1951 in poetry
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Overview of the events of 1951 in poetry
Events
Poet Cid Corman begins Origin Robert Creeley had planned. The magazine typically features one writer per issue and runs, with breaks, until the mid-1980s. Poets featured include Robert Creeley , Robert Duncan , Larry Eigner , Denise Levertov , William Bronk , Theodore Enslin , Charles Olson , Louis Zukofsky , Gary Snyder , Lorine Niedecker , Wallace Stevens , William Carlos Williams and Paul Blackburn . The magazine also leads to the establishment of Origin Press, which publishes books by a similar range of poets.
Bad Lord Byron , a film directed by David MacDonald about the Romantic poet.[ 1] Czesław Miłosz , Polish poet, translator, literary critic, future (1980 ) winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature , becomes an exile this year.The Dolmen Press is founded in Dublin, Ireland by Liam and Josephine Miller to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poets and artists. The Press operates in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987.[ 2]
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:
James K. Baxter , Recent Trends in New Zealand Poetry , scholarship[ 6] Allen Curnow , editor, A Book of New Zealand Verse 1923-50 , anthology[ 7] Denis Glover , Sings Harry , New Zealand [ 8] M. H. Holcroft , Discovered Isles , scholarship[ 6] Louis Johnson :
Editor, New Zealand Poetry Yearbook , first annual edition, anthology[ 9]
The Sun Among the Ruins [ 10] Roughshod Among the Lilies [ 10] Charles Spear , Twopence Coloured [ 10] Hubert Witheford , The Falcon Mark [ 10] W. H. Auden , Nones In Praise of Limestone "[ 1] E. C. Bentley , Clerihews Complete [ 11] Basil Bunting , Seeds , a long poem, published by Poetry magazine Roy Campbell , Light on a Dark Horse , autobiography[ 11] Charles Causley :
Farewell Aggie Weston [ 11] Hands to Dance [ 11] Jack Clemo , The Clay Verge [ 11] Keith Douglas , Collected Poems [ 11] Robert Graves , Poems and Satires [ 11] James Kirkup , The Submerged Village, and Other Poems [ 11] John Lehmann , The Age of the Dragon [ 11] Iona and Peter Opie , The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes [ 1] Poems of Today British poetry anthology, fourth seriesEnoch Powell , The Wedding Gift & Dancer’s End (London: Falcon Press,) .[ 12] Anne Ridler , The Golden Bird, and Other Poems [ 11] Alan Ross , Poetry, 1945–1950 [ 11] John Wain , Mixed Feelings [ 11] W. H. Auden , Nones [ 13] English -born poet living and published in the United States John Malcolm Brinnin , The Sorrows of Cold Stone [ 13] John Ciardi , From Time to Time , including "My Father's Watch"[ 14] Langston Hughes , Montage of a Dream Deferred , including "Harlem"[ 15] Randall Jarrell :
Losses , New York: Harcourt, Brace[ 16] The Seven-League Crutches , New York: Harcourt, Brace[ 16] Hugh Kenner , The Poetry of Ezra Pound , highly influential in causing a re-assessment of Pound's poetry (New Directions), criticismRobert Lowell , The Mills of the Kavanaughs , New York: Harcourt, Brace[ 16] James Merrill , First Poems [ 13] Marianne Moore , Collected Poems ,[ 14] Ogden Nash , Parents Keep Out [ 13] Adrienne Rich , A Change of World , her first volume, selected by W. H. Auden for the Yale Series of Younger Poets[ 14] Theodore Roethke , Praise to the End! , 13 long poems about a child's sensibility and developing consciousness[ 14] Louis Simpson , Good News of Death and Other Poems , Jamaican -born poet living in the United States [ 15] Clark Ashton Smith , The Dark Chateau Jean Toomer , Cane [ 15] Theodore Weiss , The Catch [ 13] William Carlos Williams :
Paterson [ 13] The Collected Earlier Poems [ 13] The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams [ 13]
Other in English
Nagendranath Gupta , editor and translator, Eastern Poetry , Allahabad: Indian Press, second edition, Bombay: Hind Kitabs (first edition 1929 ), anthology; Indian poetry in English [ 17] Louis Simpson , ''Good News of Death and Other Poems , Jamaican -born poet living in the United States [ 15] Rex Ingamells , The Great South Land , Melbourne, a history of Australia from primordial times, Australia [ 18]
Works published in other languages
In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Rajendra Shah , Andolan , Gujarati language[ 21] Binod Chandra Nayak , Oriya :
Nilacandrara Upatyaka [ 22] Candra O tara [ 22] Hem Barua , Balichandra , Indian , Assamese [ 22] Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay , Mergh Brsti Jar , Bengali [ 22] Sumitra Kumari Sinha , Panthini , Hindi -language[ 22] Sundaram , Yatra Gujarati language[ 21] V. A. Anandakkuttan , Dipavali , Malayalam [ 22] Naresh Guha , Duranta Dupur , Bengali [ 22] Ajneya , editor, Dusara Saptak , Hindi , influential anthology in the Nai Kavita ("New Poetry") movement, which has been said to have started with this book, which contains poetry from Bhavani Prasad Misra , Sakunta Mathur , Hari Narayan Vyas , Shamasher Bahadur Singh , Naresh Mehta , Raghuvir Sahay and Dharamvir Bharati (see also Tar Saptak 1943 )[ 22]
Other
Simin Behbahani , Seh-tar-e Shekasteh ("The Broken Lute"), Persia Alberto de Lacerda , Poemas , Portugal Hushang Ebtehaj (H. E. Sayeh) سراب ("Mirage"), Persian poet published in Iran Uri Zvi Greenberg , Reḥovot Hanahar ("The Streets of the River"), poems lamenting the loss of Jews in Europe; Hebrew -language, Israel [ 23] Cesare Pavese , Verrà la morte ed avrà i tuoi occhi ("Death Will Come and Will Have Your Eyes"), Turin: Einaudi; Italy [ 24]
Awards and honors
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 1 – Abul Bashar , Bengali poet and writer
January 29 – Neil Shepard , American poet, essayist, professor of creative writing and literary magazine editor
February 23 – Leevi Lehto (died 2019 ), Finnish poet, translator and programmer
March 12 – Susan Musgrave , Canadian poet and children's author
March 21 – Lesley Choyce , Canadian novelist, writer, children's book writer, poet, and academic, founder of Pottersfield Press, host of the television program "Choyce Words" and "Off the Page"; born in the United States and immigrated to Canada in 1979
April 5 – Lillian Allen , Canadian dub poet
April 21 – Brigit Pegeen Kelly , American poet and academic, daughter of author Robert Glynn Kelly and married to poet Michael Madonick
April 22 – Andrew Hudgins , American poet, essayist and academic
May 9:
May 30 – Garrett Hongo , American poet and academic, born in Volcano, Hawaii
June 20:
July 10 – Robert Priest , English-born Canadian poet and children's author
July 25 – Angela Jackson , African American
September 13 – Suzanne Lummis , American poet, teacher and co-founder of the Los Angeles Poetry Festival
October 8 – Jenny Boult , also known as "MML Bliss" (died 2005 ), Australian [ 26]
October 12 – Peter Goldsworthy , Australian poet, novelist, short-story writer, opera librettist and medical practitioner
November 13 – Robert Hilles , Canadian poet and novelist
December 13 – Anne-Marie Alonzo (died 2005 ), Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher
Also:
Ralph Angel , American poet and translatorRobin Becker , American [ 1] Peter Boyle , Australian [ 27] Ron Charach , Canadian [ 1] Peter Christensen , Canadian [ 1] Stephen Edgar , Australian poet, editor and indexerJames Galvin , American poet, novelist and writerRobert Harris (died 1993 ), Australian [ 28] Peter Johnson , American [ 1] Jill Jones , Australian poet and writerAnne Kellas , South African poet, critic and editor, immigrant to Australia Kim Maltman , Canadian poet and physicistPi O , "П O", Australian poet and anarchistBetsy Struthers , Canadian poet and novelistAnia Walwicz , Australian poet, writer and artistAfaa M. Weaver , American [ 1] Robert Wrigley , American poet and academicEddy Yanofsky , American [ 1] Ray A. Young Bear , American [ 1]
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 17 – Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (born 1903 ), playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker; Indian , writing in Assamese
January 31 – Seemab Akbarabadi سیماب اکبرآبادی (born 1882 ) Urdu poet from India
April 3 – Henrik Visnapuu (born 1890 ), Estonian
June 18 – Angelos Sikelianos (born 1884 ), Greek
June 28 – Fumiko Hayashi 林 芙美子 (born 1903 or 1904 ; sources disagree), novelist, writer and poet (a woman; surname: Hayashi)
July 3 – Sydney Jephcott (born 1864 ), Australian poet
September 18 – Gelett Burgess (born 1866 ), American artist, art critic, poet, author, and humorist
December 4 – Pedro Salinas (born 1891 ), Spanish
Also:
See also
Notes
^ a b c d e f g h i j Web page titled "A Time-Line of Poetry in English" at the Representative Poetry Online website of the University of Toronto, retrieved December 20, 2008
^ [1] Archived 2007-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Web page titled "Dolmen Press Collection" at the Wake Forest University Web site, accessed October 20, 2007^ "Irving Layton: Publications Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine ," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011.
^ a b c d e Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse , revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
^ "Notes on Life and Works Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine ," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
^ a b 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, "History and Criticism" section, p 837
^ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008^ "Denis Glover" article in The Encyclopedia of New Zealand , 1966 website, accessed April 21, 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, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, p 837
^ a b c d Web page titled "The Contemporary Scene" in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand , 1966 website, accessed April 21, 2008^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature , Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
^ "Works by Enoch Powell" . enochpowell.net. Retrieved 2 November 2010 .[permanent dead link ] ^ a b c d e f g h Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983 , 1986, New York: Oxford University Press ("If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year." — from the Preface, p vi)
^ a b c d Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7 , retrieved via Google Books, February 14, 2009
^ a b c d Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair , editors, The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry , W. W. Norton & Company, 1973, ISBN 0-393-09357-3 ^ a b c M. L. Rosenthal , The New Poets: American and British Poetry Since World War II , New York: Oxford University Press, 1967, "Selected Bibliography: Individual Volumes by Poets Discussed", pp 334-340^ Joshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies" Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine , "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. 2009-06-19.
^ "Ingamells, Reginald Charles (Rex) (1913 - 1955)" , article, Australian Dictionary of Biography online edition, retrieved May 12, 2009. 2009-05-14.^ a b c 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
^ a b Brée, Germaine , Twentieth-Century French Literature , translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983^ a b 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
^ a b c d e f g h Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2 Sahitya Akademi , ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9 , retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
^ Carmi, T., The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse , p 136, Penguin, 1981, ISBN 978-0-14-042197-2
^ Web page titled "Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 9, 2009. 2009-05-04.
^ "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine ", Canada Council. Web, Feb. 10, 2011.^ "Poetica - 18 November 2006 - Jenny Boult" . ABC Radio National . Retrieved 2007-05-14 .^ "MS 9646/Guide to the Papers of Peter Boyle" . National Library of Australia . Retrieved 2007-05-14 .^ "Australian Poetry Resources" . Australian Poetry Resources. Archived from the original on 2007-04-07. Retrieved 2007-05-14 .^ Hofmann, Michael, editor, Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology , Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006
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