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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published in English 2.1 Canada 2.2 United Kingdom 2.2.1 Anthologies in the United Kingdom 2.3 United States 2.4 Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States 2.5 Other in English 3 Works published in other languages 3.1 French language 3.1.1 France 3.1.1.1 Anthologies in France 3.1.1.2 Criticism, scholarship and biography in France 3.2 Canada 3.2.1 Criticism, scholarship and biography in French Canada 3.3 Hebrew 3.3.1 Israel 3.3.2 United States 3.4 Italian 3.4.1 Anthologies in Italy 3.5 Spanish language 3.5.1 Latin America 3.5.1.1 Anthologies in Latin America 3.5.1.2 Criticism, scholarship and biography in Latin America 3.5.2 Spain 3.6 Yiddish 3.7 Other 4 Awards and honors 4.1 United Kingdom 4.2 United States 4.3 Other 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 See also 8 Notes

Events

• In the United States, "Those serious new Bohemians, the beatniks, occupied with reading their deliberately undisciplined, protesting verse in night clubs and hotel ballrooms, created more publicity than poetry", wrote Harrison M. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order Events Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath marry Black Mountain College, the birthplace of the Black Mountain School of poetry Events Howl obscenity trial in San Francisco brings significant attention to Beat poetry, Lawrence Events Brazilian manifesto for concrete poetry which focuses on visual and other sensory qualities April 18 &mdash Ezra Pound 's indictment Events August Derleth launches the poetry magazine Hawk and Whippoorwill. Events Sylvia Plath suffers a miscarriage Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop buy a secondhand printing press and start Burning Deck Events Writers in the Soviet Union this year were allowed to publish criticism of Joseph Stalin and were given more freedom generally although many were severely The year 1956 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1957 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1958 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1959 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1960 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1961 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1962 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 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 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be 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. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia located in the modern day Czech Republic Hayford, an academic at Northwestern University. "Meanwhile back on the campus, the 'square' poets were turning more and more to a controlled verse, much of it good enough to survive the pointed charge of academicism. " Non-beat, off-campus poets almost routinely displayed "simple competence in the handling of complex forms", he wrote in Encyclopaedia Britannica's Britannica Book of the Year 1960, which covered 1959. The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc ^[1]
• Literary critic M. L. Rosenthal coins the term "confessional" as used in Confessional poetry in "Poetry as Confession" an article appearing in the September 19 issue of The Nation
• March — at a dinner celebrating Robert Frost's 85th birthday, the critic Lionel Trilling gave some brief remarks about Frost's poetry and "permanently changed the way people think about his subject", according to critic Adam Kirsch. Confessional poetry trafficks in intimate and sometimes unflattering information about details of the poet's personal life such as in poems about illness sexuality and despondence Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. Lionel Trilling (born Lionel Mordechai 4 July 1905 &ndash 5 November 1975 was an American Literary critic, author and teacher Trilling said that Frost, had been long viewed as a folksy, unobjectionable poet, "an articulate Bald Eagle" who gave readers comfortable truths in traditional meter and New England dialect in such schoolbook favorites such as "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "The Road Not Taken". But the critic said Frost instead was "a terrifying poet" not so much like Longfellow as Sophocles, "who made plain . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27 1807 &ndash March 24 1882 was an American educator and Poet whose works include " Paul Revere's Ride " Sophocles (ˈsɒfəkliːz Ancient Greek, sopʰoklɛ̂ːs circa . . the terrible things of human life. " Trilling was severely criticized at the time, but his view would become widely accepted in the following decades. ^[2]
• The chairmanship of The Group, a grouping of British poets, passed to Edward Lucie-Smith this year when Philip Hobsbaum left London to study in Sheffield. The Group was an informal group of poets who met in London from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (born 27 February 1933) is a British writer poet art critic curator and author of exhibition catalogues Philip Dennis Hobsbaum ( 29 June 1932 &ndash 28 June 2005) was a British teacher Poet and critic Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England The meetings continued at his house in Chelsea, and the circle of poets expanded to include Fleur Adcock, Taner Baybars, Edwin Brock, and Zulfikar Ghose; others including Nathaniel Tarn circulated poems for comment. Fleur Adcock, CNZM, OBE (born February 10 1934 in New Zealand) is a Poet and an editor of English and Northern Irish ancestry who has Edwin Brock (born October 19, 1927 in Dulwich, Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, London; died in 1997 was a British Zulfikar Ghose (b March 13, 1935, Sialkot, India (now Pakistan) is a Pakistani American English language writer Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928 is a British - American poet Nathaniel Tarn was born in 1928 in Paris of British parents and educated in France
• After 20 years, John Crowe Ransom steps down as editor of The Kenyon Review, which he founded. John Crowe Ransom ( April 30, 1888, Pulaski Tennessee - July 3, 1974, Gambier Ohio) was an American Poet The Kenyon Review is a literary journal based in Gambier Ohio, USA, home of Kenyon College.
• Aldous Huxley turns down the offer of a knighthood. Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages.
• Carl Sandburg, poet and historian, lectured at the U. Carl August Sandburg ( January 6, 1878 &ndash July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor best known for his Poetry S. fair and exposition in Moscow. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of ^[1]
• In France, the centenary of the death of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore was commemorated this year. Marceline Desbordes-Valmore ( June 20, 1786 - July 23, 1859) was a French Poet. ^[1]
• May 18-24 — Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union, head of state, in an extemporaneous speech at the Congress of Soviet Writers, calls for indulgence towards "deviationist" writers. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 17 1894 – September 11 1971 served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 following This article is about literature from Russia For the song by Maxïmo Park, see Our Earthly Pleasures. At the same conference, the poet Alexis Surkov again condemns writing "hostile to socialist realism and denounces fellow poet Boris Pasternak as acting in a way that is "trecherous and unworthy of a Soviet writer". Socialist realism is a teleologically -oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of Socialism and Communism Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к ( — May 30, 1960) was a Nobel Prize -winning Soviet A liberalizing trend in the state's treatment of its writers is evident. Surkov, the subject of intense criticism himself, resigned from the congress, and at some point in the year attacks against Pasternak ceased. ^[1]
• The journal Canadian Literature is founded by George Woodcock at the University of British Columbia. ''Canadian Literature'' is a quarterly of criticism and review published out of the University of British Columbia. George Woodcock ( May 8, 1912 - January 28, 1995) was a prolific Canadian Writer of Poetry, Essays The University of British Columbia ( UBC) is a Canadian public research University with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna
• The British poetry magazine Agenda was founded by William Cookson and Ezra Pound. Agenda is a literary journal published in London and founded by William Cookson. William Cookson ( May 8 1939 &ndash January 2 2003) was a British poet writer on poetry and literary editor best-known for his influential poetry Ezra Weston Loomis Pound ( Hailey, Idaho Territory, United States October 30 1885 – Venice, Italy November 1 1972 was an American Expatriate ^[3]

Works published in English

Canada

• Ronald Bates, The Wandering World^[1]
• R. Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Gustafson, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, anthology ^[4]
• George Johnston, The Cruising Auk^[1]
• Irving Layton:
  • A Red Carpet for the Sun^[1]
  • Laughter in the Mind^[1]

United Kingdom

• Patricia Beer, The Loss of the Magyar, a first book of poems^[1]
• Edwin Bronk, An Attempt at Exorcism, Northwood, Middlesex: Scorpion Press^[5]
• Robert Graves, Collected Poems, the fourth version^[1]
• James Harrison, Catchment Area, a first book of poems ^[1]
• Laurence Lerner, Domestic Interior, a first book of poems ^[1]
• Christopher Logue, Songs^[1]
• Louis MacNeice, Eighty-Five Poems^[1]
• James Michie, Possible Laughter, a first book of poems ^[1]
• I. A. Richards, Goodbye Earth, a first book of poems by a longtime critic^[1]
• Anne Ridler, A Matter of Life and Death^[1]
• Rex Taylor, Poems, a first book of poems^[1]

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

• Edwin Muir, editor, New Poets 1959, an anthology including work by Iain Crichton Smith, Karen Gershon and Christopher Levenson^[1]
• Guy Butler, A Book of South African Verse^[1]

United States

• Hayden Carruth, the Crow and the Heart, New York: Macmillan^[5]
• Louis O. Coxe, The Wilderness, and Other Poems^[1]
• Babette Deutsch, Coming of Age
• Robert Duncan, Selected Poems, San Francisco: City Lights Books^[5]
• William Everson (also known as "Brother Antoninus"), The Crooked Lines of God, University of Detroit Press^[5]
• John Fandel, Testament, and Other Poems^[1]
• Barbara Gibbs, The Green Chapel^[1]
• Allen Ginsberg, Kaddish, written about his mentally-ill mother
• Ramon Guthrie, graffiti, New York: Macmillan^[5]
• Donald Hall, Dark Houses^[1]
• Barbara Howes, Light and Dark^[1]
• Langston Hughes, Selected Poems^[1]
• Kenneth Koch, Ko, or a Season on Earth
• Denise Levertov, With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads, New York: New Directions^[5]
• Robert Lowell, Life Studies, a book on his family and on his own life^[1] that reflected stylistic changes that seemed more in line with the popular openness of Beat and Confessional poetry
• James Merrill, The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace, and Other Poems"^[1]
• Marianne Moore, O to Be a Dragon^[1]
• Ned O'Gorman, The Night of the Hammer^[1]
• Hyam Plutzik, Apples From Shinar^[1]
• Charles Reznikoff, Inscriptions: 1944-1956, self-published
• Theodore Roethke, Words for the Wind^[1]
• Delmore Schwartz, Summer Knowledge: New and Selected Poems 1938-1958, Garden City, New York: Doubleday^[5]
• Louis Simpson, A Dream of Governors, Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press^[5]
• May Swenson, A Cage of Spines^[1]
• David Wagoner, A Place to Stand^[1]
• Reed Whittemore, The Self-Made Man
• Richard Wilbur, Advice to a Prophet and Other Poems, New York: Reynal and Hitchcock^[5]
• James Wright, Saint Judas, Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press^[1][5]
• Louis Zukofsky, A 1-12 published by Cid Corman's Origin Press

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

• Richard Ellmann, James Joyce, biography, winner of the National Book Award in 1960
• Hugh Kenner (Canadian writing and published in the United States):
  • The Art of Poetry, criticism
  • The Invisible Poet: T. S. Eliot (revised edition in 1969), criticism

Other in English

• M. K. Joseph, The Living Countries, New Zealand^[6]
• E. George Johnston may refer to George Johnston (New South Wales, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales George Johnston (novelist, Australian Irving Layton OC ( March 12, 1912 &ndash January 4, 2006) was a Canadian Poet. Patricia Beer ( 4 November 1919 – 15 August 1999) was an English poet and critic Robert Graves (24 July 1895 &ndash 7 December 1985 was an English Poet, Translator and Novelist. James Harrison may refer to James Harrison (priest (died 1602 James Harrison (justice (fl Laurence (David Lerner (born 12 December 1925) is a South African born British Literary critic and poet and novelist Christopher Logue, CBE (born 23 November 1926 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is an English poet associated with the British Frederick Louis MacNeice ( September 12 Ivor Armstrong Richards ( 26 February, 1893 in Sandbach, Cheshire &ndash 7 September, 1979 in Cambridge) was Anne Barbara Ridler (née Bradby) ( 30 July 1912 &ndash 15 October 2001) was a British Poet, and Faber and Faber Rex Taylor ( 1 November, 1889 &ndash 27 December, 1968) was an American Screenwriter. Edwin Muir ( 15 May 1887 &ndash 3 January, 1959) was an Orcadian poet novelist and noted translator born on a farm in Deerness Iain Crichton Smith ( Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn) ( January 1, 1928 - October 15, 1998) was a Scottish Man of letters Karen Gershon, born Kaethe Loewenthal (1923 &ndash 1993 was a German -born British writer and poet Guy Butler (full name Frederick Guy Butler, b 21 January 1918 in Cradock Eastern Cape South Africa - 26 April 2001 Grahamstown, The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Hayden Carruth ( August 3, 1921 – September 29, 2008) was an American Poet and Literary critic. Louis Osborne Coxe was an American poet born in 1918 in Manchester New Hampshire and was educated at St Babette Deutsch ( 22 September 1895 – 13 November 1982) was an American Poet, Critic, Translator Robert Duncan may refer to Robert Duncan (poet (1919&ndash1988 U William Everson (September 10 1912 – June 3 1994 also known as Brother Antoninus, was an American Poet of the Beat generation and was also Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. Donald Hall (born September 20, 1928) is an American Poet and the 14th U Langston Hughes (February 1 1902 &ndash May 22 1967 was an American Poet, Novelist Playwright, Short story writer and Columnist Kenneth Koch ( 27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet playwright and professor active from the 1950s until Denise Levertov was a British -born American poet Early life and influences Denise Levertov was born in Ilford, Essex England Robert Lowell (March 1 1917&ndashSeptember 12 1977 born Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV, was an American Poet whose works confessional in nature Confessional poetry trafficks in intimate and sometimes unflattering information about details of the poet's personal life such as in poems about illness sexuality and despondence James Ingram Merrill ( March 3, 1926 &ndash February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning Marianne Moore ( November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American Poet and Writer Ned O'Gorman (born September 26, 1929) is an American poet and educator Hyam Plutzik ( July 13, 1911 - January 8 1962 a Pulitzer prize finalist was a poet and Professor of English at the University of Rochester Charles Reznikoff ( August 31, 1894 - January 22, 1976) was the Poet for whom the term Objectivist was first coined Theodore Huebner Roethke (ˈrɛtkə RET-keh) May 25]] 1908 &ndash August 1 1963) was an American Poet, who published several volumes Delmore Schwartz ( December 8, 1913 &ndash July 11, 1966) was an American poet and short-story writer from Brooklyn, Louis Aston Marantz Simpson (born March 27, 1923 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican poet. May Swenson (b Anna Thilda May Swenson, May 28, 1913 in Logan Utah - December 4, 1989 in Bethany Beach Delaware Edward Reed Whittemore Jr (born September 11 1919 is an American poet, biographer critic literary journalist and college professor Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921) is an American Poet. James Arlington Wright ( December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Poet. Louis Zukofsky ( January 23, 1904 – May 12, 1978) was one of the most important second-generation American Cid (Sidney Corman ( June 29, 1924 &ndash March 12, 2004) was an American poet, translator and editor most notably of Richard Ellmann ( March 15 1918 – May 13 1987) was a prominent American / British Literary critic and Biographer James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Events August Derleth launches the poetry magazine Hawk and Whippoorwill. Hugh Kenner ( January 7, 1923 &ndash November 24, 2003) was a Canadian Literary Scholar, Critic Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Events FIELD magazine founded at Oberlin College Charles Bukowski quits his day job as a Post Office clerk in Los Angeles to Michael Kennedy Joseph (1914-1981 was a British born New Zealand Poet and Novelist in several genres ranging from I'll Soldier No More New Zealand claims as its own many writers even those immigrants born overseas like South African-born Robin Hyde, or those emigrants who went into Exile but H. McCormick, New Zealand Literature, a Survey, acholarship, New Zealand^[7]
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Music of Division, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, Australia

Works published in other languages

French language

France

Anthologies in France

• Roger Callois and Jean Clarence Lambert, editors, Trésor de la poésie universelle^[1]
• Max Pol Fouchet, De L'Amour au voyage, anthologie thématique de la poésie française^[1]
• Paul Valéry wrote the preface to the new edition this year of Anthologie des poètes de la N. New Zealand claims as its own many writers even those immigrants born overseas like South African-born Robin Hyde, or those emigrants who went into Exile but Chris Keith Wallace-Crabbe (born 6 May 1934) is an Australian Poet and Emeritus Professor in The Australian Centre University of Melbourne Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship This article is a general introduction to French literature For detailed information on French literature in specific historic periods see the separate historical articles in the Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (French pɔl valeˈʁi October 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945) was a French Poet R. F. ^[1]

Criticism, scholarship and biography in France

• Correspondance de Stéphane Mallarmé (1862-1871)^[1]

Canada

• Maurice Beaulieu, Il fait clair de glaise^[1]
• Olivier Marchand, Crier que je vis^[1]
• Fernand Ouellet, Séquences de l'Aile^[1]

Criticism, scholarship and biography in French Canada

• Editor not known, La Poésie et nous, a collection of essays on poetry^[1]

Hebrew

Israel

• L. Stéphane Mallarmé (malaʁ'me ( March 18, 1842 – September 9, 1898) whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Fernand Ouellet (1926-) a French-Canadian author and educator was educated at Université Laval and gained a PhD in 1965 See also Israeli literature. Hebrew literature consists of ancient medieval and modern writings in the Hebrew language. See also Hebrew literature. Israeli literature, generally referred to as Hebrew literature is poetry and prose written in modern Hebrew as part of Ben-Amitai, Ahaliba^[1]
• Leah Goldberg, Mukdam Umeuhar ("Early and Late")^[1]
• Abraham Halfi, ka-Almonin ba-Geshem ("As the Unknown in the Rain")^[1]
• Yeshurun Keshet, Hayim Genuzim ("Hidden Life")^[1]
• Shimshon Meltzer, Or Zorua, ("Scattered Light")^[1]
• Yonathan Ratush, Zela^[1]
• Zalmen Shneur, a 10-volume collection of his poems^[1]

United States

• M. Leah Goldberg (לאה גולדברג May 29, 1911 — January 15, 1970) was a prolific Hebrew poet and a translator and researcher S. Ben-Meir, Zel Utzlil ("Shadow and Sound"), posthumous^[1]
• A. S. Schwartz, Shirim ("Poems"), posthumous^[1]

Italian

Anthologies in Italy

• Editor not known, Nuovi poeti, an anthology of Italian poetry since 1945^[1]
• Salvatore Quasimodo, editor, Poesia italiana del dopoguerra, an anthology of Italian poetry since 1945^[1]

Spanish language

Latin America

• Santos Chocano, Poesía de Santos Chocano^[1]
• Rafael Maya, Navegación nocturna^[1]
• Pablo Neruda, Estravagario (Chile)^[1]
• Octavio Paz, La estación violenta^[1]
• Valdelomar, Obra poética^[1]

Anthologies in Latin America

• P. Salvatore Quasimodo ( August 20, 1901 - June 14, 1968) was an Italian author Latin American literature rose to particular prominence during the second half of the 20th century largely thanks to the international success of the style known as Magical realism Pablo Neruda ( July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and later legal name of the Chilean writer and politician Octavio Peazy Paz " ( March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican Writer, Poet, and diplomat Félix Restrepo, prologue and epilogue, Poemas de Colombia, published by the Colombian Academy, with biographical notes by Carlos López Narváez^[1]
• Antonio de Undurraga, editor, Atlas de la poesía de Chile, including poetry from Guillermo Blest Gana and Luis Merino Reyes^[1]

Criticism, scholarship and biography in Latin America

• Raúl Leiva, Imagen de la poesía mexicana contemporánea, concerning 29 poets

Spain

• Gabriel Celaya, Cantata en Aleixandre, verse variations on themes of Vicente Aleixandre, published as a book by the literary magazine Papeles de sSon Armadans^[1]

Yiddish

• B. The term Spanish literature refers to Literature written in the Spanish language, including literature composed in Spanish by writers not necessarily from Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (April 26 1898 — December 13 1984 was a Spanish Poet who was born in Seville. Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German Y. Bialostotsky, a book of poetry^[1]
• M. Daych, a book of poetry^[1]
• E. Korman, a book of poetry^[1]
• H. Leyvik, Lider tsum eybikn ("Songs to the Eternal")^[1]
• Efrayim Oyerbakh, a book of poetry^[1]
• Y. Tsvi Shargel, a book of poetry^[1]

Other

• Mário Cesariny, Nobilíssima Visão (Portugal)
• Odysseus Elytis, To Axion Esti — It Is Worthy (Greece)

Awards and honors

United Kingdom

• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Francis Cornford

United States

• Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Richard Eberhart appointed this year. Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos also known as Mário Cesariny ( August 9 1923, Lisbon Portugal - November 26 2006, This is a survey of Portuguese literature. The Portuguese language was developed gradually from the Vulgar language (i Odysseas Elytis (Οδυσσέας Ελύτης (November 2 1911—March 18 1996 is a legendary Greek poet,regarded as one of the most important representatives Modern Greek literature refers to Literature written in the Greek language from the 11th century with texts written in a language that is more familiar to the ears The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry is awarded for a book of verse published by someone from the United Kingdom or a Commonwealth realm Francis Macdonald Cornford ( 27 February 1874 &ndash 3 January 1943) was an English classical scholar and Poet The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35000 a year Richard Ghormley Eberhart ( April 5 1904 – June 9, 2005) was a prolific American poet who published more than a dozen
• National Book Award for Poetry: Theodore Roethke, Words for the Wind
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stanley Kunitz, Selected Poems 1928-1958
• Bollingen Prize: Theodore Roethke
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Louise Bogan

Other

• Premio de la Crítica in poetry (Spain): Blas de Otero^[1]

Births

• date not known:
  • Carl Phillips, American writer and poet
  • Brian P. Cleary
  • Peter Gizzi, American poet
  • Laura Lush

Deaths

• January 3 — Edwin Muir, 72, Scottish poet, novelist and translator
• February 20 — Zalman Shneur, 72, Hebrew-Yiddish poet and author^[1]
• February 23 — Luis Palés Matos, Puerto Rican poet, of a heart attack
• April 4 — Sarah Cleghorn, 83
• June 23 — Boris Vian, 39, French writer, poet, singer, and musician
• July 6 — George Grosz (born 1893), German artist and poet, died from falling down a flight of stairs after a night drinking
• August 5 — Edgar Guest, 79, American poet known as the "poet of the people"
• September 18 — Benjamin Péret, 60, French poet and Surrealist
• December 27 — Alfonso Reyes, 70, Mexican poet,^[1] and writer
• date not known — Denis Devlin

See also

• Poetry
• List of poetry awards
• List of years in poetry

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs} Britannica Book of the Year 1960, covering events of 1959, published by the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1960; including these articles: "American Literature", "Canadian Literature", English Literature", "French Literature", "German Literature", "Jewish Literature", "Italian Literature", "Latin American Litrature", "Obituaries", "Spanish Literature" and "Soviet Literature"
2. ^ [1] Kirsch, Adam, "Subterranean Frost Books", a review of The Notebooks of Robert Frost, in The New York Sun, February 12, 2007, accessed February 16, 2007
3. ^ "'Agenda': the long and the short of excellence in poetry" article (no byline) in The Independent, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
4. ^ Preminger, Alex and T. The National Book Award for Poetry has been given since 1950 and is part of the National Book Awards, which are given annually for outstanding literary works by American citizens Theodore Huebner Roethke (ˈrɛtkə RET-keh) May 25]] 1908 &ndash August 1 1963) was an American Poet, who published several volumes The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kjunɪts/ ( July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was an American Poet who served two years (1974&ndash1976 The Bollingen Prize, which is presently awarded every two years by Beinecke Library of Yale University, is a prestigious literary honor bestowed on an American Poet Theodore Huebner Roethke (ˈrɛtkə RET-keh) May 25]] 1908 &ndash August 1 1963) was an American Poet, who published several volumes The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship" was the first award of its kind in the United States Louise Bogan ( August 11, 1897 - February 4, 1970) was an American Poet. 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Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common V. F. Brogan, et al. , editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Canadian Poetry" article, English "Anthologies" section, p 164
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} M. L. Rosenthal, The New Poets: American and British Poetry Since World War II, New York: Oxford University Press, 1967, "Selected Bibliography: Individual Volumes by Poets Discussed", pp 334-340
6. ^ Web page titled "The Contemporary Scene" in An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 website, accessed April 21, 2008
7. ^ Preminger, Alex and T. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 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

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