1985 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 |
| Years in literature: | 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 |
| 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: | 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 |
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[edit] Events
- The term "New Formalism" was first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in the May 1985 issue of the AWP Newsletter in an attack on the poetry movement. The term was adopted as the name of the movement by those in it.
- A memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm, Scotland.
- Boulevard magazine founded at St. Louis University by Richard Burgin.
[edit] Works published
- John Ashbery, April Galleons
- Paul Blackburn, The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn
- Raymond Carver, Where Water Comes Together With Other Water
- Maxine Chernoff, New Faces of 1952 (Ithaca House)
- Amy Clampitt, What the Light was Like
- Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, Elegies
- Robert Hayden, Collected Poems (posthumously published)
- Dimitris P. Kraniotis, Traces
- William Logan, Difficulty
- James Merrill, Late Settings
- Lorine Niedecker, From This Condensery and The Granite Pail (posthumous)
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg, The Lamplit Answer
- Elizabeth Smart, In the Meantime
- Stephen Spender, Collected Poems 1947-80
- R.S. Thomas, Ingrowing Thoughts
[edit] Spain
- Matilde Camus, Cristales como enigmas ("Glasses as enigma")
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Kevin Hart, Your Shadow; Rosemary Dobson, The Three Fates
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, Kevin Hart, Your Shadow
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Doris Brett, The Truth about Unicorns
[edit] Canada
- See 1985 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Dannie Abse, Peter Redgrove, Brian Taylor
- Eric Gregory Award: Graham Mort, Adam Thorpe, Pippa Little, James Harpur, Simon North, Julian May
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Liz Rosenberg, The Fire Music
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Robert Penn Warren
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: James Schuyler, "A Few Days"
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Gwendolyn Brooks appointed this year.
- Frost Medal: Robert Penn Warren
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Carolyn Kizer: Yin
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Amy Clampitt and Maxine Kumin
[edit] Deaths
- January 31 — F. R. Scott, 85
- January 16 — Robert Fitzgerald, 74, American poet and translator of ancient Greek and Latin.
- April 17 — Basil Bunting, 85
- May 25 — Robert Nathan, 91, of kidney failure
- August 14 — Alfred Hayes, 74, of menengitis, poet of the labor song "Joe Hill"
- October 31 — Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek
- November 25 — Geoffrey Grigson, 80
- December 2 — Philip Larkin, 63, of throat cancer, English poet
- December 7 — Robert Graves, 90, English writer and poet
- date not known — Josephine Miles, of pneumonia, poet and literary critic
- date not known — J.V. Cunningham
