1977 in poetry
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[edit] Events
- January – James Dickey, composed a poem he read at new United States President Jimmy Carter’s inaugural gala although not at the inauguration itself.[1]
- British publication Gay News successfully prosecuted in the United Kingdom for blasphemy and libel for publishing James Kirkup's "The Love that Dares to Speak its Name"
- Poet Sarah Kirsch leaves her native East Germany for the West.
- In Israeli the literary journal Keshet goes defunct, while Itton and Proza are founded.
[edit] 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:
[edit] Australia
- Robert Adamson Cross The Border
- Les Murray, Ethnic Radio, Angus & Robertson[2]
- John Tranter, Crying in Early Infancy: 100 Sonnets, Makar Press
[edit] Canada
- Roo Borson, Landfall, ISBN 0-920110-32-0 American-Canadian
- Leonard Cohen, Death of a Ladies' Man
- Earle Birney:
- Alphabeings and Other Seasyours
- The Damnation of Vancouver, a satire on the modern city
- Ghost in the Wheels, selected poems 1920-1976
- Pat Lowther, A Stone Diary
- Ray Souster, Extra Innings
- George Woodcock, Anima, or, Swann Grown Old. A Cycle of Poems by George Woodcock, Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press, Canada[3]
[edit] Ireland
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Second Voyage, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[4]
- Harry Clifton, The Walls of Carthage Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 9780902996519
- Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French
[edit] New Zealand
- Bill Manhire, How to Take Off Your Clothes at the Picnic
- Lauris Edmond, The Pear Tree: Poems [5]
- R. Ensing, editor, Private Gardens, anthology of New Zealand women poets[6]
- Kendrick Smithyman, Dwarf with a Billiard Cue, Auckland: Auckland University Press and Oxford University Press
- Ian Wedde, Spells for Coming Out, New Zealand
[edit] United Kingdom
- Edward Braithwaite, Mother Poem
- Joseph Brodsky: Poems and Translations, Keele: University of Keele[7] Russian-American (but published in the United Kingdom; see United States section for a book published there)
- Donald Davies, To Scorch or Freeze
- Elaine Feinstein:
- Some Unease and Angels, Hutchinson
- Selected Poems, University Center, Michigan, Green River Press
- Michael Hamburger, Real Estate
- Ted Hughes, Gaudete, derived from an abandoned film scenario, the book has elements of a poetic novel, narrative poem and verse play
- R.S. Thomas, The Way of It
[edit] United States
- A.R. Ammons:
- Highgate Road
- The Selected Poems: 1951-1977
- The Snow Poems
- John Ashbery, Houseboat Days
- Ted Berrigan:
- Clear The Range
- Nothing For You
- John Berryman, Henry's Fate and Other Poems, 1967-1972, with 45 previously unpublished "Dream Songs" (posthumous)
- Frank Bidart, The Book of the Body
- Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III, which includes "In the Waiting Room," "The Moose," and the villanelle, "One Art"
- Joseph Brodsky: A Part of Speech[8] Russian-American (see United Kingdom section for a book published there)
- Robert Bly, This Body is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood
- Billy Collins, Pokerface
- Frank Belknap Long, In Mayan Splendor
- Michael S. Harper, Images of Kin (1977), won the Melville-Cane Award from the Poetry Society of America; nominated for the National Book Award[9]
- Robert Lowell, Day by Day
- Michael Palmer, Without Music (Black Sparrow Press)
- Carl Rakosi, My Experience in Parnassus
- Charles Reznikoff, Poems 1937-1975 (published posthumously)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Prussian Nights, translated into English from the original Russian by Robert Conquest; first written in 1951; first published in 1974
[edit] Works published 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:
[edit] Denmark
- Vita Andersen, Tryghedsnarkomaner
- Jørgen Gustava Brandt, Ophold
- Vagn Lundbye, Digte 1977
- Jess Ornsbo, Digte uden arbejde
- Charlotte Strandgaard, Naesten kun om kaerlighed
[edit] French language
[edit] France
- Georges Pérec, Alphabets
- Jacques Roubaud, Autobiographie, chapitre dix
[edit] Canada
- Denise Boucher and Madeleine Gagnon, Retailles
- Claude Gavreau, Ouvres créatrices complètes (posthumous)
- Michel Leclerc, La Traversée du réel
[edit] German language
[edit] East Germany
- Sarah Kirsch, Rückenwind, love poems
- Paul Günter Krohn, Alle meine Namen
[edit] West Germany
- Herbert Asmodi, Jokers Farewell
- Gotthard de Beauclair, Zeit, Überzeit
- Rolf Haufs, Die Geschwindigkeit eines einzigen Tages
- Karl Krowlow, Der Einfachheit halber
- Norbert Mecklenburg, Naturlyrik und Gesellschaft Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta (scholarship)[10]
[edit] Hebrew
- Nathan Alterman, a posthumous book of poems[11]
- O. Bernstein, a book of poems[11]
- Simon Halkin, a book of the collected poems and works[11]
- Hurvitz, a book of poems[11]
- Shimshon Meltzer, a book of the collected poems and works[11]
- Gabriel Preil, a book of poems[11]
- Dalia Ravikovitch, a book of poems[11]
- Yonothan Ratosh, a book of poems[11]
- Shin Shalom, a book of poems[11]
- Y. Wallach, a book of collected poems[11]
- Mier Wieseltier, a book of poems[11]
- Avot Yeshurun, a book of poems[11]
- Zussman, a posthumous book of poems[11]
[edit] Italy
- Bartolo Cattafi, Marzo e le sue idi
- Giovanni Guidici, Il male de creditori
- Tommaso Landolfi, Il tradimento
- Eugenio Montale, Quaderno di quattro anni
- Maria Luisa Spaziani, Transito con catene
[edit] Norway
- Hans Børli, Vinden ser aldri pa veviserne
- Jan Magnus Bruheim, Lyrespelaren
- Gunvor Hofmo, Hva fanger natten
- Peter R. Holm, I disse bilder
- Stein Mehren, Det trettende stjernebilde
- Sigmund Skard, Ord mot mørkret
- Helge Vatsend, Livets bok
[edit] Portuguese language
[edit] Portugal
- Herberto Helder, Cobra
- António Ramos Rosa, Boca Incompleta
- Sophia Andresen, O Nome das Coisas
- Fiama Brandão, Homenagem à Literatura
- Liberto Cruz, Distància
- Vitorino Nemésio, Sapateia Açoriana
[edit] Brazil
- Carlos Nejar, Árvore do mundo
- Décio Pignatari
- Poesia / Pois é / Poesia (poems)
- Comunicacao poética (critical theory about poetry)
- Murilo Mendes, a posthumous collection of poems edited by João Cabral de Melo Neto, with a study by José Guilherme Merquior
[edit] Russia
- Arkadi Kuleshov, a book of poems[11]
- Valentin Sorokin, a book of poems[11]
- Stepan Shchipachev, a book of poems[11]
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Prussian Nights, narrative poem, much of which was composed in his head when he was in concentration camps
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a book of poems[11]
- "[L]esser-known poets who attracted attention":[11]
[edit] Spanish language
[edit] Spain
- Francisco Brines, Insistencia en Luzbel
- Matilde Camus, Cancionero de Liébana ("Collection of verse of Liebana")
- José María Valverde, Ser de palabra
[edit] Latin America
- Antonio Cisneros, el libro de dios y de los húngaros (Peru)
- Jaime Sabines, Nuevo recuento de poemas (Mexico)
- Efraín Huerta, Circuito interior (Mexico)
- David Huerta, Cuadernos de noviembre (Mexico)
[edit] Yiddish
- David Hofshteyn, a two-volume selection of poems[11]
- Josl Lerner, Till Dawn Breaks, partly written in a German-Romanian death camp during World War II
- Chaim Maltinsky, My Mother's Resemblance
- Hirsh Osherovitch, Song in a Labyrinth
- Shloyme Roitman, My Israel Shofar
- Efraim Roitman, The Earth Sings
- Motl Saktzier, With a Burned Pencil, about his experiences in Soviet gulags
- M.M. Shaffir, Words of Endearment
- Avrom Sutzkever, Poems from My Diary
- Rajzel Zychlinska, The Sun of November
[edit] Other
- Chen Yi, Selected Poems (China)
- Odysseus Elytis, Signalbook (Σηματολόγιον) (Greece)
- Gozo Yoshimasu, river, Written in Cursive Characters (Japan)
- Lars Gustafsson, Sonetter (Sweden)
- Per E. Rundquist, Men störst av allt är kärleken till vem (Sweden)
- Wen Wu-pin, Battle Songs of Tachai (China)
- Yasuo Irisawa, Moon and Other Poems (Japan)
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] Canada
[edit] United Kingdom
- Eric Gregory Award: Tony Flynn, Michael Vince, David Cooke, Douglas Marshall, Melissa Murray
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Norman Nicholson
[edit] United States
- Bollingen Prize: David Ignatow
- National Book Award for Poetry: Richard Eberhart, Collected Poems, 1930-1976
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Merrill, Divine Comedies
- Walt Whitman Award: Lauren Shakely, Guilty Bystander
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Louis Coxe
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 11 — Jacques Prévert, French
- September 12 — Robert Lowell, 60, American, from a heart attack;
- December 18 — Louis Untermeyer, 92, American author, poet, anthologist, and editor
- December 30 — Katherine C. Biddle, 87
- Date not known:
- Elizabeth Daryush, daughter of Robert Bridges (born 1885), English poet
- Gitaujali Badruddin
[edit] Notes
- ^ Garner, Dwight, "The Intersection of Poetry and Politics", article, The New York Times, December 25, 2008, retrieved same day
- ^ [1]Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007
- ^ 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
- ^ Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" at The Gallery Press website, accessed May 4, 2008
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Lauris Edmond" article
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, p 837
- ^ [2] Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007
- ^ [3]McFadden, Robert D., "Joseph Brodsky, Exiled Poet Who Won Nobel, Dies at 55", obituary, The New York Times, January 29, 1996, accessed October 18, 2007
- ^ Web page titled "Michael S. Harper" at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008
- ^ 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
- ^ 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 z This is as specific as The Britannica Book of the Year 1978, the source, gets; the book, published in 1978, covers events in 1977, "Literature" article, page 511
- Britannica Book of the Year 1978 ("for events of 1977"), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica 1978 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)
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