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none Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1990 poetry literature Events Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day. Jason Shinder, an American poet, expands a New York City Y.M.C.A. writing education program nationwide, thereby founding the Y.M.C.A. National Writer's Voice program, one of the country's largest networks of literary-arts centers, with 24 locations by 2008. Writers who teach in the program include poets Adrienne Rich and Galway Kinnell, novelists Michael Cunningham and E. L. Doctorow, and playwright Wendy Wasserstein.Fox, Margalit, "Jason Shinder, 52, Poet and Founder of Arts Program, Dies", obituary, May 3, 2008, The New York Times, retrieved December 11, 2008 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 Jennifer Maiden: Bastille Day, NLA Selected Poems of Jennifer Maiden, Penguin The Winter Baby, Angus & Robertson Les Murray, Dog Fox Field Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1990; Carcanet, 1991 and New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993 Chris Wallace-Crabbe: For Crying Out Loud, Oxford: Oxford University Press Poetry and Belief (scholarship), Hobart: University of Tasmania Canada Dionne Brand, No Language is Neutral George Elliott Clarke, Whylah Falls, Vancouver: Polestar, 0-919591-57-4 (revised edition, 2000 1-896095-50-X) A. E. Davidson, Studies on Canadian Literature (scholarship), CanadaPreminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Canadian Poetry" article, English "Anthologies" section, p 164 Louis Dudek, Continuation II. Montreal: Véhicule Press."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. George Johnston, Endeared by Dark: The Collected PoemsRoberts, 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 A.M. Klein, Complete Poems.Toronto: University of Toronto Press."A.M. Klein: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto, Web, May 7, 2011. A.M. Klein, Doctor Dwarf and Other Poems for Children. Kingston, ON: Quarry Press. Archibald Lampman, Selected Poetry of Archibald Lampman, Michael Gnarowski ed. (Ottawa: Tecumseh). 978-0-919662-15-5 James Reaney, Performance Poems. Michael Redhill, Impromptu Feats of Balance, Don Mills, Ontario: Wolsak & Wynn Ajmer Rode, Poems at my Doorstep, by a Punjabi poet living and published in Canada and writing in English; Vancouver: Caitlin Press, 0-920576-31-1Web page titled "Ajmer Rode" https://web.archive.org/web/20120420011408/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=11767 2012-04-20 , at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010 Ricardo Sternberg, Invention of Honey, Montreal: Signal Editions Phyllis Webb, Hanging Fire India, in English Dom Moraes, Serendip ( Poetry in English ) .Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna, editor, A History of Indian literature in English, p 250, Columbia University Press, 2003, 0-231-12810-X, retrieved July 18, 2010 Eunice de Souza, Ways of Belonging: Selected Poems ( Poetry in English ), Edinburgh: Polygon, United KingdomWeb page titled "Eunice de Souza" https://web.archive.org/web/20110919131732/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=16077 September 19, 2011 , Poetry International website, retrieved July 8, 2010 Sudeep Sen, The Lunar Visitations ( Poetry in English ), Indian poet writing in English, published in the United States and India; White Swan Books, New York, 1990; 1-878122-00-2, (reprinted in 1991, New Delhi: Rupa)Web 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 Ireland Eavan Boland, Outside History, including "The Latin Lesson" and "Midnight Flowers", Carcanet PressCrotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, 0-85640-561-2 Pat Boran: History and Promise (IUP)"Publications" Web page at Pat Boran's Web site, accessed May 2 The Unwound Clock (Dedalus) Ciarán Carson, Belfast Confetti, Bloodaxe, Wake Forest University Press, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Paul Durcan, Daddy, Daddy Padraic Fallon, Collected Poems, introduction by Seamus Heaney, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, 978-1-85235-052-9 published posthumously Seamus Heaney: The Tree Clock, Linen Hall Library New Selected Poems 1966-1987, Faber & Faber The Redress of Poetry, criticism Michael D. Higgins, The Betrayal Paul Muldoon, Madoc, including "Cauliflowers", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, The Magdalene Sermon, including "The Informant", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press New Zealand Allen Curnow, Selected Poems 1940–1989Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008 Bill Manhire, The Old Man's Example Frank McKay, Life of James K. Baxter, Auckland: Oxford University Press; called the "standard biography" of New Zealand's "probably New Zealand's best-known poet" Web page titled "James K. Baxter" at "Best of New Zealand Poetry 2001" Web site, accessed October 11, 2007 Cilla McQueen, Berlin Diary,Cilla McQueen – NZ Literature File – LEARN – The University Of Auckland Library https://web.archive.org/web/20060306024955/http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/mcqueen.htm March 6, 2006 winner of the 1991 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry United Kingdom Dannie Abse, Remembrance of Crimes PastCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6 Eavan Boland, Outside History Ciarán Carson: Belfast Confetti, Bloodaxe, Wake Forest University Press, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Cary Archard, editor, Poetry Wales: 25 Years, Seren, an anthologySearch page titled "Title: Poetry Wales 25 Years" https://web.archive.org/web/20110723114050/http://www.poetshouse.org/title.asp?title=26747 2011-07-23 at the Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010 Donald Davie, Collected Poems Paul Durcan, Daddy, Daddy Carol Ann Duffy, The Other Country, Anvil Press Poetry (poetry)O'Reilly, Elizabeth (either author of the "Critical Perspective" section or of the entire contents of) the web page, titled "Carol Ann Duffy" at Contemporary Poets website, retrieved May 4, 2009. Archived 2009-05-08. Padraic Fallon, Collected Poems, introduction by Seamus Heaney, published posthumously Elaine Feinstein, City Music, Hutchinson Tony Harrison Losing Touch The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus Seamus Heaney: The Tree Clock, Linen Hall Library New Selected Poems 1966-1987, Faber & Faber The Redress of Poetry, criticism John Heath-Stubbs: The Game of Love and Death Selected Poems John Hegley, Glad to Wear Glasses (glad to have ears) Adrian Henri, Box, and Other Poems Alan Jenkins, Greenheart Derek Mahon, The Chinese Restaurant in Portrush: Selected Poems. Gallery Press Glyn Maxwell, Tale of the Mayor's Son Edwin Morgan, Collected Poems Brian Patten, Collected Poems Ruth Pitter, Collected Poems, introduction by Elizabeth Jennings Peter Redgrove, Dressed as for a Tarot Pack Peter Scupham, Watching the Perseids R.S. Thomas, Counterpoint Hugo Williams, Self-Portrait with a Slide United States Elizabeth Alexander, The Venus HottentotWeb page titled "Elizabeth Alexander" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008 Maya Angelou, I Shall Not be Moved Frank Bidart, In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965–90 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Philip Booth, Selves, Viking Penguin George F. Butterick and Richard Blevins, editors, Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence, ninth and last volume published this year (first volume published in 1980), Santa Barbara, California, biography and criticismEverett, 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 Maxine Chernoff, Leap Year Day: New & Selected Poems (Another Chicago Press) Alice Fulton, Powers of Congress David Graham, Second Wind, Texas Tech University Press Roald Hoffmann, Gaps and Verges, University of Central Florida Press David Lehman, Operation Memory, Princeton University Press Thomas Lux, The Drowned River, Houghton Mifflin Jean Marzollo, Pretend You're a Cat Mary Oliver, House of Light Peter Oresick, Definitions (West End Press) and Working Classics (University of Illinois Press) Mark Strand, The Continuous Life, Canadian native living in and published in the United States Derek Walcott, Omeros Rosmarie Waldrop, Peculiar Motions (Kelsey St. Press) Reed Whittemore, The Past, the Future, the Present: Poems Selected and New Anthologies in the United States Michael James Hutt, editor and translator, Himalayan Voices: An Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature, University of California PressSearch results page titled "Title: Himalayan Voices: An Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature " https://web.archive.org/web/20110723113949/http://www.poetshouse.org/title.asp?title=12044 2011-07-23 , Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010 Peter H. Lee, editor, Modern Korean Literature, including poetry, University of Hawai'i PressSearch results page titled "Title: Modern Korean Literature" https://web.archive.org/web/20110723114024/http://www.poetshouse.org/title.asp?title=12078 2011-07-23 , Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010 Edward Morin, editor, The Red Azalea: Chinese Poetry since the Cultural Revolution, University of Hawai'i PressSearch results page titled "Title: The Red Azalea: Chinese Poetry since the Cultural Revolution" https://web.archive.org/web/20110723114037/http://www.poetshouse.org/title.asp?title=12049 2011-07-23 , Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010 Poets included in The Best American Poetry 1990 These 75 poets were included in The Best American Poetry 1990, edited by David Lehman with Jorie Graham, guest editor: A. R. Ammons John Ash John Ashbery Marvin Bell Stephen Berg Mei-mei Berssenbrugge Hayden Carruth Anne Carson Raymond Carver Amy Clampitt Killarney Clary Robert Creeley Christopher Davis Thomas M. Disch Norman Dubie Aaron Fogel James Galvin Suzanne Gardinier Amy Gerstler Linda Gregg Thom Gunn Donald Hall Daniel Halpern Robert Hass Seamus Heaney Anthony Hecht Emily Hiestand Brenda Hillman John Hollander Virginia Hooper Richard Howard Fanny Howe Rodney Jones Galway Kinnell Edward Kleinschmidt Yusef Komunyakaa Denise Levertov Philip Levine Thomas Lux Nathaniel Mackey Kevin Magee Thomas McGrath Lynne McMahon Jane Mead James Merrill W. S. Merwin Jane Miller Susan Mitchell Paul Monette Laura Moriarty Thylias Moss Melinda Mueller Laura Mullen Alice Notley Michael Palmer Robert Pinsky Jendi Reiter Joan Retallack Donald Revell Adrienne Rich Michael Ryan James Schuyler Frederick Seidel Charles Simic Gustaf Sobin Elizabeth Spires David St. John Gerald Stern Mark Strand James Tate Sidney Wade Rosanna Warren Richard Wilbur Eleanor Wilner Charles Wright Other in English Ramabai Espinet, Creation Fire: A CAFRA Anthology of Caribbean Women's Poetry"Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry" in Williams, Emily Allen, Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography, page xvii and following pages, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, 978-0-313-31747-7, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009 Derek Walcott, Omeros, St. Lucia poet living in the United States Works published in other languages Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: French language Canada, in French Denise Desautels, Leçons de Venise ("Venice Lessons"), about three sculptures by Michel Goulet, Saint-Lambert: Le NoroîtWeb page titled "Denise Desautels" https://web.archive.org/web/20110706164219/http://www.academiedeslettresduquebec.ca/denise_desautels.html 2011-07-06 at L'Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010 Suzanne Jacob, Filandere Cantabile, Paris: MarvalWeb page titled "Suzanne Jacob" https://web.archive.org/web/20110706164010/http://www.academiedeslettresduquebec.ca/suzanne_jacob.html 2011-07-06 at L'Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010 France Abdellatif Laabi, Moroccan author writing in and published in France: Tous les déchirements. Messidor, Paris (épuisé) translator, La Poésie palestinienne contemporaine, an anthology translated from the original Arabic; Paris: Éditions Messidor translator, L'Espace du Noûn, translated in collaboration with Leïla Khatib from the original Arabic of Hassan Hamdane; Paris: Éditions Messidor Hungary Attila Balogh, Versek ("Poems")Web page titled "Poems: Atilla Balogh" at the Milk Magazine website, retrieved August 5, 2010 György Petri, Valami ismeretlen Gábor Tompa, Készenlét ("Alertness"), BudapestWeb page titled "Gábor Tompa" at the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj website, retrieved August 5, 2010 India Listed in alphabetical order by first name: Joy Goswami, Kabita-Songroho, Vol. 1, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers, 81-7066-205-2 (six reprints by 2001); Bangladeshi-languageWeb page title "Joy Goswami" https://web.archive.org/web/20110919090841/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2722 2011-09-19 , at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 10, 2010 K. Satchidanandan, Kayattam, ("The Ascent"); 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 Vaidehi, pen name of Janaki Srinivasa Murthy, Bindu Bindige, Sagara: Akshara Prakashana; Kannada-languageWeb page titled "Vaidehi" https://web.archive.org/web/20120406234011/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=14723 2012-04-06 at the Poetry International website, retrieved August 2, 2010 Varavara Rao (better known as "VV"), Muktakantam or Muktakantham ("Free Throat"), Vijayawada: Samudram Prachuranalu; Telugu-languageWeb page titled "Varavara Rao" https://web.archive.org/web/20120214214322/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=15346 2012-02-14 at the "Poetry International" website; and Gopal, Venu, "Varavara Rao - A brief sketch by N. Venu Gopal (December 15, 2005)", December 15, 2005, Venu Gopal website, retrieved August 2, 2010 Yash Sharma, Jo Tere Man Chitt Laggi Ja ("Whatever Touches Your Heart and Souls"), winner of the Sahitya Academy Award; Dogri-language"Dogri book released in Singapore", August 28, "Tribune News Service", as published at the "J&K Plus" website of The Tribune of Chandigarh, India, retrieved July 6, 2010 Poland Stanisław Barańczak: 159 wiersze 1968-88 ("159 Poems"), Kraków: ZnakWeb 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 Tablica z Macondo. Osiemnascie prob wytlumaczenia, po co i dlaczego sie pisze ("A License Plate from Macondo: Eighteen Attempts at Explaining Why One Writes"), criticism; London: Aneks Zbigniew Herbert, Elegia na odejście ("Elegy for the Departure"), Paris: Instytut LiterackiWeb page titled "Herbert Zbigniew" https://web.archive.org/web/20090418181922/http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,193.php 2009-04-18 , at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website – this source for information other than the translation of the title – retrieved February 27, 2010 Ewa Lipska, pl Strefa ograniczonego postoju', ("Limited Standing Zone"); Warsaw: CzytelnikWeb 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 Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, Nenia i inne wierszeWeb page titled "Eugene Tkaczyszyn-Dycki (1962)" https://web.archive.org/web/20091008102449/http://www.biuroliterackie.pl/autorzy/autorzy.php?site=700&kto=tkaczyszyn-dycki 2009-10-08 , at the Biuro Literackie literary agency website, retrieved February 25, 2010 Jan Twardowski, Tak ludzka, Poznań: Księgarnia św. WojciechWeb 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 Adam Zagajewski: Płótno, Paris: Zeszyty LiterackieWeb page titled Zagajewski Adam" https://web.archive.org/web/20110718062356/http://www.instytutksiazki.pl/pl,ik,site,8,5,2.php 2011-07-18 , at the Instytut Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliografia: Poezja:" section, retrieved February 19, 2010 Płótno, Paris: Zeszyty Literackie Spanish language Spain Matilde Camus, El color de mi cristal ("The colour of my glasses") Other languages Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Karl Mickel, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1990/91 ("Poetry Yearbook 1990/91"), publisher: Luchterhand; anthology; GermanyWeb 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 Mircea Cărtărescu, The Levant (Levantul), Romania Luo Fu, Chinese (Taiwan): Nirvana of AngelsBalcom, 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 House of Midnight Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Pharaoh's Daughter, including "Fear Suaithinseach", "An Bhabog Bhriste", "An Bhean Mhidhilis", and "Ceist na Teangan", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, Gaelic-language, Ireland Maria Luisa Spaziani, Giovanna d'Arco, Italy Awards and honors Australia C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, The Clean Dark Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, The Clean Dark Mary Gilmore Prize: Kristopher Rassemussen – In the Name of the Father Canada Gerald Lampert Award: Steven Heighton, Stalin's Carnival Archibald Lampman Award: Gary Geddes, No Easy Exit 1990 Governor General's Awards: Margaret Avison, No Time (English); Jean-Paul Daoust, Les Cendres bleues (French) Pat Lowther Award: Patricia Young, The Mad and Beautiful Mothers Prix Alain-Grandbois: Juan Garcia, Corps du gloire Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: Victoria Walker, Suitcase Prix Émile-Nelligan: Claude Paré, Chemins de sel India Poetry Society India National Poetry Competition : Rukmini Bhaya Nair for Kali United Kingdom Cholmondeley Award : Kingsley Amis, Elaine Feinstein, Michael O'Neill Eric Gregory Award : Nicholas Drake, Maggie Hannan, William Park, Jonathan Davidson, Lavinia Greenlaw, Don Paterson, John Wells Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry : Sorley Maclean National Poetry Competition : Nick Rice for Room Service United States Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Debra Allbery, Walking Distance Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: W. S. Merwin AML Award for poetry to Loretta Randall Sharp for "Doing It" Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Christopher Logue, "Kings" Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: James Merrill, The Inner Room Frost Medal: Denise Levertov / James Laughlin National Book Award for Poetry: No prize given Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Mark Strand Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Charles Simic: The World Doesn't End Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Hayden Carruth Whiting Awards: Emily Hiestand, Dennis Nurkse Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: William Meredith Births March 29 – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, English poet, playwright and novelist Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 8 – Jaime Gil de Biedma (born 1929), Spanish poetJaime Gil de Biedma January 25 – Dámaso Alonso (born 1898), Spanish poetDámaso Alonso Spanish writer March 13 – Teiko Tomita (born 1894), Japanese-born American poet who wrote in Japanese"Teiko Tomita" entry, p 640 in Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century, edited by Susan Ware, Stacy Lorraine Braukman; Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Harvard University Press, 2004, 978-0-674-01488-6, retrieved January 29, 2009 May 14 – Mary Oppen, 82 (born 1908), American poet, activist, artist, photographer and writer, wife of George Oppen September 5 – Frances Chung (born 1950), Chinese American poet October 12 – Nagai Tatsuo 永井龍男, used the pen-name of "Tomonkyo" for his poetry (born 1904), Japanese, Shōwa-period novelist, short-story writer, haiku poet, editor and journalist November 7 – Lawrence Durrell, 78 (born 1912), English novelist, poet, dramatist and travel writer November 11 – Yiannis Ritsos (born 1909), Greek Also: Nikos Karouzos (born 1926), Greek John Ormond (born 1923), Welsh poet and journalist See also Poetry Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards References 30em Category:20th-century poetry *