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

Events

• Two poems written in 1965 by Mao Zedong just before the Cultural Revolution, including "Two Birds: A Dialogue", are published on January 1^[1]

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

• R. Berndt, editor, Love Songs of Arnhem Land (anthology)^[2]
• Les Murray, The Vernacular Republic Selected Poems^[3]
• John Tranter, The Alphabet Murders (notes from a work in progress), Angus & Robertson
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Foundations of Joy, (Poets of the Month Series), Sydney: Angus & Robertson

Canada

• Al Purdy, Sundance at Dusk
• Irving Layton, My Brother Jesus
• Gary Geddes, War & Other Measures
• Roland Giguere, Miron translated from French

India in English

• Meena Alexander, The Bird's Bright Ring, Calcutta: Writer's Workshop^[4]
• Om Prakash Bhatnagar, Thought Poems, Aligarh: Skylark Pub.^[4]
• Keki N. Daruwalla, Crossing of Rivers, New Delhi: Oxford ^[4]
• Deb Kumar Das, Winterbird Walks, Calcutta: Writers Workshop^[4]
• Jagannath Prasad Das, First Person, Delhi: Arnold Heinemann^[4]
• Mukand R. Dave, Some Sheets of Paper, Aligarh: Skylark Pub.^[4]
• Nissim Ezekiel, Hymns in Darkness, Delhi: Oxford University Press^[4]
• Nolini Kanta Gupta, Collected Works, five volumes, published from 1971 to this year; Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Book Distribution Agency^[4]
• Rohini K. Gupta, Karna and Other Poems, Calcutta: Writers Workshop^[4]

Ireland

• Ciarán Carson: The New Estate, Blackstaff Press, Wake Forest University Press
• John Ennis (poet), Night on Hibernia Oldcastle: The New Gallery Press, ISBN 9780902996465
• Michael Longley, Man Lying on a Wall,^[5] Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
• George McWhirter, 'Queen of the Sea', Northern Ireland poet published in Canada

New Zealand

• James K. Baxter, posthumous
  • The Bone Chanter: Unpublished Poems 1945–72, edited by J. E. Weir
  • The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady: Various Uncollected and Unpublished Poems, edited by J. E. Weir
• Alan Brunton, Black & White Anthology, a 33-part sequence with an Asian setting, Hawk Press^[6]
• Vincent O'Sullivan, James K. Baxter, biography, New Zealand

United Kingdom

• Kenneth Allott, Collected Poems
• W. H. Auden, Collected Poems of W. H. Auden, edited by Edward Mendelson
• Frances Bellerby, The First Known (posthumous)
• Zoë Brooks, Owl Shadows and Whispering Stone "parallel booklets"
• George Mackay Brown, Winterfold^[5]
• Ciarán Carson: The New Estate, Blackstaff Press, Wake Forest University Press
• Elizabeth Daryush, Collected Poems
• David Day, Brass Rubbings
• Patric Dickinson, The Bearing Beast
• Gavin Ewart, No Fool Like an Old Fool^[5]
• Ruth Fainlight, Another Full Moon
• Tony Flynn, Separations
• Alistair Fowler, Catagomb Suburb
• Thom Gunn, Jack Straw's Castle, and Other Poems^[5]
• Adrian Henri, One Year, Todmorden, Lancashire: Arc Publications, ISBN 9780902771475
• Ted Hughes, Season Songs
• Glyn Jones, Selected Poems
• Peter Levi, Collected Poems
• Michael Longley, Man Lying on a Wall^[5] Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
• Hugh MacDairmid, Collected Poems
• Hugh Maxton, The Noise of the Fields
• Humphrey John Moore, Collected Poems
• Eleanor Murray, Black and Sepia
• Luke Parsons, Last Poems
• Brian Patten, Vanishing Trick^[5]
• Rodney Pybus, Bridging Loans
• Peter Reading, The Prison Cell and Barrel Mystery^[5]
• Jon Silkin, The Little Time-Keeper^[5]
• Derek Walcott, Sea Grapes
• David Wright, A View of the North
• Edmund Leo Wright, The Horwich Hennets (the poet invented the "hennet", a 12-line hendecasyllabic verse with the rhymes "abacbcde deff")
• Paul Yates, Sky Made of Stone

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

• Elaine Feinstein, editor and translator, Three Russian Poets: Margarite Aliger, Yunna Morits, Bella Akhmadulina, Manchester, Carcanet Press
• F.E.S. Finn, Here and Human
• Antonia Fraser, Scottish Love Poems
• Dannie Abse, Poetry Dimension Annual 4
• Howard Sergeant, New Poems 1976/1977, P.E.N. anthology

United States

• Diane Ackerman, The Planets
• Paul Auster, translator, The Uninhabited, poetry translated from the original French of André du Bouchet^[7]

• Ted Berrigan, Red Wagon
• Elizabeth Bishop, One Act
• Peter Blue Cloud, Turtle, Bear, and Wolf^[8]
• Raymond Carver, At Night The Salmon Move
• Maxine Chernoff, Vegetable Emergency, prose poems (Beyond Baroque Foundation)
• Robert Creeley, Selected Poems
• James Dickey, The Zodiac
• Ed Dorn, translator, Selected Poems of Cesar Vallejo, Penguin^[9]
• Charles Doyle, James K. Baxter, Boston: Twayne (Twayne's World Authors Series); study of the New Zealand poet
• Irving Feldman, Leaping Clear
• Marya Fiamengo, In Praise of Older Women
• John Hollander, Reflections on Espionage
• Robert Lowell, Selected Poems
• James Merrill: Divine Comedies, including "Lost in Translation" and "The Book of Ephraim", a long narrative poem
• N. Scott Momaday, The Gourd Dancer^[8]
• Lorine Niedecker, Blue Chicory (published posthumously)
• Simon Ortiz, Going for the Rain^[8]
• Kenneth Rexroth, 100 More Poems from the Japanese
• Charles Reznikoff, Poems 1918-1936
• Muriel Rukeyser, The Gates
• Anne Sexton, 45 Mercy Street (posthumous)
• James Tate, Viper Jazz

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

• Harold Bloom, Poetry and Repression, the final volume of a tetralogy that began with The Anxiety of Influence in 1973
• Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, Understanding Poetry (college textbook), originally published in 1938, goes into its fourth edition (after revised editions in 1950 and 1960); this would be the final edition before the deaths of the authors

Other in English

• Jayanta Mahapatra, Indian:
  • A Father's Hours^[10]
  • A Rain of Rites^[10]

Works published in other languages

Listed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

Denmark

• Jørgen Gustava Brandt:
  • Jothárram
  • Mit hjerte i København
  • Regnansigt
• Klaus Høeck, Pentagram, publisher: Gyldendal^[11]
• Jørgen Nash, Her er jeg
• Klaus Rifbjerg, Stranden
• Jørgen Sonne, Huset ("The House")^[12]

Finland

• Paavo Haavikko, Viiniä, kirjoitusta
• Hannu Mäkelä, Synkkyys pohjaton, ninn myös iloni, onneni
• Jarkko Laine, Viidenpennin Hamlet
• Matti Rossi, Laulu tummana tulevi
• Matti Kuusi, Kansanruno Kalevala, a reconstruction of the folk poems that formed the basis of the Finnish national epic, Kaalevala, compiled in 1849 by Elias Lönnrot.

French language

France

• Anne-Marie Albiach, Objet^[7]
• Roland Bacri, Roland Bacri (the name of the author and book are the same)
• Hervé Bazin, Traits
• Jean Berthet, L'éternel instant
• Philippe Chabaneix, Dix nouvelles romances
• Jean Daive, Le jeu des séries scéniques^[7]
• Christian Dedeyan, Chant du Houlme
• Roger Giroux, Théatre, published posthumously (died 1973)^[7]
• Robert Houdelot, Les Treize
• Edmond Jabès, Le Livre des Ressemblances^[7]
• Jacques Marlet, Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver
• Robert Marteau, Atlante^[7]
• Jacques Prévert, Grand Bal du printemps
• Raymond Queneau, Morale élémentaire
• J.P. Seguin, LAnnée poétique 1975

Criticism, scholarship and biography

• John Jackson, a study of Yves Bonnefoy

Canada

• Georges Cartier, Chanteaux
• Paul Chanel Malenfant, Poèmes de la mères pays
• Marie Uguay, Signe et rumeur
• A Quebec collective of women, La Nef des sorcières

German language

West Germany

• Horst Bienek, Gleiwitzer Kindheit
• H. M. Enzensberger, Mausoleum: 37 Ballads From the History of Progress
• Michael Kruger, Reginapoly
• Ernst Meister, Im Zeitspalt
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Prussian Nights, translated into German from the original Russian by Nikolaus Ehlert; first written in 1951; first published in 1974
• Jurgen Theobaldy and Gustav Zürcher, Veränderung der Lyrik: Über westdeutsche Gedichte seit 1965^[13]

East Germany

• Erich Arendt, Memento und Bild

Italy

• Dario Bellezza, Morta segreta
• Alberto Bevilacqua, La crudeltà
• Amelia Rosselli, Documento 1966-73
• Angelo M. Ripellino, La splendido violino verde

Norway

• Göran Sonnevi, Det omöjliga
• Sten Hagliden, Kvällsordat
• Barbro Lindgren, Rapporter från marken

Spanish language

Spain

• Matilde Camus, Siempre amor ("Forever Love")
• Antonio Colinas, Sepulcro en Taruinia
• Claudio Rodriguez, El vuelo de la celebración

Latin America

• José Emilio Pacheco, Islas à la deriva (Mexico)
• Guadalupe Amor, El zoológico de Pita Amor
• Jomi García Ascot, Un modo de decir
• A workshop in "synthetic poetry" came out with Doce modos

Portuguese language

Portugal

• Carlos de Oliveira, Trabalho Poético
• Egito Gonçalves, Luz Vegital
• Eugénio de Andrade, Limar dos Pássaros
• António Ramos Rosa, Ciclo do Cavalo
• Pedro Tamen, Agora, Estar

Brazil

• Marcus Accioly, Sisifo, a long poem containing multiple forms of poetry, including the classical sonnet, concrete and popular Brazilian forms
• Yolanda Jordão, Biografia do Edificio e Anexos
• Adélia Prado, Bagagem

Other languages

• Gerrit Kouwenaar, Verzamelde Gedichten (Netherlands)
• Alexander Mezhirov, Под старым небом ("Under the Old Sky"), Russia, Soviet Union^[14]
• Heeraben Pathak, Paraloke Patra, a poem addressing her deceased husband, poet Ramnarayan Pathak; Indian poet writing in Gujarati^[15]
• Wisława Szymborska: Wielka liczba ("A Large Number"), Poland

Awards and honors

Canada

• See 1976 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Peter Porter, Fleur Adcock
• Eric Gregory Award: Stewart Brown, Valerie Gillies, Paul Groves, Paul Hyland, Nigel Jenkins, Andrew Motion, Tom Paulin, William Peskett

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"): Robert Hayden appointed this year.
• Frost Medal: A.M. Sullivan
• National Book Award for Poetry: John Ashbery, Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: John Ashbery: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
• Walt Whitman Award: Laura Gilpin, The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: J. V. Cunningham
• Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Denise Levertov, The Freeing of the Dust (Judge: Hayden Carruth)

Births

• Meghan O'Rourke, American writer, editor and poet; writes for Slate magazine, a poetry editor for The Paris Review

Deaths

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

• January 15 – Sydney Goodsir Smith (born 1975), New Zealand–Scots poet, artist, dramatist and novelist who wrote poetry in literary Scots often referred to as Lallans; a major figure of the Scottish Renaissance
• January 18 – Chester Kallman, 53
• January 22 – Charles Reznikoff, 81, American Objectivist poet
• March 10 – Louis Sissman, 48, of Hodgkin's disease
• March 12 – Lloyd Frankenberg, 67
• March 22 – Stanley Young, 69
• April 9 – Saneatsu Mushanokōji 武者小路 実篤 實篤, sometimes known as "Mushakōji Saneatsu"; other pen-names included "Musha" and "Futo-o" (born 1885), Japanese, late Taishō period and Showa period novelist, playwright, poet, artist and philosopher
• April 28 – Richard A. W. Hughes, British poet, author and playwright
• May 10 – Roque Dalton, executed
• May 11 – Ogiwara Seisensui 荻原井泉水, pen name of Ogiwara Tōkichi (born 1884), Japanese, haiku poet in the Taishō and Showa periods
• July 10 – Sir Francis Meynell, 84
• August 19 – Jan Nisar Akhtar, 62, Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, a lyricist for Bollywood and father of psychiatrist and poet Salman Akhtar
• August 29 – Kazi Nazrul Islam (also spelled "Kazi Nozrul Islam"), 77 (born 1899), Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher best known as the Bidrohi Kobi ("Rebel Poet"), popular among Bengalis and considered the national poet of Bangladesh
• September 24(?) – Pat Lowther, Canadian poet murdered by her husband, Roy Lowther
• October 15 – James McAuley, Australian poet, academic, journalist, literary critic
• October 18 – Viswanatha Satyanarayana (born 1895), Indian poet writing in Tegulu; popularly known as the Kavi Samraat ("Emperor of Poetry")
• date not known – Anne Elder

See also

Poetry portal

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

Notes

1. ^ [1]Representative Poetry Online Web site, which cites Facts on File 36 [1976]: 9
2. ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108
3. ^ [2]Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} 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
5. ^ ^{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
6. ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f} 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
8. ^ ^{a b c} Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer, The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature, p 29, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 9780521822831, retrieved February 9, 2009
9. ^ Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
10. ^ ^{a b} [3]Jayata Mahapatra Web page at the Orissa Gateway Web site, accessed October 16, 2007
11. ^ 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
12. ^ "Danish Poetry" article, p 273, 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
13. ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Criticism in German" section, p 474
14. ^ 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
15. ^ 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

• Britannica Book of the Year 1977 ("for events of 1976"), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica 1977 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)