic narrative poem in Kashmiri[12]
- Zeb-un-Nissa (died 1702), Diwan-i-Makhfi, written in Persian
Spanish language
edit- Rafael Alberti:
- Pedro Salinas, Seguro Azar (1924–1928) ("Certain Chance")[13]
- José Moreno Villa, Jacinta la pelirroja ("Jacinta the Redhead")[13]
- José María Eguren, Poesías, Peru[14]
- Carlos Oquendo de Amat, 5 metros de poemas, Peru[15]
Other languages
edit- Alfred Desrochers, A l'ombre d'Orford, philosophical verse and poetry influenced by le terroir movement, French language, Canada[16]
- Halina Konopacka, Któregoś dnia (Some Day), Poland
- Mikhail Kuzmin, The Trout Breaks the Ice, Russian language, Soviet Union
- Peider Lansel, Il vegl chalamêr, Romansh language, Switzerland
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Letters to a Young Poet, influential compilation of 10 letters sent to military academy cadet Franz Xaver Kappus (1883-1966) from 1902 to 1908, published by Kappus and Insel Verlag this year; Germany
Awards and honors
editBirths
editDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 9 – Heiner Müller (died 1995), German
- January 11 – Peter Dale Scott, Canadian poet and academic
- January 12 – Turner Cassity, American
- February 16 – Peter Porter (died 2010), Australian-born British poet, member of The Group, recipient of Medal of the Order of Australia
- February 28 – John Montague (died 2016), American-born Irish
- March 6 – Günter Kunert (died 2019), German
- April 2 – Edward Dorn (died 1999), American poet associated with the Black Mountain poets
- May 16 – Adrienne Rich (died 2012), American poet
- June 2 – Robert Dana (died 2010), American, poet laureate for the State of Iowa from 2004 to 2008[17]
- June 11 – George Garrett (died 2008), American poet and novelist
- July 13 – Teresa Bogusławska (died 1945), Polish poet and resistance worker
- July 15 – Rhoda Bulter (died 1994), Scottish poet
- July 22 – U. A. Fanthorpe (died 2009), born Ursula Askham Fanthorpe, English
- August 5 – Al Alvarez (died 2019), English poet, writer, editor and critic
- August 11 – Geeta Parikh (died 2012), Gujarati
- August 21 – X. J. Kennedy, American formalist poet, translator, anthologist and writer of children's literature
- August 29 – Thom Gunn (died 2004), English-born poet
- September 26 – Ned O'Gorman (died 2014), American poet and educator
- October 13 – Richard Howard, American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher and translator
- October 21 – Donald Finkel (died 2008), American poet and academic, husband of poet and novelist Constance Urdang[18]
- October 23 – Shamsur Rahman (also spelled "Shamsur Ruhman") (died 2006), Bengali poet, columnist and journalist
- October 25 – Peter Rühmkorf (died 2008), German writer and poet
- October 26 – Dane Zajc (died 2005), Slovenian poet
- October 28 – John Hollander (died 2013), American poet and literary critic
- November 11 – Hans Magnus Enzensberger (died 2022), German poet and essayist[19]
- December 9 – Don Maclennan (died 2009), English-born South African poet, critic and academic[20]
Deaths
editBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 27 – Libbie C. Riley Baer (born 1849), American patriotic poet
- March 8 – Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, 45 (born 1883), British poet and Anglican priest nicknamed "Woodbine Willy" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes along with spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers
- March 28 – Katharine Lee Bates, 69, American poet best known as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful"
- June 8 – Bliss Carman, 68 (born 1861), Canadian poet
- July 15 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 55, Austrian novelist, librettist, poet and dramatist
- October – Arno Holz, 66 (born 1863), German Naturalist poet and dramatist
- November 3 – Olav Aukrust, 46 (born 1883), Norwegian poet and teacher
See also
edit
- Poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry
- New Objectivity in German literature and art
- Oberiu movement in Russian art and poetry
Notes
edit- ^ "Frederick George Scott Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine," Canadian Poetry, UWO, Web, Apr. 19, 12011.
- ^ Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0-391-03286-0, ISBN 978-0-391-03286-6), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ^ Joshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies" Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. 2009-06-19.
- ^ a b Web page titled "Ursula Bethell / New Zealand Literature File" Archived 2006-03-06 at the Wayback Machine at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 30, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Gallup, Donald. T. S. Eliot: A Bibliography (A Revised and Extended Edition) pp. 39-40, 218, 219, 223 (Harcourt Brace & World 1969)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ "Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry" in Williams, Emily Allen, Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography, page xvii, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 978-0-313-31747-7, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
- ^ a b c d e Auster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 ISBN 0-394-52197-8
- ^ a b Brée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ^ Classe, Olive, editor, Encyclopedia of literary translation into English, "Henri Michaux" article, p 945, Volume 2, publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000, retrieved via Google Books, August 10, 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
- ^ a b c d Debicki, Andrew P., Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Modernity and Beyond, University Press of Kentucky, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8131-0835-3, retrieved via Google Books, November 21, 2009
- ^ Fitts, Dudley, editor, Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry/Antología de la Poesía Americana Contemporánea Norfolk, Conn., New Directions, (also London: The Falcoln Press, but this book was "Printed in U.S.A.), 1947, p 603
- ^ Fitts, Dudley, editor, Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry/Antología de la Poesía Americana Contemporánea Norfolk, Conn., New Directions, (also London: The Falcoln Press, but this book was "Printed in U.S.A.), 1947, p 627
- ^ Story, Noah, The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature, "Poetry in French" article, pp 651-654, Oxford University Press, 1967
- ^ Daniel, Rob, "Ex-Iowa Poet Laureate Robert Dana dies", Iowa City Press Citizen, February 9, 2010.
- ^ Fox, Margalit, "Donald Finkel, 79, Poet of Free-Ranging Styles, Is Dead", obituary, The New York Times, November 20, 2008, retrieved December 10, 2008.
- ^ Hofmann, Michael, editor, Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology, Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
- ^ Loewe, Mike, "Poet and playwright Maclennan dies at 79", article, February 12, 2009, Independent Online website of the Independent newspaper, article "was originally published on page 9 of Cape Argus on February 12, 2009", according to the Web page, retrieved February 13, 2009.