1930 in poetry - Citizendia

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Years:	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933

1 Events
2 Works published
3 Awards and honors
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 Notes
7 See also

Events

Frost Medal inaugurated by the Poetry Society of America
John Masefield becomes Poet Laureate
British poet Basil Bunting, in Europe, contacts American poet Louis Zukofsky in New York City on the recommendation of Ezra Pound; Bunting and Zukofsky will become friends and members of the Objectivist poets group. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order Events T S Eliot enters the Church of England and assumes British citizenship Works published Events Russian poets Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky found OBERIU (a Russian acronym for "An Association of Real Art" Events The Little Review, edited by Margaret Caroline Anderson and Jane Heap ceases publication The Dial Events George Oppen and his wife Mary found To Publishers in Le Beausset France Louis Zukofsky is editor Events W B Yeats rents a house in Dublin In Vietnam, the New Poetry ( Thơ mới) period begins marked by an article and Events Black Mountain College founded as a progressive experimental educational institution which attracted poets who became known as the Black Mountain The year 1927 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1928 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1929 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1930 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1931 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1932 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1933 in literature involved some significant events and new books Decades and years Decades and years Decades and years A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets including Witter Bynner. John Edward Masefield, OM, ( 1 June 1878 &ndash 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer and Poet Laureate A Poet Laureate is a Poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events Basil Cheesman Bunting ( 3 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a British modernist poet Louis Zukofsky ( January 23, 1904 – May 12, 1978) was one of the most important second-generation American Ezra Weston Loomis Pound ( Hailey, Idaho Territory, United States October 30 1885 – Venice, Italy November 1 1972 was an American Expatriate The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation Modernists who emerged in the 1930s

Works published

Richard Aldington, editor, Imagist Anthology
W. H. Auden, Poems, his first published book (accepted by T. S. Eliot on behalf of Faber & Faber, which remained Auden's publisher for the rest of his life)
Samuel Beckett, Whoroscope
Basil Bunting, Redimiculum Matellarum, his first book of poems, published in Milan. Richard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington July 8 1892 &ndash July 27 1962 was an English writer and poet. Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973 ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən who signed his works W Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Faber and Faber, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet Basil Cheesman Bunting ( 3 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a British modernist poet Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
Hart Crane, The Bridge
T. S. Eliot - Ash Wednesday
William Empson, Seven Types of Ambiguity, a book of criticism
Federico García Lorca, Poeta en Nueva York written this year, published posthumously in 1940, first translation into English as "A Poet in New York", 1988)
I'll Take My Stand a collection of essays considered the manifesto of the Southern Agrarians school of poetry and literature
Q. Harold Hart Crane ( July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American Poet. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. This article is about a poem by T S Eliot For other uses of this term see Ash Wednesday (disambiguation. Sir William Empson ( 27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English Literary critic Federico García Lorca' ( 5 June 1898 &ndash 19 August 1936) was a Spanish Poet and dramatist also remembered as Events Aldous Huxley is a screenwriter for the movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice Works published Events The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year The Southern Agrarians (also known as the Vanderbilt Agrarians or Nashville Agrarians) were a group of twelve American writers and poets with roots in the Pope, editor, Kowhai Gold, anthology^[1]

Awards and honors

John Masefield becomes Poet Laureate of the UK. John Edward Masefield, OM, ( 1 June 1878 &ndash 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer and Poet Laureate A Poet Laureate is a Poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Conrad Aiken: Selected Poems
Frost Medal: Jessie Rittenhouse and (posthumously) to Bliss Carmen, and George Edward Woodberry

Births

January 23 — Derek Walcott, native of St. Lucia, poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who writes in English
February 28 — Bruce Dawe, Australian poet
March 26 — Gregory Corso (died 2001), American
May 8 — Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist
May 11 — Edward Brathwaite, Barbadian writer, poet and dramatist
May 12 — Mazisi Kunene (died 2006), South African poet
August 17 — Ted Hughes (died 1998), English poet and children's writer
September 25 — Shel Silverstein (died 1999), American writer of children's verse
November 16 — Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer and poet
date not known:
- Adonis or "Adunis", pen name of Ali Ahmad Said Asbar, Syrian-born poet and essayist who has made his career largely in Lebanon and France and who writes in Arabic
- Adolph Endler, German^[2]
- Roy Fisher
- Jon Silkin (died 1997), British poet. The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5 1889 &ndash August 17 1973 was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American novelist and poet born in Savannah Georgia, whose work includes The Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement George Edward Woodberry Litt D LL D (1855-1930 was an American literary critic and poet Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a West Indies poet playwright writer and visual artist who writes mainly in English. Saint Lucia (ˌseɪnt ˈluːʃɪə is an Island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Donald Bruce Dawe AO (born 28 February 1930) is an Australian Poet, and is considered by many as one of the most influential Australian Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Gregory Nunzio Corso ( March 26, 1930 &ndash January 17, 2001) was an American Poet, youngest of the inner circle Events Immediately after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks W The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American Poet (often associated with the Beat Generation The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Edward Kamau Brathwaite (born May 11, 1930) is one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Mazisi (Raymond Kunene (born May 12, 1930 - died August 11 2006) was a South African Poet best known for his poem Events French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Edward James Hughes OM ( 17 August 1930 &ndash 28 October 1998) was an English Poet and children's Events Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago (it will run until 2004) The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Sheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25 1930 &ndash May 10 1999 was an American poet songwriter musician composer cartoonist screenwriter and author Events July 1 &mdash Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That" instead of "God Save The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Ali Ahmad Said Asbar ( Arabic: علي أحمد سعيد إسبر; transliterated: alî ahmadi s-sacîdi l-'asbar or Ali Ahmad Sa'id Arabic literature ( Arabic: الأدب العربي Al-Adab Al-Arabi) is the writing produced both Prose and Poetry, by speakers German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Roy Fisher (born 1930 is a British Poet and Jazz pianist He was one of the first British writers to absorb the poetics of William Carlos Williams Jon Silkin (1930 - 1997 was a British poet Early life He was born in London, in a Jewish immigrant family and named after Jon Forsyte in The Events January 20 &mdash Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem "Of History and Hope" at President Clinton's inauguration The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day
- Anthony Thwaite, British poet and writer married to the writer Ann Thwaite

Deaths

March 2 — D. H. Lawrence, novelist and poet, from tuberculosis
April 21 — Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate
Date not known — Maria Polydouri, Greek

Notes

^ Preminger, Alex and T. Anthony Simon Thwaite, OBE, (born 1930 in Chester) is an English poet and writer The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Ann Thwaite (born 1932 is a British writer best known as a biographer. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930 was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included Novels short Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Robert Seymour Bridges, OM, ( 23 October 1844 &ndash 21 April 1930) was an Maria Polydouri (Μαρία Πολυδούρη ( 1 April 1902 &ndash1930 was a Greek Poet. Greek literature refers to those writings autochthonic to the areas of Greek influence typically though not necessarily in one of the Greek dialects throughout the 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
^ Hofmann, Michael, editor, Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology, Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006

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Works published

Awards and honors

Births

Deaths

Notes

See also