Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
The Forward Prizes for Poetry in the U.K. are initiated and The Forward Book of Poetry, an associated annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication is selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year. Each year, 50 to 80 poems are selected.
The first wall poems in Leiden are installed.
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Chris Mansell, Shining Like a Jinx
Les Murray, Translations from the Natural World, winner of the 1993 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
A. B. Paterson, A. B. Paterson, Selected Poems, edited by Les Murray, Collins/Angus & Robertson, 1992, 1996, posthumous
Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs, winner of the Gerald Lampert Award
Irving Layton, Fornalutx: Selected Poems, 1928-1990. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
George Woodcock, George Woodcock's Introduction to Canadian Poetry, Toronto: ECW Press
Jayanta Mahapatra, A Whiteness of Bone ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Penguin Books
Rukmini Bhaya Nair, The Hyoid Bone ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Penguin
Jeet Thayil and Vijay Nambisan, Gemini-2 ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Penguin-Viking
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, editor, Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets, Arundhathi Subramaniam has called the volume a significant and influential work in Indian poetry
Ranjit Hoskote and Mangesh Kulkarni, translators, A Terrorist of the Spirit, translation of Vasant Abaji Dahake's Yogabhrashta from the original Marathi into English; New Delhi: Harper Collins/Indus
Ireland
Harry Clifton, The Desert Route, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-092-5
Seán Dunne, The Sheltered Nest, including "Sydney Place", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-084-0
Peter Fallon, Eye to Eye, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-100-7
New Zealand
Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963), translation of Letters from Darkness: Poems, by Daniela Crasnaru, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Alistair Campbell, Stone Rain: The Polynesian Strain, Auckland: Hazard Press
Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963), translation of Letters from Darkness: Poems, by Daniela Crasnaru, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Simon Armitage:
Kid
Xanadu
George Mackay Brown:
Brodgar Poems
The Lost Village
Stewart Brown, Caribbean Poetry Now (2nd revised edition), London: Edward Arnold (anthology)
Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
Carol Ann Duffy:
William and the Ex-Prime Minister, Anvil Press Poetry, a 16-page pamphlet, ISBN 978-0-85646-253-5
Editor, I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine, Viking (anthology)
Douglas Dunn, editor, Faber Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry, London: Faber and Faber (anthology)
Gavin Ewart, Like It Or Not
U. A. Fanthorpe, Neck-Verse
Thom Gunn:
The Man With Night Sweats
Old Stories
Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon
Seamus Heaney:
The Golden Bough, Bonnefant Press
Sweeney's Flight (with Rachel Giese, photographer), Faber & Faber
Adrian Henri, The Cerise Swimsuit
Ted Hughes, Rain-Charm for the Duchy
Elizabeth Jennings, Times and Seasons
P. J. Kavanagh, Collected Poems
James Kirkup, Shooting Stars
Derek Mahon, The Yaddo Letter, Gallery Press
George MacBeth, The Patient
Roger McGough, Defying Gravity
David Owen, editor, Seven Ages: poetry for a lifetime, anthology
Peter Porter, The Chair of Babel
Kathleen Raine, Living With Mystery
Peter Reading:
Evagatory
3 in 1
Peter Redgrove, Under the Reservoir
Jeremy Reed, Black Sugar, illustrated by Jean Cocteau
William Scammell, Bleeding Heart Yard
Jo Shapcott, Phrase Book
Penelope Shuttle, Taxing the Rain
Jon Silkin, The Lens-Breakers
David Storey, Storey's Lives: 1951-1991
R.S. Thomas, Mass for Hard Times
Charles Tomlinson, The Door in the Wall
Benjamin Zephaniah, City Psalms
Sherman Alexie, The Business of Fancy Dancing
John Ashbery, Hotel Lautréamont
Renée Ashley, Salt
Jack Gilbert, The Great Fires
Anthony Kellman, editor, Crossing Water: Contemporary Poetry of the English-Speaking Caribbean, Greenfield Center, New York: Greenfield Review Press (anthology)
Zoe Leonard, I want a president
N. Scott Momaday, In the Presence of the Sun, combination of poetry and nonfiction
Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems
Simon Ortiz, Woven Stone, combination of poetry and nonfiction
Grace Paley, New and Collected Poems
Carl Phillips, In the Blood
Gjertrud Schnackenberg, A Gilded Lapse of Time
Lloyd Schwartz, Goodnight, Gracie"
Patti Smith, Woolgathering
James Wright, Above the River: Complete Poems, introduction by Donald Hall (posthumous)
These 75 poets are included in The Best American Poetry 1992 edited by David Lehman, with guest editor Charles Simic:
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, The Astrakhan Cloak, including "Caitlin", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Naja Marie Aidt, Et Vanskeligt mode ("A Difficult Encounter"), second volume of a poetic trilogy which started with Sålænge jeg er ung ("As Long as I’m Young") 1991, and ended with Det tredje landskap ("The Third Landscape") 1994
Denise Desautels, Le saut de l'ange, autour de quelques objets de Martha Townsend, Montréal/Amay, Le Noroît /L'Arbre à paroles
Jean Royer, Le lien de la terre, Trois-Rivières: Écrits des Forges / Paris: Europe poésie
Olivier Barbarant, Les parquets du ciel, publisher: Editions Champ Vallon, ISBN 978-2-87673-140-0
Michel Houellebecq, La Poursuite du bonheur, poèmes, La Différence
Abdellatif Laabi, Moroccan author writing in French and published in France:
Le soleil se meurt; Paris: La Différence
translator, La Joie n'est pas mon métier, translated from the original Arabic of Mohammed Al-Maghout; Paris: Éditions de la Différence, coll. Orphée
György Petri, Sár
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Chandrakant Shah, also known as Chandu Shah, Ane Thoda Sapna ("And Some Dreams"), received the award for "Best Collection of New Gujarati Poems" published in 1992-1993 by the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad; Mumbai: SNDT University; Gujarati-language
Dilip Chitre, Ekoon Kavita – 1, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan; Marathi-language
K. Satchidanandan, Kavibuddhan, ("The Poet as Buddha"); Malayalam-language
Mamta Sagar, Kaada Navilina Hejje, Heggodu: Akshara Prakashana, Kannada-language
Vinod Kumar Shukla, Sab Kuch Hona Bacha Rahega, New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi-language
Poland
Stanisław Barańczak, Ocalone w tlumaczeniu. Szkice o warsztacie tlumaczenia poezji ("Saved in Translation: Sketches on the Craft of Translating Poetry"), criticism; Poznan: a5
Zbigniew Herbert, Rovigo, Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie
Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, Peregrynarz
Tadeusz Różewicz, Nasz starszy brat ("Our Elder Brother")
Wisława Szymborska: Lektury nadobowiązkowe ("Non-required Reading")
Adam Zagajewski, Dzikie czeresnie, wybór wierszy ("Wild Cherries, a Selection of Poetry"), Kraków: Znak
Han Dong, Baise de shitou ("The White Stone"), Shanghai: wenyi chubanshe China
Gabriela Mistral, Lagar II, published posthumously, Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional
Maria Luisa Spaziani, Torri di vedata, Italy
Awards and honors
Nobel prize: Derek Walcott
C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Harris, Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems
Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Elizabeth Riddell, Selected Poems
Mary Gilmore Prize: Alison Croggon - This is the Stone
Gerald Lampert Award
Archibald Lampman Award
See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Pat Lowther Award
Prix Alain-Grandbois
Cholmondeley Award: Allen Curnow, Donald Davie, Carol Ann Duffy, Roger Woddis
Eric Gregory Award: Jill Dawson, Hugh Dunkerley, Christopher Greenhalgh, Marita Maddah, Stuart Paterson, Stuart Pickford
Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Thom Gunn, The Man with Night Sweats (Faber and Faber)
Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Simon Armitage, Kid (Faber and Faber)
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Kathleen Raine
Whitbread Award for poetry: Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Hunt Hawkins, The Domestic Life
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Gwendolyn Brooks
AML Award for poetry to Kathy Evans for "Wednesday Morning"; "Midweek"; "Eight Windows"; "Vows"; "Love to the Second Power"
Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Tony Sanders, "The Warning Track"
Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: Louise Glück for Ararat, and Mark Strand for The Continuous Life
Frost Medal: Adrienne Rich / David Ignatow
National Book Award for poetry: Mary Oliver, New & Selected Poems
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Mona Van Duyn
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Tate, Selected Poems
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: John Ashbery
Whiting Awards: Roger Fanning, Jane Mead, Katha Pollitt
William Carlos Williams Award: Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Adrienne Rich
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
February 16
Angela Carter, 51 (died 1992), English novelist and poet, of lung cancer
George MacBeth, 60 (born 1932), Scottish poet and novelist, of motor neuron disease
February 18 – Robert Gittings, 81 (born 1911), English poet and biographer
February 29 – Ruth Pitter, 94 (born 1897), English poet and decorative painter
April 11 – Eve Merriam, née Moskowitz, 75, American poet, playwright and teacher, of cancer
May 12 – Nikos Gatsos, Greek
May 21 – Bimbo Rivas, 52 (born 1939), Puerto Rican-born American actor, community activist, director, playwright, poet and teacher, of heart attack
November 17 – Audre Lorde (aka Gamba Adisa), 58, writer, poet and political activist, of liver cancer
November 19 – Kenneth Burke, major American literary theorist and philosopher
