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Years in poetry:	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published in English 2.1 Canada 2.2 New Zealand 2.3 United Kingdom 2.4 United States 2.5 Other in English 3 Works published in other languages 3.1 Denmark 3.2 French language 3.2.1 Canada 3.2.2 France 3.2.2.1 Anthologies 3.3 Hebrew 3.4 Italy 3.5 Norway 3.6 Portuguese language 3.6.1 Brazil 3.7 Spanish language 3.7.1 Latin America 3.7.2 Spain 3.8 Sweden 3.9 Yiddish 3.10 Other 4 Awards and honors 4.1 Canada 4.2 United Kingdom 4.3 United States 4.4 Elsewhere 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Notes 8 See also

Events

• This Magazine founded by Robert Grenier and Barrett Watten
• The Canterbury Tales, a film directed by Pier Paulo Pasolini, providing a soft-pornographic, controversial version of four tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• March — Cuban poet Herberto Padilla is arrested in Havana and released only after signing a confession stating he is a "vicious character" who took part in counterrevolutionary activities. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order Events The Belfast Group, a grouping of poets in Belfast, Northern Ireland which was started in 1963 in poetry, lapsed in 1966 Events FIELD magazine founded at Oberlin College Charles Bukowski quits his day job as a Post Office clerk in Los Angeles to Events release of Tomfoolery, an animated film directed by Joy Batchelor and John Halas, based on the nonsense verse of Edward Lear Events John Betjeman becomes Poet Laureate The Belfast Group, a discussion group of poets in Northern Ireland went out Events Canadian poet and author Michael Ondaatje adapts his 1970 book of poetry The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, into a play which Events The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics is founded by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman. The year 1968 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1969 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1970 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1971 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1972 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1973 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1974 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 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 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. 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 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Один день Ивана Денисовича Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha) is a novel written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn For the Canadian political magazine see This Magazine. This is a poetry journal associated with what would later be called Robert Grenier may refer to Robert Grenier (poet Robert Grenier (CIA Barrett James Watten (born October 3, 1948) is an American poet, editor, and Educator often associated with the Language The Canterbury Tales ( I racconti di Canterbury) is a 1972 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and based on the medieval narrative Pier Paolo Pasolini ( March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian Poet, Intellectual, Film director Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1343 – 25 October 1400? was an English author poet Philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and Diplomat. Herberto Padilla (born in 1932 died September 25, 2000) was a Cuban Poet famous for being arrested in Havana on March 20 A letter to Fidel Castro published May 20 in Paris from 60 leftist intellectuals, all supporters of the Cuban revolution, protested Padilla's treatment and accused Castro of imposing Stalinism on Cuba. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Among the 60: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Susan Sontag, Alberto Moravia, Carlos Fuentes, and Mario Vargas Llosa (who said he continued to support the Cuban revolution). Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 &ndash 15 April 1980 commonly known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (ʒɑ̃ pol saʁtʁə was a French "La Beauvoir" redirects here also see Beauvoir (disambiguation Susan Sontag ( January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American Literary theorist, Philosopher, Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, ( November 28, 1907 &ndash September 26, 1990) was one of the leading Italian Carlos Fuentes Macías (born March 11,1928 is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish -speaking world Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa (born March 28 1936 is a Peruvian writer Politician, Journalist, and Essayist. Julio Cortázar of Argentina said he stood by Castro in a verse manifesto, Policrítica en la hora de los chacales. Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar ( August 26, 1914 &ndash February 12, 1984) was an Argentine Author
• April 8 — release of Right On!, a film directed by Herbert Danska, of poetry recitations with bongo accompaniments on New York city streets

Works published in English

Canada

• Margaret Atwood, Power Politics
• Bill Bissett, Nobody Owns the Earth
• George Bowering, Touch: Selected Poems 1960-1970
• Louis Dudek, Collected Poetry
• Northrop Frye, The Bush Garden (scholarship)^[1]
• Bill Howell, The Red Fox
• Irving Layton, The Collected Poems of Irving Layton
• Richard Lewis, editor, I Breathe a New Song anthology of poems by Eskimos
• Alden Nowlan, Between Tears and Laughter
• Michael Ondaatje, editor, The Broken Ark, animal verse; Ottawa: Oberon; revised as A Book of Beasts, 1979 (anthology)^[2] ISBN 0887500501
• Andreas Schroeder, File of Uncertainties, a chapbook (Sono Nis Press)
• Raymond Souster, The Years
• Phyllis Webb, Selected Poems 1954-65
• Dale Zieroth and four other poets, Mindscapes

New Zealand

• Fleur Adcock, High Tide in the Garden, London: Oxford University Press (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963)^[3]
• James K. Baxter, Jerusalem Daybook
• Ian Wedde, Homage to Matisse New Zealand

United Kingdom

• Fleur Adcock, High Tide in the Garden
• George Barker, Poems of Places and People
• Frances Bellerby, a book of selected poems
• George Mackay Brown
  • Fishermen and Ploughs
  • Poems New and Selected
• Tony Connor, In the Happy Valley
• John Cotton, Old Movies
• Michael Ffinch, Voices Round a Star
• Veronica Forrest-Thompson, Language-Games
• Elaine Feinstein, The Magic Apple Tree, Hutchinson
• Thom Gunn, Moly, with some poems written under the influence of LSD; others described the experience of taking it
• Geoffrey Hill, Mercian Hymns
• Sylvia Plath, Crossing the Water, published this year but containing poems written in 1960 and 1961
• Jeremy Robson, editor, The Young British Poets anthology
• Vernon Scannell, a book of selected poems
• Jon Silkin, Amana Grass
• Donald Ward, The Dead Snake
• Patricia Whittaker, The Flying Men

United States

• Dick Allen, Anon and Various Time Machine Poems
• Maya Angelou, Just Give Me a Cool Glass of Water 'Fore I Die
• Gwendolyn Brooks:
  • Black Steel: Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali
  • The World of Gwendolyn Brooks
  • Aloneness
• Ted Berrigan and Anne Waldman, Memorial Day
• Ted Berrigan, Train Ride
• Paul Blackburn, The Journals: Blue Mounds Entries
• John Ciardi, Lives of X
• Cid Corman, Sun Rock Man (New Directions)
• Ed Dorn:
  • Spectrum Breakdown: A Microbook, Athanor Books^[4]
  • By the Sound, Frontier Press; republished with a new preface by the author, Black Sparrow Press, 1991^[4]
  • A Poem Called Alexander Hamilton, Tansy/Peg Leg Press^[4]
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Back Roads to Far Places (New Directions)
• Robert Fitzgerald, Spring Shade, collected poems and translations, 1931-1970 (New Directions)
• Donald S. Fryer, Songs and Sonnets Atlantean
• Michael S. Harper, History Is Your Own Heartbeat, won the Black Academy of Arts & Letters Award for poetry^[5]
• John Hollander, The Night Mirror
• Hugh Kenner, The Pound Era (University of California Press), Canadian writing and published in the United States; criticism
• Galway Kinnell, The Book of Nightmares
• Stanley Kunitz, The Testing Tree
• James McMichael, Against the Falling Evil
• Carl Rakosi, Ere-Voice
• Adrienne Rich, The Will to Change
• Richard Shelton, The Tattooed Desert
• Charles Simic, Dismantling the Silence
• Clark Ashton Smith, Selected Poems
• Richard Wilbur, translator, The School for Wives by Molière (in verse)
• James Wright, Collected Poems, including 30 new poems

Other in English

• Jayanta Mahapatra, Indian:
  • Svayamvara and Other Poems^[6]
  • Close the Sky Ten by Ten^[6]
• Bob Orr, Blue Footpaths^[7]
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe (Australia):
  • Editor: Australian Poetry 1971, Sydney: Angus & Robertson (anthology)
  • Where the Wind Came, Sydney: Angus and Robertson

Works published in other languages

Denmark

• Jørgen Leth, Eventyret om den sædvanlige udsigt
• Klaus Rifbjerg, Mytologi

French language

Canada

• Paul-Marie Lapointe, Le Réel absolu (Editions de l'Hexagone)
• Olivier Marchand, Par Détresse et tendresse (Editions de l'Hexagone)
• Rina Lasnier, La Salle des rêves
• Jacques Brault, La Poésie ce matin (published in Paris)
• Gilbert Langevin:
  • Ouvrir le feu
  • Stress
• Raoul Duguay, L'Apokalypso
• Claude Péloquin, Pour la Grandeur de l'Homme

France

• L. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian Writer. bill bissett (born William Frederick Bissett, November 23, 1939) is a Canadian poet famous for his anti-conventional style George Harry Bowering (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian Novelist, Poet, Historian, and Biographer Louis Dudek ( February 6, 1918 - March 23, 2001) was a Canadian Poet and literary critic and publisher of Polish origin Herman Northrop Frye, CC, MA (Oxon, DD, DLitt, FRSC ( July 14, 1912 &ndash January 23, 1991 William Peter Howell (born December 29, 1869, Penrith New South Wales. Irving Layton OC ( March 12, 1912 &ndash January 4, 2006) was a Canadian Poet. Richard Lewis may be Richard Lewis (Welsh Martyr (1808&ndash1831 R Alden Albert Nowlan ( January 25, 1933 - June 27, 1983) was a Canadian Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC (ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː (born 12 September 1943 is a Sri Lankan Canadian Events The Kenyon Review is restarted by Kenyon College 10 years after the original publication was closed Andreas Schroeder (born November 26, 1946) is a German -born Canadian Poet, Novelist, and nonfiction writer who lives in Raymond Holmes Souster (born 15 January 1921) is a Canadian Poet. Phyllis Webb (born 8 April 1927) is a Canadian Poet and radio broadcaster. 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 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 Events Bob Dylan releases his The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, album with his most influential early songwriting James Keir Baxter ( June 29, 1926 &mdash October 22, 1972) was a Poet, and a controversial figure in New Zealand society Ian Wedde (born 1946 is a New Zealand poet fiction writer critic and art curator 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 The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day 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 George Barker may refer to George Barker (painter (1882-1965 was a portrait and landscape painter from the United States George Barker (poet Mary Eirene Frances Bellerby (née Parker) ( August 29, 1899 - 1975 was an English poet George Mackay Brown ( 17 October 1921 - 13 April 1996) was a Scottish Poet, author and Dramatist, whose work Tony Connor (born John Anthony Connor Manchester, UK 1930 is a British poet and playwright John Cotton may refer to John Cotton (Puritan (1585&ndash1652 New England Puritan minister Sir John Cotton 1st Baronet, of Landwade Elaine Feinstein is poet novelist short-story writer playwright biographer and translator and was born on 24 October 1930 in Bootle Lancashire Thom Gunn ( 29 August 1929 - 25 April 2004) was an Anglo-American poet For the British aeronautical engineer and professor see Geoffrey T Sylvia Plath (October 27 1932 &ndash February 11 1963 was an American Poet, Novelist and Short story Writer. 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 Vernon Scannell ( 23 January 1922 &ndash 16 November 2007) was a British Poet and Author. 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 Patricia Whittaker (b unknown She has played 10 Women's test matches and one One Day International for the West Indies from 1976 to 1979 The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Dick Allen (born August 8, 1939) is an American poet literary critic and academic born in Troy New York. Maya Angelou (ˈmaɪə ˈændʒəloʊ (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American Poet, Memoirist Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks ( June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an Pulitzer Prize- winning African-American Poet Ted Berrigan ( 15 November, 1934 - 4 July, 1983) was an American poet. Anne Waldman (born April 2, 1945) is an American poet. Since the 1960s Waldman has been an active member of the “Outrider” experimental poetry community Ted Berrigan ( 15 November, 1934 - 4 July, 1983) was an American poet. Paul Blackburn ( 24 November 1926 - 13 September 1971) was an American poet John Anthony Ciardi ( June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American Poet, translator, and Etymologist Cid (Sidney Corman ( June 29, 1924 &ndash March 12, 2004) was an American poet, translator and editor most notably of Edward Merton Dorn ( April 2, 1929 — December 10, 1999) was an American poet and teacher often Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born Lawrence Ferling on March 24, 1919) is an American Poet and painter, and the co-founder of Robert Stuart Fitzgerald ( 12 October 1910 – 16 January 1985) was a poet critic and translator whose renderings of the Greek classics "became Donald Sidney-Fryer is a Poet and Entertainer born in 1934 in New Bedford Massachusetts. Songs and Sonnets Atlantean is a collection of poems by Donald S Michael Steven Harper (born March 18, 1938) is an American poet from Brooklyn who has published ten books of poetry John Hollander (born October 28, 1929 in New York City) is an American Poet and literary Critic. Hugh Kenner ( January 7, 1923 &ndash November 24, 2003) was a Canadian Literary Scholar, Critic Galway Kinnell (born February 1st 1927 in Providence Rhode Island) is one of the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kjunɪts/ ( July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was an American Poet who served two years (1974&ndash1976 James L McMichael (born 1939 is an award-winning American poet Carl Rakosi ( November 6, 1903 &ndash June 25, 2004) was the last surviving member of the original group of poets who were given the rubric Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist. For the Arizona author see Richard Shelton (writer. Richard Shelton is an English actor known for playing the role of Dr Charles Simic (ˈtʃ​͡ɑːɻls ˈʂimitɕ​͡ born Dušan Simić, May 9, 1938 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Serbian Clark Ashton Smith ( January 13, 1893 - August 14, 1961) was a Poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy Selected Poems is a collection of poems by Clark Ashton Smith. Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921) is an American Poet. The School for Wives ( French: L'école des femmes) is a theatrical Comedy written by the 17th century French playwright Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his Stage name, Molière, ( January 15, 1622 – February 17 1673) was a French James Arlington Wright ( December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Poet. Jayanta Mahapatra is one of the best known Indian English poets Indian English Literature (IEL refers to the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one Robert Orr may refer to one of several people Bob Orr (poet, New Zealand poet Bobby Orr (born 1948 Canadian hockey player 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 Danish literature is for the purposes of this article the subset of Scandinavian literature composed in Denmark or by Danish people Jørgen Leth is a Danish poet and film director who is considered a leading figure in the development of experimental documentary film making Klaus Rifbjerg (born December 15 1931) is a Danish Writer. He has written more than 120 novels books and essays Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written Rina Lasnier ( 6 August 1915 &ndash 9 May 1997) was a Québécoise poet Jacques Brault (born March 29, 1933) is a French Canadian Poet and translator who currently lives in Cowansville, French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of Bérimont, L'Évidence même
• René Char, L'Honneur devant Dieu
• P. René Char ( June 14, 1907 &ndash February 19, 1988) was a 20th century French Poet. Damarix, L'Expérience magique
• M. Bataille, Le Cri dans le mur
• Jean Follain, Éspaces d'instants, the poet was killed in an accident days after publication

Anthologies

• J. Jean Follain, ( Canisy (province of la Manche) 29 August 1903 &ndash Paris 10 March 1971) was a French L. Bédouin, editor, La Poésie Surréaliste
• Pierre Seghers, editor, La Poésie symboliste

Hebrew

• Leah Goldberg, Shearit ha-Chaim (posthumous)
• I. Pierre Seghers ( 5 January 1906, Paris - 4 November 1987, Créteil) was a French Poet and Editor See also Israeli literature. Hebrew literature consists of ancient medieval and modern writings in the Hebrew language. Leah Goldberg (לאה גולדברג May 29, 1911 — January 15, 1970) was a prolific Hebrew poet and a translator and researcher Efros, Shirim, collected poems
• D. Avidan, Shirim Hitzoniim
• Y. Amichai, Al Menat Lo Lizkor
• N. Yonatan, Shirim ba-Arov ha-Yam
• D. Pagis, Gilgul
• R. Adi, Mishaa le-Shaa
• A. Eldon, Levado ba-Zerem ha-Koved
• R. Shani, Shalom la-Adoni ha-Melech
• M. Meir, ha-Aretz Hahi Mitahat la-Mayim
• M. Oren, Adam Muad
• M. Megged, editor, Shirim Liriim, anthology of modern Hebrew poetry
• E. Silberschlag, Igrotai le-Dorot Aherim
• R. Avinoam, be-Misholai
• R. Lee, El Parvarai ha-Shemesh

Italy

• Libero De Libero, Di brace in brace^[8]

Norway

• Hans Borli, Isfuglen
• Alfred Hauge, Det evige sekund
• Peter R. Italian poetry is a category of Italian literature. Important Italian poets Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. Hans Børli ( December 8, 1918 &ndash August 25, 1989) was a Norwegian poet and writer who besides his writings worked as a Lumberjack Holm, Synslinjer
• Ernst Orvil, Dikt i utvalg
• Sigmund Skard, Popel ved flypass

Portuguese language

Brazil

• Joaquim Cardozo, De uma noite de festa
• Murilo Mendes, Convergência
• Henriqueta Lisboa, Nova lírica
• Manuel Bandeira, Meus pemas perferidos, a selection from previous books
• Foed Castro Chamma, O andarilho e a aurora
• Anderson Braga Horta, Altiplano

Spanish language

Latin America

• Herberto Padilla, Por el momento, published before his arrest in Cuba (see Events above)
• Roberto Fernández Retamar, A quien pueda interesar (Cuba)
• José Lezama Lima, Poesía completa (Cuba)
• Ernesto Mejía Sánchez, Estelas/homenajes (Nicaragua)
• Carlos Solórzano, Las celdas (Guatemala)
• Five authors, including Agustín del Rosario, Poesía joven de Panamá
• M. 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 Murilo Mendes (born May 13, 1901 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, - died in Lisbon on August 13, 1975) was an Henriqueta Lisboa (1901&ndash1985 was a Brazilian Writer. She was awarded the Prêmio Machado de Assis for her lifetime achievement by the Brazilian Manuel Bandeira (1886-1968 was a Brazilian Poet. Bandeira wrote over 20 books of poetry and prose 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 Herberto Padilla (born in 1932 died September 25, 2000) was a Cuban Poet famous for being arrested in Havana on March 20 Roberto Fernández Retamar (born June 9, 1930) is a Cuban poet essayist and President of the Casa de las Américas. José Lezama Lima ( December 19, 1910 in Havana, Cuba - August 8, 1976 in Havana Cuba was a Cuban writer and L. Mendoza, Con él, conmigo, con nosotros tres

Spain

• José Angel Valente, Las palabras de la tribu, essays
• Vicente Aleixandre, Poesía superrealista
• José María Valverde, Enseñanzas de la edad, 1945-70

Sweden

• Ylva Eggehorn, Ska vi dela
• Bo Setterlind, Himlen har landat
• Karl Vennberg, Sju ord pa tunnelbanan
• Lars Forssell, Oktober dikter ("October Poems")
• Gören Palm, Varför har nätterna inga namn?
• Kerstin Thorvall, Följetong i skärt och svart

Yiddish

• Brakha Coodley, Not on Bread Alone
• Leo Kussman, Ballads of a Generation
• Berl Siegal, Poems for Children
• Mier Shtiker, Jewish Landscape, Volume 2
• M. 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. Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. Karl Vennberg ( 11 April 1910 - 12 May 1995) was a Swedish Poet, Writer and translator. Lars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell ( January 14, 1928 July 26, 2007) was a Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German M. Saffir, Creator of Various Dreams
• Menakhem Stern, Songs at Midnight
• Rochelle Weprinski, The Only Star
• Aaron Zeitlin, Poems of Destruction and Faith
• Joseph Kerler, Song Between Teeth
• Jacob Sternberg, The Circle of Years

Other

• Odysseus Elytis, Ο ήλιος ο ηλιάτορας ("The Sovereign Sun"), Greece
• F. Aaron Zeitlin (born in Belarus 1898 - died in New York in 1973 the son of the famous Jewish Writer Hillel Zeitlin, authored several Yankev Shternberg (in English language texts occasionally referred to as Jacob Sternberg; יעקבֿ שטערנבערג Яков Моисеевич Штернберг 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 Pratz, Deutsche Gedichte von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart, anthology, German^[9]
• Siegbert Prawer, editor, Seventeen Modern German Poets, anthology published by Oxford University Press (published in the United Kingdom, poems in German)^[9]

Awards and honors

• Nobel Prize in Literature: Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat

Canada

• See 1971 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. 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 Pablo Neruda ( July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and later legal name of the Chilean writer and politician Latin American poetry is the Poetry of Latin America, mostly but not entirely written in Spanish or Portuguese Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written Each winner of the 1971 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Charles Causley, Gavin Ewart, Hugo Williams
• Eric Gregory Award: Martin Booth, Florence Bull, John Pook, D. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day The Cholmondeley Award is an annual award for Poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Charles Causley, CBE ( 24 August 1917 &ndash 4 November 2003) was a Cornish Poet and Writer. Gavin Buchanan Ewart ( February 4 1916 – October 25 1995) was a British poet best known for contributing Hugo Williams (born 1942) is a British Poet, journalist and travel writer The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission Martin Booth ( September 7, 1944, Lancashire - February 12, 2004, Devon) was a prolific British Novelist and John Barrie Pook was born in Neath on February 2nd 1942 and grew up in Gowerton near Swansea South Wales M. Warman, John Welch
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Stephen Spender

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"): Josephine Jacobsen appointed this year. Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=W000263 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 Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE, ( 28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English Poet, Novelist 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 Josephine Jacobsen ( August 19, 1908 – July 9, 2003) was an American Poet, short story writer and critic
• Bollingen Prize: Richard Wilbur and Mona Van Duyn
• Frost Medal: Melville Cane
• National Book Award for Poetry: Mona Van Duyn, To See, To Take
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: William S. Merwin, The Carrier of Ladders
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: James Wright

Elsewhere

• Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award for Poetry: Rosemary Rolleston, William & Mary Rolleston

Births

• Jan Wagner, German poet

Deaths

• May 9 — Ogden Nash, 68, American poet best known for writing pithy and funny light verse
• March 7 — Stevie Smith, 67, British poet and novelist, of a brain tumor
• March 9 — Jean Follain, French poet
• June 25 — Charles Vildrac, French poet and playwright
• September (exact date not known) — Paul Blackburn, 44, American poet and translator, from esophageal cancer
• September 9 — Lenore G. 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 Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921) is an American Poet. Mona Jane Van Duyn ( May 9, 1921 – December 2, 2004) was an American Poet. The Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement Melville H Cane ( April 15, 1879 &ndash March 10, 1980) was an American poet and Lawyer. 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 Mona Jane Van Duyn ( May 9, 1921 – December 2, 2004) was an American Poet. The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is an American poet The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship" was the first award of its kind in the United States James or Jim Wright is the name of James Wright (governor (1715-1785 British colonial governor of the U The Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry is one category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, given out annually German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Frederic Ogden Nash ( August 19, 1902 &ndash May 19, 1971) was an American Poet best known for writing pithy and funny The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Light verse is Poetry that attempts to be humorous Poems considered "light" are usually brief and can be on a frivolous or serious subject and often feature Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Stevie Smith ( September 20, 1902 – March 7, 1971) was a British Poet and Novelist Life Born The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Jean Follain, ( Canisy (province of la Manche) 29 August 1903 &ndash Paris 10 March 1971) was a French French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Charles Vildrac ( November 22, 1882 &ndash June 25, 1971) born "Charles Messager" was a French playwright and poet French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of Paul Blackburn ( 24 November 1926 - 13 September 1971) was an American poet The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Marshall, 72
• September 20 or September 21 (sources differ) — Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature
• November 19 — Jacob Glatstein, 75, American Yiddish poet and critic
• December 18 — Aleksandr Tvardovsky, 61, Russian poet, editor of the official Soviet literary journal Novy Mir who fought hard to maintain its independence
• Dates not known:
  • J. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Giorgos Seferis (Γιώργος Σεφέρης ( March 13, 1900, or February 29 according to the Julian calendar then in use September 20 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 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 Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Jacob Glatstein was a Polish -born American poet and literary critic who wrote in the Yiddish language Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Александр Трифонович Твардовский ( 21 June 1910&mdash 18 December, 1971) was a This article is about literature from Russia For the song by Maxïmo Park, see Our Earthly Pleasures. See also Novy Mir (1916 magazine Novy Mir (Новый Мир "New World" is a Russian language Literary magazine C. Beaglehole (born 1901), New Zealand
  • Clifford Dyment, British poet, literary critic and editor, and journalist
  • R. A. K. Mason (born 1905), New Zealand
  • Alexander Young (poet)

Notes

1. ^ Preminger, Alex and T. Events a small plaque is set on the Statue of Liberty to display Emma Lazarus' 1883 poem " The New Colossus " The 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 Clifford Henry Dyment (1914 &ndash 1971 was a British poet literary critic and editor and journalist best known for his poems on countryside topics The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day MASON RAK (1905–71 was New Zealand’s ‘first wholly original unmistakably gifted poet’ (Allen *Curnow Events Ezra Pound presents Hilda Doolittle (the poet "HD" with a sheaf of love poems with the collective title Hilda's Book 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 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
2. ^ Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
3. ^ Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
4. ^ ^{a b c} Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
5. ^ Web page titled "Michael S. Harper" at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008
6. ^ ^{a b} [1]Jayata Mahapatra Web page at the Orissa Gateway Web site, accessed October 16, 2007
7. ^ Web page titled "Bob Orr" at Best of New Zealand Poems 2001 website, accessed April 23, 2008
8. ^ Britannica Book of the Year 1974 (for events of 1973), "Literature" article, "Italian" section, page 438, mentioned this book in passing, from an earlier year than the events covered in the volume
9. ^ ^{a b} Preminger, Alex and T. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at 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, "German Poetry" article, "Anthologies in German" section, pp 473-474

See also

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

This is a list of awards that are or have been given out to writers of Poetry, either for a specific poem collection of poems or body of work This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order

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