1978 in poetry - Citizendia

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Events

L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine, edited by Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein, first published
Stevie, a film based on a play about the poet Stevie Smith is released

Works published in English

Canada

Margaret Avison, sunblue
Earle Birney, Fall by Fury
Leonard Cohen. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order Events With the 1974, fall of the dictatorship in Greece, poets authors and intellectuals who had fled after the coup of 1967 returned Events Two poems written in 1965 by Mao Zedong just before the Cultural Revolution including "Two Birds A Dialogue" are published on January 1 Events British publication Gay News successfully prosecuted in the United Kingdom for blasphemy and libel for publishing James Kirkup's " Events The Kenyon Review is restarted by Kenyon College 10 years after the original publication was closed Events Mark Jarman and Robert McDowell started the small magazine The Reaper to promote narrative and formal poetry Events Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine published First issue of Conjunctions literary journal published 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 The year 1980 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1981 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 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) Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E was an Avant garde Poetry magazine edited by Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews that ran thirteen issues from 1978 Bruce Andrews (born April 1, 1948) is an American poet who was one of the key figures associated with the Language poets (or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Charles Bernstein (born April 4, 1950) is an American poet, critic editor and teacher Stevie is a 2002 film by documentarian Steve James. In 1995 James returned to Pomona, a rural town in southern Illinois, USA Stevie Smith ( September 20, 1902 – March 7, 1971) was a British Poet and Novelist Life Born Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written Margaret Avison OC ( April 23 1918 &ndash July 31 2007) was a Canadian poet. Bushed Earle Alfred Birney OC, PhD, FRSC ( 13 May 1904 &ndash 3 September 1995) was a distinguished Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter Death of a Lady's Man
Don Domanski, Heaven
Phyllis Gotlieb, The Works: Collected Poems
Irving Layton, The Tightrope Dancer
Pat MacKay, The Pat Lowther Poem
Sean O'Huigin, The Inks and the Pencils and the Looking Back
Michael Ondaatje, Elimination Dance/La danse eliminatoire, Ilderton: Nairn Coldstream; revised edition, Brick, 1980^[1]
Craig Powell, Rehearsal for Dancers
Al Purdy, Being Alive
Peter Trower, Bush Poems
Sean Virgo, Deathwatch on Skidegate Narrows
Miriam Waddington, Mister Never
George Woodcock:
- The Kestrel and Other Poems of Past and Present. Don Rusu Domanski (born 1950 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a Canadian Poet who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia Phyllis Fay Gotlieb, née Bloom (born May 26, 1926) is a Canadian Science fiction Novelist and Poet. Irving Layton OC ( March 12, 1912 &ndash January 4, 2006) was a Canadian Poet. Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC (ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː (born 12 September 1943 is a Sri Lankan Canadian Craig Steven Powell (born November 13, 1971 in Youngstown Ohio) is a former American football player who played Linebacker in Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC (December 30 1918 – April 21 2000 was one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century Peter Gerald Trower (born 25 August 1930) is a Canadian Poet and Novelist. Miriam Waddington (née Dworkin, 23 December 1917 - 3 March 2004) was a Canadian Poet, Short story George Woodcock ( May 8, 1912 - January 28, 1995) was a prolific Canadian Writer of Poetry, Essays Sunderland, Durham: Coelfrith Press, Canada^[2]
- Thomas Merton, Monk and Poet: A Critical Study, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, and Seattle: University of Washington Press, criticism^[2]

New Zealand

Alan Brunton, Oh Ravachol, Red Mole^[3]

United Kingdom

James Fenton, A Vacant Possession, poems, TNR Publications^[4]
Geoffrey Grigson, The Fiesta and Other Poems
Seamus Heaney: After Summer, Gallery Press
John Heath-Stubbs, The Watchman's Flute
Geoffrey Hill, Tenebrae, including the sonnet sequences "Lachrimae" and "An Apology for the Rivival of Christian Architecture in England"
A. Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes 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 James Fenton (born April 25, 1949, Lincoln England) has been at various times a Journalist, Poet, literary critic Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson ( 2 March 1905 &ndash 25 November 1985) was a British writer John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs OBE ( 9 July 1918 - 26 December[[ 006]] was an English Poet and Translator, known For the British aeronautical engineer and professor see Geoffrey T Norman Jeffares, W. B. Yeats: Man And Poet, United Kingdom, biography, revision of the first edition of 1948^[5]
Hugh MacDiarmid, Collected Poems, two volumes (posthumous)
John Montague, The Great Cloak
Craig Raine, The Onion, Memory
R.S. Thomas, Frequencies
Jeffrey Wainwright, Heart's Desire

United States

Maya Angelou, And Still I Rise
Paul Blackburn, translator (posthumous), Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry
Robert Creeley:
- Hello
- Later^[6]
Ed Dorn:
- Hello, La Jolla, Wingbow Press,^[7] ISBN 978-0914728245
- Selected Poems, edited by Donald Allen, Grey Fox Press^[7]
Cynthia Dubin Edelberg, Robert Creeley's Poetry: A Critical Introduction, Albuquerque, New Mexico (criticism)^[6]
Nikki Giovanni, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day
John Hollander, Spectral Emanations
James McMichael, The Lover’s Familiar
James Merrill, Mirabell: Books of Number
Mary Oliver:
- The Night Traveler
- Twelve Moons
George Oppen, Primitive (Black Sparrow Press)
Mary Oppen (George Oppen's wife), Meaning a Life, a memoir (Black Sparrow Press)
Adrienne Rich, The Dream of a Common Language
Patti Smith, Babel
William Stafford, Stories That Could Be True
Rosmarie Waldrop, The Road Is Everywhere or Stop This Body (Open Places)
James Wright, To a Blossoming Pear Tree
Louis Zukofsky:
- A (University of California Press)
- 80 Flowers

Other in English

Thomas McCarthy, The First Convention, Dolmen Press, Dublin, Ireland^[8]

Works in other languages

French language

France

Guillevic, Du Domaine
Joyce Mansour, Faire Signe au machiniste
Jean-Pierre Faye, Verres
Yves Martin, Je fais bouillir mon vin

Canada

Marcel Bélanger:
- Fragments paniques
- Infranoir
Normand de Bellefeuille, La Belle Conduite

German language

Germany

Alfred Andersch, ''Empōrt euch der Himmel ist blau
Ingeborg Bachmann, works, in a four-volume edition
Konrad Beyer, Gesamtwerk
Nicolas Born, Gedichte 1967-1978
Erich Fried, Die bunten Getûme
J. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Events Sometime this year Jack Kerouac introduced the phrase Beat Generation to describe his friends and as a general term describing the underground Hugh MacDiarmid is the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (Crìsdean Mac a' Ghreidhir (11 August 1892 Langholm - 9 September 1978 Edinburgh John Montague may refer to John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792 British statesman John Montague (poet (born 1929 Irish poet Craig Raine (born 3 December 1944) is an English poet and critic born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000 (published as R The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Maya Angelou (ˈmaɪə ˈændʒəloʊ (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American Poet, Memoirist Paul Blackburn ( 24 November 1926 - 13 September 1971) was an American poet Robert Creeley ( May 21, 1926 &ndash March 30 2005) was an American Poet and Author of more than sixty books Edward Merton Dorn ( April 2, 1929 — December 10, 1999) was an American poet and teacher often Donald Merriam Allen (b Iowa, 1912 — d San Francisco, August 29, 2004) influential editor, Publisher, and Translator Robert Creeley ( May 21, 1926 &ndash March 30 2005) was an American Poet and Author of more than sixty books Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni (born June 7 1943 is a Grammy -nominated American Poet, activist and author John Hollander (born October 28, 1929 in New York City) is an American Poet and literary Critic. James L McMichael (born 1939 is an award-winning American poet James Ingram Merrill ( March 3, 1926 &ndash February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning Mirabell Books of Number is a 1978 volume of poetry by James Merrill (1926–1995 Mary Oliver (b September 10, 1935) is an American Poet. Life Oliver was born to Edward William and Helen M George Oppen ( April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984) was an American poet best known as one of the members of the Objectivist Mary Oppen ( November 28, 1908 &ndash May 14, 1990) American poet, was also an Activist, artist Photographer Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist. Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet Babel is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1978 and contains Smith's poems along with her prose lyrics pictures and drawings William Stafford may refer to William Stafford (poet, American poet William Stafford (1500-1565, courtier to Henry VIII and Edward VI Rosmarie Waldrop (born August 24, 1935) is a contemporary American poet, Translator and publisher James or Jim Wright is the name of James Wright (governor (1715-1785 British colonial governor of the U Louis Zukofsky ( January 23, 1904 – May 12, 1978) was one of the most important second-generation American Thomas McCarthy (born 1954 is an Irish poet novelist and critic born in Cappoquin, Co The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages one in Irish and the other in English. French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of Eugène Guillevic ( Carnac, Morbihan, France, August 5, 1907 &ndash Paris, March 19, 1997) (øʒen Joyce Mansour (born 1928 deceased 1986 was a twentieth century French Surrealist Poet. Jean-Pierre Faye (born in Paris, 19 July 1925) is a French Philosopher and Writer of fiction and Prose poetry Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Alfred Hellmuth Andersch ( February 4, 1914 &mdash February 21, 1980) was a German writer publisher and Radio editor Ingeborg Bachmann ( June 25, 1926 - October 17, 1973) was an Austrian Poet and Author Nicolas Born (born December 31 1937 in Duisburg; died December 7 1979 in Lüchow-Dannenberg) was a German Erich Fried ( 6 May, 1921 &mdash November 22, 1988) was an Austrian Poet settled in England, known for his political-minded Hans, U. Herms, and R. Thenior, Lyrik-Katalog Bundesrepublik, anthology^[9]
Thomas Mann, Tagebücher 1933-1934
Johannes Schenk, Zittern
Kurt Tucholsky, Die Q-Tagebücher 1934-1935

Criticism, scholarship and biography in Germany

Walter Hinck, Von Heine zu Brecht. Paul Thomas Mann ( June Kurt Tucholsky ( January 9, 1890 &ndash December 21, 1935) was a German- Jewish Journalist, satirist and writer Lyrik im Geschichtsprozess (scholarship)^[10]
Walter Hinderer, editor, Gesch. der politschen Lyrik in Deutschland, Stuttgart (scholarship)^[10]
William H. Rey, Poesie der Antipoesie: Moderne deutsche Lyrik Genesis, Theorie, Struktur, Heidelberg, ISBN 10: 3798805202 ISBN 13: 9783798805200 (scholarship)^[10]

Hebrew language

D. Avidan, a poetry book
P. Sadeh, a poetry book
E. Megged, a poetry book
M. Ben-Shaul, a poetry book
Zelda (poet), a poetry book

Italy

Mario Luzi, Al Fuoco della controversia
Leonardo Sinisgalli, Dimenticatoio
Eugenio Montale, Tutte le poesie
Franco Fortini, Una volta per sempre, poesie 1938-1973

Norway

Hans Børli, Dag og Drøm: Dikt i utvalg ("Day and Dream") (Norway)
Paal Brekke, Dikt 1949-1722 (Norway)
Halldis Moren Vesaa, Dikt i samling (Norway)

Portuguese language

Rui Knopfli, O Escriba Acocorado (Portugal)
Waldimir Diniz, Até o 8° round (Brazilian)
Cassiano Nunes, Madrugada (Brazilian)
Accioly Lopes, his first volume of verse (Brazilian)

Spanish language

Spain

Eduardo Haro Ibars, Perdiddas blancas
Féliz de Asúa, Pasar y siete canciones (he also published a novel this year, Les lecciones suspendidas)
Luis Antonio de Villena, Viaje a Bizancio
Pere Gimferrer, a collection of his verse translated from Catalan to Castilian by the author
García Hortelano, editor, anthology of verse by the Generation of the '50s, including Caballero Bonald, Angel González, Jaime gil de Biedma, Carlos Barral

Latin America

Oscar Hahn, Arte de morir
Pablo Neruda, Para nacer he nacido, previously unpublished diary entries, memoirs and other writings (posthumous), put out by his widow, Matilde de Neruda and Miguel Otero Silva (of Venezuala)

Sweden

Tomas Tranströmer, Sanningsbarriāren
Tobias Berggren, Bergsmusik
Eva Runefelt, Aldriga och barnsliga trakter

Yiddish

Shoyme Roitman, a poetry book
Rachel Boymvol, a poetry book
Jacob Shargel, a poetry book
Hayyim Plotkin, a poetry book

Other

Odysseus Elytis, Μαρία Νεφέλη ("Maria Nefeli") Greece
Joseph Brodsky, editor of two expatriate Russian poetry anthologies:
- Konets prekrasnoy epokh: Stikhotvoreniya 1964-71
- Chast' rechi: Stkikhotvoreniya 1972-76

Awards and honors

Canada

See 1978 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914-1984 (זלדה שניאורסון-מישקובסקי commonly known simply as Zelda, is a 20th century Israeli Poet Italian poetry is a category of Italian literature. Important Italian poets Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to Mario Luzi ( 20 October 1914 &ndash 28 February 2005) was an Italian poet Leonardo Sinisgalli (b Montemurro, Province of Potenza 1908 d Eugenio Montale ( October 12, 1896 — September 12, 1981) was an Italian Poet, prose writer editor and translator 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 Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. This is a survey of Portuguese literature. The Portuguese language was developed gradually from the Vulgar language (i This is a survey of Portuguese literature. The Portuguese language was developed gradually from the Vulgar language (i 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 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 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 Spanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Ángel González Muñiz ( September 3, 1925 &ndash January 12, 2008) was a major Spanish poet of the twentieth century Carlos Barral i Agesta (1928-1989 was a Spanish poet, considered (along with Jaime Gil de Biedma) to be one of the greatest poets of the so-called Latin American poetry is the Poetry of Latin America, mostly but not entirely written in Spanish or Portuguese Óscar Hahn (born Óscar Arturo Hahn Garcés July 5, 1938 in Iquique, Chile) is a Chilean Writer and Poet. Pablo Neruda ( July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and later legal name of the Chilean writer and politician Miguel Otero Silva ( October 26, 1908 - August 28, 1985) was a Venezuelan writer journalist Humorist and Politician Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. Tomas Tranströmer (born April 15, 1931) is a Swedish writer poet and translator whose poetry has been deeply influential in Sweden as well as around Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German 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 Joseph Brodsky ( May 24, 1940 — January 28, 1996) born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Иосиф Александрович Бродский 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 1978 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: Christopher Hope, Leslie Norris, Peter Reading, D.M. Thomas, R.S. Thomas
Eric Gregory Award: Ciaran Carson, Peter Denman, Christopher Reid, Paul Wilkins, Martyn A. 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. George Leslie Norris ( May 21, 1921 &ndash April 6, 2006) was a prize-winning Welsh Poet and Short story writer Peter Reading (born Liverpool, 1946) is a prolific English poet Donald Michael Thomas, known as D M Thomas (born 27 January 1935, Redruth, Cornwall, UK) is a Cornish Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000 (published as R The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission Ciarán Carson (born 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Poet and Novelist. Christopher Reid (born May 13 1949) is a British poet essayist Cartoonist, and Writer. Ford, James Sutherland-Smith

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"): William Meredith appointed this year. 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 William Meredith may refer to Billy Meredith (1874-1958 British international winger oft described as "football's first superstar"
National Book Award for Poetry: Howard Nemerov, The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Howard Nemerov, The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
Walt Whitman Award: Karen Snow, Wonders
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Josephine Miles

France

Guillaume Apollinaire prize: Jean-Claude Renard, La Lumière du silence

Other

Casa de las Américas prize for poetry (Cuba): Claribel Alegria of El Salvador, for Sobrevivo

Births

June 7 — Jesse Ball, American poet and writer

Deaths

January 20 — Gilbert Highet, 71, Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian, of cancer
February 22 — Phyllis McGinley, at 72
March 19 — Faith Baldwin, 84
March 22 — John Hall Wheelock, 91, American poet
April 14 — F.R. Leavis, 82, English literary critic
May 1 — Sylvia Townsend Warner, 84, English novelist and poet
May 12 — Louis Zukofsky, 74, American modernist poet
July 2 — Aris Alexandrou, Greek
June 3 — Frank Stanford, 29, American poet, by suicide
September 9 — Hugh MacDiarmid, 86, Scottish poet
Date not known — Juan Rodolfo Wilcock, (born 1919), Argentine author and poet

Notes

^ Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
^ ^a ^b Web page titled "The Works of George Woodcock" at the Anarchy Archives website, which states: "This list is based on The Record of George Woodcock (issued for his eightieth birthday) and Ivan Avakumovic's bibliography in A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock, edited by W. 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 The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author 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 The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship" was the first award of its kind in the United States Josephine Miles ( June 11, 1911 – May 12, 1985) poet and literature critic was the first woman to be Tenured in the English French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (born May 12 1924 is a Nicaraguan Poet, essayist, Novelist, and Journalist who was a major voice Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Jesse Ball (born June 7 1978) is an American Poet. He has published volumes of Poetry, short Prose, and Drawings The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Gilbert Highet was a Scottish-American classicist academic writer intellectual critic and literary historian born on 22 June 1906 in Glasgow, Scotland The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Phyllis McGinley ( March 21, 1905 - February 22, 1978) was an U Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Faith Baldwin (October 1 1893 New Rochelle New York – March 18 1978 Norwalk Connecticut) was a very successful U Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. John Hall Wheelock ( September 9, 1886 - March 22, 1978) 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 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Frank Raymond Leavis CH ( 14 July 1895 - 14 April 1978) was an influential British Literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner ( December 6, 1893 - May 1, 1978) was an English novelist and poet The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Louis Zukofsky ( January 23, 1904 – May 12, 1978) was one of the most important second-generation American The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Modernist poetry refers to poetry written between 1890 and 1930 in the tradition of Modernist literature; the dates of the term depend upon a number of factors including the Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Aris Alexandrou (Greek Άρης Αλεξάνδρου) ( 1922 - 2 July 1978) was a 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 Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Frank Stanford ( August 1, 1948 &ndash June 3, 1978) was a prolific 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 Hugh MacDiarmid is the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (Crìsdean Mac a' Ghreidhir (11 August 1892 Langholm - 9 September 1978 Edinburgh Juan Rodolfo Wilcock. Author poet critic and translator Born on April 17, 1919 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Events Two paintings by E E Cummings appear in a show of the New York Society of Independent Artists Latin American poetry is the Poetry of Latin America, mostly but not entirely written in Spanish or Portuguese 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 H. New, 1978, with additions to bring it up to date"; accessed April 24, 2008
^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
^ [1]Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
^ "Obituary: A. Norman Jeffares", The Guardian, by John Sutherland, June 14, 2005, accessed April 22, 2008
^ ^a ^b Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
^ ^a ^b Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
^ Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy" at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 2008
^ Preminger, Alex and T. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. 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 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 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
^ ^a ^b ^c Preminger, Alex and T. 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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Contents

Events

Works published in English

Other in English

Works in other languages

French language

German language

Criticism, scholarship and biography in Germany

Hebrew language

Spanish language

Other

Awards and honors

Other

Births

Deaths

Notes

See also