1961 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 |
| Years in literature: | 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 |
| 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: | 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 |
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[edit] Events
- Sylvia Plath suffers a miscarriage
- Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop buy a secondhand printing press and start Burning Deck magazine in the United States.
[edit] Works published
- Paul Blackburn, The Nets
- Leonard Cohen, The Spice-Box of Earth
- August Derleth, editor, Fire and Sleet and Candlelight
- Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), Helen in Egypt
- Allen Ginsberg, Kaddish and Other Poems
- Thom Gunn, My Sad Captains
- LeRoi Jones, Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note
- Lorine Niedecker, My Friend Tree (published with help from Ian Hamilton Finlay)
- R.S. Thomas, Tares, [Corn-weed]
[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"): Louis Untermeyer appointed this year.
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Phyllis McGinley: Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades
- Bollingen Prize: Yvor Winters
- Eric Gregory Award: Adrian Mitchell, Geoffrey Hill
- National Book Award for Poetry: Randall Jarrell, The Woman at the Washington Zoo
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Horace Gregory
[edit] Births
- date not known:
- Gitaujali Badruddin
- Denise Duhamel
- Steven Heighton, Canadian novelist and poet.
- Maggie Helwig, Canadian novelist and poet.
[edit] Deaths
- September 27 - Hilda Doolittle, aka "H.D.", 75, American poet, novelist and memoirist, of a heart attack
- December 24 — Robert Hillyer, 66, American poet
- date not known — Kenneth Fearing, American poet and writer
