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

Events

• Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day
• Jason Shinder, an American poet, expands a New York City Y.M.C.A. writing education program nationwide, thereby founding the Y.M.C.A. National Writer’s Voice program, one of the country’s largest networks of literary-arts centers, with 24 locations by 2008. Writers who have taught in the program include poets Adrienne Rich and Galway Kinnell, novelists Michael Cunningham and E. L. Doctorow, and playwright Wendy Wasserstein.^[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

• Jennifer Maiden:
  • Bastille Day, NLA
  • Selected Poems of Jennifer Maiden, Penguin
  • The Winter Baby, Angus & Robertson
• Les Murray, Dog Fox Field Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1990; Carcanet, 1991 and New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe:
  • For Crying Out Loud, Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Poetry and Belief (scholarship), Hobart: University of Tasmania

Canada

• George Elliott Clarke, Whylah Falls, Vancouver: Polestar, ISBN 0-919591-57-4 (revised edition, 2000 ISBN 1-896095-50-X) Canada
• A. E. Davidson, Studies on Canadian Literature (scholarship), Canada^[2]
• George Johnston, Endeared by Dark: The Collected Poems^[3]
• Michael Redhill, Impromptu Feats of Balance, Don Mills, Ontario: Wolsak & Wynn
• Ricardo Sternberg, Invention of Honey, Montreal: Signal Editions
• Phyllis Webb, Hanging Fire^[3]

Ireland

• Eavan Boland, Outside History, including "The Latin Lesson" and "Midnight Flowers", Carcanet Press^[4]
• Pat Boran:
  • History and Promise (IUP)^[5]
  • The Unwound Clock (Dedalus)^[5]
• Ciarán Carson, Belfast Confetti, Bloodaxe, Wake Forest University Press, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
• Paul Durcan, Daddy, Daddy^[6]
• Padraic Fallon, Collected Poems, introduction by Seamus Heaney, ^[6], Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 9781852350529 published posthumously
• Seamus Heaney:
  • The Tree Clock,^[6] Linen Hall Library
  • New Selected Poems 1966-1987,^[6] Faber & Faber
  • The Redress of Poetry, criticism^[6]
• Paul Muldoon, Madoc, including "Cauliflowers", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom^[4]
• Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, The Magdalene Sermon, including "The Informant", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press^[4]

New Zealand

• Allen Curnow, Selected Poems 1940–1989^[7]
• Bill Manhire, The Old Man's Example
• Frank McKay, Life of James K. Baxter, Auckland: Oxford University Press; called the "standard biography" of New Zealand's "probably New Zealand's best-known poet"^[8]
• Cilla McQueen, Berlin Diary,^[9] winner of the 1991 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry

United Kingdom

• Dannie Abse, Rememberance of Crimes Past^[6]
• Eavan Boland, Outside History^[6]
• Ciarán Carson: Belfast Confetti, Bloodaxe, Wake Forest University Press, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
• Donald Davie, Collected Poems^[6]
• Paul Durcan, Daddy, Daddy^[6]
• Carol Ann Duffy, The Other Country, Anvil Press Poetry (poetry)^[10]
• Padraic Fallon, Collected Poems, introduction by Seamus Heaney, published posthumously^[6]
• Elaine Feinstein, City Music, Hutchinson
• Tony Harrison, Losing Touch^[6]
• Seamus Heaney:
  • The Tree Clock,^[6] Linen Hall Library
  • New Selected Poems 1966-1987,^[6] Faber & Faber
  • The Redress of Poetry, criticism^[6]
• John Heath-Stubbs:
  • The Game of Love and Death^[6]
  • Selected Poems
• Adrian Henri, Box, and Other Poems^[6]
• Alan Jenkins, Greenheart^[6]
• Derek Mahon, The Chinese Restaurant in Portrush: Selected Poems. Gallery Press
• Glyn Maxwell, Tale of the Mayor's Son^[6]
• Edwin Morgan, Collected Poems^[6]
• Brian Patten, Collected Poems^[6]
• Ruth Pitter, Collected Poems, introduction by Elizabeth Jennings^[6]
• Peter Redgrove, Dressed as for a Tarot Pack
• Peter Scupham, Watching the Perseids^[6]
• R.S. Thomas, Counterpoint^[6]
• Hugo Williams, Self-Portrait with a Slide^[6]

United States

• Elizabeth Alexander, The Venus Hottentot^[11]
• Maya Angelou, I Shall Not be Moved
• Frank Bidart, In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965–90 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• Philip Booth, Selves, Viking Penguin
• George F. Butterick and Richard Blevins, editors, Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence, ninth and last volume published this year (first volume published in 1980), Santa Barbara, California, biography and criticism^[12]
• Maxine Chernoff, Leap Year Day: New & Selected Poems (Another Chicago Press)
• Alice Fulton, Powers of Congress
• David Graham, Second Wind, Texas Tech University Press
• David Lehman, Operation Memory, Princeton University Press
• Thomas Lux, The Drowned River, Houghton Mifflin
• Mary Oliver, House of Light
• Peter Oresick, Definitions (West End Press) and Working Classics (University of Illinois Press)
• Mark Strand, The Continuous Life, Canadian native living in and published in the United States
• Derek Walcott, Omeros
• Rosmarie Waldrop, Peculiar Motions (Kelsey St. Press)
• Reed Whittemore, The Past, the Future, the Present: Poems Selected and New

Poets included in The Best American Poetry 1990

These 75 poets were included in The Best American Poetry 1990, edited by David Lehman with Jorie Graham, guest editor:

Other in English

• Ramabai Espinet, Creation Fire: A CAFRA Anthology of Caribbean Women's Poetry^[13]
• Derek Walcott, Omeros, St. Lucia poet living in the United States^[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:

Spanish language

Spain

• Matilde Camus, El color de mi cristal ("The colour of my glasses")

Other

• Lo Fu (poet) (Luo Fu), Chinese (Taiwan):
  • Nirvana of Angels^[14]
  • House of Midnight^[14]
• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Pharaoh's Daughter, including "Fear Suaithinseach", "An Bhabog Bhriste", "An Bhean Mhidhilis", and "Ceist na Teangan", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, Gaelic-language, Ireland^[4]

Awards and honors

Australia

• C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, The Clean Dark
• Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, The Clean Dark
• Mary Gilmore Prize: Kristopher Rassemussen - In the Name of the Father

Canada

• Gerald Lampert Award
• Archibald Lampman Award
• See 1990 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Pat Lowther Award
• Prix Alain-Grandbois

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Kingsley Amis, Elaine Feinstein, Michael O’Neill
• Eric Gregory Award: Nicholas Drake, Maggie Hannan, William Park, Jonathan Davidson, Lavinia Greenlaw, Don Paterson, John Wells
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Sorley Maclean

United States

• Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Debra Allbery, Walking Distance
• Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: W. S. Merwin
• Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Christopher Logue, "Kings"
• Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: James Merrill, The Inner Room
• Frost Medal: Denise Levertov / James Laughlin
• National Book Award for Poetry: No prize given
• Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Mark Strand
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Charles Simic: The World Doesn't End
• Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Hayden Carruth
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: William Meredith

Deaths

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

• March 13 – Teiko Tomita (born 1894), Japanese-born American poet who wrote in Japanese^[15]
• May 14 – Mary Oppen, 82 (born 1908), American poet, activist, artist, photographer, and writer, wife of George Oppen
• October 12 – Nagai Tatsuo 永井龍男, used the pen-name of "Tomonkyo" for his poetry (born 1904), Japanese, Showa period novelist, short-story writer, haiku poet, editor and journalist
• November 7 – Lawrence Durrell, 78 (born 1912), English novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer
• November 11 – Yannis Ritsos, Greek

• Also:
  • Frances Chung (poet)
  • Nikos Karouzos, Greek

See also

Poetry portal

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

References

1. ^ Fox, Margalit, "Jason Shinder, 52, Poet and Founder of Arts Program, Dies", obituary, May 3, 2008, The New York Times, retrieved December 11, 2008
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, "Canadian Poetry" article, English "Anthologies" section, p 164
3. ^ ^{a b} 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
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0856405612
5. ^ ^{a b} "Publications" Web page at Pat Boran's Web site, accessed May 2
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x} Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
7. ^ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
8. ^ [1]Web psge titled "James K. Baxter" at "Best of New Zealand Poetry 2001" Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
9. ^ Cilla McQueen - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library
10. ^ 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. Archived 2009-05-08.
11. ^ Web page titled "Elizabeth Alexander" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008
12. ^ Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
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. ^ ^{a b} Balcom, John, "Lo Fu", article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008
15. ^ "Teiko Tomita" entry, p 640 in Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century, edited by Susan Ware, Stacy Lorraine Braukman; Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Harvard University Press, 2004, ISBN 9780674014886, retrieved January 29, 2009