1923 in poetry
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-- From Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", first published this year in his collection New Hampshire
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[edit] Events
- In Paris, Basil Bunting meets Ezra Pound, whose poems will have a strong influence on Bunting throughout his career.
- E. C. McFarlane and others found the Jamaican Poetry League[1]
[edit] Works published in English
[edit] Canada
- Arthur Bourinot, Lyrics from the hills[2]
- Katherine Hale ed.,Isabella Valancy Crawford
- Thom MacInnes, Complete Poems[3]
- Marjorie Pickthall, Angels' Shoes, posthumously published[3]
- E. J. Pratt, Newfoundland Verse, Canada[4]
- Duncan Campbell Scott, The Witching of Elspie[3]
[edit] Indian in English
- Ananda Acharya, Usarika ("Dawn-Rhythms") ( Poetry in English ) ,[5]
- N. M. Chatterjee, India and Other Sonnets ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta [6]
- Margaret MacNicol, Poems by Indian Women ( Poetry in English ), Calcutta: Association Press, 98 pages; anthology[7]
- Oriental Blossoms, London: Heath Cranton; anthology; Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom[7]
- Puran Singh, Unsung Beads( Poetry in English ) on mystical experiences and with social and political themes[8]
- K. S. Venkataramani, On the Sand-Dune ( Poetry in English ), Madras: Ganesh and Co.[9]
- S. K. De, A history of Sanskrit Poetics, one of the earliest accounts of Sanskrit literary theories in English; scholarship[8]
[edit] United Kingdom
- Harold Acton, Aquarium[10]
- Edmund Blunden, To Nature[10]
- W. H. Davies, Collected Poems, second series; first series, 1916, see also Collected Poems, 1928; Poems, 934[10]
- Walter De La Mare, Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of all Ages (anthology)
- John Drinkwater, Collected Poems, in three volumes, published 1923–1937[10]
- T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land published as a book; first published in 1922 in Criterion (October) and The Dial (November) without notes, and in The Dial , 73, in this form[10]
- Robert Graves, Whipperginny[10]
- D. H. Lawrence, Birds, Beasts and Flowers, including "Snake", published in the United Kingdom in November; first published in the United States in October;[10] English poet and author living in the United States (1922–1925)
- Hugh MacDiarmid (pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve, the name used for this book), Annals of the Five Senses[10]
- John Masefield:
- Alice Meynell, Last Poems (posthumous)[10]
- Herbert Read, Mutations of the Phoenix[10]
- Edith Sitwell, Bucolic Comedies[10]
- Oriental Blossoms, London: Heath Cranton; anthology; Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom[7]
- Osbert Sitwell, Out of the Flame[10]
- Jean Toomer, Cane
- William Butler Yeats, The Cat and the Moon, including "Leda and the Swan"Ireland and United Kingdom
[edit] United States
- Conrad Aiken, The Pilgrimage of Festus[11]
- Stephen Vincent Benet:
- Louise Bogan, Body of This Death[11]
- E.E. Cummings, Tulips and Chimneys
- Djuna Barnes, A Book, collection of prose and poetry
- Robert Frost, New Hampshire[11] including "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", "Fire and Ice", "Nothing Gold Can Say"
- D.H. Lawrence, Birds, Beasts and Flowers, including "Snake", published in the United States in October, published in the United Kingdom in November, English poet and author living in the United States (1922–1925)
- Vachel Lindsay, Going-to-the-Sun[11]
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems[11]
- Lizette Woodworth Reese, Wild Cherry[11]
- Edward Arlington Robinson, Roman Bartholow[11]
- George Sterling, Selected Poems[11]
- Wallace Stevens, Harmonium, including "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", "The Emperor of Ice-Cream", "Le Monocle de Mon Oncle", "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", "Peter Quince at the Clavier", "Sunday Morning", "Sea Surface Full of Clouds", and "In the Clear Season of Grapes".[12] Stevens' first book, it was published by Knopf when the was in middle age (44 years old). Its first edition sold only a hundred copies before being remaindered, suggesting that Mark Van Doren had it right when he wrote in The Nation in 1923, that Stevens's wit "is tentative, perverse, and superfine; and it will never be popular."[13] Yet by 1960 the cottage industry of Stevens studies was becoming a "multinational conglomerate".[14] (Revised edition, 1931.[12])
- Jean Toomer, Cane, a blend of poetry, fiction and dramatic sketches[15]
- Amos Wilder, Battle Retrospect, Yale University Press (this year's winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets)
- William Carlos Williams:
- Go Go
- Spring and All[11]
[edit] Other in English
- Shaw Neilson, Ballad and Lyrical Poems, Sydney, Bookfellow, Australia
- William Butler Yeats, The Cat and the Moon, including "Leda and the Swan", Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
[edit] Works published in other languages
[edit] France
- Antonin Artaud, Tric-trac du ciel, Paris: Galerie Simon[16]
- Jean Cocteau, Plain-Chant[17]
- 1923 * Alphonse Métérié, Le Cahier noir[17]
- Francis Jammes:
- Alphonse Métérié, Le Cahier noir[17]
- Tristan Tzara, pen name of Sami Rosenstock, De nos oiseaux[19]
[edit] Indian subcontinent
Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
[edit] Telugu language
- Bahar-e-Gulshan-e-Kashmir, anthology of traditional Kashmiri poetry, mostly the vatsans and ghazals of Mahmood Gami[8]
- Pendyalu Venkatasubrahmanya Shastri, critical account of the Mahabharata and its interpretation (second edition published in 1933), Telugu-language criticism[8]
- Penumarti Venkataratnam, Sandhya ragamu, romantic poems; a well-known work in the field of Telugu poetry[8]
[edit] Other in India
- Bharati, Kuyil Pattu-Kannan Pattu-Parata Arupattaru, consists of three works, including Kuyil Pattu, written in 1912, a long narrative poem of 741 lines, written in the traditional Kalivenpa meter, called "a landmark in the field of modern Tamil poetry" by Sisir Kumar Das; Parati Arupattaru, 66-verse autobiographical work[8]
- Chandra Kanta Agarwala, Binbaragi, 12 important poems about the past glory of Assam, ancient Assamese ballads strongly influenced the poems; Assamese language[8]
- G. Sankara Kurup, Sahitya Kantukam, lyrical Malayalam poems modelled on those of Vallathol Narayana Menon, with original themes, context and diction; the author later published three other volumes with the same title[8]
- Godavarish Mishra, Kisalaya, Oriya-language[8]
- Imam Baksh Nasikh, Divan-i Nasikh, two volumes, Urdu language[8]
- Jhaverchand Meghani, Veninan Phool (Gujarati-language)[20]
- Kumaran Asan, Karuna, based on the Buddhist legend of Vasavadatta and Upagupta; the author's last poem and an extremely popular one; celebrates compassion (karuna), Malayalam language[8]
- Mahananda Sapkota, Manalahari, Nepali language[8]
- Mani Shankar Ralnaji Bhatt-Kant, Purvalap, a work with a conspicuous romantic mood and classical diction, considered a landmark of Gujarati poetry, according to Sisir Kumar Das; published on the day the poet died[8]
- Nagardas Amarjee Pandya, Rukmini-Harana, epic Sanskrit mahakavya on a mythological theme[8]
- Puran Singh, Khulle Maidan, blank verse, Punjabi language[8]
- Sarasvatibhai Bhide, editor, Abhinavakavyamala, Volume 5, Marathi-language anthology of moden women poets[8]
- Sukumar Ray, Abol Tabol ("literally, "weird and random"), nonsense verse, Sisir Kumar Das has called it "one of the landmarks in the history of Bengali literature for children"[8]
- Yatindranath Sengupta, Maricika, known for their innovative rhythm and imagery in Bengali poetry, very different from the followers of Rabindranath Tagore[8]
[edit] Spain
- Juan Ramón Jiménez:
- Pedro Salinas, Presagios ("Presages")[21]
[edit] Other languages
- Jacob Anker-Paulsen, Peters Sejlads og andre Digte for Børn ("Peters Basketball and other Poems for Children"), Denmark
- Otto Gelsted, Reklameskibet ("The Show Boat"), Denmark[22]
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Payam-i-Mashriq (Message from the East), a philosophical poetry book in Persian
- David Vogel, Lifney Hasha'ar Ha'afel ("Before the Dark Gate"), Hebrew language, published in Vienna, the only book of poems published in the author's lifetime[23]
[edit] Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize in Literature (International): William Butler Yeats
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (United States): Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver: A Few Figs from Thistles: Eight Sonnets in American Poetry, 1922. A Miscellany
- Georg Büchner Prize (Germany): Adam Karrillon, German physician, novelist and poet
[edit] Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 15 – Ivor Cutler (died 2006), Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist
- January 16 – Anthony Hecht (died 2004), American poet
- February 2 – James Dickey (died 1997), American poet and novelist
- March 21 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher
- March 27 – Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born American poet who won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- March 30 – Milton Acorn (died 1986), Canadian poet, writer and playwright nicknamed "The People's Poet"
- April 3 – Daniel Hoffman, American poet, essayist, and academic who served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress — a position now known as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, from 1973 to 1974
- May 19 – Dorothy Hewett (died 2002), Australian poet and playwright
- July 2 – Wisława Szymborska (died 2012), Polish poet, essayist and translator who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996
- July 16 – Mari Evans, African American poet, author, playwright, academic and television producer
- September 22 – Dannie Abse, British poet and writer
- October 24 – Denise Levertov (died 1997), British-born American poet
- November 9 – James Schuyler (died 1991), American poet and a central figure in the New York School
- December 21 – Richard Hugo (born "Richard Hogan") (died 1982), American poet
- Also:
- Alan Dugan (died 2003), American poet
- Cola Franzen
- David Holbrook, English poet, writer and academic
- Pinkie Gordon Lane, African American[24]
- John Logan (poet) (died 1987), American poet
- Michalis Katsaros, Greek
- Nanao Sakaki (died 2008), Japanese poet and leading personality of "the Tribe", a counter-cultural group (surname: Sakaki)
[edit] Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 9 – Katherine Mansfield, 34, New Zealand poet and prominent Modernist writer of short fiction
- December 15 – Frank Morton, Australian poet and journalist
- Also:
- Maurice Henry Hewlett (born 1861), English historical novelist, poet and essayist
- Sukumar Ray (born 1887), Bengali humorous poet, short-story writer and playwright
[edit] See also
- Poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry
- New Objectivity in German literature and art
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry" in Williams, Emily Allen, Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography, page xvii, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 9780313317477, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
- ^ Carole Gerson, "Arthur Stanley Bourinot Biography," Encyclopedia of Literature, 7466, JRank.org, Web, Apr. 20, 2011.
- ^ a b c Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ^ Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 9781405113618, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
- ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 314, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 8126011963, retrieved August 6, 2010
- ^ Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0391032860, ISBN 9780391032866), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ^ a b c Joshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies", "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. Archived 2009-06-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 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
- ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 316, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 8126011963, retrieved August 6, 2010
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ a b Web page titled "Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 9, 2009
- ^ Axelrod, Steven Gould, and Helen Deese. Critical Essays on Wallace Stevens. 1988: G. K. Hall & Co., p. 4
- ^ Axelrod, Steven Gould, and Helen Deese. Critical Essays on Wallace Stevens. 1988: G. K. Hall & Co., p. 11
- ^ Fleming, Robert, The African American Writer's Handbook: How to Get in Print and Stay in Print, "African American Book Timeline", p 167 and following pages, Random House, 2000, ISBN 9780345423276, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
- ^ Web page titled "Antonin Artaud (1896 - 1948)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 25, 2009. Archived 2009-09-04.
- ^ a b c Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ^ a b Web page titled "POET Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)", at The Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 30, 2009. Archived 2009-09-03.
- ^ 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 0394521978
- ^ 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 9780313287787, retrieved December 10, 2008
- ^ a b c Debicki, Andrew P., Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Modernity and Beyond, p 15, University Press of Kentucky, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8131-0835-3, retrieved via Google Books, November 21, 2009
- ^ "Danish Poetry" article, p 272, in Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
- ^ Carmi, T., The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, p 135, Penguin, 1981, ISBN 978-0140421972
- ^ Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 41: African-American Poets, "Pinkie Gordon Lane" article by Marilyn B. Craig
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