1958 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
| Years in literature: | 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
| 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: | 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
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[edit] Events
- Brazilian manifesto for concrete poetry, which focuses on visual and other sensory qualities
- Ezra Pound is released from St. Elizabeths Hospital, an insane asylum in Maryland, after spending 12 years there (starting in 1946).
[edit] Works published
- Djuna Barnes, The Antiphon a surrealist verse play
- John Betjeman, Collected Poems
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A Coney Island of the Mind
- Howard Nemerov, Mirrors and Windows
- Eli Siegel, Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana: Poems
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] United States
- 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 Frost appointed this year.
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry: Conrad Aiken
- National Book Award for Poetry: Robert Penn Warren, Promises: Poems, 1954-1956
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stanley Kunitz, Selected Poems 1928-1958
- Bollingen Prize: E.E. Cummings
[edit] Births
- April 15 — Benjamin Zephaniah, British dub poet
- April 15 — Anne Michaels, Canadian poet and novelist.
- November 27 — Andrew Waterhouse
- date not known:
- Jill Battson
- Lionel Fogarty, poet
- Harold Rhenisch
- Margaret Smith, poet
[edit] Deaths
- January 3— Gerald William Bullett, 64
- March 24 — Seamus O'Sullivan, Irish poet
- May 5 — James Branch Cabell, 79, whose 52 books included poetry, of a cerebral hemorrhage (to help people remember the pronunciation of his name, he composed the ditty, "Tell the rabble my name is CA-bell.")
- June 28 — Alfred Noyes, English poet (according to some sources, he died on June 25, but others, including Encyclopedian Britannica give June 28)
- September 11 — Robert W. Service, 84, Scots-Canadian poet who wrote The Cremation of Sam McGee
- October 29 — Zoë Rumbold Akins, 72
- December 20 — Sir John Collings Squire, British poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor.
[edit] See also
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