1982 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 |
| Years in literature: | 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s |
| Years: | 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Final edition of This Magazine published.
- March 1 - Dylan Thomas was posthumously honoured by a floor plaque in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey
- The New Criterion founded in New York City
[edit] Works published
[edit] English language
- A.R. Ammons, Worldly Hopes
- Margaret Avison, Winter Sun /The Dumbfounding: Poems 1940-66
- Louise Simone Bennett, Selected Poems
- Hilda Doolittle ("H.D."), Notes on Thought and Vision (posthumous), written in 1919
- Jane Hirshfield, Alaya
- William Logan, Sad-faced Men
- James Merrill The Changing Light at Sandover, an epic poem
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Portraits and Elegies
- Elizabeth Smart, Eleven Poems
[edit] Prose
- William Meredith, Reasons for Poetry, and The Reason for Criticism
[edit] Spain
- Matilde Camus:
- Testimonio ("Testimony")
- La preocupación de Miguel Ángel ("The concern of Miguel Angel")
[edit] Other
- Gitaujali Badruddin, Poems of Gitaujali (posthumously published)
- Odysseus Elytis, Three Poems under a Flag of Convenience (Τρία ποιήματα με σημαία ευκαιρίας)
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] Australia
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Fay Zwicky, Kaddish and Other Poems
[edit] Canada
- See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Basil Bunting, Herbert Lomas, William Scammell
- Eric Gregory Award: Steve Ellis, Jeremy Reed, Alison Brackenbury, Neil Astley, Chris O’Neill, Joseph Bristow, John Gibbens, James Lasdun
[edit] United States
- Academy of American Poets Fellowship: John Ashbery and John Frederick Nims
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Lawrence Joseph, Shouting at No One
- American Book Award: William Bronk for Life Supports (April 27)
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Gerald Stern, "Father Guzman"
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Anthony Hecht appointed this year.
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: John Frederick Nims and John Ashbery
[edit] Deaths
- January 19 — Maria Zaturenska, 80, of heart failure
- March 11 — Horace Gregory, 83
- April 20 — Archibald MacLeish, 89
- June 6 — Kenneth Rexroth, 76, of a heart ailment
- June 18 — Djuna Barnes, 90, American writer and poet
- October 22 — Richard Hugo, 58, of leukemia
- November 13 — Babette Deutsch, 87
- date not known — Edgell Rickword
- date not known — P'Bitek
