Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Poet Cid Corman begins Origin magazine in response to the failure of a magazine that Robert Creeley had planned. The magazine typically features one writer per issue and runs, with breaks, until the mid-1980s. Poets featured include Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Larry Eigner, Denise Levertov, William Bronk, Theodore Enslin, Charles Olson, Louis Zukofsky, Gary Snyder, Lorine Niedecker, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams and Paul Blackburn. The magazine also leads to the establishment of Origin Press, which publishes books by a similar range of poets.Bad Lord Byron, a film directed by David MacDonald about the Romantic poet.Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet, translator, literary critic, future (1980) winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, becomes an exile this year.The Dolmen Press is founded in Dublin, Ireland by Liam and Josephine Miller to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poets and artists. The Press operates in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987.Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Irving Layton, The Black Huntsmen: Poems. Montreal.Tom MacInnes, In the Old of my AgeDuncan Campbell Scott, Selected Poems, edited by E. K. BrownA. J. M. Smith, The Worldly MuseKay Smith, Footnote to the Lord's Prayer and Other PoemsRaymond Souster, City Hall Street. Toronto: Ryerson.Anne Wilkinson, Counterpoint to SleepNew Zealand
James K. Baxter, Recent Trends in New Zealand Poetry, scholarshipAllen Curnow, editor, A Book of New Zealand Verse 1923-50, anthologyDenis Glover, Sings Harry, New ZealandM. H. Holcroft, Discovered Isles, scholarshipLouis Johnson:Editor, New Zealand Poetry Yearbook, first annual edition, anthologyThe Sun Among the RuinsRoughshod Among the LiliesCharles Spear, Twopence ColouredHubert Witheford, The Falcon MarkW. H. Auden, Nones, including the poem "In Praise of Limestone"E. C. Bentley, Clerihews CompleteBasil Bunting, Seeds, a long poem, published by Poetry magazineRoy Campbell, Light on a Dark Horse, autobiographyCharles Causley:Farewell Aggie WestonHands to DanceJack Clemo, The Clay VergeKeith Douglas, Collected PoemsRobert Graves, Poems and SatiresJames Kirkup, The Submerged Village, and Other PoemsJohn Lehmann, The Age of the DragonIona and Peter Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery RhymesPoems of Today, British poetry anthology, fourth seriesEnoch Powell, The Wedding Gift & Dancer’s End (London: Falcon Press,) .Anne Ridler, The Golden Bird, and Other PoemsAlan Ross, Poetry, 1945–1950John Wain, Mixed FeelingsW. H. Auden, Nones, English-born poet living and published in the United StatesJohn Malcolm Brinnin, The Sorrows of Cold StoneJohn Ciardi, From Time to Time, including "My Father's Watch"Langston Hughes, Montage of a Dream Deferred, including "Harlem"Randall Jarrell:Losses, New York: Harcourt, BraceThe Seven-League Crutches, New York: Harcourt, BraceHugh Kenner, The Poetry of Ezra Pound, highly influential in causing a re-assessment of Pound's poetry (New Directions), criticismRobert Lowell, The Mills of the Kavanaughs, New York: Harcourt, BraceJames Merrill, First PoemsMarianne Moore, Collected Poems, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for poetry in 1952Ogden Nash, Parents Keep OutAdrienne Rich, A Change of World, her first volume, selected by W. H. Auden for the Yale Series of Younger PoetsTheodore Roethke, Praise to the End!, 13 long poems about a child's sensibility and developing consciousnessLouis Simpson, Good News of Death and Other Poems, Jamaican-born poet living in the United StatesClark Ashton Smith, The Dark ChateauJean Toomer, CaneTheodore Weiss, The CatchWilliam Carlos Williams:Paterson, Book IVThe Collected Earlier PoemsThe Autobiography of William Carlos WilliamsNagendranath Gupta, editor and translator, Eastern Poetry, Allahabad: Indian Press, second edition, Bombay: Hind Kitabs (first edition 1929), anthology; Indian poetry in EnglishLouis Simpson, ''Good News of Death and Other Poems, Jamaican-born poet living in the United StatesRex Ingamells, The Great South Land, Melbourne, a history of Australia from primordial times, AustraliaPierre Jean Jouve, OdeAlphonse Métérié, ProellaJacques Prévert:HistoiresSpectacleJules Supervielle, NaissancesIn each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Rajendra Shah, Andolan, Gujarati languageBinod Chandra Nayak, Oriya:Nilacandrara UpatyakaCandra O taraHem Barua, Balichandra, Indian, AssameseMangalacharan Chattopadhyay, Mergh Brsti Jar, BengaliSumitra Kumari Sinha, Panthini, Hindi-languageSundaram, Yatra Gujarati languageV. A. Anandakkuttan, Dipavali, MalayalamNaresh Guha, Duranta Dupur, BengaliAjneya, editor, Dusara Saptak, Hindi, influential anthology in the Nai Kavita ("New Poetry") movement, which has been said to have started with this book, which contains poetry from Bhavani Prasad Misra, Sakunta Mathur, Hari Narayan Vyas, Shamasher Bahadur Singh, Naresh Mehta, Raghuvir Sahay and Dharamvir Bharati (see also Tar Saptak 1943)Simin Behbahani, Seh-tar-e Shekasteh ("The Broken Lute"), PersiaAlberto de Lacerda, Poemas, PortugalUri Zvi Greenberg, Reḥovot Hanahar ("The Streets of the River"), poems lamenting the loss of Jews in Europe; Hebrew-language, IsraelCesare Pavese, Verrà la morte ed avrà i tuoi occhi ("Death Will Come and Will Have Your Eyes"), Turin: Einaudi; ItalyAwards and honors
Nobel Prize in Literature: Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish poet, author, playwright and writerGuggenheim Fellowship awarded to E.E. CummingsNational Book Award for Poetry: Wallace Stevens, The Auroras of AutumnPulitzer Prize for poetry: Carl Sandburg, Complete PoemsBollingen Prize: John Crowe RansomCanada: Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: The Mulgrave Road, Charles Bruce Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 29 – Neil Shepard, American poet, essayist, professor of creative writing and literary magazine editorMarch 12 – Susan Musgrave, Canadian poet and children's authorMarch 21 – Lesley Choyce, Canadian novelist, writer, children's book writer, poet, and academic, founder of Pottersfield Press, host of the television program "Choyce Words" and "Off the Page"; born in the United States and immigrated to Canada in 1979April 5 – Lillian Allen, Canadian dub poetApril 21 – Brigit Pegeen Kelly, American poet and academic, daughter of author Robert Glynn Kelly and married to poet Michael MadonickApril 22 – Andrew Hudgins, American poet, essayist and academicMay 9:Christopher Dewdney, Canadian poet, writer, artist, creative writing teacher and writer in residence at various universitiesJorie Graham, American poet and academicJoy Harjo, Native-American poet, musician and authorJune 20:Paul Muldoon Irish poet living in the United StatesNoel Rowe (died 2007), Australian, poet, writer, academic and Roman Catholic priest in the Marist orderJuly 10 – Robert Priest, English-born Canadian poet and children's authorJuly 25 – Angela Jackson, African AmericanSeptember 13 – Suzanne Lummis, American poet, teacher and co-founder of the Los Angeles Poetry FestivalOctober 8 – Jenny Boult, also known as "MML Bliss" (died 2005), AustralianOctober 12 – Peter Goldsworthy, Australian poet, novelist, short-story writer, opera librettist and medical practitionerNovember 13 – Robert Hilles, Canadian poet and novelistDecember 13 – Anne-Marie Alonzo (died 2005), Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisherAlso:Ralph Angel, American poet and translatorAbul Bashar, Bengali poet and writerRobin Becker, AmericanPeter Boyle, AustralianCharles Buckmaster (died 1972), AustralianRon Charach, CanadianPeter Christensen, CanadianStephen Edgar, Australian poet, editor and indexerJames Galvin, American poet, novelist and writerRobert Harris (died 1993), AustralianGarrett Hongo, American poet and academic, born in Volcano, HawaiiPeter Johnson, AmericanJill Jones, Australian poet and writerAnne Kellas, South African poet, critic and editor, immigrant to AustraliaKim Maltman, Canadian poet and physicistPi O, "П O", Australian poet and anarchistBetsy Struthers, Canadian poet and novelistAnia Walwicz, Australian poet, writer and artistAfaa M. Weaver, AmericanRobert Wrigley, American poet and academicEddy Yanofsky, AmericanRay A. Young Bear, AmericanBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 17 – Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (born 1903), playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker; Indian, writing in AssameseJanuary 31 – Seemab Akbarabadi سیماب اکبرآبادی (born 1882) Urdu poet from IndiaApril 3 – Henrik Visnapuu (born 1890), EstonianJune 18 – Angelos Sikelianos (born 1884), GreekJune 28 – Fumiko Hayashi 林 芙美子 (born 1903 or 1904; sources disagree), novelist, writer and poet (a woman; surname: Hayashi)July 3 – Sydney Jephcott (born 1864), Australian poetSeptember 18 – Gelett Burgess (born 1866), American artist, art critic, poet, author, and humoristDecember 4 – Pedro Salinas (born 1891), SpanishAlso:Kaykobad (born 1857), Bengali poetHertha Kraftner (born 1928), GermanSotiris Skipis (born 1881), Greek 