1992 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events
The Forward Book of Poetry, an annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication was selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year. Each year, 50 to 80 poems are selected.

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:

Australia

 * Chris Mansell, Shining Like a Jinx
 * Les Murray, Translations from the Natural World, winner of the 1993 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
 * A. B. Paterson, A. B. Paterson, Selected Poems, edited by Les Murray, Collins/Angus & Robertson, 1992, 1996, posthumous

Canada

 * Douglas Barbour, Inscriptions: A Prairie Poetry Anthology (Turnstone Press)
 * Fred Cogswell, In Praise of Old Music.
 * Fred Cogswell, When the Right Light Shines.
 * Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs, winner of the Gerald Lampert Award
 * Irving Layton, Fornalutx: Selected Poems, 1928-1990. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
 * Laura Lush, Softly in German, Ottawa: National Library of Canada
 * George Woodcock, George Woodcock's Introduction to Canadian Poetry, Toronto: ECW Press

India, in English

 * Jayanta Mahapatra, A Whiteness of Bone ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Penguin Books
 * Rukmini Bhaya Nair, The Hyoid Bone ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Penguin
 * Saleem Peeradina, Group Portrait ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Oxford University Press
 * Jeet Thayil and Vijay Nambisan, Gemini-2 ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Penguin-Viking
 * Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, editor, Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets, Arundhathi Subramaniam has called the volume a significant and influential work in Indian poetry
 * Ranjit Hoskote and Mangesh Kulkarni, translators, A Terrorist of the Spirit, translation of Vasant Abaji Dahake's Yogabhrashta from the original Marathi into English; New Delhi: Harper Collins/Indus

Ireland

 * Harry Clifton, The Desert Route, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-092-5
 * Sean Dunne, The Sheltered Nest, including "Sydney Place", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-084-0
 * Peter Fallon, Eye to Eye, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-100-7

New Zealand

 * Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963), translation of Letters from Darkness: Poems, by Daniela Crasnaru, Oxford: Oxford University Press
 * Alistair Campbell, Stone Rain: The Polynesian Strain, Aukland: Hazard Press
 * Janet Charman, red letter, Auckland: Auckland University Press

United Kingdom

 * Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963), translation of Letters from Darkness: Poems, by Daniela Crasnaru, Oxford: Oxford University Press
 * Simon Armitage:
 * Kid
 * Xanadu
 * George Mackay Brown:
 * Brodgar Poems
 * The Lost Village
 * Stewart Brown, Caribbean Poetry Now, London: Edward Arnold (anthology)
 * Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
 * Carol Ann Duffy:
 * William and the Ex-Prime Minister, Anvil Press Poetry, a 16-page pamphlet, ISBN 978-0-85646-253-5
 * Editor, I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine, Viking (anthology)
 * Douglas Dunn, editor, Faber Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry, London: Faber and Faber (anthology)
 * Gavin Ewart, Like It Or Not
 * U. A. Fanthorpe, Neck-Verse
 * Thom Gunn:
 * The Man With Night Sweats
 * Old Stories
 * Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon
 * Seamus Heaney:
 * The Golden Bough, Bonnefant Press
 * Sweeney's Flight (with Rachel Giese, photographer), Faber & Faber
 * Adrian Henri, The Cerise Swimsuit
 * Ted Hughes, Rain-Charm for the Duchy
 * Elizabeth Jennings, Times and Seasons
 * P. J. Kavanagh, Collected Poems
 * James Kirkup, Shooting Stars
 * Derek Mahon, The Yaddo Letter, Gallery Press
 * George MacBeth, The Patient
 * Roger McGough, Defying Gravity
 * Kenneth Millard, Edwardian Poetry, scholarship
 * David Owen, editor, Seven Ages: poetry for a lifetime, anthology
 * Peter Porter, The Chair of Babel
 * Kathleen Raine, Living With Mystery
 * Peter Reading:
 * Evagatory
 * 3 in 1
 * Peter Redgrove, Under the Reservoir
 * Jeremy Reed, Black Sugar, illustrated by Jean Cocteau
 * William Scammell, Bleeding Heart Yard
 * Jo Shapcott, Phrase Book
 * Penelope Shuttle, Taxing the Rain
 * Jon Silkin, The Lens-Breakers
 * Michael Spiller (academic), The Development of the Sonnet: an Introduction, London: Routledge (scholarship)
 * David Storey, Stoey's Lives
 * R.S. Thomas, Mass for Hard Times
 * Charles Tomlinson, The Door in the Wall
 * Benjamin Zephaniah, City Psalms

United States

 * Sherman Alexie, The Business of Fancy Dancing
 * John Ashbery, Hotel LautrÃ©amont
 * Jack Gilbert, The Great Fires
 * Anthony Kellman, editor, Crossing Water: Contemporary Poetry of the English-Speaking Caribbean, Greenfield Center, New York: Greenfield Review Press (anthology)
 * N. Scott Momaday, In the Presence of the Sun, combination of poetry and nonfiction
 * Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems
 * Simon Ortiz, Woven Stone, combination of poetry and nonfiction
 * Grace Paley, New and Collected Poems
 * Carl Phillips, In the Blood
 * Gjertrud Schnackenberg, A Gilded Lapse of Time
 * Lloyd Schwartz, ''Goodnight, Gracie"
 * Patti Smith, Woolgathering
 * James Wright, Above the River: Complete Poems, introduction by Donald Hall (posthumous)
 * Michelle Yeh, editor and translator, Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry, Yale University Press

Poets included in The Best American Poetry 1992
These 75 poets are included in The Best American Poetry 1992 edited by David Lehman, with guest editor Charles Simic:


 * Jonathan Aaron
 * Agha Shahid Ali
 * John Ash
 * John Ashbery
 * Robin Behn
 * Charles Bernstein
 * George Bilgere
 * Elizabeth Bishop
 * Robert Bly
 * Lucie Brock-Broido
 * Joseph Brodsky
 * Hayden Carruth
 * Billy Collins
 * Robert Creeley
 * Kathleen de Azevedo
 * Carl Dennis
 * Deborah Digges
 * Stephen Dunn
 * Susan Firer
 * Alice Fulton
 * Tess Gallagher
 * Amy Gerstler
 * Jack Gilbert
 * Louise GlÃ¼ck
 * Jill Gonet
 * Jorie Graham
 * Allen Grossman
 * Marilyn Hacker
 * Donald Hall
 * Daniel Halpern


 * Robert Hass
 * Vickie Hearne
 * Juan Felipe Herrera
 * Edward Hirsch
 * Daniel Hoffman
 * John Hollander
 * Richard Howard
 * Lynda Hull
 * Lawrence Joseph
 * Galway Kinnell
 * Carolyn Kizer
 * Phyllis Koestenbaum
 * Sharon Krinsky
 * Maxine Kumin
 * Evelyn Lao
 * Li-Young Lee
 * Dionisio D. MartÃ­nez
 * Mekeel McBride
 * James McCorkle
 * Jerry McGuire
 * Sandra McPherson
 * Robert Morgan
 * Thylias Moss
 * Carol Muske
 * Mary Oliver
 * Michael Palmer
 * Robert Pinsky
 * Lawrence Raab
 * Liam Rector
 * Donald Revell


 * Adrienne Rich
 * Len Roberts
 * Lynda Schraufnagel
 * Elizabeth Spires
 * Rachel Srubas
 * David St. John
 * Richard Tillinghast
 * Lewis Turco
 * Chase Twichell
 * Rosanna Warren
 * Ioanna-Veronika Warwick
 * C. K. Williams
 * Charles Wright
 * Franz Wright
 * Stephen Yenser

Other

 * Nuala NÃ­ Dhomhnaill, The Astrakhan Cloak, including "Caitlin", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press
 * Andries Walter Oliphant, editor, Essential Things: An Anthology of New South African Poetry, Johannesburg, South Africa: Congress of South African Writers ISBN 978-1-874879-08-4, South Africa

Works published in other languages
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

Danish

 * Naja Marie Aidt, Et Vanskeligt mode ("A Difficult Encounter"), second volume of a poetic triligy which started with SÃ¥lÃ¦nge jeg er ung ("As Long as Iâ€™m Young") 1991, and ended with Det tredje landskap ("The Third Landscape") 1994
 * Kirsten Hammann, Mellem tÃ¦nderne, publisher: Gyldendal
 * Klaus HÃ¸eck, Eventyr, publisher: Gyldendal; Denmark

Canada, in French

 * Denise Desautels, Le saut de l'ange, autour de quelques objets de Martha Townsend, MontrÃ©al/Amay, Le NoroÃ®t /L'Arbre Ã  paroles
 * Jean Royer, Le lien de la terre, Trois-RiviÃ¨res: Ã‰crits des Forges / Paris: Europe poÃ©sie

France

 * Olivier Barbarant,  Les parquets du ciel, publisher: Editions Champ Vallon, ISBN 978-2-87673-140-0
 * Michel Houellebecq, La Poursuite du bonheur, poÃ¨mes, La DiffÃ©rence
 * Abdellatif Laabi, Moroccan author writing in French and published in France:
 * Le soleil se meurt; Paris: La DiffÃ©rence
 * translator, La Joie n'est pas mon mÃ©tier, translated from the original Arabic of Mohammed Al-Maghout; Paris: Ã‰ditions de la DiffÃ©rence, coll. OrphÃ©e

Hungary

 * GyÃ¶rgy Petri, SÃ¡r

India
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
 * Anamika, Beejakshar, Delhi: Radhakrishna Prakashan; Hindi-language
 * Chandrakant Shah, also known as Chandu Shah, Ane Thoda Sapna ("And Some Dreams"), received the award for "Best Collection of New Gujarati Poems" published in 1992-1993 by the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad; Mumbai: SNDT University; Gujarati-language
 * Dilip Chitre, Ekoon Kavita â€“ 1, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan; Marathi-language
 * K. Satchidanandan, Kavibuddhan, ("The Poet as Buddha"); Malayalam-language
 * Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih; Khasi-language:
 * Moments, Kolkata: Writers Workshop
 * The Sieve, Kolkta: Writers Workshop
 * Mamta Sagar, Kaada Navilina Hejje, Heggodu: Akshara Prakashana, Kannada-language
 * Vinod Kumar Shukla, Sab Kuch Hona Bacha Rahega, New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi-language
 * Yumlembam Ibomcha Singh, Rajkumari Amasung Uchek Machasing, Imphal: V.I. Publications

Poland

 * StanisÅ‚aw BaraÅ„czak, Ocalone w tlumaczeniu. Szkice o warsztacie tlumaczenia poezji ("Saved in Translation: Sketches on the Craft of Translating Poetry"), criticism; Poznan: a5
 * Juliusz Erazm Bolek, SkrÃ³ty szaleÅ„stwa
 * Zbigniew Herbert, Rovigo, WrocÅ‚aw: Wydawnictwo DolnoÅ›lÄ…skie
 * Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, Peregrynarz
 * Tadeusz RÃ³Å¼ewicz, Nasz starszy brat ("Our Elder Brother")
 * WisÅ‚awa Szymborska: Lektury nadobowiÄ…zkowe ("Non-required Reading")
 * Adam Zagajewski, Dzikie czeresnie, wybÃ³r wierszy ("Wild Cherries, a Selection of Poetry"), KrakÃ³w: Znak

Other languages

 * Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Thomas RosenlÃ¶cher, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 8 ("Poetry Yearbook 8"), publisher: Luchterhand; anthology; Germany
 * Han Dong, Baise de shitou ("The White Stone"), Shanghai: wenyi chubanshe China
 * Dimitris P. Kraniotis, Clay Faces, Greece
 * Gabriela Mistral, Lagar II, published posthumously, Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional
 * Maria Luisa Spaziani, Torri di vedata, Italy

Awards and honors

 * Nobel prize: Derek Walcott

Australia

 * C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Harris, Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems
 * Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Elizabeth Riddell, Selected Poems
 * Mary Gilmore Prize: Alison Croggon - This is the Stone

Canada

 * Gerald Lampert Award
 * Archibald Lampman Award
 * See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Pat Lowther Award
 * Prix Alain-Grandbois

United Kingdom

 * Cholmondeley Award: Allen Curnow, Donald Davie, Carol Ann Duffy, Roger Woddis
 * Eric Gregory Award: Jill Dawson, Hugh Dunkerley, Christopher Greenhalgh, Marita Maddah, Stuart Paterson, Stuart Pickford
 * Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Thom Gunn, The Man with Night Sweats (Faber and Faber)
 * Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Simon Armitage, Kid (Faber and Faber)
 * Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Kathleen Raine
 * Whitbread Award for poetry: Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon

United States

 * Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Hunt Hawkins, The Domestic Life
 * Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Gwendolyn Brooks
 * Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Tony Sanders, "The Warning Track"
 * Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: Louise GlÃ¼ck for Ararat, and Mark Strand for The Continuous Life
 * Frost Medal: Adrienne Rich / David Ignatow
 * National Book Award for poetry: Mary Oliver, New & Selected Poems
 * Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Mona Van Duyn
 * Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Tate, Selected Poems
 * Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: John Ashbery
 * William Carlos Williams Award: Louise GlÃ¼ck, The Wild Iris
 * Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Adrienne Rich

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * February 16 – George MacBeth, 60 (born 1932), Scottish poet and novelist, of motor neuron disease
 * February 18 – Robert Gittings, 81 (born 1911), English poet and biographer
 * April 11 – Eve Merriam, (nÃ©e Moskowitz), 75, American poet, playwright and teacher, of cancer
 * May 12 – Nikos Gatsos, Greek
 * November 17 – Audre Lorde (aka Gamba Adisa), 58, a writer, poet and political activist, of liver cancer
 * November 19 – Kenneth Burke, a major American literary theorist and philosopher