Brazilian manifesto for concrete poetry, which focuses on visual and other sensory qualitiesWriters Workshop, a Calcutta, India-based literary publisher, was founded this year by the poet P. Lal with several other writers.April 18 — Ezra Pound's indictment for treason is dismissed. He is released from St. Elizabeths Hospital, an insane asylum in Maryland, after spending 12 years there (starting in 1946) and returns to Italy.June 29 — A monument to Vladimir Mayakovsky is unveiled in the centre of Moscow and becomes a focus for informal poetry readings.Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Donald Hall et al., editors, New Poets of England and AmericaDavid Cecil and Allen Tate, Modern Verse in English (anthology)Earle Birney, Selected PoemsLouis Dudek:Laughing StalksEn MexicoJohn Glassco, The Deficit Made FleshRalph Gustafson, The Penguin Book of Canadian VerseIrving Layton, A Laughter in the Mind.E. J. Pratt, The Collected Poems of E. J. Pratt. Toronto: Macmillan. (introduction by Northrop Frye)James Reaney, A Suit of Nettles. Governor General's Award 1958.F. R. Scott and A.J.M. Smith, The Blasted Pine, a satirical miscellanyA. J. M. Smith and F. R. Scott, editors, The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (see also the edition of 1966)Raymond Souster, Crepe-Hanger's Carnival: Selected Poems 1955-58 Toronto: Contact Press.Miriam Waddington, The Season's LoversCriticism, scholarship and biography in Canada
L.M. Lande, Old Lamps AglowR.E. Rashley, Poetry in CanadaIreland
Thomas Kinsella, Another September, Dublin, Dolmen PressPatrick MacDonogh, One Landscape StillDonagh MacDonagh and Lennox Robinson editors, The Oxford Book of Irish Verse, XVIIth century-XXth century (anthology)Sarojini Naidu, The Sceptred Flute—Songs of India ( Poetry in English ), Allahabad: Kitabistan, published posthumously (died 1949)Dilip Kumar Roy, The Immortals of the Bhagvat ( Poetry in English ),A. Alvarez, The End of ItJohn Betjeman, Collected Poems, London: John Murray; Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1959Michael Hamburger, The Dual Site, London: Routledge and Kegan PaulJohn Heath-Stubbs, Helen in Egypt, and Other PlaysElizabeth Jennings, A Sense of the WorldGeorge Rostrevor Hamilton, Collected PoemsJohn Heath-Stubbs, The Triumph of the MuseElizabeth Jennings, A Sense of the World, London: André DeutschThomas Kinsella, Another September Irish poet published in the United KingdomDom Moraes, A Beginning, his first book of poems (winner of the Hawthornden Prize), Indian at this time living in the United KingdomJames Reeves, The Talking SkullMichael Roberts, Collected PoemsAlan Ross, To Whom It May ConcernJohn Silkin, The Two FreedomsSir Osbert Sitwell, On the Continent (see also England Reclaimed 1927 and Wrack at Tidesend 1952)John Smith, Excursus in Autumn, including "Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to be of a Higher Rank"A.S.J. Tessimond, SelectionR.S. Thomas, Poetry for SupperC.A. Trypanis, a book of poetryDavid Wright, Monologue of a Deaf Man, London: André DeutschConrad Aiken, Sheepfold HillDjuna Barnes, The Antiphon a surrealist verse playJohn Berryman, His Thoughts Made Pockets & the Plane BucktJohn Ciardi, I marry You; a Sheaf of Love PoemsGregory Corso:GasolineBombLouis Coxe, The Wilderness and Other PoemsE.E. Cummings, 95 PoemsLawrence Ferlinghetti, A Coney Island of the Mind, New DirectionsGeorge Garrett, The Sleeping GypsyDonald Hall, The Dark HousesAnthony Hecht, The Seven Deadly SinsJohn Hollander, A Crackling of Thorns, Yale University PressRolfe Humphries, editor, New Poems by American Poets (anthology)Stanley Kunitz, Selected Poems: 1928–1958Denise Levertov, Overland to the Islands, Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan WilliamsArchibald MacLeish, J.B., a verse playWilliam Meredith, The Open Sea and Other PoemsHoward Nemerov, Mirrors and WindowsKenneth Patchen:Poem-scapesHurrah for AnythingWhen We Were Here TogetherTheodore Roethke, Words for the Wind, Garden City, New York: DoubledayMuriel Rukeyser, Body of WakingWinfield Townley Scott, The Dark SisterKarl Shapiro, Poems of a Jew, New York: Random HouseEli Siegel, Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana: PoemsClark Ashton Smith, Spells and PhiltresWilliam Jay Smith, Poems 1947-1957May Swenson, A Cage of SpinesCharles Tomlinson, Seeing Is Believing, New York: McDowell, ObolenskyJohn Updike, The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame CreaturesMona Van Duyn, Valentines to the Wide WorldDavid Wagoner, A Place to StandWilliam Carlos Williams, Paterson, Book VJames K. Baxter, In Fires of No Return, published by Oxford University Press, giving Baxter international recognition, New ZealandPeter Bland, Three Poets, New ZealandListed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Efraín Barqueto, La CompañeraAlfonso Calderón, El Pais Jubiloso ("Jubilant Country")Vincente Huidobro, Ataigle, French translationGabriela Mistral, Poesías completas, Madrid : AguilarPablo Neruda, Complete WorksJosé Ramón, Antología poética, ArgentinaRubén Vela, Veranos, ArgentinaJorge Guillén:ViviendoMaremágnumMiguel de Unamuno, Cincuenta poesías inéditas (written 1899–1927, now published for the first time)Herberto Hélder, O Amor em VisitaEugénio de Andrade, Coração do diaAlexandre O'Neill, No Reino da DinamarcaMário Cesariny, Alguns Mitos Maiores e Alguns Mitos Menores Postos à Circulação pelo AutorOllivier Mercier-Gouin, Poèmes et ChansonsRonald Després, Silences à nourrir de sangRoger Brien, Vols et plongéesAlain Grandbois, L'Étoile pourpreRoland Giguère, Le défaut des ruines est d'avoir des habitantsYves Bonnefoy, Hier régnant désertPierre Emmanuel, Versant de l'âgeVincente Huidobro, Altaigle (translation from Spanish)Philippe Jaccottet, L'IgnorantPierre Jean Jouve, InventionsRaymond Queneau:Le chien à la mandolineCent mille milliards de poèmesRoger-Arnould Rivière, DésertsGeorges Schéhadé, EthiopiquesSh. Shalom:Ben Tehelet ve-Lavan ("Amidst the Blue and White")Shirai Kommiut Israel ("Poems on the Rise of Israel")Yehoshua Rabinow, Shirat Amitai ("Amitai's Song")I. Shalev, Eloha Hanoshek LohamimP. Elad, Mizrah Shemesh ("East of the Sun")David Rokeah, Kearar Aleh Shaham ("Juniper on Granite")T. Carmi, ha-Yam ha-Aharon ("The Last Sea")Y. Amihai, be-Merhak Shtai Tikvot ("At a Distance of Two Hopes")Ephraim Lisitzky, Anshai Midot ("Virtuous Men")Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Buddhidhari Singha, Madhumati, MaithiliNalini Bala Devi, Yuga-devata, Indian, Assamese-languageGopal Prasad Rimal, Yo Prem! ("This Love"), NepaliK. S. Narasimha Swami, Silalate, KannadaDritëro Agolli, Në rrugë dolla ("I went out on the street") (Albania)Ko Un, Hyondae Munhak (South Korea)Meyer Shtiker, Yidishe landshaft ("Yiddish Landscape"), his second book of poems (Yiddish)Lo Fu (poet) (Luo Fu) River of the Soul Chinese (Taiwan)Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Francis CornfordFoyle Prize for Poetry: Dame Edith Sitwell, Collected PoemsGuinness Poetry Awards:Ted Hughes, The Thought FoxThomas Kinsella, Thinking of Mr. DDavid Wright, A ThanksgivingConsultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Robert Frost appointed this year.National Book Award for Poetry: Robert Penn Warren, Promises: Poems, 1954-1956Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stanley Kunitz, Selected Poems 1928-1958Bollingen Prize: E.E. CummingsFellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Robinson JeffersHarper's Eugene F. Saxton Fellowship; Conrad HilberryHuntington Hartford Foundation Award: Robert FrostJewish Book Council's Harry Kovner Memorial poetry awards: I.J. Schwartz for contributions to Yiddish poetry; Aaron Zeitlin for Bein Ha-Esh Yeha-YeshaYale Series of Younger Poets award: William Dickey for Of the FestivityAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry: Conrad AikenMarjorie Peabody Waite Award: Dorothy ParkerLevinson prize: Stanley KunitzOscar Blumenthal prize: Siydney Goodsir SmithEunice Tiejens prize: Mona Van DuynBess Hokin prize: Charles TomlinsonUnion League Civic and Arts Foundation prize: Jean GarrigueVachel Lindsay prize : Hayden CarruthHarriet Monroe Poetry Prize: Stanley KunitzShelley Memorial Award: Kenneth RexrothAlexander Droutzkoy Memorial gold medal: Robert FrostWalt Whitman Award: James E. Miller, Jr.Reynolds Lyric Award: John FandelWilliam Rose Benet Memorial Award: Robert A. WallaceEdna St. Vincent Millay Award: Robert Penn WarrenPoetry Chap-Book Award: Arthur WaleyEmily S. Hamblen Memorial award: Sir Geoffrey Keynes for The Complete Writings of William BlakeArthur Davison Ficke Memorial award: Ulrich TrobetzkoyLaura Speyer Memorial award: Mary A. WinterBorestone Mountain Poetry Award: John Hall Wheelock, Poems Old and NewGrand Prix Littéraire de la Ville de Paris: Maurice Fonbeure for poetryGrand Prix de Poésie de l'Académie française: Mme. Gérard d'HouvilleMondadori, Viareggio poetry prize (Italy): S. Quasimodo, La terra impareggiabileCanada: Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: A Suit of Nettles, James Reaney Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 5 – Harold Rhenisch, Canadian poetApril 15:Anne Michaels, Canadian poet and novelistBenjamin Zephaniah, British dub poetNovember 27 – Andrew Waterhouse (suicide 2001), English poet and environmentalistAlso:Jill Battson, Canadian poetLionel Fogarty, Australian poet and political activistSubodh Sarkar, Bengali poet, writer, editor and academic in IndiaMargaret Smith, American poet, musician and artistBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 3 – Gerald William Bullett, 64, English author and criticMarch 13 – Vallathol Narayana Menon (born 1878), Indian, Malayalam language poetMarch 24 – Seamus O'Sullivan (born 1879), IrishMay 5 – James Branch Cabell, 79, whose 52 books included poetry, of a cerebral hemorrhage (to help people remember the pronunciation of his name, he composed the ditty, "Tell the rabble my name is CA-bell.")June 10 – Angelina Weld Grimke (born 1880), African American lesbian journalist and poetJune 28 (disputed) – Alfred Noyes, English poet (born 1880) according to some sources, he died on June 25, but others, including Encyclopædia Britannica give June 28)September 11 – Robert W. Service, 84 (born 1874), Scots-Canadian poet who wrote The Cremation of Sam McGeeOctober 29 – Zoë Akins, 72, American poet and dramatist who won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for her drama version of Edith Wharton's The Old MaidNovember 12 – Masamune Atsuo 正宗敦夫 (born 1881), Japanese poet and academicDecember 20 – Sir John Collings Squire, British poet, writer, historian and influential literary editorAlso:Emil Barth (poet) (born 1900), GermanFrancis Carco, French poet and novelistYves Gérard le Dantec, French 