| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 |
| Years in literature: | 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 |
Contents |
Events
- The Kenyon Review is restarted by Kenyon College 10 years after the original publication was closed. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order 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 L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine edited by Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein, first published Stevie, 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 Events Final edition of This Magazine published March 1 - Dylan Thomas was posthumously honoured by a floor plaque 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 The year 1982 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 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 Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Kenyon Review is a literary journal based in Gambier Ohio, USA, home of Kenyon College. Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church
- Jahrbuch der Lyrik ("Poetry Yearbook"), an annual poetry anthology, is launched in Germany, nine years before the similar Best American Poetry series is begun. Each year's edition, containing 100 poems, is published in the spring by Beck, and is edited by Christoph Buchwald along with a guest editor. [1]
Works published in English
Australia
- Robert Adamson Where I Come From
- Robert Gray, Grass script
- Les Murray, The Boys Who Stole the Funeral, Angus & Robertson, 1979, 1980 and Manchester, Carcanet, 1989
- John Tranter:
- Dazed in the Ladies Lounge, Island Press
- Editor, The New Australian Poetry (anthology)[2]
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe:
- The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers, Sydney: Angus & Robertson
- Toil and Spin: Two Directions in Modern Poetry (scholarship), Melbourne: Hutchinson
Canada
- Paul Dutton, Right Hemisphere, Left Ear
- Michael Ondaatje, There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do
- Irving Layton, Droppings from Heaven
- Dennis Lee, The Gods
- Steven McCaffery and B.P. Nichol, In England Now That Spring
- Susan Musgrave, A Man to Bury, A Man to Marry
- Michael Ondaatje (also see "Anthologies in Canada" section below):
- There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do: Poems, 1963-1978, New York: W. Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Robert Adamson (born 17 May 1944 in Sydney) is an Australian Poet and publisher Robert William Geoffrey Gray (b February 23, 1945) is an Australian Poet, Freelance writer, and Critic. 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 Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC (ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː (born 12 September 1943 is a Sri Lankan Canadian Irving Layton OC ( March 12, 1912 &ndash January 4, 2006) was a Canadian Poet. Dennis Lee may refer to Dennis Lee (author, Canadian children's writer and poet Dennis Lee (director, director of Fireflies Barrie Phillip Nichol ( September 30, 1944 - September 25, 1988) who often went by his lower-case initials and last name with no spaces ( Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian Poet and Children's writer. Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC (ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː (born 12 September 1943 is a Sri Lankan Canadian W. Norton (New York, NY), 1979[3] ISBN 0393011917, ISBN 039302100X (published as Rat Jelly, and Other Poems, 1963-1978, London, United Kingdom: Marion Boyars, 1980)[3]
- Claude Glass (literary criticism), Toronto: Coach House Press[3]
Anthologies in Canada
New Zealand
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- Allen Curnow, An Incorrigible Music[5]
- Bill Manhire, Dawn/Water
- Bob Orr, Poems for Moira[6]
Anthologies
- John Jessop, editor, International Anthology of Concrete Poetry, vol. Events Mark Jarman and Robert McDowell started the small magazine The Reaper to promote narrative and formal poetry Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC (ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː (born 12 September 1943 is a Sri Lankan Canadian Events This Magazine founded by Robert Grenier and Barrett Watten The Canterbury Tales, 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 Events Bob Dylan releases his The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, album with his most influential early songwriting Thomas Allen Munro Curnow ONZ CBE ( June 17, 1911 – September 23, 2001) was a New Zealand Poet and Bill Manhire CNZM, (born in Invercargill in 1946 is an award-winning New Zealand poet short story writer and professor Robert Orr may refer to one of several people Bob Orr (poet, New Zealand poet Bobby Orr (born 1948 Canadian hockey player i
- George Swede, editor, The Canadian Haiku Anthology
United Kingdom
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- Kingsley Amis, Collected Poems
- Robert Conquest, Forays
- Duglas Dunn
- D.J. Enright, A Faust Book
- Omar Khayyám, The Rubaiyat, translated by John Heath-Stubbs and Peter Avery
- Derek Mahon, Poems 1962-1978. George Swede (Juris Švēde (born as Juris Puriņš, November 20, 1940 in Riga, Latvia) is a Canadian Poet 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 Events Bob Dylan releases his The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, album with his most influential early songwriting Events Bob Dylan releases his The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, album with his most influential early songwriting Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE ( April 16, 1922 &ndash October 22, 1995) was an English Novelist, Dr George Robert Ackworth Conquest (born July 15 1917) British Historian, became a well known writer and researcher on the Soviet Union Dennis Joseph Enright ( March 11 1920 – December 31 2002) was a British academic poet novelist and critic and general Man of letters For the Thoroughbred racehorse see Omar Khayyam (horse Ghiyās od-Dīn Abol-Fath Omār ibn Ebrāhīm Khayyām Neyshābūri (غیاث الدین John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs OBE ( 9 July 1918 - 26 December[[ 006]] was an English Poet and Translator, known Peter Avery OBE (15 May 1923 &ndash 6 October 2008 was an eminent British scholar of Persian and a Fellow of King's College Cambridge. Derek Mahon (born 23 November 1941) is a Northern Irish poet He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Oxford University Press
- Craig Raine, A Martian Sends a Postcard Home
- Seamus Heaney
- Field Work, Faber & Faber
- Hedge School, Janus Press
- Ugolino, Carpenter Press
- Gravities, Charlotte Press
- A Family Album, Byron Press
- Ted Hughes:
- Moortown
- Remains of Elmet
- P.J. Kavanagh
- Terence Tiller
United States
- John Ashbery, As We Know
- Ted Berrigan and Harris Schiff, Yo-Yo's With Money
- Maxine Chernoff, Utopia TV Store (The Yellow Press)
- Robert Creeley, Was That a Real Poem and Other Essays, edited by Donald Allen (Bolinas, California), criticism[7]
- Federico Garcia Lorca (posthumous), translated by Paul Blackburn, Lorca/Blackburn: Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca Chosen by Paul Blackburn
- John Hollander, Blue Wine
- Paul Hoover, Letter to Einstein Beginning Dear Albert (The Yellow Press)
- Stanley Kunitz, The Poems of Stanley Kunitz
- Denise Levertov, Collected Earlier Poems
- F. A. Nettelbeck, Bug Death
- Mary Oliver, Sleeping in the Forest (chapbook)
- Robert Penn Warren, Brother to Dragons
Other in English
- Jayanta Mahapatra, Waiting, India[8]
Works published in other languages
Spain
- Matilde Camus, Corcel en el tiempo ("Steed of the time")
French
France
- Alain Bosquet, Poémes, un, his collected works up to 1967
- Pierre Emmanuel, Una, ou la mort, la vie
- Guillevic, Etier
- André Pieyre de Mandiargues, L'ivre Oeil
- Patrick Reumaux, Repérages du vif
Denmark
- Henrik Nordbrandt, Spøgelseslege
Other
- Haim Gouri, Ayuma, Israeli writing in Hebrew[9]
Awards and honors
Canada
- See 1979 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Craig Raine (born 3 December 1944) is an English poet and critic born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. Field Work ( 1979) is a collection of poems written by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. Edward James Hughes OM ( 17 August 1930 &ndash 28 October 1998) was an English Poet and children's PJ Kavanagh (born Patrick J Kavanagh on January 6 1931 is an English poet lecturer actor and broadcaster Terence Rogers Tiller ( September 19 1916 - December 24 1987) was an English poet and radio producer The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is Ted Berrigan ( 15 November, 1934 - 4 July, 1983) was an American poet. 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 Donald Merriam Allen (b Iowa, 1912 — d San Francisco, August 29, 2004) influential editor, Publisher, and Translator Federico García Lorca' ( 5 June 1898 &ndash 19 August 1936) was a Spanish Poet and dramatist also remembered as Paul Blackburn ( 24 November 1926 - 13 September 1971) was an American poet John Hollander (born October 28, 1929 in New York City) is an American Poet and literary Critic. Paul Hoover (born 1946 is an American poet and editor born in Harrisonburg Virginia. Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kjunɪts/ ( July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was an American Poet who served two years (1974&ndash1976 Denise Levertov was a British -born American poet Early life and influences Denise Levertov was born in Ilford, Essex England F A Nettelbeck (born 1950 Chicago) is an American poet Although a long marginalized 'Meat' poet and contemporary of such poets as Charles Bukowski, Mary Oliver (b September 10, 1935) is an American Poet. Life Oliver was born to Edward William and Helen M 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. 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 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 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 André Pieyre de Mandiargues ( March 14, 1909 - December 13, 1991) was a French writer born in Paris. Danish literature is for the purposes of this article the subset of Scandinavian literature composed in Denmark or by Danish people Haim Gouri (Hebrew חיים גורי born 1923 is an Israeli Poet, Novelist, Journalist, and documentary filmmaker. See also Hebrew literature. Israeli literature, generally referred to as Hebrew literature is poetry and prose written in modern Hebrew as part of See also Israeli literature. Hebrew literature consists of ancient medieval and modern writings in the Hebrew 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 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 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 1979 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: Alan Brownjohn, Andrew Motion, Charles Tomlinson
- Eric Gregory Award: Stuart Henson, Michael Jenkins, Alan Hollinghurst, Sean O'Brien, Peter Thabit Jones, James Lindesay, Walter Perrie, Brian Moses
United States
- Bollingen Prize: W.S. Merwin
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Archibald MacLeish
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Penn Warren: Now and Then
- Walt Whitman Award: David Bottoms, Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: May Swenson and Mark Strand
Deaths
- February 9 - Allen Tate, 79, American poet, of emphysema
- October 6 - Elizabeth Bishop, 68, American poet, from an aneurism
- December 7 — Nicolas Born, (born 1937), German
- Dates not known:
- I. A. Richards, influential literary critic and rhetorician. 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. Alan Charles Brownjohn (born 28 July 1931) is an English Poet and Novelist. Andrew Motion, FRSL, (born 26 October 1952) is an English Poet, Novelist and Biographer, who is the Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE (born 8 January 1927) is a major British poet and translator and also an academic and artist The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission Michael Jenkins may be Michael Jenkins (Unification Church (fl Alan Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English Novelist and winner of the 2004 Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty Sean O'Brien (born 19 December 1952 in London is a British Poet, Critic, Playwright, broadcaster, Anthologist Brian Moses is an English Poet. He mainly writes for children has over 160 published works and is known as the Phil Collins of poetry The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong 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 William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is an American poet Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement Archibald MacLeish ( May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American Poet, Writer and the Librarian The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author 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. 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 David Bottoms (born 1949 Canton, Georgia) 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 May Swenson (b Anna Thilda May Swenson, May 28, 1913 in Logan Utah - December 4, 1989 in Bethany Beach Delaware Mark Strand (born April 11, 1934) is an American Poet, Essayist, and Translator. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. John Orley Allen Tate ( November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979) was an American Poet, essayist and social commentator and The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Elizabeth Bishop ( February 8, 1911 &ndash October 6, 1979) was an American Poet and Writer from Worcester 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 - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Nicolas Born (born December 31 1937 in Duisburg; died December 7 1979 in Lüchow-Dannenberg) was a German Events Iowa Writers' Workshop founded by Paul Engle at the University of Iowa George Hill Dillon becomes editor of German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Ivor Armstrong Richards ( 26 February, 1893 in Sandbach, Cheshire &ndash 7 September, 1979 in Cambridge) was
- Ernst Meister (born 1911), German[10]
Notes
- ^ [1]Sofer, Dalia, ""Best" Anthologies: A Global Trend", an article in Poets & Writers magazine, March 2003, accessed April 14, 2007
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T. Events Britain establishes six copyright libraries to which copies of all books published in the country must be sent Bodleian Library (Oxford British German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in 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, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108
- ^ a b c d e Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
- ^ a b c d Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
- ^ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Bob Orr" at Best of New Zealand Poems 2001 website, accessed April 23, 2008
- ^ Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
- ^ [2]Jayata Mahapatra Web page at the Orissa Gateway Web site, accessed October 16, 2007
- ^ [3]Web page titled "Haim Gouri" at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
- ^ Hofmann, Michael, editor, Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology, Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006
- Britannica Book of the Year 1980 ("for events of 1979"), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica 1980 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)