1968 in poetry

none Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1968 poetry literature Events thumb|100px|right|Robert Penn Warren in 1968 January 1 – Cecil Day-Lewis is announced as the new Poet Laureate of the UK.The Times 1968-01-02 1 57138 C Day Lewis Is Poet Laureate Rita Marshall May 19 – The Last Poets, originally comprising Felipe Luciano, Gylan Kain and David Nelson, form at Marcus Garvey Park in East Harlem, New York City, on Malcolm X's birthday. November 23 – Roy Fuller is elected professor of poetry at Oxford University (with 385 votes) to succeed Edmund Blunden, who unexpectedly left. Other nominees were Kathleen Raine, Enid Starkie and Yevgeni Yevtushenko. The Arvon Foundation is established by young poets John Fairfax and John Moat in the UK to promote creative writing. The Belfast Group, a grouping of poets in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which was started in 1963 in poetry and lapsed in 1966 when founder Philip Hobsbaum left for Glasgow, is reconstituted this year by Michael Allen, Arthur Terry, and Seamus Heaney. At various times, the group also includes Michael Longley, James Simmons, Paul Muldoon, Ciaran Carson, Stewart Parker, Bernard MacLaverty and the critic Edna Longley. Meetings are held at Seamus and Marie Heaney's house on Ashley Avenue. The group will last until 1972. The first translations and book-length discussion of Enheduanna's work is published.Hallo, William W.; Van Dijk, J.J.A. (1968). The Exaltation of Inanna. New Haven: Yale University Press. She is a Sumerian priestess and poet of the 23rd century BC and the earliest named author known to history. The Honest Ulsterman, a long-running Northern Ireland literary magazine, is established this year by James Simmons. It is then edited for 20 years by Frank Ormsby. 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 David Campbell, Selected Poems 1942–1968 Bruce Dawe An Eye for a Tooth : Poems An Eye for a Tooth : Poems by Bruce Dawe National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2096538 30 May 2024 "Drifters" "Homecoming" Rodney Hall and Thomas Shapcott, editors, New Impulses in Australian Poetry, anthology New Impulses in Australian Poetry edited by Rodney Hall and Thomas Shapcott National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/128154 11 October 2026 Gwen Harwood, Poems : Volume Two Dorothy Hewett Windmill Country Windmill Country by Dorothy Hewett National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1936568 30 May 2024 "The Witnesses" James McAuley, "Because" Canada Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968 Irving Layton, The Shattered Plinths, 60 new poems."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. Dennis Lee, Civil Elegies. Toronto: Anansi."Dennis Lee: Publications https://web.archive.org/web/20110409172935/http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/lee/pub.htm 2011-04-09 ," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, Apr. 19, 2011. Dorothy Livesay, The Documentaries."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. Poems from the 1930s and 1940s, and including "Roots", a long poem Pat Lowther, This Difficult Flowering Jay Macpherson, The Boatman and Other Poems. Toronto: Oxford UP."Jay Macpherson, 1931-", Canadian Women Poets," BrockU.ca, Web, Apr. 10, 2011 E. J. Pratt, Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt, Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan.Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt, Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan, 1968. Al Purdy, Wild Grape Wine Joe Rosenblatt, Winter of the Luna Moth. Toronto: Anansi."Joe Rosenblatt: Publications https://web.archive.org/web/20110814050155/http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/rosenblatt/pub.htm 2011-08-14 ," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011. W.W.E. Ross, Shapes & sounds: poems of W. W. E. Ross (with a portrait by Dennis Burton, a memoir by Barry Callaghan, and an editorial note by Raymond Souster and John Robert Colombo). (Toronto: Longman's)"Shapes & sounds: poems of W. W. E. Ross," OpenLibrary.org, Web, Apr. 8, 2011 Raymond Souster, Lost and Found: Uncollected Poems. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin."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. Anthologies in Canada Mary Alice Downie and Barbara Robertson, editors, The Wind Has Wings, anthology of 77 Canadian poems for children Dennis Lee, editor, T.O. Now, anthology of 13 "apprentice poets living in Toronto" India in English R. ParthasarathyPoetry from Leeds ( Poetry in English ). Leeds: Oxford University Press, UK 1968. G. S. Sharat Chandra, Bharat Natyam Dancer and Other Poems ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India .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 Deb Kumar Das, The Eye of Autumn: An Experiment in Poetry ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India' Ira De, The Hunt and Other Poems, revised edition, ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India (see also first edition 1961) Gauri Deshpande, Between Births ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India Indira Devi Dhanrajgir, Partings in Mimosa, Hyderabad Guari Deshpande, Between Births ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, IndiaP. Lal (1971), p 138 Paul Jacob, Sonnets ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, IndiaP. Lal (1971), p 218 S. R. Mokashi-Punekar, P. Lal: An Appreciation( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, IndiaP. Lal (1971), p 339 Dom Moraes, My Son's Father, autobiographyP. Lal (1971), p 335 Srinavas Rayaprol, Bones & Distances( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, IndiaP. Lal (1971), p 472 Pradip Sen, And Then the Sun, revised edition (first edition, 1960, ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Writers Workshop, IndiaP. Lal (1971), p 512 Vinay K. Varma, Poppies and AshesP. Lal (1971), p 572 Swami Vivekananda, Search of God and Other Poems, Calcutta: Advaita AshramR. Saraswathi, "The Theme of Love in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri", p 64, 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 Suniti Namjoshi and Sarojini Namjoshi, translators, Poems of Govindagraj, translated from Marathi, Calcutta: Writers Workshop, IndiaWeb page titled "Suniti Namjoshi" https://web.archive.org/web/20100202031754/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9964&x=1 2010-02-02 , Poetry International website, retrieved July 28, 2010 United Kingdom W. H. Auden: Collected Longer PoemsCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm Secondary Worlds, lecture given in October Selected Poems Dannie Abse, A Small Desperation Kingsley Amis, A Look Round the Estate Edward Brathwaite, Masks Basil Bunting, Collected Poems Charles Causley, Underneath the Water Stewart Conn, Stoats in Sunlight Tony Connor, Kon in Springtime Maureen Duffy, Lyrics for the Dog Hour D. J. Enright, Unlawful Assembly Gavin Ewart, The Deceptive Grin of the Gravel Porters James Fenton, Our Western Furniturehttp://www.jamesfenton.com/books/ James Fenton James Fenton Books by Fenton James Fenton Website (jamesfenton.com) James Fenton 2012-03-10 2012-07-30 Roy Fuller, New Poems William R. P. George - Cerddi'r Neraig Zulfikar Ghose, Jets from Orange Robert Graves, Poems 1965–1968 Harry Guest, Arrangements John Heath-Stubbs, Satires and Epigrams Adrian Henri, Tonight at Noon John Hewitt, Northern Irish poet published in the United Kingdom, The Day of the CorncrakeAbout the Society, 45 Years On Malachy McSparran http://www.antrimhistory.net/content.php?cid=48 Glens of Antrim Historical Society 2012-07-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006010526/http://www.antrimhistory.net/content.php?cid=48 2011-10-06 dead Norman Jackson, Beyond the Habit of Sense A. Norman Jeffares, A New Commentary On The Poems Of W.B. Yeats, criticismhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jun/14/guardianobituaries.obituaries Obituary: A. Norman Jeffares The Guardian London John Sutherland John Sutherland (author) 2005-04-14 2008-04-22 James Kirkup, Paper Windows George MacBeth, The Night of Stones Norman MacCaig, Rings on a Tree Derek Mahon, Night-Crossing, Oxford University Press Adrian Mitchell, Out Loud Edwin Morgan, The Second Life, his first collection and the first in Britain to be typeset by computerBritannica Book of the Year 1969, covering events of 1968, published in 1969, "Literature" article, "English" subsection, page 473 Richard Murphy, The Battle of Aughrim Ruth Pitter, Poems 1926–1966 J. H. Prynne, Kitchen Poems Edith Anne Robertson, Translations Into the Scots Tongue of Poems By Gerard Manley HopkinsPapers of Edith Anne Stewart ... http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb231ms2794andgb231ms3406 https://archive.today/20121222205858/http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb231ms2794andgb231ms3406 dead 2012-12-22 Papers of Edith Anne Stewart Robertson and James Alexander Robertson Archives Hub 2012-07-25 Muriel Spark, Collected Poems Volume 1 R. S. Thomas, Not That He Brought Flowers J. R. R. Tolkien, The Road Goes Ever On, first published in the United States 1967 Vernon Watkins, Fidelities Anthologies in the United Kingdom John Bishop, Music and Sweet Poetry, poems about music Howard Sergeant, Poetry from Africa (published in the United Kingdom), including work from Gabriel Okara (Nigeria), Gaston Bart-Williams (Sierra Leone), Kwesi Brew (Ghana) and David Rubadiri (Malawi) Jean Sergeant and Howard Sergeant, Poems from Hospital Joan Murray Simpson, Without Adam: The Femina Anthology of Poetry, poems by women United States James Agee, The Collected Poems of James Agee, including 60 poems previously unpublished in books (posthumous) A. R. Ammons, Selected Poems Paul Blackburn, In. On. Or About The Premises Gwendolyn Brooks, In the Mecca Raymond Carver, Near Klamath Stanley Cooperman, The Day of the Parrot and Other Poems Robert Creeley, Pieces Ed Dorn and Gordon Brotherston, translators, Our Word: Guerilla Poems From Latin America, GrossmanWeb page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008 Ed Dorn, Gunslinger, Black Sparrow Press Robert Duncan, Bending the Bow Allen Ginsberg, T.V. Baby Poems John Hollander, Types of Shape Etheridge Knight, Poems from Prison Rod McKuen, Lonesome Cities Archibald MacLeish, The Wild Wicked Old Man and Other Poems Ogden Nash, There's Always Another Windmill Howard Nemerov, The Winter Lightning: Selected Poems Lorine Niedecker, North Central (Fulcrum Press: London) Ned O'Gorman, The Harversters' Vase George Oppen, Of Being Numerous Kenneth Rexroth, Collected Longer Poems Charles Reznikoff, second Testimony collection Aram Saroyan, Aram Saroyan, Random House Karl Shapiro, Selected Poems (more than 200, including 25 previously unpublished) L. E. Sissman, Dying: An Introduction Mark Strand, Reasons for Moving, Canadian native published in the United States Alice Walker, Once Anthologies in the United States Paul Carroll, editor, The Young American Poets, anthology of 54 poets LeRoi Jones and Larry Neal, editors, Black Fire, an anthology of African-American poetry Phyllis McGinley, editor, Wonders and Surprises, anthology for juveniles, including poems by Elinor Wylie, E. B. White, Langston Hughes and T. S. Eliot Other in English Edward Brathwaite, Masks, second part of his The Arrivants trilogy, which also includes Rights of Passage (1967) and Islands (1969), Caribbean"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 Kendrick Smithyman, Flying to Palmerston, Christchurch: Auckland University & Oxford University Press, New Zealand Richard Murphy, The Battle of Aughrim, IrelandCrotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, 0-85640-561-2 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 Per Højholt, Turbo Hans Jørgen Nielsen, Fra luften i munden Thorkild Bjørnvig, Ravnen French language Canada, in French Jean-Guy Pilon, Comme eau retenue : poèmes 1954-1963, Montréal: l'HexagoneWeb page titled "Jean-Guy Pilon" https://web.archive.org/web/20110706164351/http://www.academiedeslettresduquebec.ca/jeanguy_pilon.html 2011-07-06 at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010 Yves Préfontaine, Pays sans parole France P. Albert-Birot, Poètes d'aujourd'hui (posthumous), edited by J. Follain Marc Alyn, La Nuit majeure J. Berthet: Poèsiepures Quelconqueries J. Bancal, L'Épreuve du feu André du Bouchet, OU LE SOLEILAuster, 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 A. Bosquet, Quatre Testaments et autres poèmes Andrée Chedid, Contre–ChantBree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983 Rene Char, Dans la pluie giboyeuse C. Fourcade, De Lumière et de nuit L. Foucher, Argyne et les Gypaètes, third part of a trilogy André Frénaud, La Sainte Face Armel Lubin, Feux contre feux F. Millepierres, Cheval noir et cheval blanc Raymond Queneau, Battre la campagne G. Puel, La Lumière du jour Denis Roche, Éros énergumène Jean Tardieu, Le Fleuve caché German language Paul Celan, Threadsuns (Fadensonnen) Hebrew A. Shlonsky, Mishiai ha-Perozdor ha-Aroch ("From the Poems of the Long Corridor") A. Gilboa, Lichtov Siftai Yeshainim ("To Write from the Lips of the Sleepers"), Israel Haim Gouri, Tenua le-Maga ("A Move to Touch")http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=101 Archived copy 2007-10-06 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024232/http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=101 2007-09-30 Web page titled "Haim Gouri" at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Web site, accessed October 6, 2007 A. Halfi, Mivhar Shirimx ("Selected Poems") A. Kovner, Ahot Ketana ("Little Sister") B. Galai, Massa Zafonah ("Northward Journey") D. Pagis, Shirai Levi Ibn Altabban (prose), a study of the Medieval Hebrew poet's work India Listed in alphabetical order by first name: Buddhidhari Singha, Sarasayya, a long poem published as a book; Maithili-languageDas, 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 Nilmani Phookan, Aru Ki Naisabda, Guwahati, Assam: Dutta Barua; India, 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 Varavara Rao (better known as "VV"), Chali Negallu or Chalinegallu ("Camp Fires"), Hanamkonda: Svecha Sahiti; India, 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 Italy Giorgio Vigolo, La luce ricorda, collection of poems from 1923 and after Sergio Solmi, Dal balcone Giovanni Testori, L'amore Giuseppe Guglielmi, it Panglosse blandimentis oramentis coeteris meretriciis Andrea Zalzotto, La beltà Franco Fortini, Una volta per sempre Angela Giannitrapani, Professione di poesia Norway Arnulf Øverland, De hundrede fioliner: Dikt i utvalg (posthumous) Tor Obrestad, Vårt daglige brød Arnljot Eggen, Roller og røynd Hallvard Lie, Norsk verslære, a scholarly study on Norwegian poetry Portuguese language Brazil João Cabral de Melo Neto, Complete Works Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos and Boris Schnaiderman, editors: An anthology of modern Russian poetry from Symbolism to the present in Portuguese Traduzir e Trovar, an anthology of translated poetry, including poetry from France, Italy and England. Criticism and theory Augusto de Campos, O balanço da Bossa, a study of the relationship of Brazilian popular music to "vanguardist" poetry Luiz Costa Lima, Lira e Antilira, essays on modern Brazilian poetry Décio Pignatari, Informação, Linguagem, Communicação, critical study of vanguardist art and mass culture Russia Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Selected Lyrics 1959-67 Alexander Mezhirov, Лебяжий переулок ("Swan's Lane"), Russia, Soviet Union Robert Rozhdestvensky, Poem from Various Points of View Yaroslav Smelyakov, December, poems published serially in the periodical Friendship Between the Peoples last year and this year Spanish language Rafael Méndez Dorich, Cantos Rodados (Lima), PeruWeb page titled "Rafael Méndez Dorich," Sol Negro website, retrieved August 20, 2011 Nicanor Parra, Canciones rusas, Chile Emma Godoy, a book interpreting of "Muerte sin fin" by José Gorostiza, Mexico Sweden Lars Forssell, a book of poetry Johannes Edfelt, a book of poetry Petter Bergman, a book of poetry Lars Gustalfsson, a book of poetry Yiddish United States Jacob Glatstein, a book of poems Aaron Zeitlin, Poems of the Holocaust and Poems of Faith Ephraim Auerbach he אפרים אוירבך, a book of poems Israel Jacob Schwartz, a book of poems Itsik Manger, a book of poems Eliezer Greenberg, a book of poems Rachel Korn, a book of poems Aaron Glanz-Leyeles, I Do Remember (posthumous) Israel Malka Locker, a book of poems Leyb Olitski pl Lejb Olicki he לייב אוליצקי, a book of poems Avrom Lev, a book of poems I. Manik, a book of poems Binem Heller, a book of poems Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim, a book of poems Abraham Sutzkever, Square Letters and Miracles Soviet Union Itsik Feffer, a book of poems Ziame Telesin he זיאמה טלסין, a book of poems Mendl Lifshits, a book of poems Poland Eliyohu Reyzman, a book of poems Paltiel Tsibulski, a book of poems (posthumous) Other languages Nizar Qabbani, Diary of an Indifferent Woman, Syrian poet writing in Arabic Awards and honors Australia Grace Leven Prize for Poetry: David Campbell, Selected Poems 1942–1968 Canada See 1968 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Canadian Centennial Commission poetry competition: First prize: Margaret Atwood, The Animals in That Country United Kingdom Cholmondeley Award: Harold Massingham, Edwin Morgan Eric Gregory Award: James Aitchison, Douglas Dunn, Brian Jones Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Robert Graves United States American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, W. H. Auden Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): William Jay Smith appointed this year. National Book Award for Poetry: Robert Bly, The Light Around the Body Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Anthony Hecht, The Hard Hours Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Stanley Kunitz Births July 2 – A. E. Stallings, American poetWeb page titled "Archive: A. E. Stallings (1968- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008 Dates not known: Mark Bibbins, American poet Nan Cohen, American poet Jun Er, Chinese poetPatten, Simon, "Jun Er" https://web.archive.org/web/20110727181626/http://china.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=6230 2011-07-27 , article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008 Patrick McGuinness, English poet and academic Michael Teig, American poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 1 – Donagh MacDonagh, 55, Irish poet, playwright and judge January 13 – William Williams (Crwys), 93, Welsh poet January 14 – Dorothea Mackellar, 82, Australian poet and writer January 18 – Gamel Woolsey, 72, American poet and writer, in Spain January 20 – David Derek Stacton, 42, American novelist, historian and poet January 25 – Yvor Winters, 67, American literary critic and poet February 16 – Jaime Sabartés, 55, Spanish poet and longtime secretary to Pablo Picasso March 16 – Gunnar Ekelöf, 60, Swedish poet March 25 – Arnulf Øverland, 78, Norwegian poet April 26 – Donald Davidson, 74, American poet, essayist, social and literary critic and author, organizer of the Nashville circle of poets called the Fugitives and an overlapping group, the Southern Agrarians April 28 – Winfield Townley Scott, 58, American poet May – Erik Lindegren 58, Swedish poet May 9 – George Dillon, 62, American poet and editor June 1 – Witter Bynner, 86, American poet, writer and scholar June 8 – Mira Mendelson, 53 (born 1915), Russian poet, writer, translator and librettist, heart attack June 12 – Sir Herbert Read, 74, English poet and critic of literature and art June 14 – Salvatore Quasimodo, 66, Italian poet June 17 – Aleksei Kruchenykh, 82, Russian Futurist poet November 17 – Mervyn Peake, 57, British modernist writer, artist, poet and illustrator December 10 – Thomas Merton, 53 (born 1915), American poet, author and Roman Catholic monk, in a freak accident in a visit to Bangkok, Thailand December 24 – D. Gwenallt Jones, 69, Welsh poet date not known – Eckart Peterich (born 1900), German poet See also Poetry Poetry List of poetry awards List of years in poetry References Lal, P., Modern Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology & a Credo, p .........., Calcutta: Writers Workshop, second edition, 1971 (however, on page 597 an "editor's note" states contents "on the following pages are a supplement to the first edition" and is dated "1972"); hereafter: "P. Lal (1971)" * Category:20th-century poetry