1978 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Margaret Avison, Sunblue[1]
- Earle Birney, Fall by Fury & Other Makings. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.[2]
- Dionne Brand, Fore Day Morning: Poems
- William Wilfred Campbell, Vapour and Blue: Souster selects Campbell. Raymond Souster ed. Paget Press.[3]
- Leonard Cohen, Death of a Lady's Man[1]
- Don Domanski, Heaven
- Phyllis Gotlieb, The Works: Collected Poems
- George Benson Johnston, Taking a Grip: Poems 1971-78.[4]
- Irving Layton, The Love Poems of Irving Layton. Toronto: Canadian Fine Editions.[5]
- Irving Layton, The Tightrope Dancer. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.[5]
- Dennis Lee, The Gods. Vancouver: Kanchenjunga Press.[6]
- Pat MacKay, The Pat Lowther Poem
- Sean O'Huigin, The Inks and the Pencils and the Looking Back
- Michael Ondaatje, Elimination Dance/La danse eliminatoire, Ilderton: Nairn Coldstream; revised edition, Brick, 1980[7]
- Craig Powell, Rehearsal for Dancers
- Al Purdy, Being Alive
- Joe Rosenblatt, Loosely Tied Hands. Black Moss.[8]
- A.J.M. Smith The Classic Shade: Selected Poems
- Peter Trower, Bush Poems
- Sean Virgo, Deathwatch on Skidegate Narrows
- Miriam Waddington, Mister Never
- Wilfred Watson, I Begin With Counting
- George Woodcock:
- The Kestrel and Other Poems of Past and Present. Sunderland, Durham: Coelfrith Press, Canada[9]
- Thomas Merton, Monk and Poet: A Critical Study, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, and Seattle: University of Washington Press, criticism[9]
- Alan Brunton, Oh Ravachol, Red Mole[14]
- Peter Ackroyd, Country Life[13]
- Al Alvarez, Autumn to Autumn and Selected Poems 1953–1976[13]
- Gillian Clarke, The Sundial,[13] Welsh
- D. J. Enright, Paradise Illustrated[13]
- Gavin Ewart, All My Little Ones (see also More Little Ones 1982)[13]
- James Fenton, A Vacant Possession, poems, TNR Publications[15]
- Roy Fisher, The Thing About Joe Sullivan[13]
- Geoffrey Grigson, The Fiesta and Other Poems[13]
- Tony Harrison, From the School of Eloquence, and Other Poems[13]
- Seamus Heaney, After Summer, Gallery Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
- John Heath-Stubbs, The Watchman's Flute
- Geoffrey Hill, Tenebrae,[13] including the sonnet sequences "Lachrimae" and "An Apology for the Rivival of Christian Architecture in England"
- Ted Hughes:
- Cave Birds[13]
- Moon-Bells, and Other Poems, for children[13]
- A. Norman Jeffares, W.B. Yeats: Man And Poet, United Kingdom, biography, revision of the first edition of 1948[16]
- Jenny Joseph, The Thinking Heart[13]
- Philip Larkin, Femmes Damnees[13]
- Liz Lochhead, Islands[13]
- George MacBeth, Buying a Heart (first published in the United States 1977)[13]
- Hugh MacDiarmid, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve, Collected Poems 1920–1976,[13] two volumes (posthumous)
- John Montague, The Great Cloak
- Andrew Motion, The Pleasure Steamers[13]
- Norman Nicholson, The Shadow of Black Combe[13]
- Tom Paulin, Personal Column,[13] Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
- Craig Raine, The Onion, Memory[13]
- Carol Rumens, A Necklace of Mirrors[13]
- Jon Stallworthy, A Familiar Tree[13]
- D. M. Thomas, The Honeymoon Voyage[13]
- R.S. Thomas, Frequencies[13]
- Jeffrey Wainwright, Heart's Desire
- Maya Angelou, And Still I Rise
- Paul Blackburn, translator (posthumous), Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry
- Joseph Payne Brennan, As Evening Advances (Crystal Visions Press)
- Robert Creeley:
- Ed Dorn:
- Hello, La Jolla, Wingbow Press,[18] ISBN 978-0-914728-24-5
- Selected Poems, edited by Donald Allen, Grey Fox Press[18]
- Cynthia Dubin Edelberg, Robert Creeley's Poetry: A Critical Introduction, Albuquerque, New Mexico (criticism)[17]
- Nikki Giovanni, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day
- John Hollander, Spectral Emanations
- James McMichael, The Lover’s Familiar
- James Merrill, Mirabell: Books of Number
- W. S. Merwin, Feathers From the Hill, Iowa City, Iowa: Windhover[19]
- Eugenio Montale, The Storm & Other Poems, translated by Charles Wright into English from the original Italian; Oberlin College Press, ISBN 0-932440-01-0
- Mary Oliver:
- The Night Traveler
- Twelve Moons
- George Oppen, Primitive (Black Sparrow Press)
- Mary Oppen (George Oppen's wife), Meaning a Life, a memoir (Black Sparrow Press)
- Adrienne Rich, The Dream of a Common Language
- Peter Seaton, Agreement (New York: Asylum's Press)[20]
- Patti Smith, Babel
- William Stafford, Stories That Could Be True
- Mark Strand, The Late Hour, Canadian native living in and published in the United States
- Rosmarie Waldrop, The Road Is Everywhere or Stop This Body (Open Places)
- James Wright, To a Blossoming Pear Tree
- Louis Zukofsky:
- A (University of California Press)
- 80 Flowers
Other in English
Works in other languages
Listed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Nazir Qabbani, Syrian:
- I Love You, and the Rest is to Come
- To Beirut the Feminine, With My Love
- May You Be My Love For Another Year
French language
- Yves Bonnefoy, Poèmes (1947–1975)
- Jean-Pierre Faye, Verres
- Jean Daive, Le cri-cerveau[21]
- Philippe Denis, Revif[21]
- Emmanuel Hocquard, Les Dernieres nouvelles de l'expédition sont datées du 15 février 17 [...][21]
- Edmond Jabès, Le Soupçon Le Désert[21]
- Joyce Mansour, Faire Signe au machiniste
- Robert Marteau, Traité du blanc et des tientures[21]
- Yves Martin, Je fais bouillir mon vin
- Claude Royet-Journoud, La Notion d'obstacle[21]
- Jean Max Tixier, editor, Poètes de sud, anthology; publisher: Rijois
- Alain Veinstein, Vers l'absence de soutien[21]
- Marcel Bélanger:
- Fragments paniques
- Infranoir
- Normand de Bellefeuille, La Belle Conduite
German language
- Alfred Andersch, ''Empōrt euch der Himmel ist blau
- Ingeborg Bachmann, works, in a four-volume edition
- Konrad Beyer, Gesamtwerk
- Nicolas Born, Gedichte 1967-1978
- Erich Fried, Die bunten Getûme
- J. Hans, U. Herms, and R. Thenior, Lyrik-Katalog Bundesrepublik, anthology[22]
- Thomas Mann, Tagebücher 1933-1934
- Johannes Schenk, Zittern
- Kurt Tucholsky, Die Q-Tagebücher 1934-1935
Criticism, scholarship and biography in Germany
- Walter Hinck, Von Heine zu Brecht. Lyrik im Geschichtsprozess (scholarship)[23]
- Walter Hinderer, editor, Gesch. der politschen Lyrik in Deutschland, Stuttgart (scholarship)[23]
- William H. Rey, Poesie der Antipoesie: Moderne deutsche Lyrik Genesis, Theorie, Struktur, Heidelberg, ISBN 3-7988-0520-2 (scholarship)[23]
Hebrew language
- D. Avidan, a poetry book
- P. Sadeh, a poetry book
- E. Megged, a poetry book
- M. Ben-Shaul, a poetry book
- Zelda (poet), a poetry book
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
- Buddhidhari Singha, Smrti-Sahasri, a kavya, Maithili-language[24]
- Debarati Mitra, Jubaker Snan, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers, Kolkata; Bengali-language[25]
- Dilip Chitre, Kavitenantarchya Kavita, Vacha Prakashan, Aurangabad; Marathi-language[26]
- Jaya Mehta, Venetian Blind; Indian poet writing in Gujarati[27]
- K. Satchidanandan, Indian Sketchukal, ("Indian Sketches"); Malayalam-language[28]
- K. Siva Reddy, Netra Dhanussu, Hyderabad: Jhari Poetry Circle, Telugu-language[29]
- Nirendranath Chakravarti, Aaj Shokaaley, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-language[30]
- Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Moe-n jo dado poems read on cassette; Gujarati-language[31]
- Varavara Rao (better known as "VV"), Swechcha or Svecha ("Freedom"), Hyderabad: Yuga Prachuranalu; Telugu-language[32]
- Stanisław Barańczak, Sztuczne oddychanie ("Artificial Respiration"), London: Aneks[33]
- Ryszard Krynicki, Nasze zycie rośnie. Wiersze ("Our Life is Growing: Poems"); Paris: Instytut Literacki[34]
- Ewa Lipska, Piaty wybor wierszy, ("Fifth Collection of Verse"); Warsaw: Czytelnik[35]
- Z. Jarosiński and H. Zawarska, editors, Antologia polskiego futuryzmu i Nowej Sztuki, anthology[36]
- Adam Zagajewski, List ("A Letter"), Poznañ: Od Nowa[37]
- Rui Knopfli, O Escriba Acocorado (Portugal)
- Waldimir Diniz, Até o 8° round (Brazilian)
- Cassiano Nunes, Madrugada (Brazilian)
- Accioly Lopes, his first volume of verse (Brazilian)
Spanish language
- Eduardo Haro Ibars, Perdiddas blancas
- Féliz de Asúa, Pasar y siete canciones (he also published a novel this year, Les lecciones suspendidas)
- Luis Antonio de Villena, Viaje a Bizancio
- Pere Gimferrer, a collection of his verse translated from Catalan to Castilian by the author
- García Hortelano, editor, anthology of verse by the Generation of the '50s, including Caballero Bonald, Ángel González, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Carlos Barral
- Tomas Tranströmer, Sanningsbarriāren
- Tobias Berggren, Bergsmusik
- Eva Runefelt, Aldriga och barnsliga trakter
- Shoyme Roitman, a poetry book
- Rachel Boymvol, a poetry book
- Jacob Shargel, a poetry book
- Hayyim Plotkin, a poetry book
Other
Awards and honors
Other
Births
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 20 – Gilbert Highet, 71, Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian, of cancer
- February 22 – Phyllis McGinley, 72 (born 1905, American children's story writer and poet
- March 19 – Faith Baldwin, 84
- March 22 – John Hall Wheelock, 91, American poet
- April 14 – F.R. Leavis, 82, English literary critic
- May 1 – Sylvia Townsend Warner, 84, English novelist and poet
- May 12 – Louis Zukofsky, 74, American modernist poet
- July 2 – Aris Alexandrou, Greek
- June 3 – Frank Stanford, 29, American poet, by suicide
- September 9 – Hugh MacDiarmid, 86, Scottish poet
Notes
- ^ a b Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-1-4051-1361-8, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
- ^ "Earle Birney: Published Works," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 3, 2011.
- ^ "Notes on Life and Works," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ^ James Steele, "Johnston, George Benson," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1114.
- ^ a b "Irving Layton: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ^ "Dennis Lee: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, Apr. 19, 2011.
- ^ Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
- ^ "Joe Rosenblatt: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Web page titled "The Works of George Woodcock" at the Anarchy Archives website, which states: "This list is based on The Record of George Woodcock (issued for his eightieth birthday) and Ivan Avakumovic's bibliography in A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock, edited by W.H. New, 1978, with additions to bring it up to date"; accessed April 24, 2008
- ^ a b c Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0-391-03286-0, ISBN 978-0-391-03286-6), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ^ Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0-85640-561-2
- ^ Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy" at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
- ^ [1] Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
- ^ "Obituary: A. Norman Jeffares", The Guardian, by John Sutherland, June 14, 2005, accessed April 22, 2008
- ^ a b Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
- ^ a b Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "W. S. Merwin (1927- )" at the Poetry Foundation Web site, retrieved June 8, 2010
- ^ available complete and online courtesy of Eclipse. This takes you to a list of authors published at the Eclipse site, scroll down for the Seaton publications
- ^ a b c d e f g Auster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 ISBN 0-394-52197-8
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Anthologies in German" section, pp 473-474
- ^ a b c Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Criticism in German" section, p 474
- ^ Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 9788172017989, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
- ^ Web page title "Debarati Mitra", at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 8, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Dilip Chitre", Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- ^ Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "K. Satchidanandan", Poetry International website, retrieved July 11, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "K. Siva Reddy" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010
- ^ Web page title "Nirendranath Chakravarti", at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Sitanshu Yashaschandra" at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 27, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Varavara Rao" at the "Poetry International" website; and Gopal, Venu, [http://www.varavararao.org/en/about/venu_sketch.html "Varavara Rao - A brief sketch by N. Venu Gopal (December 15, 2005)", December 15, 2005, Venu Gopal website, retrieved August 2, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Rymkiewicz Jaroslaw Marek", at the Institute Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 24, 2010
- ^ Web pages titled "Krynicki Ryszard" (both English version and Polish version), at the Institute Ksiazki ("Book Institute") website, "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 26, 2010
- ^ Web pages titled "Lipska Ewa" (in English and Polish), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 1, 2010
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Polish Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, pp 959-960
- ^ Web page titled "Some information about Adam Zagajewski" [2], cached page from the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts website, cached on February 24, 2005 by the "Info-Poland" website, retrieved February 25, 2010
- ^ "Chile National Literature Prize Winner Alfonso Calderon Dies", obituary, August 8, 2009, Latin American Herald Tribune, retrieved September 4, 2009
- ^ a b Web page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
- ^ "Famed Russian poet Voznesensky dies at 77", June 1, 2010, Agence France Press, retrieved June 3, 2010
- ^ a b Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, ' 'Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology' ', pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009
- Britannica Book of the Year 1979 ("for events of 1978"), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica 1979 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)
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