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

Events[]

Works published[]

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

Canada[]

Indian poetry in English[]

  • Mohendra Nath Dutt, Kurukshetra ( Poetry in English ) , an epic; Calcutta: P. M. Mukherji[3]
  • P. R. Kaikini, The Recruit ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: New Book Co.[4]
  • Manjeri Sundaraman, Catguts ( Poetry in English ), Madras: Hurley Press[5]

United Kingdom[]

Anthologies

United States[]

Other in English[]

Works published in other languages[]

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

France[]

Greece[]

  • Odysseus Elytis's first book, Orientations
  • Giorgos Seferis:
    • Τετράδιο Γυμνασμάτων ("Exercise Book")
    • Ημερολόγιο Καταστρώματος Ι ("Deck Diary I")

Indian subcontinent[]

Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:

Bengali[]

  • Premendra Mitra, Samrat[11]
  • Rabindranath Tagore:
    • Nabajatak, with themes and images from urban and industrial life (such as radios, railways and airplanes), a sharp contrast to the rural and natural themes of traditional Bengali poetry[11]
    • Rogsayyay, written during his illness and with many images of sickness and worry, but without despondancy (see also Arogya 1941, called a "companion volume" with a contrasting mood)[11]
    • Sanai, poems with a nostalgic tone[11]
    • Chelebela, autobiography concerning the author's childhood[11]
  • Samar Sen, Grahan o Anyana Kabita, Indian, Bengali-language[11]
  • Subhash Mukhopadhyay, Padatik, poems reflecting Marxist ideology and politics in general, with a combination of lyricism and sloganeering; the consonance and speech-like rhythm of these poems became popular and influential in Bengali poetry[11]
  • V. K. Gokak, also known as "Vinayaka", Samudra Gitagalu, poems about the potency and loveliness of the sea; the poems experiment with new diction and meters, including free verse[11]

Hindi[]

  • Narendra Sharma, Palas Van, mostly sensuous poems of love and beauty[11]
  • Ramadhari Singh Dinakar, Rasavanti[11]
  • Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay, also known as "Hariandha", Vaidehi Vanavas, based on Sita's exile[11]

Kannada[]

  • B. R. Bendre, also known as Ambikatanaya Datta, Sahitya Samsodhana, literary criticism on some older works of Kannada literature[11]
  • Muliya Timmappayya, Navanita Ramayana, the Ramayana in ragale meter[11]
  • S. V. Parameshwara Bhatt, Ragini, 28 love poems[11]

Urdu[]

  • Muhiuddin Qadri Zor, Ruh-i tanqid, introduction to principles of Western literary criticism[11]
  • Nasiruddin Hashmi, Khavatin-i Dakan Ki Urdu Khidmat, literary history on women Urdu writers from Deccan[11]
  • Syed Mohammad Hasnain, Jauhar-i-Iqbal, literary criticism in Urdu on the poetry of Sir Mohammad Iqbal's Urdu poetry[11]

Other Indian languages[]

  • Ahad Zargar, Tarana-e-Ahad Zargar, Sufistic ghazals and vatsans; Kashmiri[11]
  • Dimbeshwar Neog, Asamiya Sahityar Buranjit Bhumuki, a comprehensive review of early Assamese literature; criticism[11]
  • K. V. Jaganathan, Tamilkkavyankal, literary history of Tamil epics, compared to the traditions of Sanskrit poetry and world literature[11]
  • Kavi Nhanalal, Kuruksetra, final part of a 12-canto, Gujarati epic about the war of the Mahabharat, written in poetic prose, intersperesed with songs (first canto published 1926[11]
  • Maiyilai Seeni Venkataswamy, Pauttamum Tamilum, literary history on the influence of Buddhism on Tamil culture and literature[11]
  • N. M. Sant and Indira Sant, a poet and couple publishing together; N. M. Sant's poems show influences from Madhav Julian, Indira Sant's reflect folklore; Marathi[11]
  • Prahlad Parekh, Bari Bahar, called a "milestone in the history of Gujarati poetry of the post-Ghandian era" by Indian academic Siser Kumar Das[11]
  • Sankarambadi Sundarachari, Ma Telugu talliki malle pudanda, popular "prayer song" in Andhra, originally written for a film that was never completed, a record of the song was published, and its popularity led the government of Andhra Pradesh to declare it a prayer song to be sung along with Vandemataram [11]

Spanish language[]

Spain[]

  • Gerardo Diego, Angeles de Compostela ("Angels of Compostela"), 42 sonnets on diverse topics; Spain[12]
  • Federico García Lorca, Poeta en Nueva York ("A Poet in New York") published posthumously this year (written in 1930;first translation into English in 1988)
  • Dionisio Ridruejo, Poesía en armas ("Poetry in Arms"); Spain[12]

Other in Spanish[]

  • César Vallejo, España, aparta de mí este cáliz ("Spain, Take This Cup from Me"[13]), Peruvian poet posthumously published (he died in 1938) in Mexico after the first attempt at publication was interrupted during the Spanish Civil War and all copies were lost. That edition was printed by soldiers of the Army of the East, on paper they themselves had made.[14]
  • José Varallanos, Elegia en el mundo, Peruvian[14]

Awards and honors[]

Births[]

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Also

Deaths[]

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

  • January 5 – Humbert Wolfe, poet and epigrammist
  • March 4 – Hamlin Garland (born 1860), American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer
  • March 7 – Edwin Markham (born 1852), American poet.
  • March 23 – Minakami Takitarō 水上滝太郎 pen name of Abe Shōzō (born 1887), Showa period Japanese poet, novelist, literary critic and essayist (surname: Minakami)
  • August 21 – Ernest Lawrence Thayer, American writer and poet who wrote Casey at the Bat
  • September 26 – William Henry Davies (born 1871), Welsh-born poet and writer who spent most of his life as a tramp in the United States and United Kingdom, but became known as one of the most popular poets of his time
  • October 11 – Taneda Santōka 種田 山頭火 pen name of Taneda Shōichi 種田 正 (born 1882), Japanese author and haiku poet (surname: Taneda)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 9781405113618, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
  2. "Bibliography," Selected Poems of E.J. Pratt, Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan, 1968, 207-208. Print.
  3. Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 319, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 8126011963, retrieved August 6, 2010
  4. Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 322, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 8126011963, retrieved August 6, 2010
  5. Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0391032860, ISBN 9780391032866), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
  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, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p 837
  9. 9.0 9.1 Hartley, Anthony, editor, The Penguin Book of French Verse: 4: The Twentieth Century, page xv, Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1967
  10. Auster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 ISBN 0394521978
  11. 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 9788172017989, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
  12. 12.0 12.1 Debicki, Andrew P., Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Modernity and Beyond, University Press of Kentucky, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8131-0835-3, retrieved via Google Books, November 21, 2009
  13. Web page titled "César Vallejo" at the website of the Academy of American Poets, retrieved August 28, 2011
  14. 14.0 14.1 Fitts, Dudley, editor, Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry/Antología de la Poesía Americana Contemporánea Norfolk, Conn., New Directions, (also London: The Falcoln Press, but this book was "Printed in U.S.A.), 1947, p 645 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "dfacla" defined multiple times with different content
  15. [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards]", Canada Council. Web, Feb. 10, 2011. http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf
  16. Fanny Howe and Ange Mlinko Receive Major Literary Awards from Poetry Foundation Howe received $100,000
  17. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/13/carolyn-m-rodgers-dead-at_n_536569.html


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