1947 in poetry

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Years in poetry:	1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
Years in literature:	1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
Decades in poetry:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Centuries in poetry:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years:	1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950

Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 3 Awards and honors 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 See also

[edit] Events

• Dorothy Parker divorces Alan Campbell for the first time.

[edit] Works published

• Kingsley Amis, Bright November
• W.H. Auden, "The Age of Anxiety"
• Cleanth Brooks, The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry
• Richard Eberhart, Burr Oaks, including "The Fury of Aerial Bombardment"
• Paul Hiebert, Sara Binks, "the sweet songstess of Saskatchewan"
• Weldon Kees, The Fall of Magicians (his second book of poetry)
• Philip Larkin, A Girl in Winter
• Louis MacNeice, The Dark Tower
• Howard Nemerov, The Image of the Law
• Stephen Spender, Poems of Dedication

[edit] Awards and honors

• Frost Medal: Gustav Davidson
• Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Robert Lowell appointed this year.
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Lowell, Lord Weary's Castle

[edit] Births

• January 2 — AI, born "Florence Anthony", an American poet who legally changed her name
• May 23 — Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (died 1995)
• November 13 — John Steffler, Canadian poet and novelist
• December 26 — Liz Lochhead Scottish poet and dramatist
• date not known:
  • Cheryl Clarke
  • Yusef Komunyakaa — American poet, academic and recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
  • Al Moritz
  • Molly Peacock — American poet of the New Formalist school and nonfiction writer
  • Charlie Smith
  • Rosemary Sullivan — Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist

[edit] Deaths

• December 19 — Duncan Campbell Scott, Canadian poet and writer
• date not known:
  • Anna Wickham, British poet
  • Richard Le Gallienne, English writer and poet

[edit] See also

• Poetry
• List of poetry awards
• List of years in poetry