1991 in poetry

none Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1991 poetry literature Events Forward Poetry Prize created Dana Gioia, writing in The Atlantic Monthly suggests (in an article titled "Can Poetry Matter?") that poets recite the works of other poets at public readings.Lehman, David, preface, The Best American Poetry 1992, 1992 Joseph Brodsky, the United States poet laureate, suggests in The New Republic that an anthology of American poetry be put beside the Bible and telephone directory in every hotel room in the country. Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Australia Les Murray, The Rabbiter's Bounty Anthologies in Australia Philip Mead and John Tranter, The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry a major anthology of Twentieth century poetry from that nation Les Murray, editor, The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse (editor), Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1986 and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991, 1999 Canada Margaret Avison, Selected Poems Canada Earle Birney, Last Makings: Poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart."Earle Birney: Published Works https://web.archive.org/web/20110313081519/http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/birney/pub.htm 2011-03-13 ," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 3, 2011. Don Domanski, Wolf-Ladder (nominated for a Governor General's Award) Jeffery Donaldson, Once out of Nature,Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, 978-1-4051-1361-8, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009 McClelland & Stewart. Louis Dudek, Europe. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 1991."Louis Dudek: Publications https://web.archive.org/web/20110523063957/http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/dudek/pub.htm 2011-05-23 ," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 6, 2011. Louis Dudek, Small Perfect Things. Montreal: DC Books. Robert Finch, Miracle at the Jetty. Port Rowan, ON: Leeboard Press.Search results: Robert Finch, Open Library, Web, May 9, 2011. Dorothy Livesay, The Woman I Am. Montreal: Guernica."Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996): Works" https://web.archive.org/web/20120905023413/http://www.brocku.ca/canadianwomenpoets/Livesay.htm#works 2012-09-05 , Canadian Women Poets, Brock University. Web, Mar. 18, 2011. Laura Lush, Hometown, Montreal: Vehicle Press. Anne Marriott, Aqua, Toronto: Wolsak & Wynn."Anne Marriott (1913-1997)", Canadian Woman Poets, BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 21, 2011. Don McKay, Night Field (Canada) Web page titled "Don McKay" at the "writing canada into the millennium" Web site, accessed October 6, 2007 Roy Miki, In Saving Face: Poems Selected, 1976-1988, Canada P. K. Page, The Glass Air: Selected Poems (an expanded edition; original edition published in 1985) John Pass, The Hour's Acropolis, shortlisted for the 1993 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, 1-55017-043-0 Raymond Souster, Running Out the Clock. Ottawa: Oberon Press."Notes on Life and Works https://web.archive.org/web/20110817195614/http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/513.html 2011-08-17 ," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. George Woodcock, Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana & other Poems, Kingston: Quarry Press, CanadaWeb page titled "The Works of George Woodcock" at the Anarchy Archives website, which states: "This list is based on The Record of George Woodcock (issued for his eightieth birthday) and Ivan Avakumovic's bibliography in A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock, edited by W.H. New, 1978, with additions to bring it up to date"; accessed April 24, 2008 India, in English Gieve Patel, Mirrored, Mirroring ( Poetry in English ), Oxford University Press, New DelhiWeb page titled "Gieve Patel" https://web.archive.org/web/20100626193109/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2718 2010-06-26 , Poetry International website, retrieved July 10, 2010 Sujata Bhatt, Monkey Shadows ( Poetry in English ), received a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; Carcanet PressWeb page titled "Sujata Bhatt" https://web.archive.org/web/20050224034500/http://sawnet.org/books/authors.php?Bhatt+Sujata 2005-02-24 , Sawnet website, retrieved July 27, 2010 Ranjit Hoskote, Zones of Assault ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Rupa & Co., 81-7167-063-6Web page titled "Ranjit Hoskote" https://web.archive.org/web/20120225092807/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2735&x=1 2012-02-25 , Poetry International website, retrieved July 26, 2010 Sudeep Sen: Kali in Ottava Rima, Paramount, London, 1992; Rupa, New Delhi, 1991, 81-7167-235-3Web page titled "Sudeep Sen" https://web.archive.org/web/20120325040921/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=14009 2012-03-25 , Poetry International website, retrieved July 28, 2010 New York Times, New Delhi: Rupa, 81-7167-235-3 (reprinted in 1993, London: The Many Press, 0-907326-25-0) Dilip Chitre, Travelling in a CageMehrotra, Arvind Krishna, editor, A History of Indian literature in English, p 258, Columbia University Press, 2003, 0-231-12810-X, retrieved July 18, 2010 Ireland Brian Coffey, Poems and Versions 1929–1990, including "Death of Hektor" and "For What for Whom Unwanted"Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, 0-85640-561-2 Gerald Dawe, Sunday School, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, 978-1-85235-063-5 Paul Durcan, Crazy About Women, including "The Levite and His Concubine at Gibeah" Eamon Grennan, As If It Matters, including "Breaking Points", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press John Hewitt, Collected Poems, Belfast: The Blackstaff Press Michael Longley: Gorse Fires, including "Between Hovers", "Laertes", "Argos" and "The Butchers" Poems 1963–1983, including "In memoriam", "Caravan", "Wounds", "Ghost Town", "Man Lying on a Wall", "Wreaths", "Mayo Monologues" and "The Linen Industry" Thomas McGreevy, Collected Poems, including "Homage to Hieronymous Bosch" and "Recessional" Medbh McGuckian, Marconi's Cottage, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press Paula Meehan, The Man Who Was Marked by Winter, "The Pattern" and "Child Burial", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press Bernard O'Donoghue, The Weakness, including "A Nun Takes the Veil" and "The Weakness", Chatto and Windus Peter Sirr, Ways of Falling, including "A Few Helpful Hints", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press New Zealand Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963): Time-zones, Oxford and New York: Oxford University PressWeb page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" https://web.archive.org/web/20061221161150/http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/adcock.htm 2006-12-21 at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008 Selected Poems, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press Jenny Bornholdt, Waiting Shelter, New Zealand Alan Brunton, Slow Passes 1978–1988Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson Lauris Edmond, New and Selected Poems, Auckland: Oxford University PressRobinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Lauris Edmond" article Michele Leggott, Swimmers, Dancers, Auckland : Auckland University Press Bill Manhire, Milky Way Bar, New Zealand Bob Orr, BreezeWeb page titled "Bob Orr" at Best of New Zealand Poems 2001 website, accessed April 23, 2008 United Kingdom Dannie Abse, There Was a Young Man From Cardiff, autobiographyCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6 Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963): Time-zones, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press Selected Poems, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press W. H. Auden, Collected Poems George Mackay Brown, Selected Poems 1954–1983 Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns Paul Durcan, Crazy About Women Gavin Ewart, Collected Poems 1980–1991 John Fuller, The Mechanical Body Lavinia Greenlaw, The Cost of Getting Lost in Space Philip Gross, The Son of the Duke of Nowhere Michael Hamburger, Roots in the Air Tony Harrison, A Cold Coming Seamus Heaney: Seeing Things, Faber & Faber Squarings, Hieroglyph Editions Paul Henry, Time Pieces, Seren Linton Kwesi Johnson, Tings an' Times P. J. Kavanagh, An Enchantment Jackie Kay, The Adoption Papers Thomas Kinsella, Madonna, and Other Poems Kenneth Koch, Selected Poems, Manchester: Carcanet, American poet's book published in the United KingdomWeb page titled "Archives / Kenneth Koch (1925 - 2002)" at Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 15, 2008 Liz Lochhead, Bagpipe Muzak Michael Longley, Gorse Fires George MacBeth, Trespassing Medbh McGukian, Marconi's Cottage Jamie McKendrick, The Sirocco Room Derek Mahon, Selected Poems. Viking Edwin Morgan, Hold Hands Among the Atoms Andrew Motion, Love in a Life Sean O'Brien, HMS Glasshouse, Oxford University Press Christopher Reid, In the Echoey Tunnel C. H. Sisson, Antidotes Gerard Woodward, Householder United States Arnold Adoff – In for Winter, Out for Spring John Ashbery, Flow Chart Gwendolyn Brooks, Children Coming Home Robert Creeley, Selected Poems 1945-90Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" https://web.archive.org/web/20080705161256/http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/creeley/life.htm 2008-07-05 at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008 Billy Collins, Questions About Angels (0-8229-4211-9), the winner of the National Poetry Series competition in 1993 Paul Hoover, The Novel: A Poem (New Directions) Howard Nemerov, Trying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems, 1961-1991 (University of Chicago Press) Grace Paley, Long Walks and Intimate Talks (stories and poems) Kenneth Rexroth, Flower Wreath Hill: Later Poems Eleanor Ross Taylor, Days Going/Days Coming BackNews release, "Eleanor Ross Taylor Awarded 2010 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize" https://web.archive.org/web/20100609012327/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/release_041310.html?id=186210 June 9, 2010 , April 13, 2010, The Poetry Foundation, retrieved June 9, 2010 Poets represented in The Best American Poetry 1991 anthology These 75 poets were represented in The Best American Poetry 1991 edited by David Lehman, with guest editor Mark Strand: Johnathon Aaron Ai Dick Allen Julia Alvarez John Ash John Ashbery George Bradley Joseph Brodsky Gerald Burns Amy Clampitt Marc Cohen Alfred Corn Stephen Dobyns Stephen Dunn Carolyn Forche Alice Fulton Louise Glück Jorie Graham Melissa Green Debora Greger Linda Gregerson Allen Grossman Thom Gunn Donald Hall Brooks Haxton Daniel Hoffman John Hollander Paul Hoover Ron Horning Richard Howard Josephine Jacobsen Donald Justice Vickie Karp Robert Kelly Jane Kenyon Karl Kirchwey Carolyn Kizer Kenneth Koch John Koethe Mark Levine Laurence Lieberman Elizabeth Macklin J. D. McClatchy James McManus James Merrill Susan Mitchell Gary Mitchner A. F. Moritz Thylias Moss Joyce Carol Oates Bob Perelman Robert Polito Katha Pollitt Susan Prospere Jack Roberts Sherod Santos Lloyd Schwartz Robyn Selman David Shapiro Laurie Sheck Charles Simic David R. Slavitt Charlie Smith Elizabeth Spires David St. John Ruth Stone Patricia Storace James Tate Molly Tenenbaum David Trinidad Chase Twichell Derek Walcott Rosanna Warren Susan Wheeler Charles Wright Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States William Meredith, Poems Are Hard to Read, criticism Jacqueline Vaught Brogan, Part of the Climate: American Cubist Poetry, University of California Press, scholarshipPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "American Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p. 66 M.L. Rosenthal, Our Life in Poetry, collection of literary criticism, including the influential "Poetry as Confession", an article appearing in 1959 in which Rosenthall coined the term "confessional" as used in Confessional poetryRosenthal, Our Life in Poetry pages 109 – 112 Works published in other languages Denmark Naja Marie Aidt. Så længe jeg er ung ("As Long as I’m Young"),Web page titled "Naja Marie Aidt" https://web.archive.org/web/20100429142847/http://www.pen.org/author.php/prmAID/964/prmID/1984 2010-04-29 at the PEN World Voices Festival website, retrieved August 5, 2010 first volume of a poetic trilogy which includes Et Vanskeligt mode ("A Difficult Encounter") 1992, and Det tredje landskap ("The Third Landscape") 1994 Inger Christensen, Butterfly Valley: A Requiem (Sommerfugledalen), poems (later translated into English by Susanna Nied)http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ingerc.htm Inger Christensen Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi) Petri Liukkonen Kuusankoski Public Library Finland https://web.archive.org/web/20090123041708/http://kirjasto.sci.fi/ingerc.htm 23 January 2009 dead Klaus Høeck, Salme, publisher: BrøndumWeb page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck" https://web.archive.org/web/20250826151839/http://www.danishliterature.info/index.php?tx_lfforfatter_pi2%5Bstage%5D=5&tx_lfforfatter_pi2%5Buid%5D=115&tx_lfforfatter_pi2%5Blang%5D=_eng&id=2092&no_cache=1 2025-08-26 , website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010 Søren Ulrik Thomsen, Hjemfalden France Yves Bonnefoy: Début et fin de neige Là où retombe la flèche Claude Esteban, Soleil dans une pièce vide, Flammarion India Listed in alphabetical order by first name: K. Siva Reddy, Sivareddy Kavita, Hyderabad: Jhari Poetry Circle, Telugu-languageWeb page titled "K. Siva Reddy" https://web.archive.org/web/20110919122233/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=16074 September 19, 2011 at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010 Mallika Sengupta, Haghare O Debdasi, Kolkata: Prativas Publication; Bengali-languageWeb page title "Mallika Sengupta" https://web.archive.org/web/20120225092657/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2728&x=1 2012-02-25 , at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010 Nirendranath Chakravarti, Aay Rongo, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-languageWeb page title "Nirendranath Chakravarti" https://web.archive.org/web/20120214214239/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=11144 2012-02-14 , at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010 Prathibha Nandakumar, Rasteyanchina gaadi ("Cart at the Edge of the Road"), Bangalore: Kannada Sangha, Christ College; Kannada-languageWeb page titled "Prathibha Nandakumar" https://web.archive.org/web/20120310083134/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2734 2012-03-10 at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 25, 2010 Rajendra Kishore Panda, Bahubreehi, Jharsuguda: Soubhagya Manjari, Jharsuguda, Oraya-languageWeb page titled "Rajendra Kishore Panda" https://web.archive.org/web/20110919085035/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9302 2011-09-19 at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 26, 2010 Poland Stanisław Barańczak, Biografioly: poczet 56 jednostek slawnych, slawetnych i oslawionych ("Biographies of 56 Celebrated, Famous or Notorious Individuals"), light verse; Poznan: a5Web page titled "Rymkiewicz Jaroslaw Marek" https://web.archive.org/web/20110916194011/http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,139.php 2011-09-16 , at the Institute Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 24, 2010 Stanisław Barańczak, Zwierzeca zajadlosc: z zapiskow zniecheconego zoologa ("Animal Ferocity: From the Notes of a Discouraged Zoologist"), light verse; Poznan: a5 Czesław Miłosz, Dalsze okolice ("Farther Surroundings"); Kraków: ZnakWeb pages titled "Miłosz Czesław" (both English version https://web.archive.org/web/20110916020740/http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,115.php 2011-09-16 [for translated titles] and Polish version https://web.archive.org/web/20110718062428/http://www.instytutksiazki.pl/pl%2Cik%2Csite%2C8%2C5%2C15.php 2011-07-18 [for diacritical marks]), at the Institute Ksiazki ("Book Institute") website, "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 26, 2010 Tadeusz Różewicz, Płaskorzeźba ("Bas-Relief"), Wrocław: Wydawnictwo DolnośląskieWeb pages titled "Tadeusz Rozewicz" (in English https://web.archive.org/web/20120303165053/http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,182.php 2012-03-03 and Polish https://web.archive.org/web/20110718062455/http://www.instytutksiazki.pl/pl,ik,site,8,5,84.php 2011-07-18 ), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved February 28, 2010 Jan Twardowski, Uśmiech Pana Boga. Wiersze dla dzieci ("The Smile of God: Poems for Children"), Warsaw: Nasza KsięgarniaWeb page titled "Jan Twardowski" https://web.archive.org/web/20110718063117/http://www.instytutksiazki.pl/pl,ik,site,8,5,34.php 2011-07-18 , at the Institute Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 24, 2010 Spain Matilde Camus, Tierra de mi Cantabria ("Cantabria, my land") Other languages Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, Tomoshibi ("Light"), Japan, with English translations Mario Benedetti, Las soledades de Babel ("The Loneliness of Babel"), UruguayWeb page titled "Biblioteca de autores contemporaneos / Mario Benedetti - El autor"(in Spanish), retrieved May 27, 2009. 2009-05-30. Odysseus Elytis, The Elegies of Oxopetras (Τα Ελεγεία της Οξώπετρας) Ndoc Gjetja, Kthimet ("Returns"); Albania"Ndoc Gjetja, hera e fundit në bibliotekën publike", June 8, 2010, Telegrafi of Pristina (Google translation of Web page), retrieved June 10, 2010 Alexander Mezhirov, Избранное ("Favorite"), Russia Eugenio Montale, Tutte le poesie, edited by Giorgio Zampa. Jonathan Galassi in 1998 called this book the "most comprehensive edition of Montale's poems"; posthumously published; ItalyEugenio Montale, Collected Poems 1920-1954, translated and edited by Jonathan Galassi, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, 0-374-12554-6 Nizar Qabbani, Syrian, Arabic-language poet: Do You Hear the Cry of My Sadness? Marginal Notes on the Book of Defeat Rami Saari, Gvarim Ba-tzomet ("Men at the Crossroad"), Israeli writing in HebrewPage titled "Rami Saari" at the Modern Hebrew Literature Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon https://web.archive.org/web/20080107213001/http://library.osu.edu/sites/users/galron.1/00198.php 2008-01-07 , 2007 Awards and honors Australia C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, The Winter Baby Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, The Winter Baby Mary Gilmore Prize: Jean Kent - Verandahs Canada Gerald Lampert Award: Diana Brebner, Radiant Life Forms Archibald Lampman Award: George Elliott Clarke, Whylah Falls 1991 Governor General's Awards: Don McKay, Night Field (English); Madeleine Gagnon, Chant pour un Québec lointain (French) Pat Lowther Award: Karen Connelly, The Small Words in My Body Prix Alain-Grandbois: Jacques Brault, Il n'y a plus de chemin Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: Jeff Derksen, Down Time Prix Émile-Nelligan: Rachel Leclerc, Les Vies frontalières India Sahitya Akademi Award : Girija Kumar Mathur for Main Vakt ke Hoon Samne Poetry Society India National Poetry Competition : Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya for Punarnava United Kingdom Cholmondeley Award: James Berry, Sujata Bhatt, Michael Hulse, Derek Mahon Eric Gregory Award: Roddy Lumsden, Glyn Maxwell, Stephen Smith, Wayne Burrows, Jackie Kay Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Judith Wright Whitbread Award for poetry (United Kingdom): Michael Longley, Gorse Fires National Poetry Competition : John Levett for A Shrunken Head United States Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Julia Kasdorf, Sleeping Preacher Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: John Frederick Nims AML Award for poetry Philip White for "Island Spring" American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Richard Wilbur Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Donald Hall, "Museum of Clear Ideas" Bollingen Prize: Laura Riding Jackson and Donald Justice Frost Medal: Donald Hall National Book Award for poetry: Philip Levine, What Work Is Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Joseph Brodsky Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Mona Van Duyn: Near Changes Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: David Wagoner Whiting Awards: Thylias Moss, Franz Wright Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: J. D. McClatchy Births January 14 – George the Poet (George Mpanga), English spoken word artist Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 5 – Vasko Popa (born 1921), Serbian poet January 22 – Robert Choquette (born 1905), Canadian novelist and poet January 29 – John Glassco (born 1909), Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist February 21 – Dorothy Auchterlonie (born 1915), Australian poet, academic and literary critic March 10 – Etheridge Knight (born 1931), American poet March 22 – Paul Engle (born 1908), American poet, writer, editor, and novelist April 7 – R. F. Brissenden (born 1928), Australian poet, novelist, critic and academic April 12 – James Schuyler, 67, American poet and a central figure in the New York School, of a stroke June 22 – George Thaniel (born 1938), Canadian poet July 5 – Howard Nemerov, 71, former U.S. Poet Laureate, of cancer September 2 – Laura Riding Jackson, 90, American poet and writer, of a heart attack September 24 – Dr. Seuss, 87, American author of children's verse September 27 – Roy Fuller (born 1912), English poet and writer October 11 – Steven "Jesse" Bernstein (born 1950), American performance poet, suicide October 27 – George Barker (born 1913), English poet December 14 – John Arlott (born 1914), English cricket commentator and poet Also – Clementina Suárez (born 1902), Honduran poet See also Poetry Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards Notes Category:20th-century poetry *