Winter — This magazine founded in the United States by Robert Grenier and Barrett WattenMarch — Cuban poet Herberto Padilla is arrested in Havana and released only after signing a confession stating he is a "vicious character" who took part in counterrevolutionary activities. A letter to Fidel Castro published May 20 in Paris from 60 leftist intellectuals, all supporters of the Cuban revolution, protests Padilla's treatment and accuses Castro of imposing Stalinism on Cuba. Among the 60: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Susan Sontag, Alberto Moravia, Carlos Fuentes, and Mario Vargas Llosa (who saya he continues to support the Cuban revolution). Julio Cortázar of Argentina says he stands by Castro in a verse manifesto, Policrítica en la hora de los chacalesApril 8 — Release of Right On!, a film directed by Herbert Danska, of poetry recitations with bongo accompaniments on New York city streetsApril 21 — The 13th century Codex Regius is returned from Denmark to Iceland under naval escort.July 2 — Release of The Canterbury Tales, a film directed by Pier Paulo Pasolini, providing a soft-pornographic, controversial version of four tales by Geoffrey ChaucerCounter/measures magazine is founded in the United States by X. J. Kennedy and his wife, Dorothy. The magazine champions poetry written in traditional patterns and is an influence in the later creation of the New Formalism movement.Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Margaret Atwood, Power Politicsbill bissett, Nobody Owns the EarthGeorge Bowering, Touch: Selected Poems 1960-1970Louis Dudek, Collected Poetry. Montréal: Delta Canada.Northrop Frye, The Bush Garden (scholarship)John Glassco, Selected Poems. Toronto: Oxford University Press.Bill Howell, The Red FoxIrving Layton, The Collected Poems of Irving Layton. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.Irving Layton, Nailpolish. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.Kenneth Leslie, The Poems of Kenneth Leslie [Ed. Sean Haldane.] Ladysmith, Quebec: Ladysmith Press.Richard Lewis, editor, I Breathe a New Song anthology of poems by EskimosDorothy Livesay:Plainsongs. Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books.Plainsongs Extended. Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books.Disasters of the Sun. Burnaby, BC: Blackfish Press.Anne Marriott, Countries, Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books.George McWhirter, Catalan Poems (winner of the 1972 Commonwealth Poetry Prize)Alden Nowlan, Between Tears and LaughterMichael Ondaatje, editor, The Broken Ark, animal verse; Ottawa: Oberon; revised as A Book of Beasts, 1979 (anthology) ISBN 0-88750-050-1Andreas Schroeder, File of Uncertainties, a chapbook (Sono Nis Press)Raymond Souster, The Years.Ottawa: Oberon Press.Phyllis Webb, Selected Poems 1954-65Dale Zieroth and four other poets, MindscapesJayanta Mahapatra:Close the Sky, Ten by Ten ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Dialogue PublicationsSvayamvara and Other Poems ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India .Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Pomes / Poemes / Poemas ( Poetry in English ),G. S. Sharat Chandra, April in Nanjangud ( Poetry in English ), London: London MagazineMichael Chacko Daniels, Split into Two ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India .Keki N. Daruwalla, Apparition in April ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India .Amaresh Datta, Captive Moments ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, IndiaSubhoranjan Das Gupta, Bodhisattva and Other Poems ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India .Gopal R. Honnalgere, A Wad of Poems, Calcutta: Writers Workshop, IndiaSuniti Namjoshi:More Poems ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India.Cyclone in Pakistan ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India .Nolini Kanta Gupta, Collected Works, five volumes, published this year through 1976; Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Book Distribution AgencySubhas Chandra Saha, editor, Modern Indo-Anglian Love Poetry, anthology; Calcutta: Writers Workshop, IndiaNew Zealand
Fleur Adcock, High Tide in the Garden, London: Oxford University Press (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963)James K. Baxter, Jerusalem DaybookBob Orr, Blue FootpathsIan Wedde, Homage to MatisseFleur Adcock, High Tide in the Garden, New Zealand native living in and published in the United KingdomGeorge Barker, Poems of Places and PeopleFrances Bellerby, a book of selected poemsGeorge Mackay BrownFishermen with PloughsPoems New and SelectedTony Connor, In the Happy ValleyJohn Cotton, Old MoviesMaureen Duffy, Love ChildMichael Ffinch, Voices Round a StarVeronica Forrest-Thomson, Language-GamesElaine Feinstein, The Magic Apple Tree, HutchinsonRobert Garioch, pen name of Robert Garioch Sutherland, The Big Music, and Other PoemsThom Gunn, Moly, with some poems written under the influence of LSD; others described the experience of taking itAdrian Henri, AutobiographyGeoffrey Hill, Mercian Hymns, prose poemsJames Kirkup, The Body ServantPaul Muldoon, Knowing My Place, Northern Ireland native published in the United KingdomSylvia Plath, American poet published in the United Kingdom (posthumous):Crossing the Water, published this year but containing poems written in 1960 and 1961Winter TreesJeremy Robson, editor, The Young British Poets anthologyVernon Scannell, a book of selected poemsJon Silkin, Amana GrassStephen Spender, The Generous DaysDonald Ward, The Dead SnakePatricia Whittaker (poet), The Flying MenDick Allen, Anon and Various Time Machine PoemsMaya Angelou, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I DiiieGwendolyn Brooks:Black Steel: Joe Frazier and Muhammad AliThe World of Gwendolyn BrooksAlonenessTed Berrigan and Anne Waldman, Memorial DayTed Berrigan, Train RidePaul Blackburn, The Journals: Blue Mounds EntriesJohn Ciardi, Lives of XCid Corman, Sun Rock Man (New Directions)Ed Dorn:Spectrum Breakdown: A Microbook, Athanor BooksBy the Sound, Frontier Press; republished with a new preface by the author, Black Sparrow Press, 1991A Poem Called Alexander Hamilton, Tansy/Peg Leg PressLawrence Ferlinghetti, Back Roads to Far Places (New Directions)Robert Fitzgerald, Spring Shade, collected poems and translations, 1931-1970 (New Directions)Donald S. Fryer, Songs and Sonnets AtlanteanMichael S. Harper, History Is Your Own Heartbeat, won the Black Academy of Arts & Letters Award for poetryJohn Hollander, The Night MirrorHugh Kenner, The Pound Era (University of California Press), Canadian writing and published in the United States; criticismGalway Kinnell, The Book of NightmaresStanley Kunitz, The Testing TreeJames McMichael, Against the Falling EvilCarl Rakosi, Ere-VoiceAdrienne Rich, The Will to ChangeRichard Shelton, The Tattooed DesertCharles Simic, Dismantling the SilenceClark Ashton Smith, Selected PoemsRichard Wilbur, translator, The School for Wives by Molière (in verse)James Wright, Collected Poems, including 30 new poemsKofi Awoonor, Night of My Blood, GhanaJohn Figeuroa, editor, Caribbean Voices, anthology, Evans Brothers, CaribbeanOswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, Sounds of a Cowhide Drum, South AfricaGeoff Page and Philip Roberts, Two Poets, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, AustraliaChris Wallace-Crabbe, Australia:Editor: Australian Poetry 1971, anthology, Sydney: Angus & RobertsonWhere the Wind Came, Sydney: Angus and RobertsonListed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Jørgen Leth, Eventyret om den sædvanlige udsigtKlaus Rifbjerg, MytologiJacques Brault, La Poésie ce matin (published in Paris)Raoul Duguay, L'ApokalypsoPaul-Marie Lapointe, Le Réel absolu (Editions de l'Hexagone)Gilbert Langevin:Ouvrir le feuStressRina Lasnier, La Salle des rêvesOlivier Marchand, Par Détresse et tendresse (Editions de l'Hexagone)Pierre Nepveu, Voies rapides, Montréal: HMHClaude Péloquin, Pour la Grandeur de l'HommeAnne-Marie Albiach, EtatM. Bataille, Le Cri dans le murL. Bérimont, L'Évidence mêmeYves Bonnefoy, ' 'Traité du pianisteRené Char:L'Honneur devant DieuLe nu perdu ("Nakedness Lost")P. Damarix, L'Expérience magiqueAlain Delahaye, L'Eveil des traverseesJean Follain, Éspaces d'instants, the poet was killed in an accident days after publicationRobert Marteau, SibyllesFrancis Ponge, La Fabrique du PréJacques Roubaud, Octavio Paz, Charles Tomlinson and Edoardo Sanguineti, RengaAnthologies
J. L. Bédouin, editor, La Poésie SurréalistePierre Seghers, editor, La Poésie symbolisteLeah Goldberg, Shearit ha-Chaim (posthumous)I. Efros, Shirim, collected poemsD. Avidan, Shirim HitzoniimY. Amichai, Al Menat Lo LizkorN. Yonatan, Shirim ba-Arov ha-YamD. Pagis, GilgulR. Adi, Mishaa le-ShaaA. Eldon, Levado ba-Zerem ha-KovedR. Shani, Shalom la-Adoni ha-MelechM. Meir, ha-Aretz Hahi Mitahat la-MayimM. Oren, Adam MuadM. Megged, editor, Shirim Liriim, anthology of modern Hebrew poetryE. Silberschlag, Igrotai le-Dorot AherimR. Avinoam, be-MisholaiR. Lee, El Parvarai ha-ShemeshGyörgy Petri, Magyarázatok M. számáraIn each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Hiren Bhattacharya, Mor Des Mor Premar Kavita ("Poems of My Country and of My Love"); Assamese languageNilmani Phookan; Assamese language:Japani Kavita, Guwahati, Assam: Barua Book Agency, Assamese-languagePhuli Thaka Suryamukhi Phultor Pine ("Towards the Blooming Sunflower")K. Satchidanandan, Malayalam-language:Anchu Sooryan, ("Five Suns")Kurukshetram, ("Studies in Modern Poetry"); scholarshipNirendranath Chakravarti, Ulongo Raja, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-languageUdaya Narayana Singh, Amrtasya Putraah, Calcutta: Lok Sahitya Parishad, Maithili-languageVinod Kumar Shukla, Lagbhag Jai Hind, Sindhi: Ashok Vajpeyi; Hindi-languageAttilio Bertolucci, Viaggio d'inverno ("Winter Voyage"), marking a change of style in the author's poetryLibero De Libero, Di brace in braceEugenio Montale:Satura (1962–1970) (published in January); ItalyDiario del '71 e del '72 (poetry) a private edition of 100 copies; a second, nonprivate edition was published in 1973; ItalyHans Borli, IsfuglenAlfred Hauge, Det evige sekundPeter R. Holm, SynslinjerErnst Orvil, Dikt i utvalgSigmund Skard, Popel ved flypassJoaquim Cardozo, De uma noite de festaMurilo Mendes, ConvergênciaHenriqueta Lisboa, Nova líricaManuel Bandeira, Meus pemas perferidos, a selection from previous booksFoed Castro Chamma, O andarilho e a auroraAnderson Braga Horta, AltiplanoDelmira Agustini, Poesías completas, prólogue and notes by Manuel Alvar, posthumously published (died 1914), Barcelona: Editorial Labor, Uruguayan poet published in SpainHerberto Padilla, Por el momento, published before his arrest in Cuba (see Events above)Roberto Fernández Retamar, A quien pueda interesar (Cuba)José Lezama Lima, Poesía completa (Cuba)Ernesto Mejía Sánchez, Estelas/homenajes (Nicaragua)Carlos Solórzano, Las celdas (Guatemala)Five authors, including Agustín del Rosario, Poesía joven de PanamáM.L. Mendoza, Con él, conmigo, con nosotros tresDelmira Agustini, Poesías completas, prólogue and notes by Manuel Alvar, posthumously published (died 1914), Barcelona: Editorial Labor, Uruguayan poet published in SpainVicente Aleixandre, Poesía superrealistaJusto Jorge Padrón, Los oscuros fuegosJosé Angel Valente, Las palabras de la tribu, essaysJosé María Valverde, Enseñanzas de la edad, 1945-70Ylva Eggehorn, Ska vi delaBo Setterlind, Himlen har landatKarl Vennberg, Sju ord pa tunnelbananLars Forssell, Oktober dikter ("October Poems")Gören Palm, Varför har nätterna inga namn?Kerstin Thorvall, Följetong i skärt och svartBrakha Coodley, Not on Bread AloneLeo Kussman, Ballads of a GenerationBerl Siegal, Poems for ChildrenMier Shtiker, Jewish Landscape, Volume 2M.M. Saffir, Creator of Various DreamsMenakhem Stern, Songs at MidnightRochelle Weprinski, The Only StarAaron Zeitlin, Poems of Destruction and FaithJoseph Kerler, Song Between TeethJacob Sternberg, The Circle of YearsSimin Behbahani, Rastakhiz ("Resurrection"), PersiaPaul Celan, Snow Part (Schneepart), GermanOdysseus Elytis, Ο ήλιος ο ηλιάτορας ("The Sovereign Sun"), GreeceAlan Llwyd, Y March Hud ("The Magic Horse"), WelshF. Pratz, Deutsche Gedichte von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart, anthology, GermanNdoc Gjetja, Rrezatim ("Radiation"), his first book of poetry; AlbaniaSeán Ó Ríordáin, Línte Liombó (Limbo Lines), Irish language in IrelandSiegbert Prawer, editor, Seventeen Modern German Poets, anthology published by Oxford University Press in the United Kingdom, poems in GermanAwards and honors
Nobel Prize in Literature: Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomatSee 1971 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize: Geoffrey Hill, Mercian HymnsCholmondeley Award: Charles Causley, Gavin Ewart, Hugo WilliamsEric Gregory Award: Martin Booth, Florence Bull, John Pook, D. M. Warman, John WelchQueen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Stephen SpenderFirst Whitbread Award for Poetry: Geoffrey Hill, Mercian HymnsConsultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Josephine Jacobsen appointed this year.Bollingen Prize: Richard Wilbur and Mona Van DuynFrost Medal: Melville CaneNational Book Award for Poetry: Mona Van Duyn, To See, To TakePulitzer Prize for Poetry: William S. Merwin, The Carrier of LaddersFellowship of the Academy of American Poets: James WrightGoodman Fielder Wattie Book Award for Poetry: Rosemary Rolleston, William & Mary RollestonSeptember 27 – Petrus Akkordeon, German poetSophie Hannah, English poet and novelistJan Wagner, German poetBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 2 – E. V. Knox (born 1881), English poet and satiristMay 9 – Ogden Nash, 68, American poet best known for writing pithy and funny light verseMarch 7 – Stevie Smith, 67, British poet and novelist, of a brain tumorMarch 9 – Jean Follain, French poetMarch 17 – Hiraide Shū 平出修 (born 1878), Japanese, late Meiji period novelist, poet, and lawyer; represented defendant in the High Treason Incident; a co-founder of the literary journal SubaruJune 5 – Clifford Dyment (born 1914), British poet, literary critic and editor, and journalistJune 6 – Edward Andrade (born 1887), English physicist and poet.June 13 – Hinatsu Kōnosuke 日夏耿之介, a pen-name of Higuchi Kunito (born 1890), Japanese, poet, editor and academic known for romantic and gothic poetry patterned after English literature; fervent Roman Catholic, co-founder, with Horiguchi Daigaku and Saijo Yaso, of Shijin ("Poets") magazineJune 25 – Charles Vildrac, French poet and playwrightJuly 3 – Jim Morrison, 27, American singer, songwriter, poet; best known as the lead singer and lyricist of The DoorsJuly 13 – R. A. K. Mason (born 1905), New ZealandSeptember (exact date not known) — Paul Blackburn, 44, American poet and translator, from esophageal cancerSeptember 9 – Lenore G. Marshall, 72September 20 or September 21 (sources differ) – Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and winner of a Nobel Prize for LiteratureOctober 10 – J. C. Beaglehole (born 1901), New Zealand historian and poetNovember 14 – Kyōsuke Kindaichi 金田一 京助 (born 1882), Japanese linguist and poet, father of linguist Haruhiko KindaichiNovember 19 – Jacob Glatstein, 75, American Yiddish poet and criticNovember 25 – Andrew Young (born 1885), Scottish-born poet and clergymanDecember 14 – Munir Chowdhury also "Munier Chowdhury" (born 1925), Bengali educator, playwright, literary critic and political dissidentDecember 18 – Aleksandr Tvardovsky, 61, Russian poet, editor of the official Soviet literary journal Novy Mir who fought hard to maintain its independence 
