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Events
- Iowa Writers' Workshop founded by Paul Engle at the University of Iowa
- George Hill Dillon becomes editor of Poetry Magazine and stays in that job until 1949.
- Summer — In Nazi Germany, Wolfgang Willrich, a member of the SS, lampooned German expressionist poet Gottfried Benn in Willrich's book Säuberung des Kunsttempels; Heinrich Himmler, however, stepped in to reprimand Willrich and defended Benn on the grounds of his pro-Nazi record since 1933 (his earlier artistic output was dismissed as irrelevant).
- William Butler Yeats concludes his recordings of his own verse and his broadcast lectures on the BBC (begun in 1936).[1]
Works published in English
India, in English
- Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, Strange Journey, Madras: Shakti Karyalayam[2]
- Iqbal Ali Shah, editor, The Coronation Book of Oriental Literature, London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 404 pages; anthology; Indian poetry published in the United Kingdom[3]
- Hasan Sahid Sudrawardy, Essays in Verse[4]
United Kingdom
- W. H. Auden, Spain[5]
- W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice, Letters from Iceland, partly poetry[5]
- George Barker, Calamiterror[5]
- John Betjeman, Continual Dew: A little book of bourgeois verse,[5] including "The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel"
- Edmund Blunden, The Road to Oxiana[5]
- David Jones, In Parenthesis
- Charles Madge, The Disappearing Castle[5]
- Edwin Muir, Journeys and Places[5]
- Isaac Rosenberg, Collected Works, foreword by Siegfried Sassoon; posthumously published[5]
- Iqbal Ali Shah, editor, The Coronation Book of Oriental Literature, London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 404 pages; anthology; Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom[3]
- Stevie Smith, A Good Time Was Had By All[5]
United States
- W. H. Auden, with Louis MacNeice, Letters from Iceland[6]
- R. P. Blackmur, From Jordan's Delight[6]
- Louise Bogan, the Sleeping Fury[6]
- Richard Eberhart, Reading the Spirit[6]
- Robert Hillyer, A Letter to Robert Frost and Others[6]
- Robinson Jeffers, Such Counsels You Gave to Me[6]
- Josephine Johnson, Year's End[6]
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, Conversation at Midnight[6]
- Ezra Pound, The Fifth Decad of Cantos[6]
- May Sarton, Encounter in April[6]
- Dr. Seuss, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, the author's first book; for children
- Wallace Stevens, The Man with the Blue Guitar, and Other Poems, includes "The Man with the Blue Guitar," "A Thought Revolved," and "The Men That Are Falling", Knopf[7]
- Allen Tate, Selected Poems[6]
Other in English
- Allen Curnow, Enemies: Poems 1934–36 (Caxton), New Zealand
- Robin Hyde, Wednesday's Children, New Zealand
- Seaforth Mackenzie, Our Earth, Sydney: Angus and Robertson; Australia
Works published in other languages
France
- Jacques Audiberti, Race des hommes[8]
- Rene-Guy Cadou, Les Brancardiers de l'aube, the author's first book of poems, published when he was 17 years old[8]
- Pierre Jean Jouve, Matière celeste[9]
- Max Jacob, Morceaux choisis[9]
- Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz-Milosz, also known as O. V. de L. Milosz, Dix-sept Poèmes de Milosz[9]
- Henri Michaux, Plume, précédé de Lointain intérieur[9]
- Pierre Reverdy, Ferraille[9]
- Philippe Soupault, Poésies Complètes 1917–1973[9]
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
- Mallavarapu Visveswara Rao, Madukila, notable for its style, sentiments and various metrics[4]
- Rabindranath Tagore:
- Sudhindranath Dutta, Krandasi[4]
Telugu
- Gangula Sayi Reddi, Kapu bidda, poems on the condition of farmers; Telugu[4]
- Gurram Jashuva, editor, Khanda Kavyamu or Jashuva Khandakavyalu, in seven volumes, published from this year to 1949; anthology of Telagu poetry[4]
- Peer Aziz Ullah Haqqani, Qissa-e-Mumtaz E Benazir, a large masnavi of Romantic mysticism; Telugu; posthumous[4]
- Srirangam arayanababu, Rudhirajyoti, Telugu[4]
- Vedula Satyanarayan Shastri, Dipavali, romantic lyrics, Telugu[4]
Other Indian languages
- Anupa Sharma, Siddharth, a Hindi epic in 18 chapters on the story of Gautama Buddha[4]
- D. R. Bendre, also known as Ambikatanaya Datta, Sakhigita, the title poem is autobiographical; Kannada[4]
- Ghulam Mohammad Hanafi, Jang-e Amir Hamza, a Jangnama, based on an episode in the movement to spread Islam; Kashmiri[4]
- Hijam Anganhal Simha, Singel Indu, a long narrative Manipuri poem[4]
- Manjewshwara Govinda Pai, Golgotha, long narrative poem on the final days of Jesus Christ, Kannada[4]
- Riddhinath Jha, Pravasi Mithiles, verses praising the Maharaja of Darbhanga; Maithili[4]
- Siyaramsharan Gupta, Bapu, on Gandhi and his ideology, Hindi[4]
Other languages
- Miguel Hernández, Viento del pueblo; Spain[10]
Awards and honors
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: W. H. Auden
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (the post which was later called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Joseph Auslander appointed this year (he would serve until 1941)
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Edwin Markham
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 1:
- John Fuller (poet), English poet and author
- Dilwar Khan, Bengali poet
- April 30 – Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright
- May 11 – Michael Heller, American poet
- June 8 – Gillian Clarke, native Welsh, English-language poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator (from Welsh)
- June 10 – Susan Howe, American poet and critic closely associated with the Language poets
- September 14 – Douglas Oliver, British poet
- October 11 – R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, critic, and translator
- November 9 – Roger McGough, British poet
- November 11 – Alicia Ostriker, American poet and academic
- November 19 – Meg Campbell (died 2007), New Zealand, poet and wife of Alistair Campbell
- December 31 – Nicolas Born (died 1979), German poet
- Also:
- Coleman Barks, American poet who, although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, is nonetheless renowned as a translator of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia
- Kurt Bartsch, German[11]
- Marvin Bell, American poet
- Eugene B. Redmond, African American
- John Riley (died 1978), English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival
- Glen Sorestad
- Dabney Stuart, American
- Diane Wakoski, an American poet associated with the "deep image" poets and the Beats
- Eleanor Wilner
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- July 18 – Julian Bell, English poet, and a member of a family whose notable members included his parents, Clive and Vanessa Bell; his aunt, Virginia Woolf; his younger brother, the writer Quentin Bell; and the writer and painter Angelica Garnett, his half-sister; died in the Spanish Civil War
- October 22 – Chūya Nakahara 中原 中也 (born 1907), early Shōwa period Japanese poet (surname: Nakahara)
- December 26 – Ivor Gurney, English composer and poet
- December 29 – Don Marquis, American poet, artist, newspaper columnist, humorist, playwright and author best known for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel"
- August 11 – Edith Wharton American novelist, short story writer, designer and poet
- Also:
- Anna Branch
- Constance Woodrow
See also
Notes
- ^ Mac Liammoir, Michael, and Eavan Boland, W. B. Yeats, Thames and Hudson (part of the "Thames and Hudson Literary Lives" series), London, 1971, pp 121-122
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Joshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies", "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. Archived 2009-06-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ Web page titled "Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 9, 2009. Archived 2009-05-04.
- ^ a b Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ^ a b c d e f 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
- ^ Debicki, Andrew P., Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Modernity and Beyond, p 43, University Press of Kentucky, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8131-0835-3, retrieved via Google Books, November 21, 2009
- ^ Hofmann, Michael, editor, Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology, Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006
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