Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
The Kenyon Review is restarted by Kenyon College 10 years after the original publication was closed.Jahrbuch der Lyrik ("Poetry Yearbook"), an annual poetry anthology, is launched in Germany, nine years before the similar Best American Poetry series is begun. Each year's edition, containing 100 poems, is published in the spring by Beck, and is edited by Christoph Buchwald along with a guest editor.Poetry Canada Review founded by Clifton Whiten in order to publish and review poetry from across Canada, the publication folded in 1994.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 Adamson Where I Come FromRobert Gray, Grass scriptJennifer Maiden, The Border Loss, Angus & RobertsonLes Murray, The Boys Who Stole the Funeral, Angus & Robertson, 1979, 1980 and Manchester, Carcanet, 1989John Tranter:Dazed in the Ladies Lounge, Island Press (Australia)Editor, The New Australian Poetry (anthology)Chris Wallace-Crabbe:The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers, Sydney: Angus & RobertsonToil and Spin: Two Directions in Modern Poetry (scholarship), Melbourne: HutchinsonDionne Brand, Earth MagicPaul Dutton, Right Hemisphere, Left EarCandice James, "A Split In The Water" Fiddlehead Poetry BooksMichael Ondaatje, There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to DoIrving Layton, Droppings from Heaven. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.Irving Layton, The Tamed Puma. Toronto: Virgo Press.Irving Layton, There Were No Signs. Toronto: Madison Gallery.Dennis Lee.The Gods. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.Steven McCaffery and B.P. Nichol, In England Now That SpringSusan Musgrave, A Man to Bury, A Man to MarryMichael Ondaatje (also see "Anthologies in Canada" section below):There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do: Poems, 1963-1978, New York: W. W. Norton (New York, NY), 1979 ISBN 0-393-01191-7, ISBN 978-0-393-01191-3 (published as Rat Jelly, and Other Poems, 1963-1978, London, United Kingdom: Marion Boyars, 1980)Claude Glass (literary criticism), Toronto: Coach House PressCharles Sangster, Hesperus and other poems and lyrics (revised edition), edited by Frank M. Tierney (Tecumseh) Raymond Souster, Hanging In: New Poems. Ottawa: Oberon Press.James Wreford Watson, Countryside Canada.Michael Ondaatje:Editor, A Book of Beasts, animal verse; Ottawa: Oberon; revision of The Broken Ark, 1971Editor, The Long Poem Anthology, Toronto: Coach House ISBN 0-88910-177-9K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, Leaves from a Log: Fragments of a Journey, New Delhi: Arnold HeinemannKamala Das, Old Playhouse and Other Poems ( Poetry in English ), Madras: Orient LongmanEunice de Souza, Fix ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: Newground, India.Jayanta Mahapatra, Waiting ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Samkaleen PrakashanPrabhu Siddartha Guptara, Continuations ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers WorkshopOm Prakash Bhatnagar, Feeling FossilsIreland
Harry Clifton, Office of the Salt Merchant, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-0-902996-84-7 IrelandSeamus Heaney, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom:Field Work, Faber & FaberHedge School, Janus PressUgolino, Carpenter PressGravities, Charlotte PressA Family Album, Byron PressThomas Kinsella, One and Other Poems, including "Anniversaries"Michael Longley, The Echo Gate. Northern Ireland poet published in the United KingdomDerek Mahon, Poems 1962-1978, including "A Dying Art", "Ecclesiastes", "An Image from Beckett", "Lives", "The Snow Party", "A Refusal to Mourn" and "A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford", Oxford University Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the United KingdomNew Zealand
Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):The Inner Harbour, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963)Below Loughrigg, Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books Allen Curnow, An Incorrigible MusicBill Manhire, Dawn/WaterBob Orr, Poems for MoiraJohn Jessop, editor, International Anthology of Concrete Poetry, vol. iGeorge Swede, editor, The Canadian Haiku AnthologyFleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):The Inner Harbour, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963)Below Loughrigg, Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books Kingsley Amis, Collected Poems 1944–1979James Berry, Fractured CirclesAnne Born, Changing ViewsRobert Conquest, ForaysPatric Dickinson, Our Living John, and Other PoemsMaureen Duffy, Memorials of the Quick and the DeadDouglas Dunn, BarbariansKetaki Kushari Dyson, Hibiscus in the NorthD. J. Enright, A Faust BookJohn Fuller, Lies and SecretsW. S. Graham, Collected Poems 1942–1977Thom Gunn, Selected Poems 1950–1975 (see also Poems 1969 in poetry, Collected Poems 1993)Seamus Heaney, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom:Field Work, Faber & FaberHedge School, Janus PressUgolino, Carpenter PressGravities, Charlotte PressA Family Album, Byron PressTed Hughes:MoortownRemains of ElmetElizabeth Jennings, Moments of GraceP. J. Kavanagh, Life Before DeathOmar Khayyám, The Rubaiyat, translated by John Heath-Stubbs and Peter AveryMichael Longley, The Echo GateRoger McGough, Holiday on Death RowDerek Mahon, Poems 1962-1978. Oxford University PressPete Morgan, The Spring CollectionBrian Patten, Grave GossipCraig Raine, A Martian Sends a Postcard HomePeter Reading, FictionJohn Ashbery, As We KnowTed Berrigan and Harris Schiff, Yo-Yo's With MoneyJoseph Payne Brennan, Webs of Time (Macabre House)Maxine Chernoff, Utopia TV Store (The Yellow Press)Robert Creeley, Was That a Real Poem and Other Essays, edited by Donald Allen (Bolinas, California), criticismFederico Garcia Lorca (posthumous), translated by Paul Blackburn, Lorca/Blackburn: Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca Chosen by Paul BlackburnJohn Hollander, Blue WinePaul Hoover, Letter to Einstein Beginning Dear Albert (The Yellow Press)Stanley Kunitz, The Poems of Stanley KunitzDenise Levertov, Collected Earlier PoemsGary Miranda, Listeners at the Breathing PlaceF. A. Nettelbeck, Bug DeathMary Oliver, Sleeping in the Forest (chapbook)George Quasha, Giving the Lily Back Her Hands (Station Hill Press)Frank Stanford, You, posthumous chapbook (Lost Roads Publishers)Robert Penn Warren, Brother to DragonsListed 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:
Inger Christensen, Brev i April ("Letter in April")Klaus Høeck, Denmark:Dylan Forever, publisher: SwingWinterreise, publisher: Gyldendal Henrik Nordbrandt, SpøgelseslegeJean Royer, Les heures nues, Montréal: Nouvelles Éditions de l'ArcMarie Uguay Signe et rumeurNoureddine Aba, Gazelle après minuit, Algerian writerAlain Bosquet, Poémes, un, his collected works up to 1967André du Bouchet, LaissesPierre Emmanuel, Una, ou la mort, la vieClaude Esteban, Terres, travaux du cœur, FlammarionGuillevic, EtierAndré Pieyre de Mandiargues, L'ivre OeilPatrick Reumaux, Repérages du vifListed in alphabetical order by first name:
Ajmer Rode, Surti, London, Ontario: Third Eye Publications, ISBN 0-919581-59-5 Chandigarh: Raghbir Rachna Parkashan; Punjabi-languageGita Parikh, Bhinash; Gujarati-languageK. Satchidanandan, Ezhuthachan Ezhutumbol, ("When the Poet Writes"); Malayalam-languageKunwar Narain, Apne Samne, New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi-languageMalika Amar Sheikh, Valuchya Priyakar, Mumbai: Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Prabodhini; Marathi-languageRajendra Bhandari, Hiundey yee chisa raatka pardeharuma ("In the Veils of Cold Wintry Nights"), Gangtok, Sikkim: Padmakala Prakashan; Nepali-languagePoland
Stanisław Barańczak, Etyka i poetyka ("Ethics and Poetics"), criticism; Paris: Instytut LiterackiEwa Lipska:Dom spokojnej młodości ("A Home for Youth"), selected poems, Kraków: Wydawnictwo literackieZywa smierc, ("Living Death"); Kraków: Wydawnictwo literackieMatilde Camus, Corcel en el tiempo ("Steed of the time")Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Harald Hartung, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1: Am Rand der Zeit ("Poetry Yearbook 1: On the Edge of Time"), publisher: Claassen; anthology; GermanyHaim Gouri, Ayuma, Israeli writing in HebrewNizar Qabbani, I Testify That There Is No Woman But You, Syrian poet writing in ArabicAwards and honors
Nobel Prize in Literature: Odysseus Elytis, GreekSee 1979 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.Cholmondeley Award: Alan Brownjohn, Andrew Motion, Charles TomlinsonEric Gregory Award: Stuart Henson, Michael Jenkins, Alan Hollinghurst, Sean O'Brien, Peter Thabit Jones, James Lindesay, Walter Perrie, Brian MosesAML Award for Poetry to Marden J. Clark for "Moods: Of Late" and Edward L. Hart for "To Utah"Bollingen Prize: W.S. MerwinAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Archibald MacLeishPulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Penn Warren: Now and ThenWalt Whitman Award: David Bottoms, Shooting Rats at the Bibb County DumpFellowship of the Academy of American Poets: May Swenson and Mark StrandFebruary 4 - Ben Lerner, American poet, novelist and criticJonathan Edwards, Welsh poetBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
February 8 - Alexandru A. Philippide (born 1900), RomanianFebruary 9 - Allen Tate (born 1899), American poet, of emphysemaJune 15 - Ernst Meister (born 1911), GermanSeptember 7 - I. A. Richards (born 1893), influential English literary critic and rhetoricianOctober 6 - Elizabeth Bishop (born 1911), American poet, from an aneurismDecember 7 - Nicolas Born (born 1937), German poet, from cancer 