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

Events

• The Frogmore Press founded by Andre Evans and Jeremy Page at the Frogmore tea-rooms in Folkestone. The press publishes a magazine, The Frogmire Papers

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

• Les Murray, The People's Otherworld, winner of the 1984 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry^[1]
• Philip Salom: The Projectionist, A Sequence. (Fremantle Arts Centre) ISBN 978-0-909144-69-2
• John Tranter, Selected Poems, Hale & Iremonger

Canada

• George Elliott Clarke, Saltwater Spirituals and Deeper Blues, Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia: Pottersfield, ISBN 0919001122
• Don McKay, Birding, or Desire^[2]
• George McWhirter, Fire Before Dark
• Roy Miki, The Prepoetics of William Carlos Williams (critical study)
• George Woodcock, Collected Poems, Victoria: Sono Nis Press, Canada^[3]

Ireland

• Sebastian Barry, The Water-Colourist, Ireland
• Padraic Fallon, Poems and Versions (see also Poems 1974 in poetry, Collected Poems1990 in poetry)^[4]
• Seamus Heaney, Northern Ireland native living at this time in the United States:
  • An Open Letter, Field Day
  • Translator, Sweeney Astray: A version from the Irish, Field Day
• Paul Muldoon, Quoof, Norther Ireland native published in the United Kingdom^[4]
• Tom Paulin, Liberty Tree, including "Desertmartin", "Off the Back of a Lorry" and "A Written Answer", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom^[5]

New Zealand

• Fleur Adcock(New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
  • The Virgin and the Nightingale: Medieval Latin poems, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Bloodaxe Books^[6]
  • Selected Poems, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press^[6]
• 1986: * Fleur Adcock, Hotspur: a ballad, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Bloodaxe Books (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963)^[6]
• Lauris Edmond, Catching It: Poems^[7]
• M. P. Jackson and V. O'Sullivan, editors, Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Writing Since 1945, anthology^[8] 1983
• Bill Manhire, Locating the Beloved and Other Stories, New Zealand
• W. H. Oliver, James K. Baxter: A Portrait, Wellington: Port Nicholson Press, 1983; reprinted 1994, Godwit Press/Bridget Williams Books, biography
• Bob Orr, Cargo^[9]

United Kingdom

• Fleur Adcock(New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
  • The Virgin and the Nightingale: Medieval Latin poems, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Bloodaxe Books^[6]
  • Selected Poems, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press^[6]
• George Barker, Anno Domino^[4]
• George Mackay Brown, Voyages^[4]
• Alan Brownjohn, Collected Poems 1952–1983^[4]
• Helen Dunmore, The Apple Fall^[4]
• Gavin Ewart, Capital Letters^[4]
• Padraic Fallon, Poems and Versions (see also Poems 1974 in poetry, Collected Poems1990 in poetry), Irish poet published in the United Kingdom^[4]
• James Fenton, Memory of War and Children in Exile^[4]
• Roy Fuller, As From the Thirties^[4]
• Seamus Heaney, Northern Ireland native living at this time in the United States:
  • An Open Letter, Field Day
  • Translator: Sweeney Astray: A version from the Irish, Field Day
• Adrian Henri, Penny Arcade^[4]
• Geoffrey Hill, The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Peguy^[4]
• Frances Horovitz, Snow Light, Water Light^[4]
• Ted Hughes, River^[4]
• Jenny Joseph, Beyond Descartes^[4]
• Peter Levi, The Echoing Green^[4]
• Christopher Middleton, 111 Poems, Carcanet Press, ISBN 9780856354571
• Andrew Motion, Secret Narratives^[4]
• Paul Muldoon, Quoof, Norther Ireland native published in the United Kingdom^[4]
• Grace Nichols, I is a Long-Memoried Woman,^[4] Caribbean Cultural International
• Sean O'Brien, The Indoor Park^[4] (Bloodaxe)
• Tom Paulin, Liberty Tree, including "Desertmartin", "Off the Back of a Lorry" and "A Written Answer", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom^[5]
• J. H. Prynne, The Oval Window^[4]
• Carol Rumens, Star Whisper^[4]
• Peter Scupham, Winter Quarters^[4]

United States

• A.R. Ammons, Lake Effect Country^[10]
• Maya Angelou, Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
• Elizabeth Bishop, Collected Poems 1927-1979, posthumous (died 1979)^[10]
• Amy Clampitt, Kingfisher^[10]
• James Dickey, The Central Motion^[10]
• Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), Collected Poems, 1912–1944, posthumous (died 1961)^[10]
• Alice Fulton, Dance Script with Electric Ballerina
• Nikki Giovanni, Those Who Ride the Nightwinds^[10]
• Frank Graziano, editor, Georg Trakl: A Profile, Logbridge-Rhodes, criticism
• Seamus Heaney, Northern Ireland native living at this time in the United States:
  • An Open Letter, Field Day
  • Translator: Sweeney Astray: A version from the Irish, Field Day
• Joy Harjo, She Had Some Horses^[11]
• John Hollander, Powers of Thirteen^[10]
• Paul Hoover, Somebody Talks a Lot (The Yellow Press)
• Richard Howard, Lining Up^[10]
• W. S. Merwin, Opening the Hand^[10]
• Mary Oliver, American Primitive
• Carl Rakosi, Spiritus I
• Adrienne Rich, Sources^[10]
• William Saroyan, My Name Is Saroyan, a miscellany of fiction, nonfiction, drama and verse; published posthumously (died 1981)^[10]
• James Schevill, The American Fantasies: Collected Poems, 1945–1981^[10]
• Ntozake Shange, A Daughter's Geography^[10]
• Louis Simpson, The Best Hour of the Night^[10]
• Gary Snyder, Axe Handles^[10]
• David Wagoner, First Light^[10]
• Robert Penn Warren, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce^[10]

Other in English

• Jayanta Mahapatra, Life Signs, India^[12]
• Dom Moraes, Absences, book of poems, India
• M. Nourbese Philip, Salmon Courage, Caribbean^[13]

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:

Spain

• Matilde Camus:
  • Tierra de palabras ("Land of words")
  • Coral montesino ("Chorale of Monte")

West Germany

• H. Bender, Deutsche Gedichte 1930-1960, anthology^[14]
• Hiltrud Gnüg, Entstehung und Krise lyrischer subjektivität. Vom Klassischen Lyrischen Ich zur Modernen Erfahrungswirklichkeit, Stuttgart (scholarship)^[15]
• Walter Hinderer, editor, Geschichte der deutschen Lyrik vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, Stuttgart (scholarship), called "indispensable" by the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (1993)
• Klaus Weissenberger, editor, Die deutsche Lyrik, 1945-1975 (scholarship)^[15]

Other

• Lo Fu (poet) (Luo Fu),Wine-Brewing Stone, Chinese (Taiwan) ^[16]
• Klaus Høeck; Denmark:
  • Eno High, with Asger Schnack, publisher: Schønberg^[17]
  • Metamorphoses, publisher: Gyldendal ^[17]

Awards and honors

Australia

• Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Vivian Smith, Tide Country

Canada

• Gerald Lampert Award
• See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Pat Lowther Award

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: John Fuller, Craig Raine, Anthony Thwaite
• Eric Gregory Award: Martin Stokes, Hilary Davies, Michael O’Neill, Lisa St Aubin de Terán, Deidre Shanahan
• Commonwealth Poetry Prize: Grace Nichols, i is a long memoried woman

United States

• Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Kate Daniels, The White Wave
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Galway Kinnell - Selected Poems
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: James Schuyler and Philip Booth

Deaths

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

• February 18 – Robert Payne at 71
• May 4 – Shūji Terayama 寺山 修司 (born 1935), Japanese, avant-garde poet, playwright, writer, film director and photographer
• June 19 – Vilmundur Gylfason, Icelandic historian and poet
• July 4 – Ted Berrigan, at 48 (born 1934), American
• July 12 – Edwin Denby, at 80 (born 1903) by suicide
• August 12 – Mikey Smith (born 1954), Jamaican dub poet, stoned to death^[13]
• Also:
  • Frances Horovitz, English poet, broadcaster and performer of poetry
  • Alden Nolan

See also

Poetry portal

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

Notes

1. ^ [1]Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007
2. ^ [2]Web page titled "Don McKay" at the "writing canada into the millennium" Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
3. ^ Web page titled "The Works of George Woodcock" at the Anarchy Archives website, which states: "This list is based on The Record of George Woodcock (issued for his eightieth birthday) and Ivan Avakumovic's bibliography in A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock, edited by W.H. New, 1978, with additions to bring it up to date"; accessed April 24, 2008
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w} Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
5. ^ ^{a b} Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0856405612
6. ^ ^{a b c d e} Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
7. ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Lauris Edmond" article
8. ^ 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
9. ^ Web page titled "Bob Orr" at Best of New Zealand Poems 2001 website, accessed April 23, 2008
10. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} 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)
11. ^ 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
12. ^ [3]Jayata Mahapatra Web page at the Orissa Gateway Web site, accessed October 16, 2007
13. ^ ^{a b} "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
14. ^ 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, "Anthologies in German" section, pp 473-474
15. ^ ^{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, "German Poetry" article, "Criticism in German" section, p 474
16. ^ Balcom, John, "Lo Fu", article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008
17. ^ ^{a b} 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