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Events[]
- Canadian poet and author, Michael Ondaatje adapts his 1970 book of poetry, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, into a play which this year is first produced in Stratford, Ontario; it will appear in New York in 1974 and in London, England in 1984.[1]
- White Pine Press founded in Buffalo, New York. The publisher is a nonprofit organization putting out poetry, fiction, essays, and literature in translation.[2]
- The journal L'éphémère a French journal founded in 1966, ceased publication this year; poets associated with it include Yves Bonnefoy, Jacques Dupin and André du Bouchet[3]
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[]
- John Tranter:
- Red Movie and other poems, Angus & Robertson
- The Blast Area, Gargoyle Poets number 13, Makar Press
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe:
- Selected Poems, Sydney: Angus & Robertson
- Vinyl record: Chris Wallace-Crabbe Reads From His Own Verse, St.Lucia
Canada[]
- Alfred Bailey, Thanks for a Drowned Island.[4]
- Earle Birney:
- The Bear on the Delhi Road: selected poems. London: Chatto & Windus.
- what's so big about GREEN?. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.[5]
- Fred Cogswell, The House Without a Door.[6]
- Shirley Gibson, I Am Watching
- John Glassco, Montreal. Montreal: DC Books.
- Irving Layton, Lovers and lesser Men. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart.[7]
- Dorothy Livesay, Nine Poems of Farewell. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press.[8]
- Eli Mandel, Crusoe: Poems Selected and New
- Miriam Mandel, Lions at Her Face. Edmonton: White Pelican Publications.[9]
- John Metcalf, editor, The Speaking Earth, anthology
- Michael Ondaatje, Rat Jelly, Toronto: Coach House Press[1]
- Al Purdy, Sex and Death
- F.R. Scott, The Dance Is One. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.[10]
- Raymond Souster, The Colour of the Times. Ten Elephants on Yonge Street. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.[11]
- Raymond Souster and Richard Woollatt, eds. Sights and Sounds. Toronto: Macmillan.[11]
Caribbean[]
- Mervyn Morris, The Pond, Jamaica[12]
- Andrew Salkey, editor, Breaklight, Doubleday, anthology[13]
- Dennis Scott, Uncle Time, Jamaica[12]
- Derek Walcott, Another Life, St. Lucia[12]
Indian poetry in English=[]
- Kamala Das:
- Richard L. Bartholomew, Poems ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India .[14]
- Brooks Frederick, Rocket to the Moon ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India[14]
- Alokeranjan Das Gupta, Poems, Calcutta: Dialogue Pub.[14]
- A. K. Ramanujan, Speaking of Siva, Penguin[16]
Ireland[]
- Patric Dickinson, A Wintering Tree,[17] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Seamus Heaney, a book of poetry[18] Northern Ireland native published in the United Kingdom
- Thomas Kinsella:
- Paul Muldoon, New Weather, Northern Irish native published in the United Kingdom
New Zealand[]
- James K. Baxter, Two Obscene Poems, posthumous,
- Alan Brunton, Messengers in Blackface, work by a New Zealand poet published in the United Kingdom[20]
- Allen Curnow, An Abominable Temper & Other Poems[21]
- Winston Curnow, editor, Essays on New Zealand Literature, Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books (scholarship)[22]
- Keith Sinclair, The Firewheel Tree
United Kingdom[]
- Dannie Abse, Funland, and Other Poems[17]
- Peter Ackroyd, London Lickpenny[17]
- Martin Booth, Coronis, including the long poem, "On the Death of Archdeacon Broix
- Edwin Brock, a book of poetry[18]
- Alan Brunton, Messengers in Blackface, work by a New Zealand poet published in the United Kingdom[20]
- Cal Clothier, Behind Heslington Hall
- Tony Curtis, Walk Down a Welsh Wind, Welsh
- Patric Dickinson, A Wintering Tree,[17] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Carol Ann Duffy, Fleshweathercock[17]
- Lawrence Durrell, Vega, and Other Poems[17]
- D. J. Enright, The Terrible Shears
- Elaine Feinstein, The Celebrants and Other Poems, Hutchinson
- Michael Fried, Powers
- Roy Fuller, Tiny Tears[17]
- Geoffrey Grigson, Sad Grave of an Imperial Mongoose[17]
- Michael Hamburger, Ownerless Earth[17]
- Seamus Heaney, a book of poetry[18] Northern Irish native published in the United Kingdom
- Ted Hughes, Prometheus on his Crag[17]
- Thomas Kinsella, a book of poetry[18] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Geoffrey Holloway, To Have Eyes
- Michael Longley, An Exploded View[17]
- George MacBeth, Shrapnel[17]
- Edwin Morgan, From Glasgow to Saturn[17]
- Pete Morgan, The Grey Mare Being the Better Steed[23]
- Paul Muldoon, New Weather, Northern Irish native published in the United Kingdom
- Brian Patten, The Unreliable Nightingale[17]
- Peter Redgrove, a book of poetry[18]
- Alan Ross, The Taj Express[17]
- Anne Ridler, a book of poetry[18]
- Carol Rumens, A Strange Girl in Bright Colours[17]
- Vernon Scannell, The Winter Man[17]
- Michael Schmidt, It Was My Tree
- Sydney Tremayne, Selected and new Poems
- Derek Walcott, Another Life
- Anthologies
- Philip Larkin, The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse anthology of poets from the British Isles or who spent time there, ISBN 0-19-812137-7
- Jon Silkin, editor, Poetry of the Committeed Individual
- John BishopTemplate:Disambiguation needed and Virginia Broadbent, editors, London Between the Lines
- Howard Sergeant, editor, African Voices
United States[]
- Frank Bidart, Golden State
- Robert Bly, Sleepers Joining Hands
- Joseph Payne Brennan, A Sheaf of Snow Poems
- Joseph Brodsky: Poems, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Ardis[24] Russian-American
- Victor Hernandez Cruz, Mainland
- Irving Feldman, Lost Originals
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Open Eye, Open Heart
- Allen Ginsberg, The Fall of America
- John Logan, The Anonymous Lover, including "New Poem" and "Heart to Heart Talk with My Liver"
- Robert Lowell:
- The Dolphin, containing 103 new poems
- History, containing 360 poems, including more than 80 new ones and many revised
- For Lizzie and Harriet, 67 old poems, all revised
- W.S. Merwin, Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment, New York: Atheneum[25]
- Joyce Carol Oates, Angel Fire
- Adrienne Rich, "Rape"
- Muriel Rukeyser, Breaking Open
- Patti Smith, Witt
- Mark Strand, The Story of Our Lives, Canadian native living in and published in the United States
- Alice Walker, Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems
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:
French language[]
Canadian poetry in French[]
- Michel Bealieu:
- Variables
- Pulsions
- Yves-Gabriel Brunet, Poésies I, collected poems from 1958 to 1962
- Gilles Constantineau, Nouveaux Poèmes
- Roland Giguère, La Main au feu, collected poems from 1949 to 1968
- Gilbert Langevin:
- Les Ecrits de Zéro Legel
- Novembre
- Raymond LeBlanc, Cri de terre
- Luc Racine, Le Pays saint
France[]
- Conseil international des femmes, Anthologie de la poésie féminine mondiale, Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Jean Daive, Fut bâti, about the author's friendship with Paul Celan; part memoir, part prose-poem;[26] Gallimard[27]
- Michel Deguy, Tombeau de du Bellay[27]
- Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, Peut-Être une demeure
- Jean Loisy, Le Double Jeu
- Katia Granoff Méditerranée
- Eugene Guilleveic, Inclus[27]
- Edmond Jabès, (El, ou le drier livre)[27]
- Michel Leiris, Haut-mal[28]
- François Pradelle, Les Naïves Amours
- Denis Roche, Le Mécrit
- Pierrette Sartin, Le Destin accepté
- Philippe Soupault, Poèmes et Poésies: 1917–1973, publisher: Grasset[27]
German language[]
East Germany[]
- Wolf Biermann, a communist living in East Germany, he could only publish these works in the West:
- Für meine Genossen
- Deutschland: ein Wintermärchen, long satirical poem on the division of Germany
West Germany, Austria, Switzerland[]
- Peter Huchel, Gezähte Tage
- Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Kein Zauberspruch
- Eric Fried, Die Freiheit den Mund aufzumachen
- Günter Herburger, Operette
- J. P. Stössel, Friedenserklärung
India[]
In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Assamese[]
- Maheswar Neog, Pracya Sasanavali[29]
- Nabakanta Barua, Mor Aru Prithivir ("Of Mine and the Earth")[30]
- Narayan Bezbarua, Punaruthan[29]
- Nilmani Phookan, Phuli Thaka Suryamukhi Phultor Phale, Guwahati, Assam: Guwahati Book Stall[31]
Other in India[]
- Amrita Pritan, Kagaz te Kanvas, Punjabi[29]
- K. Siva Reddy, Raktam Suryudu, Hyderabad: Jhari Poetry Circle, Telugu-language[32]
- Yumlembam Ibomcha Singh, Sandrembi Thoraklo Nahum Ponjel Sabige, Imphal: V.I. Publications; Manipuri-language[33]
Italy[]
- Eugenio Montale, Diario del '71 e del '72 (poetry) Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (a private edition of 100 copies was published in 1971)[34]
- Almanacco dello Specchio for 1973, an anthology of poetry, including translated poetry
- Franco Fortini, Questo muro, collected poems from 1962 to 1972
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Trasumanar e organizzar
- Libero De Libero, Scempio e lusinga, collected poems written from 1930 to 1956
- Marino Moretti, Le poverazze
Soviet Union[]
- M. Bazhan, The Spark from Uman Recollections (translated into Russian from Ukrainian), 1973[35]
- P. Brovka, We Are Children of One Mother (translated into Russian from Belarusian)[35]
- B. Istru, Pain of a Shadow (translated into Russian from Moldavian)[35]
- R. Margiani, From the Book of Brotherhood (translated into Russian from Georgian)[35]
- S. Orlov, Loyalty[35]
Spanish language[]
- José Carlos Becerra, El otoño recorre las islas, collected poetry from 1960 to 1970, edited by José Emilio Pacheco and Gabriel Zaid
- Alfonso Calderón, Isla de los Bienaventurados ("Island of the Blessed"), Chile[36]
- Matilde Camus, Bestiario poético ("Poetic Book of Aaimals")
- Ernesto Cardenal, Canto nacional, Nicaragua
- Rafael Méndez Dorich, Globos cautivos, posthumously published (Lima), Peru[37]
- Enrique Fierro, Mutaciones, Uruguay
- Ulalume González de León, Plagio, Uruguay
- Alvaro Mutis, Summa de magroll el Gaviero, Colombia
- José Miguel Oviedo, Estos trece
- José Emilio Pacheco, Irás y no volverás, Mexico
- Gabriel Zaid,Práctica mortal, Mexico
Other[]
- Ruy de Moura Belo, Portugal:
- Odysseus Elytis, The Trills Of Love (Τα Ρω του Έρωτα), Greece
- Klaus Høeck, Rejse l-V, publisher: Grevas; Denmark[39]
Awards and honors[]
English language[]
Canada[]
- See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
United Kingdom[]
- Cholmondeley Award: Patric Dickinson, Philip Larkin
- Eric Gregory Award: John Beynon, Ian Caws, James Fenton, Keith Harris, David Howarth, Philip Pacey
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: John Heath-Stubbs
United States[]
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Daniel Hoffman appointed this year.
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, John Crowe Ransom
- Bollingen Prize: James Merrill
- National Book Award for Poetry: A. R. Ammons, Collected Poems, 1951-1971
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Maxine Kumin, Up Country
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: W. S. Merwin
French language[]
France[]
- Max Jacob prize: Hubert Juin for Le Cinquième Poème
- Guillaume Apollinaire prize: Marc Alyn
- Grand Priz of the French Academy: André Frénaud
- Grand Aigle d'Or: Eugène Guillevic
Births[]
- Ben Doyle (pen name: "Ben Dollar")
- Duo Yu, Chinese
- Sonnet L'Abbé, Canadian
- Paul Vermeersch, Canadian
Deaths[]
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 26 – Noël Coward, 73, English actor, playwright, poet and composer of popular music, of a heart attack
- May 20 – Charles Brasch, 63, New Zealand poet, literary editor, and arts patron
- June 4 – Arna Bontemps, 70 (born 1902, American poet and member of the Harlem Renaissance, of a heart attack
- August 17 – Conrad Aiken, 84, of a heart attack
- September 2 – J.R.R. Tolkien, 81, poet, author and academic
- September 23 – Pablo Neruda, 69, Chilean writer, poet and Communist politician, from leukemia
- September 28 – W. H. Auden, 66, English poet, often cited as one of the most influential of the century
- October 17 – Ingeborg Bachmann (born 1926) Austrian poet and author
- November 22 – Ramon Guthrie, 77,
- November 23 – Francis Webb, 48, Australian poet
- November 24 – John G. Neihardt (born 1881), American author and poet
- date not known – Kenneth Allott, Welsh poet, academic, and authority on Matthew Arnold
See also[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
- ↑ Web page titled "A World of Voices", White Pines Press website, retrieved December 10, 2008
- ↑ Denis Hollier, editor, A New History of French Literature, p 1023, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1989 ISBN 0674615654
- ↑ "Biographical Sketch," Dr. Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey fonds, Lib.UNB.ca, Web, Jan. 5, 2009.
- ↑ "Earle Birney: Published Works," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Fred Cogswell," Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Answers.com, Web, June 14, 2011.
- ↑ "Irving Layton: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996): Works", Canadian Women Poets, Brock University. Web, Mar. 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Books by former English Department Students," USask.ca, Web, Apr. 25, 2011.
- ↑ "F.R. Scott: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Notes on Life and Works," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "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
- ↑ Breiner, Laurence A., An Introduction to West Indian Poetry, page 253, Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 9780521587129, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 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
- ↑ K. V. Surendran, "13. The Image of Woman in Kamala Das's Poems", p 160, 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
- ↑ C. S. Nanjundaiah, "Translating the Untranslatable: A Look at A.K. Ramanujan's Speaking of Siva", p 85, 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
- ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15 17.16 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 "Literature" article, Britannica Book of the Year 1974, covering events of 1973, published in 1974, pages 425-442, the article provides no information on this book's title
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0856405612
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
- ↑ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
- ↑ Web page titled "Ursula Bethell / New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 30, 2008
- ↑ Salter, Miles, "Pete Morgan obituary: Elegant, original poet much admired by his contemporaries", July 15, The Guardian, retrieved August 7, 2010
- ↑ [1] Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007
- ↑ Web page titled "W. S. Merwin (1927- )" at the Poetry Foundation Web site, retrieved June 8, 2010
- ↑ Web page titled "Jean Davie: from Under the Dome: A Memoir of Paul Celan" at the Salt Magazine website, retrieved September 2, 2009. Archived 2009-09-04.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 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 0394521978
- ↑ Brée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 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
- ↑ George, K. M., editor, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: An Anthology: Surveys and Poems, p 65, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, ISBN 9788172013240, retrieved January 8, 2009
- ↑ Web page titled "Nilmani Phookan" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 16, 2010
- ↑ Web page titled "K. Siva Reddy" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010
- ↑ Web page titled "Yumlembam Ibomcha Singh", Poetry International website, retrieved August 3, 2010
- ↑ Eugenio Montale, Collected Poems 1920-1954, translated and edited by Jonathan Galassi, New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1998, ISBN 0374125546
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 Britannica Book of the Year 1975, published by The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1975, "Literature" article, "Russian" section, "Soviet Literature" subsection, page 465; although the book is for "Events of 1974" the article specifically cites each of these works as published in Russian in 1973
- ↑ "Chile National Literature Prize Winner Alfonso Calderon Dies", obituary, August 8, 2009, Latin American Herald Tribune, retrieved September 4, 2009. Archived 2009-09-07.
- ↑ Web page titled "Rafael Méndez Dorich," Sol Negro website, retrieved August 20, 2011
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 da Silva, Jaime H., "BELO, Ruy de Moura", article, p 185, Bleiberg, Germán, Dictionary of the literature of the Iberian peninsula, Volume 1, as retrieved from Google Books on September 6, 2011
- ↑ Web page titled [stage=5&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[uid]=115&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[lang]=_eng "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck"], website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
External links[]
- "A Time-Line of Poetry in English" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto
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