The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics is founded by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman.October 4, When Ann Sexton was having lunch with her friend, fellow poet and collaborator Maxine Kumin to review Sexton's most recent book, The Awful Rowing Toward God, without a note or any warning, Sexton went into her garage, started the ignition of her car, and died of carbon monoxide poisoning.The dictatorship in Greece falls; exiled poets, authors and intellectuals return to the country to publish there.The dictatorship in Portugal falls in April; in the six months prior, with increasing repression and a discouraging atmosphere, little new work is published; yet later in the year, not much new poetry is published either as "writers who had based their style on censor-proof allusiveness and their themes on protest would now have to do some retooling".Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Robert Gray, Creekwater Journal AustraliaMaiden, Jennifer. Tactics. St Lucia, Qld.: UQP. Les Murray, Lunch and Counter Lunch, AustraliaGeorge Bowering, In the FleshMatt Cohen, Peach MelbaA.M. Klein, The Collected Poems of A.M. Klein.Toronto; New York: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.Patrick Lane, Beware the Months of FireIrving Layton, The Pole-Vaulter. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.Irving Layton, Seventy-five Greek Poems, 1951-1974. Athens: Hermias Publications.Dennis Lee, Not Abstract Harmonies But. Vancouver: Kanchenjunga PressGwendolyn MacEwen, Magic Animals: Selected Poems Old and New. Toronto: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7705-1214-9Jay Macpherson, Welcoming Disaster: Poems, 1970-74. Toronto: Saannes Publications.P. K. Page, Poems Selected and New, selected and edited by Margaret AtwoodJoe Rosenblatt, Blind Photographer. Press Porcepic.Raymond Souster, Change-Up: New Poems. Ottawa: Oberon Press.Raymond Souster and Douglas Lochhead, eds. 100 Poems of Nineteenth Century Canada. Toronto: Macmillan.Annie Szumigalski, Woman Reading in the BathGeorge Woodcock, editor, Poets and Critics: Essays from Canadian Literature 1966-1974, Toronto: Oxford University Press, scholarshipShiv Kumar, Cobwebs in the Sun( Poetry in English ) ,Keki N. Daruwalla:Apparition in April ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India.Crossing of Rivers ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Oxford University PressG. S. Sharat Chandra, Once or Twice (Poetry in English), Hippopotamus PressSyed Ameeruddin, The Dreadful Doom to Come and Other Poems, Madras: Poet Press India.Ireland
Austin Clarke, Collected Poems, including "The Lost Heifer", "The Young Woman of Beare", "The Planter's Daughter", "Celibacy", "Martha Blake", "The Straying Student", "Penal Law", "St Christopher", "Early Unfinished Sketch", "Martha Blake at Fifty-One", and "Tiresias" (died this year)Padraic Fallon, Poems (see also Poems and Versions 1983, Collected Poems 1990) Irish poet published in the United KingdomJohn Montague, editor, The Faber Book of Irish Verse anthology (Faber and Faber) published in the United KingdomRichard Murphy, High Island, including "Seals at High Island" and "Stormpetrel", Irish poet published in the United KingdomRichard Ryan, Ravenswood Irish poet published in the United KingdomNew Zealand
Fleur Adcock, The Scenic Route, London and New York: Oxford University Press (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963)James K. Baxter, posthumous:The Tree House, poems for childrenThe Labyrinth: Some Uncollected Poems 1944–72, edited by J. E. WeirCharles Brasch: Home Ground: Poems, Christchurch: Caxton Press (published posthumously)Allen Curnow, Collected Poems 1933–73Kendrick Smithyman, The Seal in the Dolphin Pool, Auckland: Auckland University Press and Oxford University PressIan Wedde, Made OverDannie Abse, A Poet in the FamilyFleur Adcock, The Scenic Route, New Zealand native living in and published in the United KingdomSir John Betjeman, A Nip in the AirW. H. Auden, Thank You, Fog (posthumous)Alasdair Clayre, A Fire by the SeaDonald Davie, The ShiresCarol Ann Duffy, Fleshweathercock and Other Poems OutpostsDouglas Dunn, Love or NothingOdysseas Elytis, two English translations: The Axion Esti (trans. Edmund Keeley and G. Savidis) and The Sovereign Sun (trans. Kinom Friar)Padraic Fallon, Poems (see also Poems and Versions 1983, Collected Poems 1990)Flora Garry, Bennygoak and Other Poems.William R. P. George - Grawn MediKaren Gershon, My Daughters, My SistersRobin Hamilton, PoemsJohn Heath-Stubbs, Artorius: A Heroic Poem in Four Books and Eight EpisodesTom Holt, Poems by Tom HoltLinton Kwesi Johnson, Voices of the Living and the DeadDavid Jones, The Sleeping Lord and Other FragmentsJenny Joseph, Rose in the afternoon, and Other PoemsSusanne Knowles, The Sea-Bell and Other PoemsPhilip Larkin, High WindowsLaurence Lerner, A.R.T.H.U.R. (see also A.R.T.H.U.R. & M.A.R.T.H.A. 1980)Edward Lucie-Smith, The Well-WishersJohn Montague (ed.), The Faber Book of Irish Verse (Faber and Faber)Richard Murphy, High IslandJohn Pudney, Selected Poems, 1967-1973Peter Reading, For the Municipality's ElderlyRichard Ryan, RavenswoodJon Silkin, The Principle of WaterAlan Sillitoe, Storm: New Poems, London: W.H. Allen, ISBN 978-0-491-01772-5Joan Murray Simpson, In High PlacesC. H. Sisson, In the Trojan Ditch, collected poems and selected translationsIain Crichton Smith, Notebooks of Robinson CrusoeJohn Stallworthy, The Apple BarrelR. S. Thomas:Selected Poems, 1946-1968What is a Welshman?Anthony Thwaite, New ConfessionsAndrew Young, Complete Poems (posthumous)Ai, CrueltyA.R. Ammons, Sphere: The Form of a MotionTed Berrigan, The Drunken BoatJoseph Payne Brennan:Death PoemsEdges of NightEd Dorn:Recollections of Gran Apacheria, Turtle IslandSlinger (contains Gunslinger, Books I-IV and "The Cycle"), Wingbow PressJill Hoffman, Mink CoatGalway Kinnell, The Avenue Bearing the Initial of Christ into the New WorldJudith Kroll, In the Temperate ZoneJames Merrill: "Lost in Translation", one of the most studied and celebrated of his shorter works, was originally published in The New Yorker magazine on April 8, and published in his 1976 book Divine Comedies.Michael Palmer, The Circular Gates (Black Sparrow Press)George Quasha, Word-Yum: Somapoetics 64-69: Seventh SeriesJames Reiss, The Breathers (Ecco Press)Charles Reznikoff, By the Well of Living & Seeing: New & Selected Poems 1918-1973Michael Ryan, Threats Instead of Trees (Yale University Press)Anne Sexton, The Death NotebooksGary Snyder, Turtle IslandReed Whittemore, The Mother's Breast and the Father's HouseGeorge Quasha (with Susan Quasha), An Active Anthology (Sumac Press)Ernesto Cardenal, translated from Spanish, Homage to the American IndiansW. S. Merwin and Clarence Brown, translation, Osip Mandelstam: Selected Poems, New York: Oxford University Press (reprinted in 2004 as The Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam, New York: New York Review of Books)Michael Smith, translator, Trilice, from the original Spanish of César VallejoJ. M. Cohen, translator, Sent off the Field from the original Spanish of Fuera del juego by Heberto PadillaChristopher Hope, Cape Drives (South Africa)Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Poul Borum, Sang til dagens glædeJørgen Gustava Brandt, Her omkringKlaus Høeck, Transformations, publisher: GyldendalHenrik Nordbrandt, Opbrud og ankomster ("Departures and Arrivals"), Copenhagen: Gylandal, 72 pagesVagn Steen, Fuglens flugt i halvkrystalRémi-Paul Forgue, Poèmes du vent et des ombresMichel Garneau, MomentsJean Royer, La parole me vient de ton corps suivi de Nos corps habitables: Poèmes, 1969-1973, Montréal: Nouvelles éditions de l'ArcAnne-Marie Albiach, "HII" linéairesMichel Béguey, Par des chemins secretsMaurice Courant, O toi que le vent glacePhilippe Denis, Cabier d'ombresPierre Emmanuel, SophiaClaude Fourcade, Le Florilège poétiqueRoger Giroux, Voici, published posthumously (died 1973)Eugène Guillevic, encochesPhilippe Jaccottet, Chant d'en basPatrice de La Tour du Pin, Psaumes de tous mes tempsJean Lebrau, SinglesJean-Claude Renard, Le Dieu de nuitRobert Mallet, Quand le mirior s'etonnePierre Menanteau, Capitale du souvenirAlain Veinstein, Répétition sur l'amasCriticism, scholarship and biography in France
Jean Follain, Collège, memoirsPierre Segher, La Résistance et ses poètesAndrée Sodenkamp La Fête debout (Belgium)Jürgen Becker, Das Ende der LandschaftsmalereiErich Fried, GegengiftHermann Kesten, Ich bin der ich binN. Alterman, Regayim (posthumous)T. Carmi, Hitnatzlut ha-MechaberHaim Gouri, Mar`ot Gihazi ("Gehazi Visions"), IsraelY. Lerner, ShirimN. Sach, MivharH. Schimmel, Shirai Malon ZionA Shllonsky, Sefer ha-Sulamot (posthumous)N. Stern, Bain ArpilimM. Wieseltier, KachGyörgy Petri, Körülírt zuhanásIn each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Debarati Mitra, Indian, Bengali-language:Andha Skoole Ghanta Baje. Kolkata: SatarupaAmar Putul, Kolkata: SatarupaNirendranath Chakravarti, Khola Muthi, Kolkata: Aruna Prokashoni; Bengali-languageJayant Kaikini, Rangadindostu doora, Sagar, Karnataka: Akshara Prakashana, Indian, Kannada-language poet, short-story writer, and screen writerK. Satchidanandan, Atmagita ("The Song of the Self"); Malayalam-languageNiranjan Bhagat, Yantravijnan and Mentrakavita, criticism; Gujarati-languageSitanshu Yashaschandra, Odysseusnu-n Halesu, Mumbai and Ahmedabad: R R Sheth & Co.; Gujarati-languageThangjam Ibopishak Singh, Shingnaba ("Challenge") (Co-authored), Imphal: Authors; Meitei languageFrancisco Alvim, PassatempoGeraldo Carneiro, Na Busca do Sete-EstreloLedo Ivo, O Sinal Semafórico (posthumous)Stella Leonardos:AmanhecénciaRomançárioAriano Suassuna, A Farsa da Boa PreguiçaRuy de Moura Belo, A margem da alegria ("The Riverbank of Happiness")Fiama Brandão, collected verse, with additionsFernando Echevarria, A Base e o TimbreEgito Gonçalves, Destruição: Dois PontosHerberto Helder, collected poems to dateJorge de Sena, Conheço o SalPedro Támen, Os 42 SonetosM. Kanoatov, The Voice of Stalingrad (translated into Russian from Tajik), 1973M. Lukonin, Frontline VerseAleksandr Solzhenitsyn Prussian Nights (finished in 1951), published in the original Russian in ParisL. Tatyanichev, The Honey SeasonReidar Ekner, Efter flera tusen radLars Forssell, Det möjiligaGunnar Harding and Rolf Aggestam, editors, Tjugo unga poeter, an anthology of modern poetryLars Norén, Dagliga och nattliga dikterTomas Tranströmer, Baltics (Östersjöar)Pinche Berman, LoveMoshe Brodersohn, The Last Song (posthumous)Meir Charatz:Heaven and EarthIn Strange ParadiseEliezer Greenberg, MemorabiliaShifrah Kholodenko, The WordRachel Kramf, Clouds Wish to CrySaul Maltz, Poems of My Profound BeliefJoseph Mlotek and Eleanor Mlotek, editors, Pearls from Yiddish Poetry (anthology), poems printed in the Sunday editions of the New York Jewish Daily ForwardRoza Nevadovska, Poems of Mine (posthumous)Hillel Shargel, A Window to HeavenAbraham Sutzkever, The FidleroseMalka H. Tuzman, Under Your MarkFreed Weininger, In the Wide OutsideIsaac Yanosovich, The Other Side of WonderHersh Leib Young, In the Astral SpheresVicente Aleixandre, Diálogos del conocimientoMatilde Camus, Templo del Alba ("Temple of Dawn")Pablo Neruda:La rosa separadaJardín de inviernoDefectos escogidos2000 El corazón amarilloLibro de las preguntasElegíaEl mar y las campanasEfraín Huerta, Los eróticos y otros poemas (Mexico)Elvio Romero, Antología poética 1947-73, second edition (Paraguay)Luis Cardoza y Aragón, Quinta estaciónOdysseas Elytis, Τα Ετεροθαλή ("Step-Poems") GreeceLo Fu (poet) (Luo Fu),Magical Songs, Chinese (Taiwan)See 1974 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.Cholmondeley Award: D.J. Enright, Vernon Scannell, Alasdair MacleanEric Gregory Award: Duncan Forbes, Roger Garfitt, Robin Hamilton, Frank Ormsby, Penelope ShuttleQueen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Ted HughesConsultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Stanley Kunitz appointed this year.Frost Medal: John Hall WheelockNational Book Award for Poetry, Allen Ginsberg, The Fall of America: Poems of these States, 1965-1971 and Adrienne Rich, Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Lowell, The DolphinFellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Léonie AdamsFrench Academy: Grand Prix de la Poésie: Philippe SoupaultSeptember 20 – Owen Sheers, Fijian-born Welsh poet, novelist and journalistWilliam Allegrezza, American poetChoman Hardi, Kurdish poet, translator and painterScott Ransopher, American poet and Buddhist philosopherBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 20 – Edmund Blunden (born 1896), English poet, author and criticFebruary 4 – Ozaki Kihachi 尾崎喜八 (born 1892), Japanese, Showa period poetMarch 19 – Austin Clarke, Irish poet, novelist and playwrightApril 18 – Eric Roach (born 1915), Tobagonian poet, suicideJune 9 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, 74, Guatemalan poet, author, writer, journalist and diplomatJuly 5 – John Crowe Ransom, 86, American poet, editor and academic criticJuly 11 – Pär Lagerkvist, 83, Swedish poet, author, playwright, writer and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951July 24 – Parker Tyler, 70, American film critic and poetAugust 22 – Jacob Bronowski, 66, Polish-born English polymath and poetSeptember 6 – Julian Davis, 72, AmericanSeptember 15 – Ikuma Arishima, 有島生馬 pen-name (together with Utosei and then Jugatsutei) of Arishima Mibuma (born 1882), Japanese novelist, poet and painter; member of the Shirakaba literary circleOctober 4 – Anne Sexton, 45, American poet, suicide;October 9 – Padraic Fallon, 69, Irish (see "Works published in English" section, above)October 16 – Edasseri Govindan Nair (born 1906), Indian, Malayalam-language poetOctober 21 – Kaoru Maruyama 丸山 薫 (born 1899) JapaneseOctober 28 – David Jones, 78, English poet and artistDecember 16 – Kostas Varnalis (born 1884), GreekAlso:Buddhadeb Bosu (born 1908), BengaliPaula Ludwig (born 1900), German 