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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

• Canadian poet and author, Michael Ondaatje adapts his 1970 book of poetry, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, into a play which this year is first produced in Stratford, Ontario; it will appear in New York in 1974 and in London, England in 1984.^[1]
• White Pine Press founded in Buffalo, New York. The publisher is a nonprofit organization putting out poetry, fiction, essays, and literature in translation.^[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:

Australia

• John Tranter:
  • Red Movie and other poems, Angus & Robertson
  • The Blast Area, Gargoyle Poets number 13, Makar Press
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe:
  • Selected Poems, Sydney: Angus & Robertson
  • Vinyl record: Chris Wallace-Crabbe Reads From His Own Verse, St.Lucia

Canada

• Shirley Gibson, I Am Watching
• Irving Layton, Lovers and lesser Men
• Eli Mandel, Crusoe: Poems Selected and New
• John Metcalf, editor, The Speaking Earth, anthology
• Michael Ondaatje, Rat Jelly, Toronto: Coach House Press^[1]
• Al Purdy, Sex and Death
• F.R. Scott, The Dance Is One

Caribbean

• Mervyn Morris, The Pond, Jamaica^[3]
• Andrew Salkey, editor, Breaklight, Doubleday, anthology^[4]
• Dennis Scott, Uncle Time, Jamaica^[3]
• Derek Walcott, Another Life, St. Lucia^[3]

India in English

• Richard L. Bartholomew, Poems, Calcutta: Writers Workshop^[5]
• Kamala Das, The Old Playhouse and Other Poems, New Delhi: Orient Longman^[5]
• Alokeranjan Das Gupta, Poems, Calcutta: Dialogue Pub.^[5]
• Brooks Frederick, Rocket to the Moon, Calcutta: Writers Workshop^[5]

Ireland

• Patric Dickinson, A Wintering Tree,^[6] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
• Seamus Heaney, a book of poetry^[7] Northern Ireland native published in the United Kingdom
• Thomas Kinsella:
  • Selected Poems 1956–1968, including "Chrysalides"^[8]
  • New Poems 1973, including "Notes from the Land of the Dead"^[8]
• Paul Muldoon, New Weather, Northern Irish native published in the United Kingdom

New Zealand

• James K. Baxter, Two Obscene Poems, posthumous,
• Alan Brunton, Messengers in Blackface, work by a New Zealand poet published in the United Kingdom^{[9 ]}
• Allen Curnow, An Abominable Temper & Other Poems^[10]
• Winston Curnow, editor, Essays on New Zealand Literature, Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books (scholarship)^[11]
• Keith Sinclair, The Firewheel Tree

United Kingdom

• Dannie Abse, Funland, and Other Poems^[6]
• Peter Ackroyd, London Lickpenny^[6]
• Martin Booth, Coronis, including the long poem, "On the Death of Archdeacon Broix
• Edwin Brock, a book of poetry^[7]
• Alan Brunton, Messengers in Blackface, work by a New Zealand poet published in the United Kingdom^{[9 ]}
• Cal Clothier, Behind Heslington Hall
• Tony Curtis, Walk Down a Welsh Wind, Welsh
• Patric Dickinson, A Wintering Tree,^[6] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
• Carol Ann Duffy, Fleshweathercock^[6]
• Lawrence Durrell, Vega, and Other Poems^[6]
• D. J. Enright, The Terrible Shears
• Elaine Feinstein, The Celebrants and Other Poems, Hutchinson
• Michael Fried, Powers
• Roy Fuller, Tiny Tears^[6]
• Geoffrey Grigson, Sad Grave of an Imperial Mongoose^[6]
• Michael Hamburger, Ownerless Earth^[6]
• Seamus Heaney, a book of poetry^[7] Northern Irish native published in the United Kingdom
• Ted Hughes, Prometheus on his Crag^[6]
• Thomas Kinsella, a book of poetry^[7] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
• Geoffrey Holloway, To Have Eyes
• Michael Longley, An Exploded View^[6]
• George MacBeth, Shrapnel^[6]
• Edwin Morgan, From Glasgow to Saturn^[6]
• Paul Muldoon, New Weather, Northern Irish native published in the United Kingdom
• Brian Patten, The Unreliable Nightingale^[6]
• Peter Redgrove, a book of poetry^[7]
• Alan Ross, The Taj Express^[6]
• Anne Ridler, a book of poetry^[7]
• Carol Rumens, A Strange Girl in Bright Colours^[6]
• Vernon Scannell, The Winter Man^[6]
• Michael Schmidt, It Was My Tree
• Sydney Tremayne, Selected and new Poems
• Derek Walcott, Another Life

Anthologies

• Philip Larkin, The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse anthology of poets from the British Isles or who spent time there, ISBN 0-19-812137-7
• Jon Silkin, editor, Poetry of the Committeed Individual
• John Bishop and Virginia Broadbent, editors, London Between the Lines
• Howard Sergeant, editor, African Voices

United States

• Frank Bidart, Golden State
• Robert Bly, Sleepers Joining Hands
• Joseph Payne Brennan, A Sheaf of Snow Poems
• Joseph Brodsky: Poems, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Ardis^[12] Russian-American
• Victor Hernandez Cruz, Mainland
• Irving Feldman, Lost Originals
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Open Eye, Open Heart
• Allen Ginsberg, The Fall of America
• John Logan, The Anonymous Lover, including "New Poem" and "Heart to Heart Talk with My Liver"
• Robert Lowell:
  • The Dolphin, containing 103 new poems
  • History, containing 360 poems, including more than 80 new ones and many revised
  • For Lizzie and Harriet, 67 old poems, all revised
• W.S. Merwin, Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment
• Joyce Carol Oates, Angel Fire
• Adrienne Rich, "Rape"
• Muriel Rukeyser, Breaking Open
• Patti Smith, Witt
• Mark Strand, The Story of Our Lives, Canadian native living in and published in the United States
• Alice Walker, Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems

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:

French language

Canada

• Michel Bealieu:
  • Variables
  • Pulsions
• Yves-Gabriel Brunet, Poésies I, collected poems from 1958 to 1962
• Gilles Constantineau, Nouveaux Poèmes
• Roland Giguère, La Main au feu, collected poems from 1949 to 1968
• Gilbert Langevin:
  • Les Ecrits de Zéro Legel
  • Novembre
• Raymond LeBlanc, Cri de terre
• Luc Racine, Le Pays saint

France

• Jean Daive, Fut bâti, about the author's friendship with Paul Celan; part memoir, part prose-poem;^[13]Gallimard^[14]
• Michel Deguy, Tombeau de du Bellay^[14]
• George es-Emmanuel clancier, Peut-Être une demeure
• Jean Loisy, Le Double Jeu
• Katia Granoff Méditerranée
• Eugene Guilleveic, Inclus^[14]
• Edmond Jabès, (El, ou le drier livre)^[14]
• Michel Leiris, Haut-mal^[15]
• François Pradelle, Les Naïves Amours
• Denis Roche, Le Mécrit
• Pierrette Sartin, Le Destin accepté
• Philippe Soupault, Poèmes et Poésies: 1917–1973, publisher: Grasset^[14]

German language

East Germany

• Wolf Biermann, a communist living in East Germany, he could only publish these works in the West:
  • Für meine Genossen
  • Deutschland: ein Wintermärchen, long satirical poem on the division of Germany

West Germany, Austria, Switzerland

• Peter Huchel, Gezähte Tage
• Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Kein Zauberspruch
• Eric Fried, Die Freiheit den Mund aufzumachen
• Günter Herburger, Operette
• J. P. Stössel, Friedenserklärung

Indian subcontinent

Including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:

Assamese

• Nabakanta Barua, Mor Aru Prithivir ("Of Mine and the Earth")^[16]
• Narayan Bezbarua, Punaruthan^[17]
• Maheswar Neog, Pracya Sasanavali^[17]

Other in India

• Amrita Pritan, Kagaz te Kanvas, Punjabi^[17]

Italy

• Almanacco dello Specchio for 1973, an anthology of poetry, including translated poetry
• Franco Fortini, Questo muro, collected poems from 1962 to 1972
• Pier Paolo Pasolini, Trasumanar e organizzar
• Libero De Libero, Scempio e lusinga, collected poems written from 1930 to 1956
• Marino Moretti, Le poverazze

Soviet Union

• M. Bazhan, The Spark from Uman Recollections (translated into Russian from Ukrainian), 1973^[18]
• P. Brovka, We Are Children of One Mother (translated into Russian from Belarusian)^[18]
• B. Istru, Pain of a Shadow (translated into Russian from Moldavian)^[18]
• R. Margiani, From the Book of Brotherhood (translated into Russian from Georgian)^[18]
• S. Orlov, Loyalty^[18]

Spanish language

• Matilde Camus, Bestiario poético (Poetic Book of animals)

Latin America

• José Carlos Becerra, El otoño recorre las islas, collected poetry from 1960 to 1970, edited by José Emilio Pacheco and Gabriel Zaid
• Alfonso Calderón, Isla de los Bienaventurados ("Island of the Blessed"), Chile^[19]
• Ernesto Cardenal, Canto nacional, Nicaragua
• Enrique Fierro, Mutaciones, Uruguay
• Ulalume González de León, Plagio, Uruguay
• Alvaro Mutis, Summa de magroll el Gaviero, Colombia
• José Miguel Oviedo, Estos trece
• José Emilio Pacheco, Irás y no volverás, Mexico
• Gabriel Zaid,Práctica mortal, Mexico

Other

• Odysseus Elytis, The Trills Of Love (Τα Ρω του Έρωτα) (Greece)
• Klaus Høeck, Rejse l-V, publisher: Grevas; Denmark^[20]

Awards and honors

English language

Canada

• See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Patric Dickinson, Philip Larkin
• Eric Gregory Award: John Beynon, Ian Caws, James Fenton, Keith Harris, David Howarth, Philip Pacey
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: John Heath-Stubbs

United States

• Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Daniel Hoffman appointed this year.
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, John Crowe Ransom
• Bollingen Prize: James Merrill
• National Book Award for Poetry: A. R. Ammons, Collected Poems, 1951-1971
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Maxine Kumin, Up Country
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: W. S. Merwin

French language

France

• Max Jacob prize: Hubert Juin for Le Cinquième Poème
• Guillaume Apollinaire prize: Marc Alyn
• Grand Priz of the French Academy: André Frénaud
• Grand Aigle d'Or: Eugène Guillevic

Births

• date not known:
  • Ben Doyle (pen name: "Ben Dollar")
  • Duo Yu, Chinese
  • Sonnet L'Abbé, Canadian
  • Paul Vermeersch, Canadian

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• March 26 – Noël Coward, 73, English actor, playwright, poet and composer of popular music, of a heart attack
• May 20 – Charles Brasch, 63, New Zealand poet, literary editor, and arts patron
• June 4 – Arna Bontemps, 70 (born 1902, American poet and member of the Harlem Renaissance, of a heart attack
• August 17 – Conrad Aiken, 84, of a heart attack
• September 2 – J.R.R. Tolkien, 81, poet, author and academic
• September 23 – Pablo Neruda, 69, Chilean writer, poet and Communist politician, from leukemia
• September 28 – W. H. Auden, 66, English poet, often cited as one of the most influential of the century
• October 17 – Ingeborg Bachmann (born 1926) Austrian poet and author
• November 22 – Ramon Guthrie, 77,
• November 23 – Francis Webb, 48, Australian poet
• November 24 – John G. Neihardt (born 1881), American author and poet
• date not known – Kenneth Allott, Welsh poet, academic, and authority on Matthew Arnold

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
2. ^ Web page titled "A World of Voices", White Pines Press website, retrieved December 10, 2008
3. ^ ^{a b c} "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
4. ^ Breiner, Laurence A., An Introduction to West Indian Poetry, page 253, Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 9780521587129, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
5. ^ ^{a b c d} 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
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Literature" article, Britannica Book of the Year 1974, covering events of 1973, published in 1974, pages 425-442, the article provides no information on this book's title
8. ^ ^{a b} Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0856405612
9. ^ ^{a b} Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
10. ^ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
11. ^ Web page titled "Ursula Bethell / New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Aukland Library website, accessed April 30, 2008
12. ^ [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
13. ^ Web page titled "Jean Davie: from Under the Dome: A Memoir of Paul Celan" at the Salt Magazine website, retrieved September 2, 2009. Archived 2009-09-04.
14. ^ ^{a b c d e} 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
15. ^ Brée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
16. ^ George, K. M., editor, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: An Anthology: Surveys and Poems, p 65, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, ISBN 9788172013240, retrieved January 8, 2009
17. ^ ^{a b c} 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
18. ^ ^{a b c d e} Britannica Book of the Year 1975, published by The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1975, "Literature" article, "Russian" section, "Soviet Literature" subsection, page 465; although the book is for "Events of 1974" the article specifically cites each of these works as published in Russian in 1973
19. ^ "Chile National Literature Prize Winner Alfonso Calderon Dies", obituary, August 8, 2009, Latin American Herald Tribune, retrieved September 4, 2009. Archived 2009-09-07.
20. ^ Web page titled [stage=5&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[uid]=115&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[lang]=_eng "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck"], website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010

See also

Poetry portal

• Poetry
• List of poetry awards
• List of years in poetry