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[edit] Events
- February 16 – Announcement that 300 poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge have been discovered.
- February 17 – Sotheby's announce discovery of four Walt Whitman notebooks.
- May 26 – Cannes Film Festival première of movie Dead Man, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, about a man named William Blake on a trek through the American West who is taken as the resurrected Romantic poet by a character named Nobody.
[edit] Works published
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
- Jennifer Harrison: Mosaics & Mirrors: Composite poems (Black Pepper)
- Chris Mansell, Day Easy Sunlight Fine in Hot Collation (Penguin, Melbourne) ISBN 9780-14-024540-0
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Selected Poems 1956-1994, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Australia
[edit] Canada
- Margaret Atwood, Morning in the Burned House, McClelland & Stewart
- Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry, Knopf
- Roy Miki, Random Access File, Canada
- John Reibetanz, Morning Watch[1]
- Joe Rosenblatt, A Tentacled Mother. (in the original plus new sonnets) Exile.[2]
- Joe Rosenblatt,The Rosenblatt Reader. (selected poems and prose, 1962-1995) Exile.[2]
- Raymond Souster, No Sad Songs Wanted Here. Ottawa: Oberon Press.[3]
[edit] India, in English
- Meena Alexander, River and Bridge ( Poetry in English ), Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India[4]
- Sujata Bhatt, The Stinking Rose ( Poetry in English ), Carcanet Press and New Delhi: Penguin[5]
- Keki Daruwalla, A Summer of Tigers ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Indus[6]
- A. K. Ramanujan, The Collected Poems of A.K. Ramanujan ( Poetry in English ), Delhi: Oxford University Press; posthumously published[7]
- Sudeep Sen, Dali’s Twisted Hands ( Poetry in English ), New York: White Swan Books; Leeds: Peepal Tree, ISBN 094883384X[8]
- Tejdeep, Caught in a Stampede ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Limited[9]
- K. Satchidanandan, Summer Rain: Three Decades of Poetry, edited by R. D. Yuyutsu; New Delhi: Nirala Publishers[10]
[edit] Ireland
- Patrick Crotty (editor), editor, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., ISBN 0856405612[11]
- Gerald Dawe, Heart of Hearts, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 9781852351540
- John Montague, Collected Poems, including "Small Secrets", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[12]
- Maurice Riordan, A Word from the Loki, including "Milk", "A Word from the Loki" and "Time Out"", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom[12]
[edit] New Zealand
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963) and Jacqueline Simms, editors, The Oxford Book of Creatures, verse and prose anthology, Oxford: Oxford University Press[13]
- Jenny Bornholdt, How We Met, New Zealand
- Janet Charman, End of the Dry, Auckland: Auckland University Press[14]
- Robin Hyde, The Victory Hymn, 1935-1995, with an essay by Michele Leggott; Auckland: Holloway Press, New Zealand
- Mark Williams and Michele Leggott, editors, Opening the Book : New Essays on New Zealand Writing Auckland: Auckland University Press, criticism
[edit] United Kingdom
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963) and Jacqueline Simms, editors, The Oxford Book of Creatures, verse and prose anthology, Oxford: Oxford University Press[13]
- James Berry, Hot Earth, Cold Earth[15]
- Alison Brackenbury, 1829, Carcanet Press, ISBN 9781857541229
- Gerry Cambridge, The Shell House, Scottish Cultural Press, ISBN 189821834X[16]
- Tony Harrison, The Shadow of Hiroshima[15]
- Ted Hughes, New Selected Poems 1957–1994[15]
- Jan Kochanowski: Laments, a cycle of Polish Renaissance elegies, translated by Seamus Heaney and Stanisław Barańczak, Faber & Faber
- Michael Longley, The Ghost Orchid[15]
- Derek Mahon, The Hudson Letter. Gallery Press
- Sean O'Brien, Ghost Train[15] (Oxford University Press)
- Peter Reading, Collected Poems 1970–1984[15]
- Maurice Riordan, A Word from the Loki Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Carol Rumens, Best China Sky[15]
- Labi Siffre, Blood on the Page
- R.S. Thomas, No Truce with the Furies
- Charles Tomlinson, Jubilation[15]
[edit] Anthologies in the United Kingdom
- Simon Armitage, Tony Harrison and Sean O'Brien, Penguin Modern Poets 5 (Penguin)
- Eavan Boland, Carol Ann Duffy and Vicki Feaver, Penguin Modern Poets 2, Penguin[17]
- Roderick Watson, editor, The Poetry of Scotland: Gaelic, Scots and English, 1380–1980, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (anthology)[18]
- Stella Chipasula and Frank Chipasula, editors, The Heinemann book of African women's poetry, London: Heinemann (anthology)[18]
[edit] Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom
- Robert F. Garratt, editor, Critical essays on Seamus Heaney, ISBN 0-7838-0004-5
[edit] United States
- Meena Alexander, River and Bridge, Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India[4]
- Meena Alexander, River and Bridge, Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India[4]
- Ralph Angel, Nether World
- John Ashbery, Can You Hear, Bird?
- Joseph Brodsky: On Grief and Reason: Essays, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux[19] Russian-American
- Henri Cole, The Look of Things
- Nicholas Coles & Peter Oresick, For a Living (University of Illinois Press)
- Alice Fulton, Sensual Math
- Michael S. Harper, Honorable Amendments[20]
- Fanny Howe, O'Clock
- Walter K. Lew, editor, Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American poetry, New York: Kaya Productions[18]
- James Merrill, A Scattering of Salts (his last book)
- Carl Rakosi, Poems, 1923-1941
- Mary Oliver, Blue Pastures
- Michael Palmer, At Passages
- Molly Peacock, Original Love
- Carl Phillips, Cortége[21]
- Giorgos Seferis, Complete Poems (in English), translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard
[edit] Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
- Helen Vendler, The Breaking of Style: Hopkins, Heaney, Graham, Harvard University Press
- John Hollander, The Gazer's Spirit: Poems Speaking to Silent Works of Art, criticism
[edit] The Best American Poetry 1995
Richard Howard is the guest editor for The Best American Poetry 1995 (David Lehman, series editor). Howard changes the rules of inclusion for this year: "[P]oets whose work has appeared three or more times in this series are here and now ineligible, as are all seven former editors of the series." A total of 75 poems are included.[22]
Poems from these 75 poets were in this year's anthology:
[edit] Other in English
- Aharon Shabtai, Ha-lev ("The Heart"), Hebrew
[edit] Works published in 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:
[edit] Denmark
- Katrine Marie Guldager, Styrt, publisher: Gyldendal[23]
- Klaus Høeck:
[edit] French language
- Andree Chedid, Par dela les mots (Lebanese resident of France, writing in French)
- Michel Deguy, A ce qui n'en finite pas; France
- Denise Desautels, Cimetières: La rage muette, autour de photographies de Monique Bertrand, Montréal: Éditions Dazibao; Canada[25]
- Claude Esteban, Quelqu'un commence à parler dans une chambre, Flammarion; France
[edit] India
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
- Amarjit Chandan, Jarhan, Aesthetic Publications, Ludhiana; Punjabi-language[26]
- Basudev Sunani, Aneka Kichhi Ghatibaara Achhi, Nuapada: Eeshan-Ankit Prakashani; Oraya-language[27]
- Chandrakanta Murasingh, Holong Kok Sao Bolong Bisingo, Agartala: Shyamlal Debbarma, Kokborok Sahitya Sanskriti Samsad; India, Kokborok-language[28]
- Debarati Mitra, Kavitasamagra, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-language[29]
- Dilip Chitre, Ekoon Kavita – 2, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan; Marathi-language[30]
- Kedarnath Singh, Uttar Kabir aur Anya Kavitayen, Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi[31]
- Namdeo Dhasal, Ya Sattet Jeev Ramat Nahi; Marathi-language[32]
- Nirupama Dutt, Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi ("A Stream Somewhat Dark"); Panchkula: Aadhar Prakashan; Punjabi-language[33]
- Nirendranath Chakravarti, Shotyo Shelukash, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-language[34]
- Saroop Dhruv, Salagti Havao, Ahmedabad: Samvedan Sanskritic Manch, Ahmedabad; Gujarati-language[35]
- Udayan Vajpeyi; Hindi-language:
[edit] Spain
- Matilde Camus, Vuelo de la mente ("Mind flight")
[edit] Other languages
- Stanisław Barańczak, Slon, traba i ojczyzna ("The Elephant, the Trunk, and the Polish Question"), light verse; Krakow: Znak; Poland[37]
- Mario Benedetti, El olvido está lleno de memoria ("Oblivion Is Full of Memory"), published in Spain, Uruguay[38]
- Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Joachim Sartorius, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1995/96 ("Poetry Yearbook 1995/96"), publisher: Beck; anthology; Germany[39]
- Chen Kehua, Qiankantou shi ("Head-hunting Poems") Chinese (Taiwan)[40]
- Limaza tarakt al-hissan wahidan (Why did you leave the horse alone?), 1995. English translation 2006 by Jeffrey Sacks (ISBN 0976395010)
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Bruce Beaver - Anima and Other Poems
- Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize: Selected poems 1956-1994 by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Peter Boyle, Coming Home From the World
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Jordie Albiston - Nervous Arcs
[edit] Canada
- Gerald Lampert Award
- Archibald Lampman Award
- See 1995 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Pat Lowther Award
- Prix Alain-Grandbois
[edit] United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: U.A. Fanthorpe, Christopher Reid, C. H. Sisson, Kit Wright
- Eric Gregory Award: Colette Bryce, Sophie Hannah, Tobias Hill, Mark Wormald
- Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Sean O'Brien, Ghost Train (Oxford University Press)
- Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Jane Duran, Breathe Now, Breathe (Enitharmon Press)
- T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Mark Doty, My Alexandria
- Whitbread Award for poetry: Bernard O’Donoghue, Gunpowder
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Sandy Solomon, Pears, Lake, Sun
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Maxine Kumin
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Vijay Seshadri, "Lifeline"
- Bollingen Prize: Kenneth Koch
- National Book Award for poetry: Stanley Kunitz, Passing Through: The Later Poems
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Robert Hass appointed
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Philip Levine, The Simple Truth
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: A.R. Ammons
- Wallace Stevens Award: James Tate
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Denise Levertov
[edit] New Zealand
- Montana Book Award for Poetry: Michael Jackson, Pieces of Music
- New Zealand Book Award for Poetry: Michele Leggott, Dia
[edit] Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 28 – George Woodcock (born 1912), Canadian poet, biographer, academic and prominent anarchist
- February 6 – James Merrill, 68, of a heart attack
- April 14 – Brian Coffey (born 1905), Irish poet and publisher
- April 22 – Jane Kenyon, 47, of leukemia
- May 11 – David Avidan, 61, Israeli poet.
- July 7 – Helene Johnson, after osteoporosis
- July 16:
- May Sarton, 83 (born 1912), American poet, novelist, and memoirist, of breast cancer
- Stephen Spender 86, (born 1909), English poet and essayist, of a heart ailment
- September 3 – Earle Birney, 91, Canadian poet
- September 18 – Donald Davie, 73, of cancer
- October 22 – Kingsley Amis, 73, after an accidental fall
- November 5 – Essex Hemphill, 38, American poet and gay activist, from complications relating to AIDS
- December 30 – Heiner Muller (born 1929), German
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Joe Rosenblatt: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011.
- ^ "Notes on Life and Works," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c Web page titled "Meena Alexander", Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Sujata Bhatt", Sawnet website, retrieved July 27, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Keki Daruwalla", Poetry International website, retrieved July 12, 2010
- ^ Akshaya Kumar, "The Great Masquerade: Theory as Poetry in A.K. Ramanunan's Poetic Discourse", , in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, ISBN 8176251119, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Sudeep Sen", Poetry International website, retrieved July 28, 2010
- ^ P. Hannah Padma, "25. The Making of the Self: A Study of Tejdeep's Poetry", p 277, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, ISBN 8176251119, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "K. Satchidanandan", Poetry International website, retrieved July 11, 2010
- ^ Information from the book itself
- ^ a b Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0856405612
- ^ a b Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ "Publications" page, Gerry Cambridge website, retrieved December 1, 2008
- ^ O’Reilly, Elizabeth (either author of the "Critical Perspective" section or of the entire contents of the web page, titled "Carol Ann Duffy" at Contemporary Poets website, retrieved May 4, 2009
- ^ a b c "Select General Bibliography for Representative Poetry On-Line" web page for Representative Poetry On-Line website of the University of Toronto, retrieved January 1, 2009
- ^ [1] Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007
- ^ Web page titled "Michael S. Harper" at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008
- ^ McClatchy, J. D., editor, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, second edition, Vintage Books (Random House), 2003
- ^ Howard, Richard, "Introduction", page 16
- ^ Lundtofte, Anne Mette, translated by Anne Mette Lundtofte, "Author Profile: Katrine Marie Guldager", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, dated "2005", retrieved January 1, 2010
- ^ a b Web page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Denise Desautels" at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Amarjit Chandan" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Basudev Sunani" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Chandrakant Shah" at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 8, 2010
- ^ 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
- ^ Web page titled "Kedarnath Singh" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Namdeo Dhasal", Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Nirupama Dutt" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- ^ Web page title "Nirendranath Chakravarti", at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Saroop Dhruv" at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 27, 2010
- ^ a b Web page titled "Udayan Vajpeyi" at the "Poetry International" 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 page titled "Biblioteca de autores contemporaneos / Mario Benedetti - El autor" (in Spanish), retrieved May 27, 2009. Archived 2009-05-30.
- ^ Web page titled "Übersicht erschienener Jahrbücher" at Fischerverlage website, retrieved February 21, 2010
- ^ Poetry International website Web page on Chen Kehua, retrieved November 22, 2008
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