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

Contents

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:

India, in English

Canada

United Kingdom

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

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:

Deaths

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 319, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 6, 2010
  2. ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 322, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 6, 2010
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-1-4051-1361-8, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
  5. ^ "Bibliography," Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt, Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan, 1968, 207-208.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p 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. ^ a b 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 0-394-52197-8
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y 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 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
  12. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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
  15. ^ "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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