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| List of years in poetry (table) |
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| … 1968 . 1969 . 1970 . 1971 . 1972 . 1973 . 1974 … 1975 1976 1977 -1978- 1979 1980 1981 … 1982 . 1983 . 1984 . 1985 . 1986 . 1987 . 1988 … In literature: 1975 1976 1977 -1978- 1979 1980 1981 |
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Events
- L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine, edited by Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein, first published
- Stevie, a film based on a play about the poet Stevie Smith is released
Works published in English
Canada
- Margaret Avison, sunblue
- Earle Birney, Fall by Fury
- Leonard Cohen. Death of a Lady's Man
- Don Domanski, Heaven
- Phyllis Gotlieb, The Works: Collected Poems
- Irving Layton, The Tightrope Dancer
- Pat MacKay, The Pat Lowther Poem
- Sean O'Huigin, The Inks and the Pencils and the Looking Back
- Michael Ondaatje, Elimination Dance/La danse eliminatoire, Ilderton: Nairn Coldstream; revised edition, Brick, 19801
- Craig Powell, Rehearsal for Dancers
- Al Purdy, Being Alive
- Peter Trower, Bush Poems
- Sean Virgo, Deathwatch on Skidegate Narrows
- Miriam Waddington, Mister Never
- George Woodcock:
New Zealand
- Alan Brunton, Oh Ravachol, Red Mole3
United Kingdom
- James Fenton, A Vacant Possession, poems, TNR Publications4
- Geoffrey Grigson, The Fiesta and Other Poems
- Seamus Heaney: After Summer, Gallery Press
- John Heath-Stubbs, The Watchman's Flute
- Geoffrey Hill, Tenebrae, including the sonnet sequences "Lachrimae" and "An Apology for the Rivival of Christian Architecture in England"
- A. Norman Jeffares, W.B. Yeats: Man And Poet, United Kingdom, biography, revision of the first edition of 19485
- Hugh MacDiarmid, Collected Poems, two volumes (posthumous)
- John Montague, The Great Cloak
- Craig Raine, The Onion, Memory
- R.S. Thomas, Frequencies
- Jeffrey Wainwright, Heart's Desire
United States
- Maya Angelou, And Still I Rise
- Paul Blackburn, translator (posthumous), Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry
- Robert Creeley:
- Hello
- Later6
- Ed Dorn:
- Hello, La Jolla, Wingbow Press,7 ISBN 978-0914728245
- Selected Poems, edited by Donald Allen, Grey Fox Press7
- Cynthia Dubin Edelberg, Robert Creeley's Poetry: A Critical Introduction, Albuquerque, New Mexico (criticism)6
- Nikki Giovanni, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day
- John Hollander, Spectral Emanations
- James McMichael, The Lover’s Familiar
- James Merrill, Mirabell: Books of Number
- Mary Oliver:
- The Night Traveler
- Twelve Moons
- George Oppen, Primitive (Black Sparrow Press)
- Mary Oppen (George Oppen's wife), Meaning a Life, a memoir (Black Sparrow Press)
- Adrienne Rich, The Dream of a Common Language
- Patti Smith, Babel
- William Stafford, Stories That Could Be True
- Rosmarie Waldrop, The Road Is Everywhere or Stop This Body (Open Places)
- James Wright, To a Blossoming Pear Tree
- Louis Zukofsky:
- A (University of California Press)
- 80 Flowers
Other in English
- Thomas McCarthy, The First Convention, Dolmen Press, Dublin, Ireland8
Works in other languages
French language
France
- Guillevic, Du Domaine
- Joyce Mansour, Faire Signe au machiniste
- Jean-Pierre Faye, Verres
- Yves Martin, Je fais bouillir mon vin
Canada
- Marcel Bélanger:
- Fragments paniques
- Infranoir
- Normand de Bellefeuille, La Belle Conduite
German language
Germany
- Alfred Andersch, ''Empōrt euch der Himmel ist blau
- Ingeborg Bachmann, works, in a four-volume edition
- Konrad Beyer, Gesamtwerk
- Nicolas Born, Gedichte 1967-1978
- Erich Fried, Die bunten Getûme
- J. Hans, U. Herms, and R. Thenior, Lyrik-Katalog Bundesrepublik, anthology9
- Thomas Mann, Tagebücher 1933-1934
- Johannes Schenk, Zittern
- Kurt Tucholsky, Die Q-Tagebücher 1934-1935
Criticism, scholarship and biography in Germany
- Walter Hinck, Von Heine zu Brecht. Lyrik im Geschichtsprozess (scholarship)10
- Walter Hinderer, editor, Gesch. der politschen Lyrik in Deutschland, Stuttgart (scholarship)10
- William H. Rey, Poesie der Antipoesie: Moderne deutsche Lyrik Genesis, Theorie, Struktur, Heidelberg, ISBN 10: 3798805202 ISBN 13: 9783798805200 (scholarship)10
Hebrew language
- D. Avidan, a poetry book
- P. Sadeh, a poetry book
- E. Megged, a poetry book
- M. Ben-Shaul, a poetry book
- Zelda (poet), a poetry book
Italy
- Mario Luzi, Al Fuoco della controversia
- Leonardo Sinisgalli, Dimenticatoio
- Eugenio Montale, Tutte le poesie
- Franco Fortini, Una volta per sempre, poesie 1938-1973
Norway
- Hans Børli, Dag og Drøm: Dikt i utvalg ("Day and Dream") (Norway)
- Paal Brekke, Dikt 1949-1722 (Norway)
- Halldis Moren Vesaa, Dikt i samling (Norway)
Portuguese language
- Rui Knopfli, O Escriba Acocorado (Portugal)
- Waldimir Diniz, Até o 8° round (Brazilian)
- Cassiano Nunes, Madrugada (Brazilian)
- Accioly Lopes, his first volume of verse (Brazilian)
Spanish language
Spain
- Eduardo Haro Ibars, Perdiddas blancas
- Féliz de Asúa, Pasar y siete canciones (he also published a novel this year, Les lecciones suspendidas)
- Luis Antonio de Villena, Viaje a Bizancio
- Pere Gimferrer, a collection of his verse translated from Catalan to Castilian by the author
- García Hortelano, editor, anthology of verse by the Generation of the '50s, including Caballero Bonald, Angel González, Jaime gil de Biedma, Carlos Barral
Latin America
- Oscar Hahn, Arte de morir
- Pablo Neruda, Para nacer he nacido, previously unpublished diary entries, memoirs and other writings (posthumous), put out by his widow, Matilde de Neruda and Miguel Otero Silva (of Venezuala)
Sweden
- Tomas Tranströmer, Sanningsbarriāren
- Tobias Berggren, Bergsmusik
- Eva Runefelt, Aldriga och barnsliga trakter
Yiddish
- Shoyme Roitman, a poetry book
- Rachel Boymvol, a poetry book
- Jacob Shargel, a poetry book
- Hayyim Plotkin, a poetry book
Other
- Odysseus Elytis, Μαρία Νεφέλη ("Maria Nefeli") Greece
- Joseph Brodsky, editor of two expatriate Russian poetry anthologies:
- Konets prekrasnoy epokh: Stikhotvoreniya 1964-71
- Chast' rechi: Stkikhotvoreniya 1972-76
Awards and honors
Canada
- See 1978 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Christopher Hope, Leslie Norris, Peter Reading, D.M. Thomas, R.S. Thomas
- Eric Gregory Award: Ciaran Carson, Peter Denman, Christopher Reid, Paul Wilkins, Martyn A. Ford, James Sutherland-Smith
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"): William Meredith appointed this year.
- National Book Award for Poetry: Howard Nemerov, The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Howard Nemerov, The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
- Walt Whitman Award: Karen Snow, Wonders
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Josephine Miles
France
- Guillaume Apollinaire prize: Jean-Claude Renard, La Lumière du silence
Other
- Casa de las Américas prize for poetry (Cuba): Claribel Alegria of El Salvador, for Sobrevivo
Births
- June 7 — Jesse Ball, American poet and writer
Deaths
- January 20 — Gilbert Highet, 71, Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian, of cancer
- February 22 — Phyllis McGinley, at 72
- March 19 — Faith Baldwin, 84
- March 22 — John Hall Wheelock, 91, American poet
- April 14 — F.R. Leavis, 82, English literary critic
- May 1 — Sylvia Townsend Warner, 84, English novelist and poet
- May 12 — Louis Zukofsky, 74, American modernist poet
- July 2 — Aris Alexandrou, Greek
- June 3 — Frank Stanford, 29, American poet, by suicide
- September 9 — Hugh MacDiarmid, 86, Scottish poet
- Date not known — Juan Rodolfo Wilcock, (born 1919), Argentine author and poet
Notes
- ^ Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
- ^ [1]Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
- ^ "Obituary: A. Norman Jeffares", The Guardian, by John Sutherland, June 14, 2005, accessed April 22, 2008
- ^ a b Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
- ^ a b Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy" at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 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, "Anthologies in German" section, pp 473-474
- ^ a b c 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
- Britannica Book of the Year 1979 ("for events of 1978"), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica 1979 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)
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