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Events[]

Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren in 1968

  • The Belfast Group, a group of poets in Belfast, Northern Ireland which began in 1963 and lapsed in 1966 when founder Philip Hobsbaum left for Glasgow, is reconstituted this year by Michael Allen, Arthur Terry, and Seamus Heaney. At one time or another, the group also includes Michael Longley, James Simmons, Paul Muldoon, Ciaran Carson, Stewart Parker, Bernard MacLaverty and the critic Edna Longley. Meetings are held at Seamus and Marie Heaney's house on Ashley Avenue. The group will last until 1972.
  • The Honest Ulsterman, a long running Northern Ireland literary magazine, is established this year by James Simmons. It was then edited for 20 years by Frank Ormsby.
  • November 23 — Roy Fuller was elected professor of poetry at Oxford University (with 385 votes) to succeed Edmund Blunden, who unexpectedly left the post. Other nominees: Kathleen Raine, Enid Starkie and Yevgeni Yevtushenko.

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:

Canada[]

Anthologies in Canada
  • Mary Alice Downie and Barbara Robertson, editors, The Wind Has Wings, anthology of 77 Canadian poems for children
  • Dennis Lee, editor, T.O. Now, anthology of 13 "apprentice poets living in Toronto"

Indian poetry in English[]

  • R. ParthasarathyPoetry from Leeds ( Poetry in English ). Leeds: Oxford University Press, UK 1968.
  • G. S. Sharat Chandra, Bharat Natyam Dancer and Other Poems ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India .[10]
  • Deb Kumar Das, The Eye of Autumn: An Experiment in Poetry ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India'[10]
  • Ira De, The Hunt and Other Poems, revised edition, ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India (see also first edition 1961)[10]
  • Gauri Deshpande, Between Births ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India[10]
  • Indira Devi Dhanrajgir, Partings in Mimosa, Hyderabad [10]
  • Guari Deshpande, Between Births ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India[11]
  • Paul Jacob, Sonnets ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India[12]
  • S. R. Mokashi-Punekar, P. Lal: An Appreciation( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India[13]
  • Dom Moraes, My Son's Father, autobiography[14]
  • Srinavas Rayaprol, Bones & Distances( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India[15]
  • Pradip Sen, And Then the Sun, revised edition (first edition, 1960, ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India[16]
  • Vinay K. Varma,Poppies and Ashes[17]
  • Swami Vivekananda, Search of God and Other Poems, Calcutta: Advaita Ashram[18]
  • Suniti Namjoshi and Sarojini Namjoshi, translators, Poems of Govindagraj, translated from Marathi, Calcutta: Writers Workshop , India [19]

United Kingdom[]

Anthologies in the United Kingdom[]

  • John Bishop, Music and Sweet Poetry, poems about music
  • Rodney Hall and Thomas Shapcott, editors, New Impulses in Australian Poetry
  • Howard Sergeant, Poetry from Africa (published in the United Kingdom), including work from Gabriel Okara (Nigeria), Gaston Bart-Williams (Sierra Leone), Kwesi Brew (Ghana) and David Rubadiri (Malawi)
  • Jean Sergeant and Howard Sergeant, Poems from Hospital
  • Joan Murray Simpson, Without Adam: The Femina Anthology of Poetry, poems by women

United States[]

Anthologies in the United States

Other in English[]

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:

Denmark[]

  • Per Højholt, Turbo
  • Hans Jørgen Nielsen, Fra luften i munden
  • Thorkild Bjørnvig, Ravnen

French language[]

Canadian poetry in French[]

  • Jean-Guy Pilon, Comme eau retenue : poèmes 1954-1963, Montréal: l'Hexagone[28]
  • Yves Préfontaine, Pays sans parole

France[]

  • P. Albert-Birot, Poètes d'aujourd'hui (posthumous), edited by J. Follain
  • Marc Alyn, La Nuit majeure
  • J. Berthet:
    • Poèsiepures
    • Quelconqueries
  • J. Bancal, L'Épreuve du feu
  • André du Bouchet, OU LE SOLEIL[29]
  • A. Bosquet, Quatre Testaments et autres poèmes
  • Andrée Chedid, Contre–Chant[30]
  • Rene Char, Dans la pluie giboyeuse[29]
  • C. Fourcade, De Lumière et de nuit
  • L. Foucher, Argyne et les Gypaètes, third part of a trilogy
  • André Frénaud, La Sainte Face[29]
  • Armel Lubin, Feux contre feux
  • F. Millepierres, Cheval noir et cheval blanc
  • Raymond Queneau, Battre la campagne[29]
  • G. Puel, La Lumière du jour
  • Denis Roche, Éros énergumène[29]
  • Jean Tardieu, Le Fleuve caché[30]

Hebrew[]

  • A. Shlonsky, Mishiai ha-Perozdor ha-Aroch ("From the Poems of the Long Corridor")
  • A. Gilboa, Lichtov Siftai Yeshainim ("To Write from the Lips of the Sleepers"), Israel
  • Haim Gouri, Tenua le-Maga ("A Move to Touch")[31]
  • A. Halfi, Mivhar Shirimx ("Selected Poems")
  • A. Kovner, Ahot Ketana ("Little Sister")
  • B. Galai, Massa Zafonah ("Northward Journey")
  • D. Pagis, Shirai Levi Ibn Altabban (prose), a study of the Medieval Hebrew poet's work

India[]

Listed in alphabetical order by first name:

  • Buddhidhari Singha, Sarasayya, a long poem published as a book; Maithili-language[32]
  • Nilmani Phookan, Aru Ki Naisabda, Guwahati, Assam: Dutta Barua; India, Assamese-language[33]
  • Varavara Rao (better known as "VV"), Chali Negallu or Chalinegallu ("Camp Fires"), Hanamkonda: Svecha Sahiti; India, Telugu-language[34]

Italy[]

  • Giorgio Vigolo, La luce ricorda, collection of poems from 1923 and after
  • Sergio Solmi, Dal balcone
  • Giovanni Testori, L'amore
  • Giuseppe Guglielmi, Panglosse blandimentis oramentis coeteris meretriciis
  • Andrea Zalzotto, La beltà
  • Franco Fortini, Una volta per sempre
  • Angela Giannitrapani, Professione di poesia

Norway[]

  • Arnulf Øverland, De hundrede fioliner: Dikt i utvalg (posthumous)
  • Tor Obrestad, Vårt daglige brød
  • Arnljot Eggen, Roller og røynd
  • Hallvard Lie, Norsk verslære, a scholarly study on Norwegian poetry

Portuguese language[]

Brazil[]

  • João Cabral de Melo Neto, Complete Works
  • Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos and Boris Schnaiderman, editors:
    • An anthology of modern Russian poetry from Symbolism to the present in Portuguese
    • Traduzir e Trovar, an anthology of translated poetry, including poetry from France, Italy and England.
Criticism, scholarship, biography
  • Augusto de Campos, O balanço da Bossa, a study of the relationship of Brazilian popular music to "vanguardist" poetry
  • Luiz Costa Lima, Lira e Antilira, essays on modern Brazilian poetry
  • Décio Pignatari, Informação, Linguagem, Communicação, critical study of vanguardist art and mass culture

Russia[]

  • A. Tvardovski, Selected Lyrics 1959-67
  • Alexander Mezhirov, Лебяжий переулок ("Swan's Lane"), Russia, Soviet Union
  • A. Mezhov, Horseshoe
  • Robert Rozhdestvenski, Poem from Various Points of View
  • Yarlov Smelyakov, December, poems published serially in the periodical Friendship Between the Peoples last year and this year

Spanish language[]

  • Rafael Méndez Dorich, Cantos Rodados (Lima), Peru[35]
  • Nicanor Parra, Canciones rusas, Chile
  • Emma Godoy, a book interpreting of "Muerte sin fin" by José Gorostiza, Mexico

Sweden[]

  • Lars Forssell, a book of poetry
  • Johannes Edfelt, a book of poetry
  • Petter Bergman, a book of poetry
  • Lars Gustalfsson, a book of poetry

Yiddish[]

United States[]

  • Yaykev Glatshteyn, a book of poems
  • Aron Tseytlin, Poems of the Holocaust and Poems of Faith
  • Efroyim Oyerbakh, a book of poems
  • I. J. Shvarts, a book of poems
  • Itsik Manger, a book of poems
  • Eliezer Grinberg, a book of poems
  • Rokhl Korn, a book of poems
  • A. Glants-Leyeles, I Do Remember (posthumous)

Israel[]

  • Malke Loker, a book of poems
  • Leyb Olitski, a book of poems
  • Avrom Lev, a book of poems
  • I. Manik, a book of poems
  • Binem Heler, a book of poems
  • Rivke Basman, a book of poems
  • Abraham Sutzkever, Square Letters and Miracles

Soviet Union[]

  • Itsik Fefer, a book of poems
  • Zyame Telesin, a book of poems
  • Mendl Lifshits, a book of poems

Poland[]

  • Eliyohu Reyzman, a book of poems
  • P. Tsibulski, a book of poems (posthumous)

Other languages[]

Awards and honors[]

Canada[]

  • See 1968 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
  • Canadian Centennial Commission poetry competition: First prize: Margaret Atwood, The Animals in That Country

United Kingdom[]

United States[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

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

See also[]

References[]

  • Lal, P., Modern Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology & a Credo, p .........., Calcutta: Writers Workshop, second edition, 1971 (however, on page 597 an "editor's note" states contents "on the following pages are a supplement to the first edition" and is dated "1972"); hereafter: "P. Lal (1971)"

Notes[]

  1. "Fred Cogswell," Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Answers.com, Web, June 14, 2011.
  2. "Irving Layton: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011.
  3. "Dennis Lee: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, Apr. 19, 2011.
  4. "Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996): Works", Canadian Women Poets, Brock University. Web, Mar. 18, 2011.
  5. "Jay Macpherson, 1931-", Canadian Women Poets," BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 10, 2011
  6. Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt, Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan, 1968.
  7. "Joe Rosenblatt: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011.
  8. "Shapes & sounds: poems of W.W.E. Ross," OpenLibrary.org, Web, Apr. 8, 2011
  9. "Notes on Life and Works," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0-391-03286-0, ISBN 978-0-391-03286-6), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
  11. P. Lal (1971), p 138
  12. P. Lal (1971), p 218
  13. P. Lal (1971), p 339
  14. P. Lal (1971), p 335
  15. P. Lal (1971), p 472
  16. P. Lal (1971), p 512
  17. P. Lal (1971), p 572
  18. R. Saraswathi, "The Theme of Love in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri", p 64, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, ISBN 8176251119, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
  19. Web page titled "Suniti Namjoshi", Poetry International website, retrieved July 28, 2010
  20. 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.15 20.16 20.17 20.18 20.19 20.20 20.21 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  21. [1] Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
  22. "Obituary: A. Norman Jeffares", The Guardian, by John Sutherland, June 14, 2005, accessed April 22, 2008
  23. Britannica Book of the Year 1969, covering events of 1968, published in 1969, "Literature" article, "English" subsection, page 473
  24. 24.0 24.1 Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
  25. "Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry" in Williams, Emily Allen, Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography, page xvii and following pages, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 9780313317477, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
  26. Preminger, Alex and T.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
  27. Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0-85640-561-2
  28. Web page titled "Jean-Guy Pilon" at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 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 0-394-52197-8
  30. 30.0 30.1 Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
  31. [2] Web page titled "Haim Gouri" at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
  32. 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
  33. Web page titled "Nilmani Phookan" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 16, 2010
  34. Web page titled "Varavara Rao" at the "Poetry International" website; and Gopal, Venu, [http://www.varavararao.org/en/about/venu_sketch.html "Varavara Rao - A brief sketch by N. Venu Gopal (December 15, 2005)", December 15, 2005, Venu Gopal website, retrieved August 2, 2010
  35. Web page titled "Rafael Méndez Dorich," Sol Negro website, retrieved August 20, 2011
  36. Patten, Simon, "Jun Er", article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008
  37. Web page titled "Archive: A. E. Stallings (1968- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008


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