Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Roo Borson, Landfall, ISBN 0-920110-32-0 American-Canadian
- Leonard Cohen, Death of a Ladies' Man
- Earle Birney:
- Alphabeings and Other Seasyours
- The Damnation of Vancouver, a satire on the modern city
- Ghost in the Wheels, selected poems 1920-1976
- Pat Lowther, A Stone Diary
- Ray Souster, Extra Innings
- George Woodcock, Anima, or, Swann Grown Old. A Cycle of Poems by George Woodcock, Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press, Canada2
- Edward Braithwaite, Mother Poem
- Joseph Brodsky: Poems and Translations, Keele: University of Keele6 Russian-American (but published in the United Kingdom; see United States section for a book published there)
- Donald Davies, To Scorch or Freeze
- Elaine Feinstein:
- Some Unease and Angels, Hutchinson
- Selected Poems, University Center, Michigan, Green River Press
- Michael Hamburger, Real Estate
- Ted Hughes, Gaudete, derived from an abandoned film scenario, the book has elements of a poetic novel, narrative poem and verse play
- R.S. Thomas, The Way of It
- A.R. Ammons:
- Highgate Road
- The Selected Poems: 1951-1977
- The Snow Poems
- John Ashbery, Houseboat Days
- Ted Berrigan:
- Clear The Range
- Nothing For You
- John Berryman, Henry's Fate and Other Poems, 1967-1972, with 45 previously unpublished "Dream Songs" (posthumous)
- Frank Bidart, The Book of the Body
- Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III, which includes "In the Waiting Room," "The Moose," and the villanelle, "One Art"
- Joseph Brodsky: A Part of Speech7 Russian-American (see United Kingdom section for a book published there)
- Robert Bly, This Body is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood
- Billy Collins, Pokerface
- Frank Belknap Long, In Mayan Splendor
- Michael S. Harper, Images of Kin (1977), won the Melville-Cane Award from the Poetry Society of America; nominated for the National Book Award8
- Robert Lowell, Day by Day
- Michael Palmer, Without Music (Black Sparrow Press)
- Carl Rakosi, My Experience in Parnassus
- Charles Reznikoff, Poems 1937-1975 (published posthumously)
Works published in other languages
Listed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
French language
German language
- Nathan Alterman, a posthumous book of poems10
- O. Bernstein, a book of poems10
- Simon Halkin, a book of the collected poems and works10
- Hurvitz, a book of poems10
- Shimshon Meltzer, a book of the collected poems and works10
- Gabriel Preil, a book of poems10
- Dalia Ravikovitch, a book of poems10
- Yonothan Ratosh, a book of poems10
- Shin Shalom, a book of poems10
- Y. Wallach, a book of collected poems10
- Mier Wieseltier, a book of poems10
- Avot Yeshurun, a book of poems10
- Zussman, a posthumous book of poems10
Portuguese language
Spanish language
- David Hofshteyn, a two-volume selection of poems10
- Josl Lerner, Till Dawn Breaks, partly written in a German-Romanian death camp during World War II
- Chaim Maltinsky, My Mother's Resemblance
- Hirsh Osherovitch, Song in a Labyrinth
- Shloyme Roitman, My Israel Shofar
- Efraim Roitman, The Earth Sings
- Motl Saktzier, With a Burned Pencil, about his experiences in Soviet gulags
- M.M. Shaffir, Words of Endearment
- Avrom Sutzkever, Poems from My Diary
- Rajzel Zychlinska, The Sun of November
Other
Awards and honors
Births
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 11 — Jacques Prévert, French
- September 12 — Robert Lowell, 60, American, from a heart attack;
- December 18 — Louis Untermeyer, 92, American author, poet, anthologist, and editor
- December 30 — Katherine C. Biddle, 87
- Date not known:
Notes
- ^ [1]Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007
- ^ 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.H. New, 1978, with additions to bring it up to date"; accessed April 24, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Lauris Edmond" article
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, p 837
- ^ [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
- ^ [3]McFadden, Robert D., "Joseph Brodsky, Exiled Poet Who Won Nobel, Dies at 55", obituary, The New York Times, January 29, 1996, accessed October 18, 2007
- ^ Web page titled "Michael S. Harper" at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z This is as specific as The Britannica Book of the Year 1978, the source, gets; the book, published in 1978, covers events in 1977, "Literature" article, page 511
- Britannica Book of the Year 1978 ("for events of 1977"), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica 1978 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)
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