1942 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 |
| Years in literature: | 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- George Oppen joins the U.S. Army.
[edit] Works published
- John Berryman, Poems
- Earle Birney , David and Other Poems
- Walter De la Mare, Collected Poems
- T. S. Eliot, "Little Gidding", published in New English Weekly
- John Heath-Stubbs, Wounded Thammuz
- Patrick Kavanagh, The Great Hunger
- Alun Lewis, Raiders' Dawn, on a soldier's life in the World War II
- Erik Lindegren, Manen utan väg ("The Man Without a Way"), Sweden
- Leslie Norris, Tongue of Beauty
- Henry Reed, "The Naming of Parts", published in the New Statesman
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] United States
- Frost Medal: Edgar Lee Masters
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: William Rose Benet, The Dust Which Is God
[edit] Births
- March 23 — Ama Ata Aidoo Ghanaian author, poet and playwright
- October 23 — Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, academic and critic.
- November 9 — Karin Kiwus, German
- November 11 — William Matthews, American poet and essayist
- November 19 — Sharon Olds, American poet
- date not known:
- Gladys Cardiff, American poet and academic
- Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and prose writer
- Stuart Dybek, American poet and author
- Mark DeFoe
- Douglas Eaglesham Dunn
- Jennifer Footman
- Marilyn Hacker, American poet, critic, and reviewer
- David Henderson, poet associated with the Umbra workshop and Black Arts Movement
- Pat Mora, female Mexican-American author and poet
- Arthur Nortje, South African poet (died 1970)
- Henry Taylor
- Jakob van Hoddis (born 1887), German
[edit] Deaths
- February 2 — Daniil Kharms, 36, early Soviet-era surrealist and absurdist poet, writer, dramatist, and founder of OBERIU poetry school, probably of starvation in his cell at a Leningrad asylum, after his arrest
- March 28 — Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet
- April 24 — Lucy Maud Montgomery, known as "L.M. Montgomery", a Canadian poet and author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables
- May 26 — Libero Bovio, Italian poet in the Neapolitan dialect
- March 28 — Miguel Hernández, 31, Spanish poet, from tuberculosis in harsh conditions during his imprisonment in Spain
- date not known:
- Konstantin Balmont, poet
- William Baylebridge, the pseudonym of Charles William Blocksidge, an Australian poet and short story writer
- John Straw Nielson
[edit] See also
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