1952 in poetry

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Years in poetry:	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Years in literature:	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Decades in poetry:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Centuries in poetry:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

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

[edit] Events

• E. E. Cummings is appointed to a Charles Eliot Norton Professorship at Harvard.

[edit] Works published

• David Jones, The Anathemata
• Dylan Thomas, In Country Sleep, including the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"

[edit] Awards and honors

• 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 Carlos Williams appointed this year (but did not serve).
• Bollingen Prize: Marianne Moore
• Frost Medal: Carl Sandburg
• National Book Award for Poetry: Marianne Moore, Collected Poems
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Marianne Moore, Collected Poems
• King's Gold Medal for Poetry: Andrew Young

[edit] Births

• January 17 — Barry Dempster, a Canadian poet and novelist
• January 24 — Alice Fulton, an American poet, author, and MacArthur Foundation fellow
• March 12 — Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet and songwriter born to a Palestinian father and American mother
• June 5 — Mark Jarman, American poet and critic often identified with the "New Narrative" branch of the New Formalism
• August 5 — D. C. Reid, a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer
• August 28 — Rita Dove, an African American poet and author and former Poet Laureate of the United States
• October 26 — Andrew Motion English poetry poet, novelist and biographer and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.
• December 20 — Sky Gilbert, a Canadian poet, writer, actor, academic and drag performer
• date not known:
  • Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and writer
  • Roo Borson, American-born Canadian poet
  • Judith Ortiz Cofer born in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, an author of poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and young adult novels
  • Jan Horner
  • Carole Langille
  • Dorianne Laux, American poet
  • Malca Litovitz
  • Alberto Rios American poet and writer
  • Carolyn Smart, English-Canadian poet and educator
  • Gary Soto, Mexican-American poet and author
  • Susan Stewart — American poet, academic and literary critic
  • Maxine Chernoff — American poet and writer

[edit] Deaths

• September 26 — George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist
• November 16 — Charles Maurras, 84, French author, poet, and critic
• November 18 — Paul Éluard, 56, French poet who broke with Surrealism when he became a Stalinist
• November 23 — Aaro Hellaakoski, Finnish poet
• date not known:
  • Roger Vitrac, poet and dramatist
  • Arthur Sheerly Cripps

[edit] See also

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