Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Summer — In Nazi Germany, Wolfgang Willrich, a member of the SS, lampoons German expressionist poet Gottfried Benn in his book Säuberung des Kunsttempels; Heinrich Himmler, however, steps in to reprimand Willrich and defends Benn on the grounds of his pro-Nazi record since 1933 (his earlier artistic output being dismissed as irrelevant).Iowa Writers' Workshop is founded by Paul Engle at the University of IowaGeorge Hill Dillon becomes editor of Poetry Magazine, remaining in that post until 1949.Poems of colonial American pastor Edward Taylor (d. 1729) are first discovered and published.W. B. Yeats concludes his recordings of his own verse and his broadcast lectures on the BBC (begun in 1936).Wilson MacDonald, Comber Cove. Toronto: S.J.R. Saunders.E. J. Pratt, The Fable of the Goats and Other Poems, Toronto: Macmillan. Governor General's Award 1937.Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, Strange Journey ( Poetry in English ), Madras: Shakti KaryalayamP. R. Kaikini, This Civilization ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: New Book Co.Iqbal Ali Shah, editor, The Coronation Book of Oriental Literature ( Poetry in English ), London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 404 pages; anthology; Indian poetry published in the United KingdomW. H. Auden, SpainW. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice, Letters from Iceland, partly poetryGeorge Barker, CalamiterrorJohn Betjeman, Continual Dew: A little book of bourgeois verse, including "The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel"Edmund Blunden, The Road to OxianaWalter de la Mare, This Year, Next Year, illustrations by Harold Jones, FaberDavid Jones, In ParenthesisCharles Madge, The Disappearing CastleEdwin Muir, Journeys and PlacesEnoch Powell, First Poems, Oxford: BlackwellIsaac Rosenberg, Collected Works, foreword by Siegfried Sassoon; posthumously publishedIqbal 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 KingdomStevie Smith, A Good Time Was Had By AllW. H. Auden, with Louis MacNeice, Letters from IcelandR. P. Blackmur, From Jordan's DelightLouise Bogan, the Sleeping FuryRichard Eberhart, Reading the SpiritRobert Hillyer, A Letter to Robert Frost and OthersRobinson Jeffers, Such Counsels You Gave to MeJosephine Johnson, Year's EndEdna St. Vincent Millay, Conversation at MidnightEzra Pound, The Fifth Decad of CantosMay Sarton, Encounter in AprilDr. Seuss, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, the author's first book; for childrenWallace 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", KnopfAllen Tate, Selected PoemsAllen Curnow, Enemies: Poems 1934–36 (Caxton), New ZealandRobin Hyde, Wednesday's Children, New ZealandSeaforth Mackenzie, Our Earth, Sydney: Angus and Robertson; AustraliaHector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Regards et jeux dans l'espace Jacques Audiberti, Race des hommesRene-Guy Cadou, Les Brancardiers de l'aube, the author's first book of poems, published when he was 17 years oldPierre Jean Jouve, Matière celesteMax Jacob, Morceaux choisisOscar Vladislas de Lubicz-Milosz, also known as O. V. de L. Milosz, Dix-sept Poèmes de MiloszHenri Michaux, Plume, précédé de Lointain intérieurPierre Reverdy, FerraillePhilippe Soupault, Poésies Complètes 1917–1973Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
Mallavarapu Visveswara Rao, Madukila, notable for its style, sentiments and various metricsRabindranath Tagore:Khapchada, short, humorous and frivolous poems in the style of nursery rhymesChadar ChabiSamar Sen, Kayekti Kabita, Indian, Bengali-languageSudhindranath Dutta, KrandasiGangula Sayi Reddi, Kapu bidda, poems on the condition of farmers; TeluguGurram Jashuva, editor, Khanda Kavyamu or Jashuva Khandakavyalu, in seven volumes, published from this year to 1949; anthology of Telagu poetryPeer Aziz Ullah Haqqani, Qissa-e-Mumtaz E Benazir, a large masnavi of Romantic mysticism; Telugu; posthumousSrirangam arayanababu, Rudhirajyoti, TeluguVedula Satyanarayan Shastri, Dipavali, romantic lyrics, TeluguMehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi Noor-e-Mashriq (The Light of the East) - Collection of nazms, geets and sonnets published by Jyoti Prasad Gupta, Jyoti Printing Works, Esplanade, Delhi in 1937.Anupa Sharma, Siddharth, a Hindi epic in 18 chapters on the story of Gautama BuddhaD. R. Bendre, also known as Ambikatanaya Datta, Sakhigita, the title poem is autobiographical; KannadaDevandas Kishinani, 'Purab Sandes, Indian, Sindhi-languageGhulam Mohammad Hanafi, Jang-e Amir Hamza, a Jangnama, based on an episode in the movement to spread Islam; KashmiriHijam Anganhal Simha, Singel Indu, a long narrative Manipuri poemManjewshwara Govinda Pai, Golgotha, long narrative poem on the final days of Jesus Christ, KannadaRiddhinath Jha, Pravasi Mithiles, verses praising the Maharaja of Darbhanga; MaithiliSiyaramsharan Gupta, Bapu, on Gandhi and his ideology, HindiXavier Abril, Descubrimiento del albaJosé Santos Chocano, Poemas de amor doliente, PeruManuel Moreno Jimeno, Así bajaron los perrosLuis Fabio Xammar, WainoMiguel Hernández, Viento del pueblo; SpainAmir Hamzah, Nyanyi Sunyi, Dutch East IndiesAwards and honors
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: W. H. AudenConsultant 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 MarkhamGovernor General's Award, poetry or drama: The Fable of the Goats, E. J. Pratt Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 1:John Fuller, English poet and authorDilwar Khan (died 2013), Bengali poetApril 10 – Bella Akhmadulina (died 2010), Russian poetApril 23 – 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 PersiaApril 30 – Tony Harrison, English poet and playwrightMay 11 – Michael Heller, American poetMay 21 – Glen Sorestad, Canadian poetJune 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 poetsJuly 10 – Kurt Bartsch, German poetJuly 29 – Eleanor Wilner, American poet and editorAugust 3Marvin Bell, American poetDiane Wakoski, American poet associated with the "deep image" poets and the BeatsSeptember 14 – Douglas Oliver (died 2000), British poetOctober 11 – R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, critic and translatorNovember 4 – W. Dabney Stuart, American poetNovember 9 – Roger McGough, British poetNovember 11 – Alicia Ostriker, American poet and academicNovember 19 – Meg Campbell (died 2007), New Zealand poet and wife of Alistair CampbellDecember 1 – Eugene B. Redmond, African American poetDecember 31 – Nicolas Born (died 1979), German poetAlso:Parijat, पारिजात, Bishnu Kumari Waiba (died 1993), Nepalese novelist and poetJohn Riley (died 1978), English poet associated with the British Poetry RevivalDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
March 8 – Albert Verwey (born 1865), Dutch poetJune 22 – Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (born 1901?), Malagasy poet writing in French; suicideJuly 18 – Julian Bell (born 1908), English poet, and a member of a family whose notable members include his parents, Clive and Vanessa Bell; his aunt, Virginia Woolf; his younger brother, writer Quentin Bell; and his half-sister, writer and painter Angelica Garnett; killed in the Spanish Civil WarSeptember 8 – Anna Hempstead Branch (born 1875), American poetOctober 22 – Chūya Nakahara 中原 中也 (born 1907), early Shōwa period Japanese poet (surname: Nakahara)December 26 – Ivor Gurney (born 1890), English composer and poet; tuberculosis while suffering delusional insanityDecember 29 – Don Marquis (born 1878), American poet, artist, newspaper columnist, humorist, playwright and author best known for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel"August 11 – Edith Wharton (born 1862), American novelist, short story writer, designer and poetAlso – Constance Woodrow (born 1899), English-born Canadian poet 