1949 in poetry
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[edit] Events
- Yannis Ritsos, incarcerated in a Greek concentration camp, writes poems which will finally be published in 1975 in the book Petrinos khronos
- George Hill Dillon steps down as editor of Poetry Magazine (he took the job in 1937).
- Caribbean Quarterly founded at the University of the West Indies, Caribbean[1]
[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] New Zealand
- Allen Curnow (New Zealand):
- Basil Dowling, Canterbury, New Zealand[3]
[edit] United Kingdom
- James Kirkup, editor, Leeds University Poetry, including work by Kirkup, Wilfred R. Childe, Derrick Metcalfe, and Kenneth Muir (Hull: Lotus Press)[4]
- William Empson, Collected Poems of William Empson[5]
- Edith Sitwell, The Canticle of the Rose: Poems 1917–1949[5]
[edit] United States
- Gwendolyn Brooks, Annie Allen
- Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), By Avon River
- Kenneth Rexroth, The Art of Worldly Wisdom
- Donald A. Stauffer, The Golden Nightingale: Essays on Some Principles of Poetry in the Lyrics of William Butler Yeats, New York: Macmillan, United States criticism[6]
- William Carlos Williams, Paterson, Book III
[edit] Other in English
- Raymond Knister, Collected Poems, Canada[7]
- James Reaney, The Red Heart, Canada[7]
- Judith Wright, Woman to Man, Australian
[edit] Works published in other languages
[edit] Indian subcontinent
Including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
[edit] Marathi
- C. V. Karandikar, also known as Vinda Karandikar, Svedaganga, India, Marathi-language[8]
- Manmohan, Yugayugance Sahapravasi, Indian, Marathi-language (later translated into Hindi under the title Marsal ki Salami)[8]
- K. B. Nikumb, Ujjvala, Indian, Marathi-language[8]
- Sarachchandra Muktibodh, Navi Malavat Indian, Marathi-language[8]
- Shrikrishna Powale, Jala Mati, Indian, Marathi-language[8]
[edit] Other languages of the Indian subcontinent
- Masood Husain, Urdu zaban aur adab, a history, written in Urdu of that language and its literature[8]
- Nilakantha Shastri, translator, Sri Rama Carita, translation into Sanskrit of the Tamil-language Kamba Ramayana[8]
- Pritam Singh Safir, Rakt Bundam, Indian, Punjabi-language[8]
- S. Lalita, translator, Valarmati, translation into Tamil from the Indian poetry in English of Rabindranath Tagore's The Crescent Moon[8]
- Sitaramaiah Kuruganti, Navyandhra Sahitya Vidhulu, a four-volume history in Telugu of that language's literature[8]
- Umar Alisha, translator, Umar Khayyam, translation into Telugu from the Persian of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyats[8]
[edit] Other languages
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Haim Gouri, Pirhei Esh ("Flowers of Fire, Years of Fire"), Israeli writing in Hebrew[9]
- Alexander Mezhirov, Новые встречи ("New Encounters"), including "Communists, Ahead!", Russia[10]
- Carlos de Oliveira, Descida aos Infernos
- Nizar Qabbani, Samba, Syrian poet writing in Arabic
[edit] Awards and honors
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Elizabeth Bishop appointed this year.
- Pulitzer Prize for poetry: Peter Viereck, Terror and Decorum
- Bollingen Prize: Ezra Pound — provoking a firestorm of criticism because of his pro-Fascist activities before and during World War II.[11]
[edit] Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 25 – Tom Paulin, Northern Irish poet and critic of film, music and literature
- January 27 – Bruce Weigl, American poet and academic
- February 6 – Eliot Weinberger, American essayist & principal translator of Octavio Paz in English
- March 14 – Lynn Emanuel, American poet
- April 13 – Marilyn Bowering, Canadian poet and novelist
- April 25 – James Fenton English journalist, poet, critic and academic
- May 13 – Christopher Reid, English poet, essayist, cartoonist, writer, and exponent of Martian poetry
- June 21:
- John Agard playwright, poet, and children's writer from Guyana, who moved to England in 1977
- Jane Urquhart, Canadian poet and author
- July 5 – Pier Giorgio di Cicco Italian-Canadian poet
- August 2 – Bei Dao, (北島, literally meaning "Northern Island"), the pseudonym of Chinese poet Zhao Zhenkai, the most notable representative of the Misty Poets, a group of Chinese poets who reacted against the restrictions of the Cultural Revolution
- Also:
- Agha Shahid Ali, English poet (died in 2001)
- Michael Blumenthal (poet)
- David Bottoms
- Olga Broumas Greek-born and raised, English-language poet in the United States
- Ralph Burns (poet)
- Victor Hernandez Cruz, African-American
- Gil Scott-Heron, African-American poet, musician, and author
- Denis Johnson, American
- Alice Major, Canadian poet
- Mary di Michele, Canadian poet and writer
- Bob Orr, New Zealand
- Barbara Ras
- Liam Rector, American poet, essayist and academic
- David St. John, American poet and academic
- Robyn Sarah
- Michael Waters, American
- C.D. Wright (Carolyn D. Wright), an American poet
[edit] Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- May 5 – Hideo Nagata 長田秀雄 (born 1885), Showa period Japanese poet, playwright and screenwriter (surname: Nagata)
- May 6 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet, playwright and Nobel Laureate
- Also:
- William Hervey Allen
- Lilian Bowes-Lyon, English poet
- Alice Corbin Henderson (born 1881), American poet
- Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer, also known simply as "Ulloor" (born 1877), Indian, Malayalam-language poet, scholar and government official who published a five-volume history of Malayalam literature[12]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry" in Williams, Emily Allen, Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography, page xvii and following pages, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 9780313317477, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
- ^ a b Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Ursula Bethall" in An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 website, accessed April 21, 2008
- ^ "James Kirkup", Leeds University Library website, retrieved November 30, 2008
- ^ a b Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, editors, The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, W. W. Norton & Company, 1973, ISBN 0393093573
- ^ Untitled review by A. Norman Jeffares, of book in The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 7 (Jul., 1951), pp. 291-293
- ^ a b Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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
- ^ [1]Web page titled "Haim Gouri" at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
- ^ Shrayer, Maxim, "Aleksandr Mezhirov", p 879, An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry, publisher: M.E. Sharpe, 2007, ISBN 076560521X, ISBN 9780765605214, retrieved via Google Books on May 27, 2009
- ^ Ackroyd, Peter, Ezra Pound, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Chronology" chapter, p 118
- ^ 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
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