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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published in English 2.1 Canada 2.1.1 Anthologies 2.2 Ireland 2.3 New Zealand 2.4 United Kingdom 2.5 United States 2.5.1 Criticism and scholarship 2.6 Other in English 3 Works published in other languages 3.1 Finnish 3.2 French language 3.2.1 Canada 3.2.2 France 3.3 German 3.4 Hebrew 3.5 Spanish language 3.5.1 Latin America 3.6 Yiddish 3.7 Other 4 Awards and honors 4.1 United Kingdom 4.2 United States 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 See also 8 References

Events

• Bob Dylan releases his The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, album, with his most influential early songwriting. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order 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 Events Among the many books of poetry published this year Robert Lowell 's For the Union Dead is greeted with particular acclaim Events Meic Stephens founds Poetry Wales Russian poet Anna Akhmatova was allowed to travel outside the Soviet Union Events Raymond Souster founds the League of Canadian Poets Philip Hobsbaum, who had founded The Belfast Group 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 The year 1963 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1964 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1965 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1966 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 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. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century 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. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan 's second Studio album, released in May 1963 by Columbia Records.
• The Belfast Group, a discussion group of poets in Northern Ireland, is started by Philip Hobsbaum when he moves to Belfast this year. The Belfast Group was a poets' workshop which was organized by Philip Hobsbaum when he moved to Belfast in October 1963 to lecture in English at Queen's Philip Dennis Hobsbaum ( 29 June 1932 &ndash 28 June 2005) was a British teacher Poet and critic Before the meetings finally end in 1972, attendees at its meetings will include Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, James Simmons, Paul Muldoon, Ciaran Carson, Stewart Parker, Bernard MacLaverty and the critics Edna Longley and Michael Allen. Events John Betjeman becomes Poet Laureate The Belfast Group, a discussion group of poets in Northern Ireland went out Michael Longley (born 27 July, 1939 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish Poet. James Simmons (1933 - 2001 was a Poet, Literary critic and Songwriter from Northern Ireland. Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951 is a writer academic and educator as well as Pulitzer Prize -winning poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland Ciarán Carson (born 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Poet and Novelist. James Stewart Parker ( 20 October 1941 - 2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish poet and playwright Bernard MacLaverty is a writer He was born in Belfast on 14 September 1942 and lived there until 1975 when he moved to Scotland with his wife Madeline and four children (Ciara
• July-August — The Vancouver Poetry Conference is held in three weeks, involving about 60 people who attended discussions, workshops, lectures, and readings designed by Warren Tallman and Robert Creeley as a summer course at the University of British Columbia. Warren Tallman ( 17 November 1921 — 1 July 1994) was an American -born Poetry professor who inspired the Canadian Robert Creeley ( May 21, 1926 &ndash March 30 2005) was an American Poet and Author of more than sixty books The University of British Columbia ( UBC) is a Canadian public research University with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna ^[1] According to Creeley:

"It brought together for the first time, a decisive company of then disregarded poets such as Denise Levertov, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Margaret Avison, Philip Whalen. Denise Levertov was a British -born American poet Early life and influences Denise Levertov was born in Ilford, Essex England Charles Olson ( 27 December 1910 &ndash 10 January 1970) was an important 2nd generation American modernist poet Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. Margaret Avison OC ( April 23 1918 &ndash July 31 2007) was a Canadian poet. Philip Whalen ( October 20, 1923 – June 26, 2002) was an American Poet, Zen Buddhist, and a key . . together with as yet unrecognised younger poets of that time, Michael Palmer, Clark Coolidge and many more. Michael Palmer (born May 11, 1943 in Manhattan, New York is a contemporary American poet and Translator. Clark Coolidge ( February 26, 1939 &ndash) is an American poet born in Providence Rhode Island. "^[1]

• The Soviet government appeared to begin removing freedoms previously granted to writers and artists in a process that began in November 1962 and continued this year. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Yet the government proved uncertain and the writers persistent. In March of 1963 the gavel fell on the great debate," or so it appeared, wrote Harrison E. Salisbury, Moscow correspondent for The New York Times. Harrison Evans Salisbury ( November 14, 1908 &ndash July 5, 1993) an American Journalist, was the first regular Khrushchev announced that Soviet writers were the servants of the Communist Party and must reflect its orders. Among the authors he specifically targeted were the poets Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Andrei Voznesensky. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко (born July 18, 1933) is a Russian poet Andrey Andreyevich Voznesensky (Андре́й Андре́евич Вознесе́нский (b Yevtushenko, on a tour of European cities earlier in the year, recited before large audiences, including a capacity audience at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, and then returned home. The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, in the 16th ''arrondissement'', across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower "Literary Stalinists took over almost all the key publishing positions," Salisbury wrote. Yet the artists and writers who were criticized either refused to recant or did so in innocuous language. Alexander Tvardovsky, editor of the magazine Novy Mir, published three brutally frank stories by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, for instance. Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Александр Трифонович Твардовский ( 21 June 1910&mdash 18 December, 1971) was a See also Novy Mir (1916 magazine Novy Mir (Новый Мир "New World" is a Russian language Literary magazine Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn ( Алекса́ндр Иса́евич Солжени́цын) (December 11 1918 – August 3 2008 was a Russian Novelist By midsummer, the effects of the announced crackdown appeared nil, with authors publishing essentially as before. ^[2]

Works published in English

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

Canada

• Roy Daniells, The Chequered Shade, a collection of short poems, mostly sonnets
• R. Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Roy Daniells, CC ( April 6, 1902 &ndash April 13, 1979) was a Canadian Poetry professor G. Everson, Blind Man's Holiday, a first book of poems
• Irving Layton, Balls for a One-Armed Juggler

Anthologies

• Frank Scott, translator and editor, St. Irving Layton OC ( March 12, 1912 &ndash January 4, 2006) was a Canadian Poet. Francis Reginald Scott CC, commonly known as Frank Scott or F -Denys Garneau and Anne Hébert
• The Plough and the Pen: Writings From Hungary 1930-1956, translations of Hungarian populust poets and writers by eight Canadian poets, including Earle Birney, A. J. M. Smith and Raymond Souster

Ireland

• Austin Clarke, Flight to Africa, Dublin: Dolmen Press^[3]
• Denis Devlin, Selected Poems, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston^[3], Irish poet published in the United States
• Richard Murphy, Sailing to an Island, London: Faber and Faber;^[4] New York: Chilmark Press, 1965^[3]

New Zealand

• James K. Baxter, The Ballad of the Soap Powder Lock-Out, a light-hearted work written by a poet who was at this time a postal worker in New Zealand, in connection with a postal workers’ protest against delivering heavy samples of soap powder
• Alistair Campbell, Sanctuary of Spirits
• Keith Sinclair, A Time to Embrace

United Kingdom

• Edwin Bronk, With Love From Judas,^[2] Losestoft, Suffolk: Scorpion Press
• W. H. Davies, The Complete Poems of W. Anne Hébert, OQ (an eˈbɛʀ in French ( August 1, 1916 - January 22, 2000) was a Canadian Author and Bushed Earle Alfred Birney OC, PhD, FRSC ( 13 May 1904 &ndash 3 September 1995) was a distinguished Arthur James Marshall Smith ( November 8, 1902 – November 21, 1980) was a Canadian Poet. Raymond Holmes Souster (born 15 January 1921) is a Canadian Poet. The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages one in Irish and the other in English. Austin Ardinel Chesterfield Clarke CM, OOnt (born 26 July 1934) is a Canadian Novelist, Essayist and Denis Devlin ( April 15, 1908 - August 21, 1959) was along with Samuel Beckett and Brian Coffey, one of the generation The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Richard Murphy (born 1927 in County Mayo, Ireland) is an Irish poet. Events Meic Stephens founds Poetry Wales Russian poet Anna Akhmatova was allowed to travel outside the Soviet Union 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 James Keir Baxter ( June 29, 1926 &mdash October 22, 1972) was a Poet, and a controversial figure in New Zealand society 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 Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, ONZM, (born 25 June, 1925) is an award-winning New Zealand poet playwright and novelist Sir Keith Sinclair KBE ( December 5, 1922 &mdash June 20, 1993) was a Poet and noted The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day William Henry Davies or WH Davies ( 3 July 1871 - September 26, 1940) was a Welsh Poet and writer H. Davies, introduction by Sir Osbert Sitwell^[2]
• T. S. Eliot - Collected Poems 1909-1962^[2]
• Philip Hobsbaum and Edward Lucie-Smith, editors, A Group Anthology of young poets, many influenced by Ted Hughes, including George MacBeth, Peter Porter, David Wevill, and Peter Redgrove^[2]
• Laurence Lerner, The Directions of Memory^[2]
• George MacBeth, The Broken Places,^[2] Lowestoft, Suffolk: Scorpion Press^[3]
• Norman MacCaig, A Round of Applause^[2]
• Louis MacNeice, The Burning Perch (posthumous)^[2]
• Richard Murphy, Sailing to an Island, London: Faber and Faber;^[5] New York: Chilmark Press, 1965^[3] Irish
• Wilfred Owen, The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen, edited and introduced by C. Day Lewis^[2]
• F. T. Prince, The Doors of Stone^[2]
• Peter Redgrove, All the White Monument, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul^[3]
• R.S. Thomas, The Bread of Truth^[2]
• Anthony Thwaite, The Owl in the Tree,^[2] London: Oxford University Press^[3]
• Charles Tomlinson, A Peopled Landscape, London: Oxford University Press^[3]

United States

• Conrad Aiken, The Morning Song of Lord Zero^[2]
• Gwendolyn Brooks, Selected Poems^[2]
• Evan S. Connell (then known as "Evan S. Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell 5th Baronet, ( December 6, 1892 &ndash May 4, 1969) was an English writer Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Philip Dennis Hobsbaum ( 29 June 1932 &ndash 28 June 2005) was a British teacher Poet and critic John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (born 27 February 1933) is a British writer poet art critic curator and author of exhibition catalogues Edward James Hughes OM ( 17 August 1930 &ndash 28 October 1998) was an English Poet and children's George Mann MacBeth ( 19 January 1932 &ndash 16 February 1992) was a Scottish poet and novelist Peter Porter is the name of Peter Buell Porter (1773 - 1844 U David Wevill (born 1935 Japan) is a Canadian poet He returned to his native Canada before the outbreak of World War II. Peter William Redgrove ( 1932 - 2003) was a prolific and widely respected British poet who also wrote works with his second wife Penelope Shuttle on Laurence (David Lerner (born 12 December 1925) is a South African born British Literary critic and poet and novelist George Mann MacBeth ( 19 January 1932 &ndash 16 February 1992) was a Scottish poet and novelist Norman MacCaig (14 November 1910 – 23 January 1996 was a Scottish poet Frederick Louis MacNeice ( September 12 Richard Murphy (born 1927 in County Mayo, Ireland) is an Irish poet. Events Meic Stephens founds Poetry Wales Russian poet Anna Akhmatova was allowed to travel outside the Soviet Union For a comparatively small island Ireland has made a disproportionate contribution to World literature in all its branches Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 &ndash 4 November 1918 was an English Poet and Soldier, regarded by many as one of the leading Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) CBE ( 27 April 1904 &ndash 22 May 1972) was an Irish -born Poet Frank Templeton Prince ( September 13 1912 – August 7 2003) was a British poet and academic known generally for the 1942 poem Soldiers Peter William Redgrove ( 1932 - 2003) was a prolific and widely respected British poet who also wrote works with his second wife Penelope Shuttle on Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000 (published as R Anthony Simon Thwaite, OBE, (born 1930 in Chester) is an English poet and writer Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE (born 8 January 1927) is a major British poet and translator and also an academic and artist The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong 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 Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks ( June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an Pulitzer Prize- winning African-American Poet Evan S Connell (born August 17, 1924, Kansas City Missouri; formerly known as Evan S Connell Jr. "), Notes From a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel^[2]
• E.E. Cummings, 73 Poems (posthumous)^[2]
• Babette Deutsch, Collected Poems, 1919-1962
• Denis Devlin, Selected Poems, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston^[3], Irish poet published in the United States
• Allen Ginsberg, Reality Sandwiches, San Francisco: City Lights Books^[3]6
• Paul Goodman, The Lordly Hudson^[2]
• Michael Hamburger, Weather and Season, London: Routledge and Keagan Paul; New York: Atheneum^[3]
• Robinson Jeffers, The Beginning and the End (posthumous)^[2]
• H. P. Lovecraft - Collected Poems
• Howard Nemerov, The Next Room of the Dream^[2]
• Lou B. ("Bink") Noll, The Center of the Circle, a first volume of poetry^[2]
• Mary Oliver, No Voyage, and Other Poems (first edition; later released in an expanded edition in 1965)
• Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, an autobiographical novel published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas"
• Henry Rago, [3] A Sky of Light Summer, New York: Macmillan^[3]
• Adrienne Rich, Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law, her third volume of poetry, gains the poet national prominence for her lyric voice, mostly in free verse, and for her treatment of feminist-related themes. Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14 1894 &ndash September 3 1962 popularly known as E Babette Deutsch ( 22 September 1895 – 13 November 1982) was an American Poet, Critic, Translator Denis Devlin ( April 15, 1908 - August 21, 1959) was along with Samuel Beckett and Brian Coffey, one of the generation For a comparatively small island Ireland has made a disproportionate contribution to World literature in all its branches Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. There have been multiple well-known individuals named Paul Goodman: Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman (born 1959 UK Conservative Politician Michael Hamburger OBE ( 22 March 1924 – 7 June 2007) was a noted British translator, Poet, John Robinson Jeffers ( January 10 1887 &ndash January 20 1962) was an American Poet, known for his work about the central Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy Collected Poems is an illustrated collection of poems by H P Lovecraft. Lou Barker ("Bink" Noll ( April 15, 1927 - November 9, 1986) was an American poet one of a notable group of poets who graduated Mary Oliver (b September 10, 1935) is an American Poet. Life Oliver was born to Edward William and Helen M Events Meic Stephens founds Poetry Wales Russian poet Anna Akhmatova was allowed to travel outside the Soviet Union Sylvia Plath (October 27 1932 &ndash February 11 1963 was an American Poet, Novelist and Short story Writer. Henry Rago (1915–1969 was a poet and editor of Poetry Magazine for 14 years from 1955-1969 Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist.
• Anne Sexton, All My Pretty Ones^[2]
• Louis Simpson, At the End of the Open Road, Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press^[3]
• William Stafford, Traveling Through the Dark^[2]
• Jesse Stuart, Hold April^[2]
• May Swenson, To Mix With Time^[2]
• John Updike, Telephone Poles, and Other Poems^[2]
• Mark Van Doren, Collected and New Poems, 1924-1963^[2]
• William Carlos Williams, Paterson, all five books of this long poem first published together
• James Wright, The Branch Will Not Break, Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press^[3]

Criticism and scholarship

• Louis Zukofsky, Bottom: On Shakespeare a work of literary philosophy
• Robert Bly's "A Wrong Turning in American Poetry" published in Choice

Other in English

• Chris Wallace-Crabbe (Australia):
  • In Light and Darkness, Sydney: Angus & Robertson
  • Editor, Six Voices: Contemporary Australian Poets, Sydney: Angus & Robertson; American Edition, Westport, Connecticut: 1979 (anthology)

Works published in other languages

Finnish

• Lassi Nummi, Kuutsimittaa^[2]
• Aila Meriluoto, Asumattomiin^[2]
• Solveig von Schoultz, Sänk ditt ljus^[2]

French language

Canada

• Ronald Desprês, Les Cloisons en vertige^[2]
• Alfred Desrochers, Le Retour de Titus^[2]
• Alain Grandbois, Poèmes^[2]
• Gatien Lapointe, Ode au Saint-Laurent^[2]
• Wilfred Lemoine, Sauf-conduits^[2]
• Pierre Perrault, Toutes isles^[2]
• Jean-Guy Pilon, Pour saluer une ville^[2]

France

• P. Anne Sexton ( November 9, 1928, Newton Massachusetts — October 4, 1974, Weston Massachusetts) born Anne Gray Louis Aston Marantz Simpson (born March 27, 1923 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican poet. William Stafford may refer to William Stafford (poet, American poet William Stafford (1500-1565, courtier to Henry VIII and Edward VI Jesse Hilton Stuart ( August 8, 1906 – February 17, 1984) was an American writer who achieved prominence in the short story poetry and novels May Swenson (b Anna Thilda May Swenson, May 28, 1913 in Logan Utah - December 4, 1989 in Bethany Beach Delaware John Hoyer Updike (born March 18 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American Novelist, Poet, Short story Mark Van Doren ( June 13, 1894 &ndash December 10, 1972) was an American Pulitzer Prize -winning poet and critic William Carlos Williams ( 17 September 1883 &ndash 4 March 1963) was an American poet closely associated with modernism Paterson is a Poem by influential modern American poet William Carlos Williams. 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 Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926 in Madison Minnesota) is an American Poet, Author, activist and ' A Wrong Turning in American Poetry' is an essay by United States poet Robert Bly which was first published in Choice 3 in 1963 and 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 Finnish literature bears evidence of the strong influence of the country's tumultuous history. Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Alain Grandbois CC ( May 25, 1900 &ndash March 18, 1975) was a Quebecer poet born in Saint-Casimir Quebec. Jean-Guy Pilon (born November 12, 1930) is a Quebec poet Born in Saint-Polycarpe Quebec, he received a law degree from the Université 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 Bealu, Amour me cele, celle que j'aime^[2]
• Maurice Fombeure, Quel est ce coeur?^[2]
• Paul Gilson, Enigmarelle^[2]
• Eugène Guillevic, Sphère^[2]
• An anthology of Hungarian poetry translated by poets Jean Rousselot, Jean Follain, and Eugène Guillevic^[2]

German

• Christa Reinig, Gedichte (East Germany)
• Erich Fried, Reich der Steine a volume of cycles of poetry
• Rupert Hirschenauer and Albrecht Weber, editors, Wege zum Gedicht, 2 volumes (second volume, on the ballad, published this year, previous volume published in 1956), scholarship^[6]

Hebrew

• Nathan Alterman, a four-volume edition of his writing^[2]
• Yehuda Amichai, a book of poetry^[2]
• Y. Paul Gilson ( Brussels, June 15 1865 - Brussels April 3 1942 was a Belgian musician and composer Eugène Guillevic ( Carnac, Morbihan, France, August 5, 1907 &ndash Paris, March 19, 1997) (øʒen Jean Follain, ( Canisy (province of la Manche) 29 August 1903 &ndash Paris 10 March 1971) was a French Eugène Guillevic ( Carnac, Morbihan, France, August 5, 1907 &ndash Paris, March 19, 1997) (øʒen German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Erich Fried ( 6 May, 1921 &mdash November 22, 1988) was an Austrian Poet settled in England, known for his political-minded Albrecht Weber ( 17 February 1825 &ndash 30 November 1901) was a German Indologist and Historian born in Events Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath marry Black Mountain College, the birthplace of the Black Mountain School of poetry See also Israeli literature. Hebrew literature consists of ancient medieval and modern writings in the Hebrew language. Natan Alterman (born August 14 1910 Warsaw - died March 28 1970 Israel) was an Israeli Poet, Playwright, Journalist, and Yehuda Amichai (May 3 1924 - September 22 2000 Hebrew יהודה עמיחי was an Israeli Poet. Bat-Miriam, a book of poetry^[2]
• J. Lichtenbaum, a book of poetry^[2]
• J. Rabinow, a book of poetry^[2]
• J. Ratosh, a book of poetry^[2]
• D. Rokeah, a book of poetry^[2]
• S. Shalom, a book of poetry^[2]
• A. Tur-Malkah, a book of poetry^[2]

Spanish language

Latin America

• Carlos Albert, editor, 13 poetas Argentinos de hoy, an anthology from the publisher Editorial Goyanarte (Argentina)^[2]
• Alfonso Alcalde, Variaciones sobre el tema del amor y de la muerte (Chile)^[2]
• Jorge Carrera Andrade, Angel planetario (Ecuador)^[2]
• Esther de Cáceres, Los Cantos del destierro^[2]
• Roland Cárdenas, En el invierno de la provincia^[2]
• Lupo Hernández Rueda, Muerte y memoria (Dominican Republic)^[2]
• Francisco Monterde, Sakura, including poetry inspired by epigrams and haiku (Mexico)^[2]

Yiddish

• E. 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 Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet historian author and diplomat during the 20th century Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German Ayzikovich, a new book of poems^[2]
• Sore Birnboym, a new book of poems^[2]
• A. Glants-Leyeles, Amerike un ikh ("America and I") (United States)^[2]
• Yirmiyohu Hesheles, Lider ("Poems")^[2]
• L. Kusman, a new book of poems^[2]
• I. M. Levin, a new book of poems^[2]
• M. K. Likhtshteyn, a new book of poems^[2]
• Nosn Mark, a new book of poems^[2]
• Leyb Olitsky, a new book of poems^[2]
• Efroyim Oyerbakh, Der step vakht ("The Steppe Is Awake"), with Hassidic mysticism as an inspiration (United States) ^[2]
• Nakhmen Raf, a new book of poems^[2]
• Eliyohu Reyzman, a new book of poems^[2]
• M. Shafir, a new book of poems^[2]
• Moyshe Shklar, a new book of poems^[2]
• Yaykev Fridman, Nefilim, drama in the form of a symbolic poem
• Hersh Leyb Yung, a new book of poems^[2]

Other

• Manuel Bandeira, Estrêla da tarde, a selection from previous works (Brazil)^[2]
• Ascensio Ferreira, Catimbó e outros poemas, a collection of three previous books (Brazil)^[2]

Awards and honors

• Nobel Prize in Literature: Giorgos Seferis

United Kingdom

• Eric Gregory Award: Ian Hamilton, Stewart Conn, Peter Griffith, David Wevill
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: William Plomer

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"): Howard Nemerov appointed this year. Manuel Bandeira (1886-1968 was a Brazilian Poet. Bandeira wrote over 20 books of poetry and prose The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Giorgos Seferis (Γιώργος Σεφέρης ( March 13, 1900, or February 29 according to the Julian calendar then in use September 20 The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission Robert Ian Hamilton ( 24 March 1938 - 27 December 2001) was a British literary critic reviewer biographer poet magazine editor Stewart Conn (born 1936 is a Scottish poet and playwright Born in Glasgow and raised in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire he has lived in Edinburgh since Note For Peter N Griffith, an Art Department worker Peter Atwill Griffith ( October 23, 1933 - May 14, David Wevill (born 1935 Japan) is a Canadian poet He returned to his native Canada before the outbreak of World War II. 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 William Charles Franklyn Plomer (he pronounced the surname as ploomer) (1903–1973 was a South African author known as a novelist poet and literary editor 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
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, William Carlos Williams
• National Book Award for Poetry: William Stafford, Traveling Through the Dark
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: William Carlos Williams: Pictures from Breughel
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Ezra Pound and Allen Tate

Births

• Date not known:
  • Simon Armitage, English poet^[7]
  • Lynn Crosbie, Canadian poet and novelist
  • John Kinsella, Australian poet ^[8]
  • Don Paterson, Scottish poet^[9]
  • Claudia Rankine, American poet born in Jamaica and raised there and in New York City. Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement William Carlos Williams ( 17 September 1883 &ndash 4 March 1963) was an American poet closely associated with modernism 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 William Stafford may refer to William Stafford (poet, American poet William Stafford (1500-1565, courtier to Henry VIII and Edward VI The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author William Carlos Williams ( 17 September 1883 &ndash 4 March 1963) was an American poet closely associated with modernism The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship" was the first award of its kind in the United States Ezra Weston Loomis Pound ( Hailey, Idaho Territory, United States October 30 1885 – Venice, Italy November 1 1972 was an American Expatriate John Orley Allen Tate ( November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979) was an American Poet, essayist and social commentator and Simon Armitage (born in Huddersfield on May 26, 1963) is a British Poet, playwright and novelist The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Lynn Crosbie (born 1963 is a Canadian Poet and Novelist. Life Crosbie was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written John Kinsella (born 1963 is an Australian poet novelist critic essayist and editor Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Don Paterson, OBE, FRSL (born 1963 is a Scottish poet writer and musician Claudia Rankine is an American poet born in 1963 and raised in Kingston Jamaica and New York City. The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong
  • Richard Sanger
  • Lutz Seiller, German^[10]

Deaths

• January 29 — Robert Frost, 88, American poet
• February 11 — Sylvia Plath by suicide
• March 4 — William Carlos Williams, 79
• August 1 — Theodore Roethke, 55, American poet and winner of the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
• September 3:
  • Christopher Vernon Hassall
  • Louis MacNeice, 55, British poet, playwright and producer,^[2] of pneumonia
• October 11 — Jean Cocteau, 74, French poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer, producer and critic^[2]
• December 24 — Tristan Tzara, 67, French poet (native of Romania) and a founder of Dadaism^[2]

See also

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

References

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