Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events April 6 – Rudyard Kipling and W. B. Yeats are awarded the Gothenburg Prize for Poetry. September – T. S. Eliot (with his first love, Emily Hale) visits the English Cotswolds manor house and garden which gives rise to his poem Burnt Norton. September 21 – The Barretts of Wimpole Street, a film directed by Sidney Franklin with Norma Shearer as Elizabeth Barrett and Fredric March as Robert Browning, is released in the United States; remade in 1957, less successfully Bengali poet Buddhadeb Bosu marries singer and writer Protiva Bose (née Ranu Shome). The University Review is founded at the University of Kansas City. The publication is later called New Letters. West Indian Review founded."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, , retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009.
Works published in English
Canada Kenneth Leslie, Windward Rock: Poems. New York: Macmillan.Burris Devanney, Sandra Campbell and Domenico Di Nardo. "Kenneth Leslie: A Preliminary Bibliography ." Canadian Poetry: Studies/Documents/Reviews No.05 (Fall/Winter 1979), UWO, Web, Apr. 15, 2011 Tom MacInnes, High Low Along.Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books Frederick George Scott, Collected Poems. Vancouver: Clarke & Stuart Co. Ltd."Frederick George Scott ," Canadian Poetry, UWO, Web, Apr. 19, 12011. Charles G.D. Roberts, The Iceberg and Other Poems. (Toronto: Ryerson). Theodore Goodridge Roberts, The Leather Bottle Seranus, Penelope and Other Poems (Toronto: Author).Wanda Campbell, "Susan Frances Harrison," Hidden Rooms: Early Canadian Women Poets , Canadian Poetry P, 2002, Canadian Poetry, UWO, Web, May 4, 2010.
India, in English Sri Aurobindo, Six Poems ( Poetry in English ), Chandernagore: Rameshwar and Co.Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 313, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), , retrieved August 6, 2010 Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, Cross Road ( Poetry in English ), Madras: Shama's Publishing HouseVinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 316, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), , retrieved August 6, 2010 P. R. Kaikini, Flower Offerings ( Prose poems in English ); Bombay: Bombay Book DepotVinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 322, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), , retrieved August 6, 2010 E. E. Speight, editor, Indian Masters of English ( Poetry in English ), London: Longmans, Green; anthology; published in the United KingdomJoshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies" , "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. 2009-06-19.
United Kingdom Edmund Blunden, Choice or Chance Maud Bodkin, Archetypal Patterns of Poetry: Psychological Studies of Imagination, criticism Lilian Bowes Lyon, The White Hare Roy Campbell, Broken Record, the first version of his autobiography; South African native published in the United Kingdom Helen Cruickshank, Up the Noran Water, Scottish poet Lawrence Durrell, Transition T. S. Eliot, The Rock William Golding, Poems Pauline Gower, Piffling Poems for Pilots I. M. and H. Hubbard, The War Resisters, and Other Poems T. L. W. Hubbard, Poems, 1925–1934 John Lehmann, The Noise of History Hugh MacDiarmid, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve, Stony Limits and Other Poems, Scottish poet Ruth Pitter, A Mad Lady's Garland, preface by Hilaire Belloc Nan Shepherd, In the Cairngorms William Soutar, The Solitary Way E. E. Speight, editor, Indian Masters of English, London: Longmans, Green; anthology; Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom Stephen Spender, Vienna Dylan Thomas, 18 Poems, including "The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower" W. B. Yeats, The King of the Great Clock Tower, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
United States James Agee, Permit Me VoyageLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press W. H. Auden, Poems Paul Engle, American Song John A. Lomax, compiler, with Alan Lomax, American Ballads and Folk Songs Edna St. Vincent Millay, Wine From These Grapes Tillie Olsen, I Want You Women up North to Know George Oppen, Discrete Series Ezra Pound: Eleven new Cantos: XXXI–XLI Homage to Sextus Propertius, LondonAckroyd, Peter, Ezra Pound, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Bibliography" chapter, p 121 "Make It New" Edward Arlington Robinson, Amaranth Jesse Stuart, Man with a Bull-Tongue Plow William Carlos Williams, Collected Poems 1921–1931 Yvor Winters, Before Disaster
Other in English R. A. K. Mason, No New Thing, New ZealandAllen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008 Shaw Neilson, Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson, edited and with introduction by R. H. Croll, Melbourne, Lothian, Australia W. B. Yeats, The King of the Great Clock Tower, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
Works published in other languages
France Louis Aragon, Hourra l'ouralAuster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 André Breton, L'Air de l'eau René Char, Le Marteau sans maîtreBrée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983 Paul Éluard, pen name of Paul-Eugène Grindel, La Rose publique Alphonse Métérié: Petit maroc II Cophetuesques Benjamin Péret, De derrière les fagots Jules Supervielle, Les Amis inconnus
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:
Hindi Gopal Sharan, Umanga, on themes of patriotism and love of natureDas, 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, , retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008 Mahadevi Varma, Nirja Rameshvar Shukla, Kiran Bela
Kashmiri Fazil Kashmiri, Saz-e-Chaman Mahjoor, "Nera Ha Sanyas Lagith", a poem published in a special number of Martand Man Ji Suri, Krishna Avtar, a masnavi on Krishna, but also including devotional lyrics in the vatsan form
Telugu Durbhaka Rajesekhara Satavadhani, Rana Pratapa Simha Caritra, called one of the "five modern epics", or Panca Kavya's in Telugu poetry; written in 5 cantos, with about 2,000 verses, in classical style, based on the Annals and Andiquities of Rajasthan by James Dodd Meka Ramachandra Appa Rao, translator, Amaruka, translation from English of Omar Khayyam's Rubbayit Tripurancni Ramaswami, Sutapuranam, poem criticizing Aryan mythologies; written in a classical style Pingali Lakshmikantam and Katuri Venkateshvara Rao, Saundaranandamu, epic in nine cantos, based on a Sanskrit poem by Asvagosha
Other Indian languages
D. R. Bendre, also known as Ambikatanaya Datta, Murtu Mattu Kamakasturi, long, philosophical poem in 11 parts and 15 love songs; influenced by A.E.'s The Candle of Vision; Kannada Govinda Krishna Chettur, The Shadow of God, 37 sonnets in Kashmiri and a short prefatory poem in English; modeled on Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam Khavirakpan, Smaran mangal Kavya, humorous poems in Meitei Kirpa Sagar, Dido Jamval, epic on the actions of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the Jammu area; Punjabi Masti Venkatesa Iyengar, Malara, a book that introduced the sonnet form into Kannada poetry; the 82 sonnets approach different subjects, including day-to-day life and the change of seasons, from a very religious point of view and in an uncomplicated, conversational style N. Balamani Amma, Amma, on a mother's love and a child's innocence; Malayalam Narayan Murlidhar Gupte, writing under the pen name "Bee", Phulanci Onjal ("Handful of Flowers"), showing the influence of Kesavsut; Marathi Pramathanath Bisi, Pracin Asami Haite, sonnets written from 1924 to 1927 from the most prolific published sonnet-writer in Bengali; a companion volume, Bracin Parasik Haite, was published in the late 1960s Umashankur Joshi, Gangotri, Gujarati-language Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Savarakaranci Sphuta Kavita, including "Sagaras" ("To the Sea"), and patriotic poems such as "Maze Mrtypatra" ("My Will") and "Maranonmukh Sayyevar" ("Upon the death-bed"); by a Marathi revolutionary
Other languages Vladimir Cavarnali, Poesii (Poems) José Santos Chocano, Primicias de Oro de Indias, Peru Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor, Ghileà romanè (anthology) Martinus Nijhoff, Awater, Netherlands Alejandro Peralta, El Kollao, PeruFitts, Dudley, ed. (1947). Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry/Antología de la Poesía Americana Contemporánea Norfolk, Conn., New Directions (also London: The Falcoln Press, but printed in U.S.) p. 635. Fernando Pessoa, Mensagem (Message), Portugal Heiti Talvik, Palavik (Fever), Estonia Ernst Volkman, ed., Deutsche Dichtung im Weltkrieg, Germany
Awards and honors Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Hillyer: Collected Verse Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Laurence Whistler
Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 1 – Muthaffar al-Nawab (died 2022) Iraqi poet and political criticوفاة الشاعر العراقي الكبير مظفر النواب January 6 – John Wieners (died 2002), American lyric poet January 22 – Sugathakumari (died 2020), Indian Malayalam female poet and activist February 10 – Fleur Adcock (died 2024), expatriate New Zealand poet and editor who lives much of her life in England February 18 – Audre Lorde (died 1992), African-American writer, poet and activist February 27 – N. Scott Momaday (died 2024), Native American poet and writer March 31 – Kamala Surayya (died 2009), Indian poet and writer in English and Malayalam, her native language, Indian English March 20 – David Malouf (died 2026), Australian poet and writer April 11 – Mark Strand (died 2014), American poet April 12 – Anselm Hollo (died 2013), Finnish-American poet and translator also resident for eight years in the United Kingdom, where his poems are included in British poetry anthologies. May 10 – Jayne Cortez (died 2012), African-American poet June 15 – Hettie Jones, born Hettie Cohen (died 2024), American poet, writer and first wife of Amiri Baraka July 1 – James Liddy (died 2008), Irish American poet July 13 – Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, poet and playwright who in 1986 is the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature July 17 – Rainer Kirsch (died 2015), German writer and poet July 18 – Walt McDonald, American poet and academic July 20 – Henry Dumas (died 1968), African-American writer and poet August 5 – Wendell Berry, American novelist, essayist, poet, professor, cultural critic and farmer August 6 – Diane di Prima (died 2020), American poet associated with the Beats September 2 – Jack Agüeros (died 2014), American community activist, poet, writer and translator September 7 – Sunil Gangopadhyay (died 2012), Indian Bengali-language poet September 9 – Sonia Sanchez, African-American poet, playwright and children's book author associated with the Black Arts Movement September 21 – Leonard Cohen (died 2016), Canadian-born poet, singer-songwriter and novelist September 23 – M. Travis Lane, American-Canadian poet