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none Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1981 poetry literature Events American poet Jane Greer launches Plains Poetry Journal, an advance guard of the New Formalism movement. Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine published in the United States. First issue of Conjunctions literary journal published in the United States. This year, "the word 'Martianism' comes into use, through the verse of Craig Raine and his associates, presenting a vision of life on Earth as seen by a visiting Martian," the 1982 Britannica Book of the Year reports (p. 504). Some note that "Martianism" is an anagram for one of Raine's associates, Martin Amis. 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 R. Hall, editor, Collins Book of Australian Poetry, anthologyPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108 H. Heseltine, editor, Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse, anthology L. Kramer, Oxford History of Australian Literature (scholarship) Jennifer Maiden, For The Left Hand, South Head Canada Margaret Atwood, True Stories Alfred Bailey, Miramichi Lightning: The Collected Poems."Biographical Sketch," Dr. Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey fonds, Lib.UNB.ca, Web, Jan. 5, 2009. Roo Borson, A Sad Device, 0-86495-011-X, American-Canadian Louis Dudek, Continuation I. Montréal: Véhicule Press, 1981."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, Poems from Atlantis. Ottawa: Golden Dog, 1981. Robert Finch, Has and Is." Robert Finch," Online Guide to Writing in Canada. Web, Mar. 17, 2011. Gwen Hauser, Gophers and Swans George Johnston: Auk Redivivus: Selected Poems Rocky Shores.James Steele, "Johnston, George Benson https://web.archive.org/web/20100419174836/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004158 2010-04-19 ," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1114. Irving Layton, Europe And Other Bad News. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart."Irving Layton: Publications https://web.archive.org/web/20110714042105/http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/layton/pub.htm 2011-07-14 ," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011. Dorothy Livesay, The Raw Edges: Voices from Our Time. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press."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. Gwendolyn MacEwen, Trojan Women. 1981.August 2022 Jay Macpherson, Poems Twice Told: The Boatman & Welcoming Disaster. Toronto: Oxford University Press."Jay Macpherson, 1931-", Canadian Women Poets," BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 10, 2011 Anne Marriott: This West Shore, Toronto: League of Canadian Poets. The Circular Coast: Poems New and Selected, Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press."Anne Marriott (1913-1997) https://web.archive.org/web/20110607142019/http://www.brocku.ca/canadianwomenpoets/Marriott.htm#awards 2011-06-07 ", Canadian Woman Poets, BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 21, 2011. George McWhirter, The Island Man P. K. Page, Evening Dance of the Grey Flies, poetry and proseRoberts, 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 Stephen Scobie, A Grand Memory For Forgetting Stephen Scobie and Douglas Barbour: The Pirates of Pen's Chance: Homolinguistic Translations The Maple Laugh Forever: An Anthology of Canadian Comic Poetry (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers) F. R. Scott, The Collected Poems of F. R. Scott. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart."F. R. Scott: Publications https://web.archive.org/web/20130408081000/http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/scott_fr/pub.htm 2013-04-08 ," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. Governor General's Award 1981. Raymond Souster, Collected Poems of Raymond Souster, Volume Two, 1955-62 India, in English Keki N. Daruwalla, Winter Poems ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: Allied Publishers.Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, 0-391-03286-0, 978-0-391-03286-6), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009 Jayanta Mahapatra, Relationship ( Poetry in English ), winner of the Central Sahitya Akademi Awardin 1982;Niranjan Mohanty, "Trends in Indian Poetry in English", p 10, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, 81-7625-111-9, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010 Cuttack: Chandrabhaga SocietyNiranjan Mohanty, "Trends in Indian Poetry in English", p 18 ("Works Cited"), Footnote 7, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, 81-7625-111-9, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010 Pritish Nandy, editor, Indian Poetry in English Today, New Delhi: Sterling Publication Pvt. Ltd.M. Dasan, "10. The Silenced Subalterns in Kamala Das's Poetry", p 131, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, 81-7625-111-9, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010 Ireland Dermot Bolger, Finglas Lilies Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Rose Geranium, Dublin: The Gallery PressWeb page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" https://web.archive.org/web/20080705030935/http://www.gallerypress.com/Authors/ENchuilleanain/enchuill.html 2008-07-05 at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008 Anthony Cronin, RMS Titanic Seamus Heaney, Selected Poems 1965-1975, Faber & Faber, Northern Ireland native published in the United Kingdom Michael Longley, Patchwork, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Thomas McCarthy, The Sorrow Garden, Anvil Press, London, Irish poet published in the United KingdomWeb page titled "Thomas McCarthy" https://web.archive.org/web/20100515195236/http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9272 2010-05-15 at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 2008 Derek Mahon: Courtyards in Delft. Gallery Press The Hunt by Night Christopher Nolan, Dam-Burst of Dreams United Kingdom Dannie Abse, Way Out in the CentreCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6 Sir John Betjeman, Church Poems Alison Brackenbury, Dreams of Power Roberta Berke, Bounds out of Bounds: A Compass for Recent American and British Poetry, Oxford University Press, criticismWeb page titled "Archives / Kenneth Koch (1925 - 2002)", "Further Readings" section, at Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 15, 2008 Douglas Dunn, St. Kilda's Parliament D. J. Enright, Collected Poems James Fenton, Dead Soldiers, Sycamore Press, Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007 Roy Fisher, Consolidated Comedies Thom Gunn, Talbot Road Tony Harrison: Continuous A Kumquat for John Keats Seamus Heaney, Selected Poems 1965-1975, Faber & Faber, Northern Ireland native published in the United Kingdom John Heath-Stubbs: Buzz Buzz Editor, Selected Poems of Thomas Gray Ted Hughes: Under the North Star Editor, Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath (see Plath, below) Peter Levi, Private Ground Liz Lochhead, The Grimm Sisters Christopher Logue, Ode to the Dodo Michael Longley, Patchwork, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Derek Mahon: Courtyards in Delft. Gallery Press The Hunt by Night Andrew Motion, Independence Norman Nicholson, Sea to the West Brian Patten, Love Poems Tom Paulin, The Book of Juniper Sylvia Plath, Collected Poems, posthumous, containing 224 poems in chronological order, edited by Ted Hughes; poems by an American, edited by her English husband Peter Porter, English Subtitles Peter Reading, Tom O'Bedlam's Beauties Peter Redgrove, The Apple Broadcast, and Other New Poems Carol Rumens, Unplayed Music Elizabeth Smart, Ten Poems D. M. Thomas, Dreaming in Bronze R. S. Thomas, Between Here and Now The Faber Book of Christian Verse United States A.R. Ammons, A Coast of TreesLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press ("If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year." — from the Preface, p vi) John Ashbery, Shadow Train Imamu Amiri Baraka, formerly "LeRoi Jones", Reggae or Not! Ted Berrigan, In a Blue River Robert Bly, The Man in the Black Coat Turns Paul Bowles, Next to Nothing: Collected Poems 1926–1977 Joseph Payne Brennan, Creep To Death Joseph Brodsky: Verses on the Winter Campaign 1980, translation by Alan Meyers. – London: Anvil Press Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007 Russian-American Gwendolyn Brooks: Black Love To Disembark Jared Carter, Work, for the Night Is Coming Gregory Corso, Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit, his first collection in 11 years Peter Davison, Barn Fever and Other Poems Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Endless Life: Selected Poems Carolyn Forche, The Country Between Us Daryl Hine, Selected Poems John Hollander: Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, poetry The Figure of Echo Janet Kauffman, The Weather Book Denise Levertov, Light Up the Cave Philip Levine, One for the Rose Frederick Morgan, Northbook Michael Palmer, Notes For Echo Lake (North Point Press) Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, editor, containing 224 poems in chronological order (posthumous) Marie Ponsot, Admit Impediment Michael Ryan, In Winter (Holt) Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems, published posthumously (died 1974) Leslie Marmon Silko, Storyteller,Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer, The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature, p 29, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 978-0-521-82283-1, retrieved February 9, 2009 short stories, poems and photographs Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic a collection of children's poetry Gilbert Sorrentino, Selected Poems 1958-1980 Gerald Stern, The Red Coal Robert Stone, A Flag for Sunrise Mark Strand, The Planet of Lost Things Richard L. Tierney, Collected Poems Michael Van Walleghen, More Trouble With the Obvious David Wagoner, Landfall Rosmarie Waldrop, Nothing Has Changed (Awede Press) Diane Wakoski, The Magician's Feastletters Robert Penn Warren, Rumor Verified: Poems 1979-1980 Richard Wilbur, Seven Poems Nancy Willard, A Visit to William Blake's Inn, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States Colin Robert Chase, The Dating of Beowulf John Hollander: Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse, criticism The Figure of Echo, criticism Other in English Alistair Campbell, Collected Poems, Hazard, 1-877393-00-2, New Zealand C. K. Stead, In the Glass Case, criticism, New ZealandPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p 837 Works published in other languages Listed 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: Denmark Inger Christensen, Alphabet (Alfabet), translated into English by Susanna Nied in 2001http://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: Canzone, publisher: Gyldendal Web 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 Sorte sonetter, publisher: Gyldendal Søren Ulrik Thomsen, City Slang French language Canada, in French Pierre Nepveu, editor, La poésie québécoise, des origines à nos jours, en collaboration avec Laurent Mailhot, Montréal: Presses de l'Université du Québec/l'Hexagone, anthologyWeb page titled "Pierre Nepveu" https://web.archive.org/web/20091125133033/http://www.academiedeslettresduquebec.ca/pierre_nepveu.html 2009-11-25 at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010 Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, Entre le souffle et l'aine, Saint-Lambert: Le NoroîtWeb page titled "Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska" https://web.archive.org/web/20110706164300/http://www.academiedeslettresduquebec.ca/madeleine_ouelettemichalska.html 2011-07-06 at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010 Jean Royer, L'intime soif, Montréal: Éditions du silenceWeb page titled "Jean Royer" https://web.archive.org/web/20110706164236/http://www.academiedeslettresduquebec.ca/jean_royer.html 2011-07-06 at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010 France Alain Bosquet: Poèmes, deux Sonnets pour une fin de siècle Jean Cayrol, Poésie-Journal Michel Deguy, Donnant DonnantAuster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 0-394-52197-8 Emmanuel Hocquard, Une ville ou une petite ile Abdellatif Laabi, Sous le bâillon le poème. L'Harmattan, Paris, Moroccan author writing in and published in France Charles le Quintrec, La Lumière et l'argile Jacques Roubaud, Dors Jacques Roubaud and Florence Delay, Merlin l'enchanteur German Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Rolf Haufs, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 3 ("Poetry Yearbook 3"), publisher: Claassen; anthologyWeb page titled "Übersicht erschienener Jahrbücher" https://web.archive.org/web/20110717152959/http://www.fischerverlage.de/sixcms/media.php/690/Lyrik_2008%20mit%20Uebersicht.pdf 2011-07-17 at Fischerverlage website, retrieved February 21, 2010 V. Hage, editor, Lyrik für Leser: Deutsche Gedichte der siebziger Jahre, anthologyPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Anthologies in German" section, pp 473-474 Heinz Toni Hamm, Poesie und kommunikative Praxis (scholarship)Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Criticism in German" section, p 474 Klaus Weissenberger, editor, Die deutsche Lyrik, 1945-1975 (scholarship) Hebrew A. Hillel, Devareiy Gabriel Preil, a new collectionBritannica Book of the Year 1982, published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 1982, "Literature" section, "Jewish" subsection, page 518; the article does not specify the names of all works, or, in the case of "new poets" whether a work was even written or whether the poet was just published in a periodical; perhaps this information can be added from other sources Avot Yeshurun, a new collection S. Shalom, a new collection Yehuda Amichai, Shalva gedola, she'elot uteshuvot Robert Whitehill, Efes Makom ("No Place"), published in Israel Peretz Banai, a "new poet" Esther Ettinger, a "new poet" Yosef Yehezkel, a "new poet" Aharon Shabtai, Xut ("Thread") Mordecai Geldman, a new collection Hannah Barzilai, a new collection Batsheva Sharif, a new collection Michael Senunit, a new collection Menachem Ben, a new collection Hungary György Petri, Örökhétfő India Listed in alphabetical order by first name: Hari Daryani, Amar Gitu, a verse translation into Sindhi of (and commentary on) the Gita K. G. Sankara Pillai, Kavitha, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Kerala Kavita; Malayalam-languageWeb page titled "K. G. Sankara Pillai" https://web.archive.org/web/20100822170722/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=8636 2010-08-22 , Poetry International website, retrieved July 11, 2010 K. Satchidanandan, Peedana Kalam, ("Times of Torment"); Malayalam-languageWeb page titled "K. Satchidanandan" https://web.archive.org/web/20110721051722/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2723 2011-07-21 , Poetry International website, retrieved July 11, 2010 Namdeo Dhasal; Marathi-language: Tuhi Iyatta Kanchi?, Mumbai: Ambedkara PrabodhiniWeb page titled "Namdeo Dhasal" https://web.archive.org/web/20120214213641/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=10525 2012-02-14 , Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010 Ambedkari Chalwal, Mumbai: Ambedkara Prabodhini Nilmani Phookan, Gacia Larkar Kavita, Guwahati, Assam: Bani Prakash, Assamese-languageWeb page titled "Nilmani Phookan" https://web.archive.org/web/20110721052731/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2731 2011-07-21 at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 16, 2010 Nirendranath Chakravarti, Pagla Ghonti, Kolkata: Dey’s Publishing; 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 Parsram Rohra "Nimano", Sindhi-languageDas, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008 Pritish Nandy and Shakti Chattopadhyay, Pritisa Nandira kabita, Kalikata: Ananda PabalisarsaSearch results page, WorldCat website, retrieved August 10, 2020 Rajendra Kishore Panda, Choukathhare Chirakala, Cuttack: Friends Publishers, 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 Rituraj, Pul aur Pani, New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi-languageWeb page titled "Rituraj" https://web.archive.org/web/20120406234851/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=12940 2012-04-06 at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 12, 2010 Umashankur Joshi, Gujarati-language: Dharavastra Saptapadi Vinod Kumar Shukla, Vah Aadmi Chala Gaya Naya Garam Coat Pehankar Vichar Ki Tarah, Hapur: Sambhavna Prakashan; Hindi-languageWeb page titled "Vinod Kumar Shukla" https://web.archive.org/web/20120406234836/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=12941 2012-04-06 at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved August 3, 2010 Udaya Narayana Singh, Anuttaran, Calcutta: Mithila Darshan, Maithili-languageWeb page title "Udaya Narayana Singh" https://web.archive.org/web/20090123175626/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9331 2009-01-23 , at the Poetry International website, retrieved August 2, 2010 Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi, Rang-o-Noor (The Colour and the Light) - published by R.K.Sehgal, Bazm-e-Seemab, New Delhi, Urdu Italy Eugenio Montale, L'opera in versi Carlo Betocchi, Poesie del sabato Eugenio Montale, Altri verse e poesie disperse (originally published in 1980 under the title L'opera in versi), Milan: Arnaldo Mondadore Editore; ItalyEugenio Montale, Collected Poems 1920-1954, translated and edited by Jonathan Galassi, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, 0-374-12554-6 Maria Luisa Spaziani, Geometria del disordine Giovanni Guidici, Il ristorante dei morti Amelia Rosselli: Primi scritti 1952-1965 Impromptu Poland Stanisław Barańczak, Ksiazki najgorsze 1975-1980 ("The Worst Books"), criticism; Kraków: KOSWeb 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 T. 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Poems From the Notebook 78-79"); Kraków: Cracowska Oficyna StudentowWeb pages titled "Krynicki Ryszard" (both English version https://web.archive.org/web/20090425224424/http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,172.php 2009-04-25 and Polish version https://web.archive.org/web/20110718062736/http://www.instytutksiazki.pl/pl,ik,site,8,5,74.php 2011-07-18 ), at the Institute Ksiazki ("Book Institute") website, "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 26, 2010 Ewa Lipska, Poezje wybrane ("Selected Poems"), Warszawa: LSWWeb pages titled "Lipska Ewa" (in English https://web.archive.org/web/20110916151616/http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,121.php 2011-09-16 and Polish https://web.archive.org/web/20110718062801/http://www.instytutksiazki.pl/pl,ik,site,8,5,21.php 2011-07-18 ), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 1, 2010 Bronisław Maj, Taka wolność. Wiersze z lat 1971-1975 ("Such Freedom: Poems, 1971-1975"); Warsaw: MAWWeb pages titled "Maj Bronisław" (both English version https://web.archive.org/web/20110911011122/http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,113.php 2011-09-11 and Polish version https://web.archive.org/web/20110718062910/http://www.instytutksiazki.pl/pl,ik,site,8,5,13.php 2011-07-18 ), at the Institute Ksiazki ("Book Institute") website, "Bibliography" section, retrieved March 2, 2010 Piotr Sommer, Przed snemWeb page titled "Piotr Sommer" https://web.archive.org/web/20101011221045/http://poland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=14531&x=1 October 11, 2010 , "Poetry International" website, retrieved February 19, 2010 Portuguese language Portugal Herberto Helder, Poesia Toda A. Pinheiro Torre, O Ressentimento dum Ocidental Brazil Carlos Drummond de Andrade, A paixão medida João Cabral de Melo Neto, A escola das faces Adélia Prado, Terra de Santa Cruz Mário da Silva, several volumes of poetry Spanish language Spain Antonio Abad, Misericor de mí Matilde Camus: He seguido tus huellas ("I have followed your footprints") Testigo de tu marcha ("Witness of your departure") Concha Lagos, Teoría de la inseguridad Vincente Presa, Teoría de los límites Pablo Virumbrales, Cancionero del vaso Latin America Mario Benedetti, Viento del exilio ("Air From Exile"), UruguayWeb page titled "Biblioteca de autores contemporaneos / Mario Benedetti - El autor"(in Spanish), retrieved May 27, 2009. 2009-05-30. Swedish Karl Vennberg, Bilder I-XXVI Goran Sonnevi, Små klanger; en rőst Eva Runefelt, Augusti Yiddish Criticism, scholarship and biography in Yiddish Itzhak Yanasowicz, Avrom Sutzkever, His Poetry and Prose The Lexicon of Modern Yiddish Literature, the eighth and final volume Chaim Leib Fox, Biographical Dictionary of Hebrew and Yiddish Writers in Canada Other Chen Kehua, Qijing shaonian ("Whale Boy") Chinese (Taiwan)Poetry International website Web page on Chen Kehua, retrieved November 22, 2008 Rita Kelly, Dialann sa Díseart, Ireland Luo Fu, Wound of Time, Chinese (Taiwan)Balcom, John, "Lo Fu" https://web.archive.org/web/20110101081326/http://china.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9223 2011-01-01 , article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008 Stein Mehren, Den usynlige regnbuen, Norway Alexander Mezhirov, Selected Works, two volumes, Russia, Soviet UnionShrayer, Maxim, "Aleksandr Mezhirov", p 879, An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry, publisher: M.E. Sharpe, 2007, 0-7656-0521-X, 978-0-7656-0521-4, retrieved via Google Books on May 27, 2009 Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, An dealg Droighin, including "Sceala" and "Failte Bheal na Sionna don Iasc", Gaelic-language, IrelandCrotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, 0-85640-561-2 Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet writing in Arabic: I Write the History of Woman Like So The Lover's Dictionary Awards and honors Australia Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Alan Gould, Astral Sea Canada Gerald Lampert Award: Elizabeth Allan, The Shored Up House 1981 Governor General's Awards: F. R. Scott, The Collected Poems of F. R. Scott (English); Michel Beaulieu, Visages (French) Pat Lowther Award: M. Travis Lane, Divinations and Short Poems 1973–1978 Prix Émile-Nelligan: Jean-Yves Collette, La Mort d’André Breton United Kingdom Cholmondeley Award: Roy Fisher, Robert Garioch, Charles Boyle Eric Gregory Award: Alan Jenkins, Simon Rae, Marion Lomax, Philip Gross, Kathleen Jamie, Mark Abley, Roger Crowley, Ian Gregson Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: D. J. Enright Hawthornden Prize: Christopher Reid United States Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Kathy Callaway, Heart of the Garfish AML Award for poetry to Robert A. Rees for "Gilead" Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Frank Bidart, "The War of Vaslav Nijinsky" Bollingen Prize (United States): Howard Nemerov and May Swenson Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Maxine Kumin appointed this year. MacArthur Fellowships: A.R. Ammons, Joseph Brodsky, Robert Penn Warren National Book Award for poetry (United States): Lisel Mueller, The Need to Hold Still National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry: A.R. Ammons, A Coast of Trees (Norton) Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Maxine Kumin appointed Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Schuyler: The Morning of the Poem Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Richard Hugo Walt Whitman Award: Alberto Ríos, Whispering to Fool the Wind (Sheep Meadow Press) Judge: Donald Justice Births April 6 – Marie Šťastná, Czech poet Emily Berry, English poet Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu, Eritrean poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Irish-language poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 29 – John Glassco (born 1909), Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist February 23 – Nan Shepherd (born 1893), Scottish novelist and poet March 15 – Horiguchi Daigaku 堀口 大学 (born 1892), Japanese, Taishō and Shōwa period poet and translator of French literature; a member of the Shinshisha ("The New Poetry Society"); accompanied his father on overseas diplomatic postings April 25 – Takis Sinopoulos (born 1917), Greek April 26 – Robert Garioch (born 1909), Scots language Scottish poet and translator April 29 – Leonard Mann (born 1895), Australian April 30 – Peter Huchel (born 1903), German May 8 – Uri Zvi Grinberg (born 1896), Jewish May 31 – Falguni Ray (born 1945), Bengali poet and youngest member of Hungryalism movement June 14 – Hayyim Schirmann (born 1904), Russian-born Israeli professor of medieval Spanish Jewish poetry August 19 – Badawi al-Jabal (born 1905 or 1907), Syrian Arab August 27 – James Larkin Pearson (born 1879), American poet, newspaper publisher; North Carolina Poet Laureate, 1953–1981 September 12 – Eugenio Montale, 85, Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975 October 26 – Marie Uguay, 26 (born 1955), French-Canadian), from bone cancer October 30 – Georges Brassens (born 1921), French singer-songwriter and poet November 14 – Anton Podbevšek (born 1898), Slovene avant-garde poet Also: Adolf Beiss (born 1900), German Ada Verdun Howell (born 1902), Australian See also Poetry Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards Notes Britannica Book of the Year 1982 ("for events of 1981"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica 1982 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections) Category:20th-century poetry *