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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published in English 2.1 Australia 2.2 Canada 2.3 New Zealand 2.4 United Kingdom 2.4.1 Anthologies in the United Kingdom 2.5 United States 2.5.1 Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States 2.6 Other in English 3 Works published in other languages 3.1 Denmark 3.2 Finland 3.3 French language 3.3.1 France 3.3.1.1 Other in French 3.3.2 Canada 3.4 German language 3.4.1 West Germany 3.4.2 East Germany 3.5 Italy 3.6 Norway 3.7 Spanish language 3.7.1 Spain 3.7.2 Latin America 3.8 Portuguese language 3.8.1 Portugal 3.8.2 Brazil 3.9 Other languages 4 Awards and honors 4.1 Canada 4.2 United Kingdom 4.3 United States 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 See also 8 Notes

Events

• Two poems written in 1965 by Mao Zedong just before the Cultural Revolution, including "Two Birds: A Dialogue", are published on January 1^[1]

Works published in English

Australia

• R. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order 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. Events With the 1974, fall of the dictatorship in Greece, poets authors and intellectuals who had fled after the coup of 1967 returned Events British publication Gay News successfully prosecuted in the United Kingdom for blasphemy and libel for publishing James Kirkup's " Events L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine edited by Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein, first published Stevie, Events The Kenyon Review is restarted by Kenyon College 10 years after the original publication was closed The year 1973 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1974 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1975 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1976 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1977 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1978 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1979 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 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. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Mao Zedong ( 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Military and political leader who led Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Berndt, editor, Love Songs of Arnhem Land (anthology)^[2]
• Les Murray, The Vernacular Republic Selected Poems^[3]
• John Tranter, The Alphabet Murders (notes from a work in progress), Angus & Robertson
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Foundations of Joy, (Poets of the Month Series), Sydney: Angus & Robertson

Canada

• Al Purdy, Sundance at Dusk
• Irving Layton, My Brother Jesus
• Gary Geddes, War & Other Measures
• Roland Giguere, Miron translated from French

New Zealand

• James K. Baxter, posthumous
  • The Bone Chanter: Unpublished Poems 1945–72, edited by J. Leslie Allan Murray, AO (born 17 October 1938) known as Les Murray, is an Australian Poet, anthologist and critic John Ernest Tranter (born 1943 is an Australian Poet, Publisher and editor. Chris Keith Wallace-Crabbe (born 6 May 1934) is an Australian Poet and Emeritus Professor in The Australian Centre University of Melbourne Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC (December 30 1918 – April 21 2000 was one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century Irving Layton OC ( March 12, 1912 &ndash January 4, 2006) was a Canadian Poet. 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 E. Weir
  • The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady: Various Uncollected and Unpublished Poems, edited by J. E. Weir
• Alan Brunton, Black & White Anthology, a 33-part sequence with an Asian setting, Hawk Press^[4]
• Vincent O'Sullivan, James K. Baxter, biography, New Zealand

United Kingdom

• Kenneth Allott, Collected Poems
• W. H. Auden, Collected Poems of W. Vincent O'Sullivan ( November 28, 1872 - 1940 was an American-born short story writer poet and critic 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 The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Kenneth Allott (1912-1973 was an Anglo-Irish poet and Academic, and authority on Matthew Arnold. Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973 ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən who signed his works W H. Auden, edited by Edward Mendelson
• Frances Bellerby, The First Known (posthumous)
• Zoë Brooks, Owl Shadows and Whispering Stone "parallel booklets"
• George Mackay Brown, Winterfold
• Ciarán Carson: The New Estate, Blackstaff Press, Wake Forest University Press
• Elizabeth Daryush, Collected Poems
• David Day, Brass Rubbings
• Patric Dickinson, The Bearing Beast
• Ruth Fainlight, Another Full Moon
• Tony Flynn, Separations
• Alistair Fowler, Catagomb Suburb
• Thom Gunn, Jack Straw's Castle
• Adrian Henri, The Best of Adrian Henri
• Ted Hughes, Season Songs
• Glyn Jones, Selected Poems
• Peter Levi, Collected Poems
• Hugh MacDairmid, Collected Poems
• Hugh Maxton, The Noise of the Fields
• Humphrey John Moore, Collected Poems
• Eleanor Murray, Black and Sepia
• Luke Parsons, Last Poems
• Brian Patten, Vanishing Trick
• Rodney Pybus, Bridging Loans
• Jon Silkin, The Little Timekeeper
• Derek Walcott, Sea Grapes
• David Wright, A View of the North
• Edmund Leo Wright, The Horwich Hennets (the poet invented the "hennet", a 12-line hendecasyllabic verse with the rhymes "abacbcde deff")
• Paul Yates, Sky Made of Stone

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

• Elaine Feinstein, editor and translator, Three Russian Poets: Margarite Aliger, Yunna Morits, Bella Akhmadulina, Manchester, Carcanet Press
• F. Edward Mendelson is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. 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 Ciarán Carson (born 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Poet and Novelist. Elizabeth Daryush (1887-1977 was an English poet She was the daughter of Robert Bridges; her maternal grandfather was Alfred Waterhouse. David Day may refer to David Day (Canadian writer, author from British Columbia David Day (historian, Australian historian Patric Thomas Dickinson ( December 26[[ 914]]— January 28[[ 994]] was a British poet translator from the Greek and Latin classics and playwright Ruth Fainlight (born 1931 New York City) is a poet short story writer translator and librettist Tony Flynn was a rock Guitarist best known for his stints with Steppenwolf and an unauthorized 1980 "reunion" of Deep Purple. Thom Gunn ( 29 August 1929 - 25 April 2004) was an Anglo-American poet Adrian Henri ( 10 April 1932 Edward James Hughes OM ( 17 August 1930 &ndash 28 October 1998) was an English Poet and children's Glyn Jones is a South African actor writer and director During late 1964 David Whitaker, the story editor on the BBC series Doctor Peter Chad Tigar Levi, FSA, FRSL, ( 16 May 1931 &ndash 1 February 2000) Professor of Poetry at the University Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946, Liverpool, Lancashire, England) is an English Poet. 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 Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a West Indies poet playwright writer and visual artist who writes mainly in English. David John Murray Wright (1920–1994 was an author and "an acclaimed South African-born poet" Elaine Feinstein is poet novelist short-story writer playwright biographer and translator and was born on 24 October 1930 in Bootle Lancashire Yunna Morits ( Moritz) ( Юнна Петровна Мориц; 1937-) a Russian artist of many talents primarily known as a poet was born in Kiev Bella (Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian Белла Ахатовна Ахмадулина is a Russian Poet who has been cited by Joseph Brodsky E. S. Finn, Here and Human
• Antonia Fraser, Scottish Love Poems
• Dannie Abse, Poetry Dimension Annual 4
• Howard Sergeant, New Poems 1976/1977, P. Lady Antonia Fraser, CBE (born 27 August 1932 née Pakenham, is an English author of history and novels best known as Antonia Fraser for writing Daniel Abse, better known as Dannie Abse, (born 22 September 1923 is a Welsh Poet. Herbert (Howard Sergeant born Hull 1914 died 1987 Poet and publisher of Britain's oldest independent Poetry magazine Outposts. E. N. anthology

United States

• Diane Ackerman, The Planets
• Ted Berrigan, Red Wagon
• Elizabeth Bishop, One Act
• Raymond Carver, At Night The Salmon Move
• Maxine Chernoff, Vegetable Emergency, prose poems (Beyond Baroque Foundation)
• Robert Creeley, Selected Poems
• James Dickey, The Zodiac
• Ed Dorn, translator, Selected Poems of Cesar Vallejo, Penguin^[5]
• Charles Doyle, James K. Baxter, Boston: Twayne (Twayne's World Authors Series); study of the New Zealand poet
• Irving Feldman, Leaping Clear
• Marya Fiamengo, In Praise of Older Women
• John Hollander, Reflections on Espionage
• Robert Lowell, Selected Poems
• James Merrill: Divine Comedies, including "Lost in Translation" and "The Book of Ephraim", a long narrative poem
• Lorine Niedecker, Blue Chicory (published posthumously)
• Kenneth Rexroth, 100 More Poems from the Japanese
• Charles Reznikoff, Poems 1918-1936
• Muriel Rukeyser, The Gates
• Anne Sexton, 45 Mercy Street (posthumous)
• James Tate, Viper Jazz

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

• Harold Bloom, Poetry and Repression, the final volume of a tetralogy that began with The Anxiety of Influence in 1973
• Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, Understanding Poetry (college textbook), originally published in 1938, goes into its fourth edition (after revised editions in 1950 and 1960); this would be the final edition before the deaths of the authors

Other in English

• Jayanta Mahapatra, Indian:
  • A Father's Hours^[6]
  • A Rain of Rites^[6]

Works published in other languages

Denmark

• Jørgen Nash, Her er jeg
• Klaus Rifbjerg, Stranden
• Jørgen Gustava Brandt:
  • Mit hjerte i København
  • Jothárram
  • Regnansigt

Finland

• Paavo Haavikko, Viiniä, kirjoitusta
• Hannu Mäkelä, Synkkyys pohjaton, ninn myös iloni, onneni
• Jarkko Laine, Viidenpennin Hamlet
• Matti Rossi, Laulu tummana tulevi
• Matti Kuusi, Kansanruno Kalevala, a reconstruction of the folk poems that formed the basis of the Finnish national epic, Kaalevala, compiled in 1849 by Elias Lönnrot. The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Diane Ackerman (born October 7 1948) is an American Author, Poet, and naturalist known best for her work A Natural Ted Berrigan ( 15 November, 1934 - 4 July, 1983) was an American poet. Elizabeth Bishop ( February 8, 1911 &ndash October 6, 1979) was an American Poet and Writer from Worcester Raymond Clevie Carver Jr ( May 25, 1938 &ndash August 2, 1988) was an American Short story Writer Maxine Chernoff was born in Chicago, Illinois in the year of 1952, where she grew up and attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Robert Creeley ( May 21, 1926 &ndash March 30 2005) was an American Poet and Author of more than sixty books James Dickey ( February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was a popular United States Poet and Novelist. Edward Merton Dorn ( April 2, 1929 — December 10, 1999) was an American poet and teacher often César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza ( March 16 1892 &ndash April 15 1938) was a Peruvian Poet. Charles Doyle may refer to Charles Hastings Doyle (1804&ndash1883 British soldier and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 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 Irving Feldman (born on 22 September 1928 in Brooklyn New York is an American poet and professor of English John Hollander (born October 28, 1929 in New York City) is an American Poet and literary Critic. Robert Lowell (March 1 1917&ndashSeptember 12 1977 born Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV, was an American Poet whose works confessional in nature James Ingram Merrill ( March 3, 1926 &ndash February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning "Lost in Translation" is a narrative poem by James Merrill (1926-1995 one of the most studied and celebrated of his shorter works Lorine Niedecker (English pronounced Needecker ( May 12, 1903 - December 31, 1970) was born on the Black Hawk Island near Fort Atkinson Kenneth Rexroth ( December 22[[ 905]] &ndash June 6[[ 982]] was an American Poet, Translator and critical Essayist He was among the Charles Reznikoff ( August 31, 1894 - January 22, 1976) was the Poet for whom the term Objectivist was first coined Muriel Rukeyser ( December 15, 1913 &ndash February 12, 1980) was an American poet and political activist best known for her Anne Sexton ( November 9, 1928, Newton Massachusetts — October 4, 1974, Weston Massachusetts) born Anne Gray James Tate is a human name and may refer to James "Honest Dick" Tate (born 1831 State Treasurer of Kentucky James Hugh Joseph Harold Bloom' (born July 11, 1930) is a Literary critic. Bloom defended 19th-century Romantic poets at a time when their reputations Events Canadian poet and author Michael Ondaatje adapts his 1970 book of poetry The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, into a play which Cleanth Brooks ( October 16, 1906 - May 10, 1994) was an influential American literary critic and professor Robert Penn Warren (April 24 1905 &ndash September 15 1989 was an American poet Novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. Understanding Poetry was an influential American college textbook and poetry anthology by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, first published in Events In Nazi Germany the Reichsschrifttumskammer (the National Socialist authors' association banned German expressionist poet Gottfried Benn Events Charles Olson publishes his seminal essay Projective Verse. Events August Derleth launches the poetry magazine Hawk and Whippoorwill. 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 Danish literature is for the purposes of this article the subset of Scandinavian literature composed in Denmark or by Danish people Jørgen Nash ( March 16, 1920 - May 17, 2004) was a Danish artist writer and central proponent of situationism Klaus Rifbjerg (born December 15 1931) is a Danish Writer. He has written more than 120 novels books and essays Finnish literature bears evidence of the strong influence of the country's tumultuous history. Paavo Haavikko ( January 25, 1931 – October 6, 2008) was a Finnish Poet and Playwright, considered one Jarkko Laine ( 17 March 1947 – 19 August, 2006) was a Finnish poet and a writer of prose and plays Matti Kuusi (1914–1998 was a Finnish Folklorist, Paremiographer and Paremiologist. Events November 14 - A public festival is held in Denmark to celebrate the 70th birthday of Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger La Tribune des Peuples Elias Lönnrot ( ( April 9, 1802 – March 19, 1884) was a Finnish Philologist and collector of traditional Finnish

French language

France

• Raymond Queneau, Morale élémentaire
• Hervé Bazin, Traits
• Roland Bacri, Roland Bacri (the name of the author and book are the same)
• Jacques Prévert, Grand Bal du printemps
• Jean Berthet, L'éternel instant
• Robert Houdelot, Les Treize
• Philippe Chabaneix, Dix nouvelles romances
• Christian Dedeyan, Chant du Houlme
• Jacques Marlet, Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver
• J. French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of Raymond Queneau ( February 21, 1903 &ndash October 25, 1976) was a French Poet and Novelist and the co-founder Hervé Bazin (Jean-Pierre Hervé-Bazin ( April 7 1911, Angers - February 17 1996, Angers) was a French writer Jacques Prévert (ʒak pʀeˈvɛʀ in French February 4, 1900 - April 11, 1977) was a French Poet and Screenwriter P. Seguin, LAnnée poétique 1975

Other in French

• John Jackson, a study of Yves Bonnefoy

Canada

• Georges Cartier, Chanteaux
• Paul Chanel Malenfant, Poèmes de la mères pays
• A Quebec collective of women, La Nef des sorcières

German language

West Germany

• Horst Bienek, Gleiwitzer Kindheit
• H. John Jackson may refer to Politics: John Jackson (Tampa, mayor of Tampa Florida John Jackson (UK politician (1851&ndash1919 Yves Bonnefoy (born June 24 1923 is a French poet and essayist Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Bart, KCMG, PC ( September 6, 1814 &ndash May 20, 1873) was a French-Canadian German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Horst Bienek ( May 7, 1930 &ndash December 7, 1990) was a German Novelist Bienek was born in Gleiwitz (Gliwice M. Enzensberger, Mausoleum: 37 Ballads From the History of Progress
• Michael Kruger, Reginapoly
• Ernst Meister, Im Zeitspalt
• Jurgen Theobaldy and Gustav Zürcher, Veränderung der Lyrik: Über westdeutsche Gedichte seit 1965^[7]

East Germany

• Erich Arendt, Memento und Bild

Italy

• Dario Bellezza, Morta segreta
• Alberto Bevilacqua, La crudeltà
• Amelia Rosselli, Documento 1966-73
• Angelo M. German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Italian poetry is a category of Italian literature. Important Italian poets Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to Dario Bellezza ( September 5, 1944, Rome — March 31, 1996, Rome) was an Italian poet author and playwright Amelia Rosselli ( Paris, 1930 - Rome, 1996 was an Italian Poet. Ripellino, La splendido violino verde

Norway

• Göran Sonnevi, Det omöjliga
• Sten Hagliden, Kvällsordat
• Barbro Lindgren, Rapporter från marken

Spanish language

Spain

• Matilde Camus, Siempre amor ("Forever Love")
• Antonio Colinas, Sepulcro en Taruinia
• Claudio Rodriguez, El vuelo de la celebración

Latin America

• José Emilio Pacheco, Islas a la deriva (Mexico)
• Guadalupe Amor, El zoológico de Pita Amor
• Jomi García Ascot, Un modo de decir
• A workshop in "synthetic poetry" came out with Doce modos

Portuguese language

Portugal

• Carlos de Oliveira, Trabalho Poético
• Egito Gonçalves, Luz Vegital
• Eugénio de Andrade, Limar dos Pássaros
• António Ramos Rosa, Ciclo do Cavalo
• Pedro Tamen, Agora, Estar

Brazil

• Marcus Accioly, Sisifo, a long poem containing multiple forms of poetry, including the classical sonnet, concrete and popular Brazilian forms
• Yolanda Jordão, Biografia do Edificio e Anexos
• Adélia Prado, Bagagem

Other languages

• Gerrit Kouwenaar, Verzamelde Gedichten (Netherlands)
• Wisława Szymborska: Wielka liczba ("A Large Number"), Poland

Awards and honors

Canada

• See 1976 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. Göran Sonnevi (born in 1939 in Lund) is a Swedish Poet and Translator. Barbro Lindgren-Enskog (born in 1937 in Stockholm) is a Swedish children book writer Spanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Matilde Camus (born 26 September, 1919 in Santander) is a Spanish Poet who has written research works Latin American poetry is the Poetry of Latin America, mostly but not entirely written in Spanish or Portuguese José Emilio Pacheco (born June 30, 1939 in Mexico City) is a Mexican Poet, Essayist, Translator, Novelist Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein ( May 30, 1918 &ndash May 8, 2000) who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican Poet This is a survey of Portuguese literature. The Portuguese language was developed gradually from the Vulgar language (i Carlos de Oliveira, GOSE (1921 Belém, Brazil - 1981 Lisbon, Portugal) was a Portuguese Poet and Eugénio de Andrade, pseudonym of José Fontinhas, GOSE, GCM (Póvoa de Atalaia Fundão, 19 January 1923 The Literature of Brazil refers to literature written in the Portuguese language by Brazilians or in Brazil, even if prior to Brazil's independence from Portugal Adélia Luzia Prado Freitas (born December 13, 1935) is a leading Catholic writer and poet in Brazil. Similar to other literary traditions Dutch literature is not restricted to the Netherlands alone Wisława Szymborska (vʲisˈwava ʃɨmˈbɔrska born July 2, 1923 in Kórnik, Poland) is a Polish poet, Essayist Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. The majority of Polish literature was written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland 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 1976 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: Peter Porter, Fleur Adcock
• Eric Gregory Award: Stewart Brown, Valerie Gillies, Paul Groves, Paul Hyland, Nigel Jenkins, Andrew Motion, Tom Paulin, William Peskett

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"): Robert Hayden appointed this year. 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. Peter Porter is the name of Peter Buell Porter (1773 - 1844 U 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 The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission Stewart Brown is an English Poet and university lecturer as well as scholar of African and Caribbean Literature. Paul Groves (born 28 February 1966 in Derby, England) is an English former footballer who notably captained Grimsby Nigel Jenkins (born 1949 is one of Wales's foremost poets Jenkins is also an editor journalist broadcaster and writer of creative non-fiction Andrew Motion, FRSL, (born 26 October 1952) is an English Poet, Novelist and Biographer, who is the Thomas Neilson Paulin (born January 25, 1949 in Leeds, England) is a Northern Irish Poet William Peskett (born 1952 is a Northern Irish poet Peskett was educated in Belfast and at Cambridge University, where he read Natural sciences 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 See Bob Hayden for the USA Hockey referee See Geek Code for the related Robert Hayden
• Frost Medal: A.M. Sullivan
• National Book Award for Poetry: John Ashbery, Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: John Ashbery: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
• Walt Whitman Award: Laura Gilpin, The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: J. V. Cunningham
• Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Denise Levertov, The Freeing of the Dust (Judge: Hayden Carruth)

Births

Deaths

• January 15 - Sydney Goodsir Smith, a New Zealand-Scottish poet, artist, dramatist and novelist
• January 18 - Chester Kallman, 53
• January 22 - Charles Reznikoff, 81, American Objectivist poet
• March 10 - Louis Sissman, 48, of Hodgkin's disease
• March 12 - Lloyd Frankenberg, 67
• March 22 - Stanley Young, 69
• April 28 - Richard A. W. Hughes, British poet, author and playwright
• May 10 - Roque Dalton, executed
• July 10 - Sir Francis Meynell, 84
• August 19 — Jan Nisar Akhtar, 62, Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, a lyricist for Bollywood and father of psychiatrist and poet Salman Akhtar
• August 29 — Kazi Nazrul Islam, 77, Bengali poet and composer best known as the Bidrohi Kobi ("Rebel Poet"), popular among Bengalis and considered the national poet of Bangladesh
• September 24? - Pat Lowther - Canadian poet murdered by her husband, Roy Lowther
• October 15 - James McAuley, Australian poet, academic, journalist, literary critic
• date not known - Anne Elder

See also

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

Notes

1. ^ [1]Representative Poetry Online Web site, which cites Facts on File 36 [1976]: 9
2. ^ Preminger, Alex and T. The Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement The name A M Sullivan can refer to different people Alexander Martin Sullivan (Irish politician (1829–1884 Irish Journalist politician and author 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 John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is The Walt Whitman Award is given by the Academy of American Poets to an American poet who has never before published a book of poetry Laura Gilpin ( April 22, 1891 in Austin Bluffs Colorado &ndash November 30, 1979 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship" was the first award of its kind in the United States James Vincent Cunningham (August 23 1911 – March 30 1985 was an American poet literary critic and teacher Established in 1975 the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize is (currently a $25000 award recognizing the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year Denise Levertov was a British -born American poet Early life and influences Denise Levertov was born in Ilford, Essex England Hayden Carruth ( August 3, 1921 – September 29, 2008) was an American Poet and Literary critic. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Sydney Goodsir Smith ( 26 October 1915 &ndash 15 January 1975) was a New Zealand - Scottish poet artist dramatist and novelist Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Chester Simon Kallman ( 7 January 1921 &ndash 18 January 1975) was an American Poet, librettist and translator best known Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Charles Reznikoff ( August 31, 1894 - January 22, 1976) was the Poet for whom the term Objectivist was first coined The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation Modernists who emerged in the 1930s Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly known as the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly referred to simply as the National Spelling Bee) is Hodgkin's lymphoma, also known as Hodgkin's disease is a type of Lymphoma first described by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832 Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Richard Arthur Warren Hughes OBE ( 19 April, 1900 — 28 April 1976) was a British writer of poems short stories novels The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Roque Dalton García ( San Salvador, El Salvador, 14 May 1935 &ndash Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, 10 May Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Jaan Nisaar Akhtar ( February 14, 1914 - August 19, 1976) was a famous Indian poet of Urdu Ghazals and Nazms Indian literature is generally acknowledged as one of the oldest in the world Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised In Poetry, the ghazal ( Arabic / Persian / Urdu: غزل; Hindi: ग़ज़ल Turkish gazel) is a A Nazm (نظم is an Urdu Poetic form that is normally written in Rhymed verse Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India Salman Akhtar (born July 31, 1946 in Lucknow India) is a psychoanalyst who also holds a professorship at the Jefferson Medical College in Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) For the Bangladeshi politician see Syed Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam (কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম Kazi Nozrul Islam Like the Bengali language, Bengali poetry traces its lineage to Pāli and other Prakrit socio-cultural traditions Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Patricia Louise Lowther (née Tinmuth) ( July 29, 1935 - September 24 ? 1975 was a Canadian poet Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the James Phillip McAuley ( 12 October 1917 – 15 October 1976) was an Australian Academic, Poet, Journalist Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship 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 V. F. Brogan, et al. , editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108
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4. ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
5. ^ Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
6. ^ ^{a b} [3]Jayata Mahapatra Web page at the Orissa Gateway Web site, accessed October 16, 2007
7. ^ Preminger, Alex and T. 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 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. V. F. Brogan, et al. , editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Criticism in German" section, p 474

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