1938 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 |
| Years in literature: | 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] Works published
- Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, editors, Understanding Poetry (appearing thereafter in revised editions to 1976)
- Louis MacNeice, The Earth Compels
- W.B. Yeats, New Poems, including "Lapis Lazuli"
[edit] Awards and honors
- Hawthornden Prize - David Jones for In Parenthesis
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Marya Zaturenska: Cold Morning Sky
[edit] Births
- February 22 — Ishmael Reed, American poet, essayist and novelist
- May 9 — Charles Simic, American poet
- May 25 — Raymond Carver (died in 1988), American short-story writer and poet
- June 13 — John Newlove (died in 2003), Canadian poet
- July 19 - Dom Moraes (died in 2004), Indian writer, poet and columnist
- date not known:
- Michael Harper (poet)
- Frances Horovitz English poet, broadcaster and performer of poetry.
- Keroapetse Kgositsile
- Deena Linett
- Leslie Allan Murray
- George Thaniel
[edit] Deaths
- March 1 — Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian poet, writer, novelist, dramatist, daredevil
- April 15 — César Vallejo, Peruvian poet
- April 19 — Sir Henry Newbolt, English author and poet
- June 26 — James Weldon Johnson African-American author, poet, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance, best known for his writing, including novels, poems, and collections of folklore
- October 27 — Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets".
- December 7 — Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet, essayist and one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school of poets.
