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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published in English 2.1 Australia 2.2 Canada 2.3 United Kingdom 2.4 United States 2.4.1 Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States 2.5 Other in English 3 Works published in other languages 3.1 French language 3.1.1 France 3.2 German 3.3 Hebrew 3.4 Italian 3.5 Portuguese language 3.5.1 Portugal 3.5.2 Brazil 3.6 Spanish language 3.6.1 Spain 3.7 Yiddish 3.7.1 Criticism, scholarship and biography in Yiddish 3.8 Other 3.8.1 Nordic 4 Awards and honors 4.1 Australia 4.2 Canada 4.3 United Kingdom 4.4 United States 5 Deaths 6 Notes 7 See also

Events

• Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine published. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order 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 Events Mark Jarman and Robert McDowell started the small magazine The Reaper to promote narrative and formal poetry Events Final edition of This Magazine published March 1 - Dylan Thomas was posthumously honoured by a floor plaque Events Works published in English Australia Les Murray, The People's Otherworld, winner of the 1984 Kenneth Slessor Events December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate 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 The year 1983 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1984 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 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 The 2010s Decade is a period of 10 years that will begin on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century 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) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) 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
• First issue of Conjunctions literary journal published. Conjunctions is a biannual American literary journal publishing innovative fiction poetry criticism drama art and interviews by both emerging and established
• This year, "the word 'Martianism' came into use, through the verse of Craig Raine and his associates, presenting a vision of life on Earth as seen by a visiting Martian," the 1982 Britannica Book of the Year reported (page 504). For poetry dealing with Martians or other extraterrestrials see Aliens in Poetry Martian poetry was a movement in British poetry in the Craig Raine (born 3 December 1944) is an English poet and critic born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. Some noted that "Martianism" is an anagram for one of Raine's associates, Martin Amis. Martin Louis Amis (born 25 August 1949 is an English Novelist, Essayist and Short story Writer, the son of writer Kingsley

Works published in English

Australia

• R. Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Hall, editor, Collins Book of Australian Poetry, anthology^[1]
• H. Heseltine, editor, Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse, anthology^[1]
• L. Kramer, Oxford History of Australian Literature (scholarship)^[1]

Canada

• Margaret Atwood, True Stories
• Roo Borson, A Sad Device, ISBN 0-86495-011-X, American-Canadian
• Louis Dudek, Cross-Section: Poems 1940-80
• Gwen Hauser, Gophers and Swans
• P.K. Page, Evening Dance of the Grey Flies
• Stephen Scobie, A Grand Memory For Forgetting
• Stephen Scobie and Douglas Barbour:
  • The Pirates of Pen's Chance: Homolinguistic Translations
  • The Maple Laugh Forever: An Anthology of Canadian Comic Poetry (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers)
• F.R. Scott, The Collected Poems of F. Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian Writer. Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (born 20 January 1952 in Berkeley California) is a Canadian Poet The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Louis Dudek ( February 6, 1918 - March 23, 2001) was a Canadian Poet and literary critic and publisher of Polish origin Patricia Kathleen Page, CC, OBC, DLitt (born November 23, 1916) commonly known as P Stephen Scobie (born 31 December 1943) is a Canadian Poet, Critic, and Scholar. Stephen Scobie (born 31 December 1943) is a Canadian Poet, Critic, and Scholar. Francis Reginald Scott CC, commonly known as Frank Scott or F R. Scott
• Raymond Souster, Collected Poems of Raymond Souster, Volume Two, 1955-62

United Kingdom

• Roberta Berke, Bounds out of Bounds: A Compass for Recent American and British Poetry, Oxford University Press, criticism^[2]
• James Fenton, Dead Soldiers, Sycamore Press, ^[3]
• John Heath-Stubbs, editor, Selected Poems of Thomas Gray
• Derek Mahon, Courtyards in Delft. Raymond Holmes Souster (born 15 January 1921) is a Canadian Poet. James Fenton (born April 25, 1949, Lincoln England) has been at various times a Journalist, Poet, literary critic John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs OBE ( 9 July 1918 - 26 December[[ 006]] was an English Poet and Translator, known Thomas Gray ( December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771) was an English Poet, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge Derek Mahon (born 23 November 1941) is a Northern Irish poet He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Gallery Press
• Elizabeth Smart, Ten Poems
• The Faber Book of Christian Verse

United States

• A.R. Ammons, A Coast of Trees
• John Ashbery, Shadow Train
• Ted Berrigan, In a Blue River
• Joseph Brodsky: Verses on the Winter Campaign 1980, translation by Alan Meyers. Elizabeth Smart ( December 27, 1913 &ndash March 4, 1986) was a Canadian Poet and Novelist. A R Ammons, or Archie Randolph Ammons, ( February 18, 1926 &ndash February 25, 2001) was an award-winning major American John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is Ted Berrigan ( 15 November, 1934 - 4 July, 1983) was an American poet. Joseph Brodsky ( May 24, 1940 — January 28, 1996) born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Иосиф Александрович Бродский – London: Anvil Press^[4] Russian-American
• Gwendolyn Brooks:
  • Black Love
  • To Disembark
• Gregory Corso, Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit, his first collection in 11 years
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Endless Life: Selected Poems
• Philip Levine, One for the Rose
• Michael Palmer, Notes For Echo Lake (North Point Press)
• Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, editor, containing 224 poems in chronological order (posthumous)
• Marie Ponsot, Admit Impediment
• Michael Ryan, In Winter (Holt)
• Gilbert Sorrentino, Selected Poems 1958-1980
• Gerald Stern, The Red Coal
• Richard L. Tierney, Collected Poems
• Michael Van Walleghen, More Trouble With the Obvious
• David Wagoner, One for the Rose
• Rosmarie Waldrop, Nothing Has Changed (Awede Press)
• Robert Penn Warren, Rumor Verified: Poems 1979-1980
• Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic a collection of children's poetry

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

• John Hollander:
  • Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, criticism
  • The Figure of Echo, criticism

Other in English

• Alistair Campbell, Collected Poems, Hazard, ISBN 1-877393-00-2, New Zealand
• Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Rose Geranium, Dublin: The Gallery Press, Ireland^[5]
• Thomas McCarthy, The Sorrow Garden, Anvil Press, London, Ireland^[6]
• C. K. Stead, In the Glass Case, criticism, New Zealand^[7]

Works published in other languages

French language

France

• Alain Bosquet:
  • Poèmes, deux
  • Sonnets pour une fin de siècle
• Jean Cayrol, Poésie-Journal

• Charles le Quintrec, La Lumière et l'argile
• Jacques Roubaud, Dors
• Jacques Roubaud and Florence Delay, Merlin l'enchanteur

German

• V. This article is about literature from Russia For the song by Maxïmo Park, see Our Earthly Pleasures. The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks ( June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an Pulitzer Prize- winning African-American Poet Gregory Nunzio Corso ( March 26, 1930 &ndash January 17, 2001) was an American Poet, youngest of the inner circle Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born Lawrence Ferling on March 24, 1919) is an American Poet and painter, and the co-founder of Philip Levine may refer to Philip Levine (poet (b 1928 American anarchist poet & professor of English Philip Levine (physician (1900-1987 Michael Palmer (born May 11, 1943 in Manhattan, New York is a contemporary American poet and Translator. Sylvia Plath (October 27 1932 &ndash February 11 1963 was an American Poet, Novelist and Short story Writer. Edward James Hughes OM ( 17 August 1930 &ndash 28 October 1998) was an English Poet and children's Marie Ponsot, née Birmingham (born 1921 is an American Poet, Literary critic, Essayist, Teacher, and Translator Michael Ryan (born 1946) has been teaching creative writing and literature at University of California Irvine since 1990 Gilbert Sorrentino ( April 27 1929 &ndash May 18 2006) was an American novelist short story writer poet literary critic and editor Gerald Stern (born February 22 1925 is an American Poet. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U Richard L Tierney (born 1936) is an American writer and poet Tierney a scholar of H Collected Poems is a collection of poems by Richard L Tierney. Michael Van Walleghen (born 1938) is an American poet He has published six books of poetry Rosmarie Waldrop (born August 24, 1935) is a contemporary American poet, Translator and publisher 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. Sheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25 1930 &ndash May 10 1999 was an American poet songwriter musician composer cartoonist screenwriter and author A Light in the Attic is a collection of poems by the American poet and Children's writer Shel Silverstein. John Hollander (born October 28, 1929 in New York City) is an American Poet and literary Critic. Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, ONZM, (born 25 June, 1925) is an award-winning New Zealand poet playwright and novelist 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 Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942 is an Irish poet born in Cork (city. The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages one in Irish and the other in English. 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. Christian Karlson Stead, ONZ, CBE, (born October 17 1932) is a New Zealand writer whose works include novels poetry short stories 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 French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of Jean Cayrol ( 6 June 1911 - 10 February 2005) was a French Poet, publisher and member of the Académie Goncourt Jacques Roubaud (born 1932) is a French Poet and Mathematician. Jacques Roubaud (born 1932) is a French Poet and Mathematician. Florence Delay (born March 19 1941) is a French academician and Actress. German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Hage, editor, Lyrik für Leser: Deutsche Gedichte der siebziger Jahre, anthology^[8]
• Heinz Toni Hamm, Poesie und kommunikative Praxis (scholarship)^[9]
• Klaus Weissenberger, editor, Die deutsche Lyrik, 1945-1975 (scholarship)^[9]

Hebrew

• A. See also Israeli literature. Hebrew literature consists of ancient medieval and modern writings in the Hebrew language. Hillel, Devareiy
• Gavriel Preil, a new collection^[10]
• Avot Yeshurun, a new collection^[10]
• S. Shalom, a new collection^[10]
• Yehuda Amichai, Shalva gedola, she'elot uteshuvot
• Robert Whitehill, a "new poet"^[10]
• Peretz Banai, a "new poet"^[10]
• Esther Ettinger, a "new poet"^[10]
• Yosef Yehezkel, a "new poet"^[10]
• Aharon Shabtai, a new collection^[10]
• Mordecai Geldman, a new collection^[10]
• Hannah Barzilai, a new collection^[10]
• Batsheva Sharif, a new collection^[10]
• Michael Senunit, a new collection^[10]
• Menachem Ben, a new collection^[10]

Italian

• Eugenio Montale, L'opera in versi
• Carlo Betocchi, Poesie del sabato
• Maria Luisa Spaziani, Geometria del disordine
• Giovanni Guidici, Il ristorante dei morti
• Amelia Rosselli:
  • Primi scritti 1952-1965
  • Impromptu

Portuguese language

Portugal

• Herberto Helder, Poesia Toda
• A. Yehuda Amichai (May 3 1924 - September 22 2000 Hebrew יהודה עמיחי was an Israeli Poet. Robert Whitehill is an American Hebrew poet Robert Whitehill was born in 1947 in High Point North Carolina, and grew up in Lubbock Texas, where he Aharon Shabtai (Hebrew אהרון שבתאי, born 1939 is one of the Hebrew language's leading Poets, as well as a translator Eugenio Montale ( October 12, 1896 — September 12, 1981) was an Italian Poet, prose writer editor and translator Maria Luisa Spaziani is an Italian poet She was born in Turin in 1924 Amelia Rosselli ( Paris, 1930 - Rome, 1996 was an Italian Poet. This is a survey of Portuguese literature. The Portuguese language was developed gradually from the Vulgar language (i Herberto Hélder de Oliveira (born November 23 1930, Funchal Madeira) is a Portuguese Poet. Pinheiro Torre, O Ressentimento dum Ocidental

Brazil

• Carlos Drummond de Andrade, A paixão medida
• João Cabral de Melo Neto, A escola das faces
• Adélia Prado, Terra de Santa Cruz
• Mário da Silva, several volumes of poetry

Spanish language

Spain

• Antonio Abad, Misericor de mí
• Matilde Camus:
  • He seguido tus huellas ("I have followed your footprints")
  • Testigo de tu marcha ("Witness of your departure")
• Concha Lagos, Teoría de la inseguridad
• Vincente Presa, Teoría de los límites
• Pablo Virumbrales, Cancionero del vaso

Yiddish

Criticism, scholarship and biography in Yiddish

• Itskhak Janoswicz, Avrom Sutzkever, His Poetry and Prose
• The Lexicon of Modern Yiddish Literature, the eighth and final volume
• Khaim Leyb Fuks, Biographical Dictionary of Hebrew and Yiddish Writers in Canada

Other

Nordic

• Stein Mehren, Den usynlige regnbuen (Norway)
• Karl Vennberg, Bilder I-XXVI (Sweden)
• Goran Sonnevi, Små klanger; en rőst (Sweden)
• Eva Runefelt, Augusti (Sweden)

Awards and honors

Australia

• Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Alan Gould, Astral Sea

Canada

• Gerald Lampert Award
• See 1981 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. 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 Carlos Drummond de Andrade ( October 31, 1902 - August 17, 1987) was perhaps the most influential Brazilian Poet of João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920-1999 was born in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, and is considered one of the greatest Brazilian Poets of all time Adélia Luzia Prado Freitas (born December 13, 1935) is a leading Catholic writer and poet in Brazil. Antonio Martínez Abad (Antonio M Abad (1894-1970 was a poet fictionist playwright and essayist from Cebu, Philippines, who wrote in Spanish when such was the Matilde Camus (born 26 September, 1919 in Santander) is a Spanish Poet who has written research works Stein Mehren (born May 16, 1935) is a Norwegian lyricist novel writer essayist and playwright Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. Karl Vennberg ( 11 April 1910 - 12 May 1995) was a Swedish Poet, Writer and translator. Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. Göran Sonnevi (born in 1939 in Lund) is a Swedish Poet and Translator. Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial Alan Gould (born 22 March 1949 is a contemporary Australian Novelist and Poet. Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet Each winner of the 1981 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
• Pat Lowther Award

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Roy Fisher, Robert Garioch, Charles Boyle
• Eric Gregory Award: Alan Jenkins, Simon Rae, Marion Lomax, Philip Gross, Kathleen Jamie, Mark Abley, Roger Crowley, Ian Gregson
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: D. J. Enright
• Hawthornden Prize: Christopher Reid

United States

• Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Kathy Calloway, Heart of the Garfish
• Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Frank Bidart, "The War of Vaslav Nijinsky"
• Bollingen Prize (United States): Howard Nemerov and May Swenson
• Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Maxine Kumin appointed this year. The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of Poetry by a Canadian woman 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. Roy Fisher (born 1930 is a British Poet and Jazz pianist He was one of the first British writers to absorb the poetics of William Carlos Williams Robert Garioch Sutherland, ( 9 May 1909 &ndash 26 April 1981) was a Scottish Poet and Translator. Charles Boyle (born 1951 is a British Poet. He has also published a novella 24 for 3, under the Pseudonym Jennie Walker. The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission Simon Rae is a British Poet, broadcaster biographer and playwright who runs the Top Edge Productions theatre company Philip Gross (born 1952 is a Poet, Novelist and Playwright. He was born in Delabole, Cornwall and grew up in Plymouth. Kathleen Jamie (born May 13, 1962) is a Scottish Poet, raised in Currie Edinburgh. Mark Abley (born 13 May, 1955) is a Canadian Poet, Journalist, editor and non-fiction writer Ian Gregson is a disabled activist and author in British Columbia, Canada. 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 Dennis Joseph Enright ( March 11 1920 – December 31 2002) was a British academic poet novelist and critic and general Man of letters Christopher Reid (born May 13 1949) is a British poet essayist Cartoonist, and Writer. The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major American Literary award for a first full-length book of Poetry in the English language The Bernard F Conners Prize for Poetry is given by the Paris Review "for the finest poem over 200 lines published in The Paris Review in a given year" according to Frank Bidart (born 1939 in Bakersfield California) is an American academic and award-winning poet 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 May Swenson (b Anna Thilda May Swenson, May 28, 1913 in Logan Utah - December 4, 1989 in Bethany Beach Delaware 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 Maxine Kumin (born 1925 is an American Poet and Author. Life Born in Philadelphia, Kumin the daughter of Jewish parents
• MacArthur Fellowships: A.R. Ammons, Joseph Brodsky, Robert Penn Warren
• National Book Award for poetry (United States): Lisel Mueller, The Need to Hold Still
• National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry: A.R. Ammons, A Coast of Trees (Norton)
• Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Maxine Kumin appointed
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Schuyler: The Morning of the Poem
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Richard Hugo
• Walt Whitman Award: Alberto Ríos, Whispering to Fool the Wind (Sheep Meadow Press) Judge: Donald Justice

Deaths

• April 26 — Robert Garioch (b. The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes Nicknamed the "genius grant") is an award given by the John D A R Ammons, or Archie Randolph Ammons, ( February 18, 1926 &ndash February 25, 2001) was an award-winning major American Joseph Brodsky ( May 24, 1940 — January 28, 1996) born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Иосиф Александрович Бродский 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 National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Lisel Mueller (b February 8, 1924) is a prize-winning American poet The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC is an American non-profit organization of approximately seven hundred active book reviewers A R Ammons, or Archie Randolph Ammons, ( February 18, 1926 &ndash February 25, 2001) was an award-winning major American 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 Maxine Kumin (born 1925 is an American Poet and Author. Life Born in Philadelphia, Kumin the daughter of Jewish parents The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author James Schuyler ( 9 November 1923 &ndash 12 April 1991) was a major American Poet in the late 20th century The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship" was the first award of its kind in the United States Richard Hugo ( December 21, 1923 - October 22, 1982) born Richard Hogan was an American Poet. 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 Alberto Álvaro Ríos (b 1952 Nogales Arizona) is an American author of nine books and chapbooks of poetry three collections of short stories and a memoir Donald Justice (born in Miami Florida, August 12, 1925 - died in Iowa City Iowa, August 6, 2004) was an American Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Robert Garioch Sutherland, ( 9 May 1909 &ndash 26 April 1981) was a Scottish Poet and Translator. 1909)
• September 12 — Eugenio Montale, 85, Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Eugenio Montale ( October 12, 1896 — September 12, 1981) was an Italian Poet, prose writer editor and translator 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
• October 30 — George Brassens, French
• dates not known:
  • John Glassco
  • Takis Sinopoulos, Greek

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Preminger, Alex and T. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Georges Brassens (ʒɔʁʒ bʁaˈsɛ̃s in French (22 October 1921 - 29 October 1981 was a French Singer-songwriter. French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of John Glassco (1909-1981 was a Canadian poet memoirist and novelist Takis Sinopoulos ( Pyrgos Ilia, 1917-1981 was a Greek poet and a leading figure among the so-called first postwar generation of Greek poets 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 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
2. ^ Web page titled "Archives / Kenneth Koch (1925 - 2002)", "Further Readings" section, at Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 15, 2008
3. ^ [1]Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
4. ^ [2] Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007
5. ^ Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008
6. ^ Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy" at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 2008
7. ^ Preminger, Alex and T. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 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. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV 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, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p 837
8. ^ 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, "Anthologies in German" section, pp 473-474
9. ^ ^{a b} 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
10. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} Britannica Book of the Year 1982, published by Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. , 1982, "Literature" section, "Jewish" subsection, page 518; the article does not specify the names of all works, or, in the case of "new poets" whether a work was even written or whether the poet was just published in a periodical; perhaps this information can be added from other sources

• Britannica Book of the Year 1982 ("for events of 1981"), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica 1982 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)

See also

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

This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order 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

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