1962 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 |
| Years in literature: | 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s |
| Years: | 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 |
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[edit] Events
- Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath separate
- American poet Robert Frost visits Russian poet Anna Akhmatova in her dacha
[edit] Works published
- Benjamin Britten, War Requiem, including settings for Wilfred Owen's poems
- Robert Frost, In the Clearing
- Thom Gunn, My Sad Captains
- Kenneth Koch, Thank You
- Anne Sexton, All My Pretty Ones, including "The Truth the Dead Know"
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] United Kingdom
- Eric Gregory Award: Donald Thomas, James Simmons, Brian Johnson (poet, Jenny Joseph
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Christopher Fry
[edit] United States
- Bollingen Prize: John Hall Wheelock and Richard Eberhart
- National Book Award for Poetry: Alan Dugan, Poems
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Alan Dugan: Poems
[edit] Births
- December 6 — Julia Kasdorf, is an American poet
- date not known:
- Elizabeth Alexander (poet)
- Paul Beatty, African-American poet and author
- Stacy Doris
- Virgil Suárez
[edit] Deaths
- January 20 — Robinson Jeffers, 85, American poet
- May 26 — Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, 83, English poet
- July 27 — Richard Aldington, 70, English writer and poet
- September 3 — e. e. cummings, at 67, American poet, of a stroke;
- November 3 — Ralph Hodgson, 91, English poet
- December 3 — Dame Mary Gilmore, 97, Australian socialist, poet and journalist
