1984 in poetry
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Events
[edit]- December 19 –Ted Hughes' appointment asPoet Laureate of the United Kingdomin succession to SirJohn Betjemanis announced,[1]Philip Larkinhaving turned down the post.
- AfterGhazi al-Gosaibi,the SaudiArabianminister of health, publishes a poem, "A Pen Bought and Sold", that criticizes the corruption and privilege of the country's elite, he is dismissed from his post.[2]
- Prvoslav Vujčić's second collection of poems,Kastriranje vetra( "Castration of the Wind" ), written during a week's imprisonment inTuzlafor criticising the state, is prohibited inYugoslavia.
- Scottish Poetry Libraryestablished.
Works published in English
[edit]Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Robert Gray,The Skylight
- Jeff Guess,Leaving Maps,Adelaide: Friendly Street Poets[3]
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe,D. Goodman and D.J. Hearn, editors,Clubbing of the Gunfire: 101 Australian War Poems,Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, anthology
- Roo Borson,The Whole Night, Coming Home,ISBN0-7710-1579-8(nominated for aGovernor General's Award)American-Canadian
- Dionne Brand,Chronicles of the Hostile Sun
- Leonard Cohen,Book of Mercy[4]
- Robert Finch,Double Tuning.Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill.<finch/>
- Robert Finch,Sailboat and Lake..Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill.[5]
- Paulette Jiles,Celestial Navigation
- George Johnston,Ask Again.[6]
- Irving Layton,The Love Poems of Irving Layton: With Reverence & Delight.Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic Press, 1984.[7]
- Irving Layton,A Spider Danced a Cosy Jig.Toronto: Stoddart.[7]
- Dorothy Livesay,Feeling the Worlds: New Poems.Fredericton: Goose Lane.[8]
- Miriam Mandel,The Collected Poems of Miriam Mandel.Sheila Watson, ed. Edmonton: Longspoon Press.[9]ISBN0-920316-50-6ISBN978-0920316504
- Michael Ondaatje,Secular Love,Toronto: Coach House Press,ISBN0-88910-288-0,ISBN0-393-01991-8;New York: W. W. Norton, 1985[10]
- James Reaney,Imprecations: The Art of Swearing.Black Moss Press.
- Charles Sangster,The St. Lawrence and the Saguenary and other poems(revised edition), edited by Frank M. Tierney (Tecumseh)[11]
- Raymond Souster,Jubilee of Death: The Raid On Dieppe.Ottawa: Oberon Press.[12]
- Raymond Souster,Queen City.Ottawa: Oberon Press.[12]
- Kamala Das,Collected Poems Volume 1( Poetry inEnglish),Trivandrum:Kamala Das[13]
- Nissim Ezekiel,Latter-Day Psalms( Poetry inEnglish),Delhi[14]
- Arvind Krishna Mehrotra,Middle Earth( Poetry inEnglish),New Delhi:Oxford University Press,ISBN0-19-561604-9[15]
- Suniti Namjoshi,From the Bedside Book of Nightmares( Poetry inEnglish), Fredericton,New Brunswick:Fiddlehead,ISBN0-86492-031-8[16]
- Seamus HeaneyNorthern Ireland native at this time living in the United States:
- Hailstones,Gallery Press
- Station Island,[17]Faber & Faber,
- Sweeney Astray(see alsoSweeney's Flight1992)[17]
- Verses for a Fordham Commencement,Nadja Press
- Thomas McCarthy,The Non-Aligned Storyteller,Anvil Press, London,Ireland[18]
- Medbh McGuckian,Venus and the Rain,first edition (see revised edition1994), Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[19]
- Derek Mahon,A Kensington Notebook,[17]NorthernIrelandpoet published in theUnited Kingdom
- Paul Muldoon,editor,The Faber Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry,an anthology of works byPatrick Kavanagh,Louis MacNeice,Thomas Kinsella,John Montague,Seamus Heaney,Michael Longley,Derek Mahon,Paul Durcan,Tom PaulinandMedbh McGuckian.[20]
- Fleur Adcock,editor,Oxford Book of Contemporary New Zealand Poetry
- Charles Brasch,Collected Poems,Auckland: Oxford University Press, posthumous[21]
- Alan Brunton,And She Said,New York:Red Mole[22]
- Lauris Edmond,Selected Poems,winner of theCommonwealth Poetry Prizein1985[23]
- Bill Manhire,Zoetropes: Poems 1972-82
- Cilla McQueen,Anti Gravity[24]
- Ian Wedde:
- Georgicon
- Tales of Gotham City
- Peter Ackroyd,T. S. Eliot:A Life(biography)
- Samuel Beckett,Collected Poems 1930–78[17]
- James Berry(editor),News for Babylon: The Chatto Book of Westindian-British Poetry[25]
- Alison Brackenbury,Breaking Ground[17]
- George Mackay Brown,Christmas Poems[17]
- Charles Causley,Secret Destinations[17]
- David Constantine,Mappa Mundi[17]
- Gavin Ewart:
- U. A. Fanthorpe,Voices Off[17]
- Alison Fell,Kisses for Mayakovsky[17]
- James Fenton,Children in Exile: Poems 1968-1984Salamander Press version, poems from this volume were combined with those fromThe Memory of Warto make the Penguin volume titledThe Memory of War and Children in Exile;that combined volume was published in the United States, also under the titleChildren in Exile[26]
- Roy Fuller,Mianserin Sonnets[17]
- Geoffrey Grigson,Montaigne's Tower, and Other Poems[17]
- Seamus HeaneyNorthern Ireland native at this time living in the United States:
- Hailstones,Gallery Press
- Station Island,[17]Faber & Faber,
- Sweeney Astray(see alsoSweeney's Flight1992)[17]
- Verses for a Fordham Commencement,Nadja Press
- John Hegley,Visions of the Bone Idol (Poems about Dogs and Glasses)
- Selima Hill,Saying Hello at the Station[17]
- Liz Lochhead,Dreaming Franenstein and Collected Poems(includesMemo for Spring1972,Islands1978,The Grimm Sisters1981)[17]
- Medbh McGuckian,Venus and the Rain[17]
- Derek Mahon,A Kensington Notebook,[17]NorthernIrelandpoet published in the United Kingdom
- E. A. Markham,Human Rites[17]
- Christopher Middleton,Serpentine[17]
- Edwin Morgan,Sonnets from Scotland[17]
- Blake Morrison,Dark Glasses[17]
- Andrew Motion,Dangerous Play[17]
- Grace Nichols,The Fat Black Woman's Poems,[17]Virago
- Fiona Pitt-Kethley,London[17]
- Peter Porter,Fast Forward[17]
- Craig Raine,Rich[17]
- Peter Reading,C[17]
- Jeremy Reed,By the Fisheries[17]
- Charles Tomlinson,Notes from New York; and Other Poems[17]
- John Ashbery,A Wave,awarded theLenore Marshall Poetry Prizeand theBollingen Prize
- Charles BernsteinandBruce Andrews,The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book,"selected" pieces from the 13 issues of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press)
- Joseph Brodsky,To Urania
- Alan Brunton,And She Said,Red Mole, book by aNew Zealandpoet published in the United States[22]
- Louise Erdrich,Jacklight
- Seamus HeaneyNorthern Ireland native at this time living in the United States:
- Station Island,Faber & Faber,
- Verses for a Fordham Commencement,Nadja Press
- Hailstones,Gallery Press*Denise Levertov,Breathing the Water,her 19th book of poetry
- Sharon Olds,The Dead and the Living
- Michael Palmer,First Figure(North Point Press)
- Molly Peacock,Raw Heaven
- Kenneth Rexroth,Selected Poems
- Rosmarie Waldrop,Differences for Four Hands(Singing Horse)
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
[edit]- 'The Rhapsodic Fallacy' byMary Kinzieappears inSalmagundi65
Other English language
[edit]- Judith Moffett,James Merrill: An Introduction to the Poetry
- Hariprasad Sastri,editor and translator,Indian Mystic Verse,3rd revised and enlarged edition; New Delhi: Macmillan (first edition1941) anthology[27]
Works published in other languages
[edit]- Klaus Høeck;Denmark:
- Blåvand revisited,withAsger Schnack,publisher: Schønberg[28]
- International Klein Bleu,publisher: Gyldendal[28]
- Marienbad,publisher: Brøndum[28]
- Henrik Nordbrandt,84 digte( "84 Poems" ); Copenhagen: Gylendal, 125 pages[29]
- S. Barańczak, editor,Poeta pamieta( "The poet remembers" ), anthology[30]
- Stanisław Barańczak,Uciekinier z utopii. O poezji Zbigniewa Herberta( "Fugitive from Utopia: On the Poetry of Zbigniew Herbert" ), criticism; London: Polonia[31]
- Czesław Miłosz,Nieobjeta ziemia( "The Unencompassed Earth" ); Paris: Instytut Literacki[32]
- Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz,Mogila Ordona( "Ordon's Grave" )[31]
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz,Nuskha-hae Wafa;Urdu-language[33]*Nirendranath Chakravarti;Bengali-language:
- Rituraj,Nahin Prabodhachandrodya,Bikaner: Dharati Prakashan;Hindi-language[35]
- Saroop Dhruv,Mara Hathni Vat,Ahmedabad: Nakshatra Trust, Ahmedabad;Gujarati-language[36]
- K. Satchidanandan,Socrateesum Kozhiyum,( "Socrates and the Cock" );Malayalam-language[37]
Other languages
[edit]- Christoph Buchwald,general editor, andGregory Laschen,guest editor,Luchterhand Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1984( "Luchterhand Poetry Yearbook 1984" ), publisher:Luchterhand Literaturverlag;anthology;Germany[38]
- Matilde Camus,Raíz del recuerdo( "Root of remembrance" ),Spain
- Odysseus Elytis,Ημερολόγιο ενός αθέατου Απριλίου( "Diary of an Invisible April" ),Greece
- Ndoc Gjetja,Çaste( "Moments" );Albania[39]
- Rita Kelly,An Bealach Éadóigh,Ireland
- Alexander Mezhirov,Тысяча мелочей( "A thousand small things" ),Russia,Soviet Union
- Eugenio Montale,Tutte le poesie,enlarged from the original1977edition; publisher: Mondadori; posthumous;Italy[40]
- Jacques Prévert,La Cinquième Saison,published posthumously (died1977);France
- Jean Royer,Jours d'atelier,Saint-Lambert: Le Noroît;Canada,in French[41]
- Håkan Sandell,Efter sjömännen; Elektrisk måne( "After the sailors; Electric Moon" ),Sweden
Awards and honors
[edit]Nobel Prize in Literature:Jaroslav Seifert,aCzechpoet
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry:Les Murray,The People's Other World
- Gerald Lampert Award:Sandra Birdsell,Night TravellersandJean McKay,Gone to Grass
- 1984 Governor General's Awards:Paulette Jiles,Celestial Navigation(English);Nicole Brossard,Double Impression(French)
- Pat Lowther Award:Bronwen Wallace,Signs of the Former Tenant
- Prix Émile-Nelligan:Normand de Bellefeuille,Le Livre du devoir
- Japanese 100 yen note, starting this year and through 2004, features a portrait ofNatsume SōsekiHạ mục sấu thạch (commonly referred to as "Sōseki" ),pen nameof Natsume Kinnosuke hạ mục kim chi trợ (1867–1916),Meiji Eranovelist, haiku poet, composer of Chinese-style poetry, writer of fairy tales and a scholar of English literature
- Cholmondeley Award:Michael Baldwin (poet),Michael Hofmann,Carol Rumens
- Eric Gregory Award:Martyn Crucefix,Mick Imlah,Jamie McKendrick,Bill Smith,Carol Ann Duffy,Christopher Meredith,Peter Armstrong,Iain Bamforth
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize:Arthur Smith,Elegy on Independence Day
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry:Gjertrud Schnackenberg,"Imaginary Prisons", and (separately)Sharon Ben-Tov,"Carillon for Cambridge Women"
- 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 Fitzgeraldappointed this year in a health-limited capacity, but was not present at the Library of Congress.
- Frost Medal:Jack Stadler
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry:Mary Oliver:American Primitive
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets:Richmond LattimoreandRobert Francis
Births
[edit]- Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh,Irish-language poet
- Legna Rodríguez Iglesias,Cubanpoet
Deaths
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Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 18 –Ary dos Santos,46 (born1937),Portuguese,of cirrhosis
- February 6 –Jorge Guillén,91 (born1893),Spanish
- February 8 –Ishizuka TomojiThạch trủng hữu nhị thekanji(Japanese writing) is apen nameof Ishizuka Tomoji, which is written with the different kanji thạch trủng hữu thứ, but in English there is no difference (born1906),Japanese,Shōwa periodhaikupoet and novelist
- February 17 –Jesse Stuart,76 (born1906),American,from a stroke
- February 26 –Richmond Lattimore,77 (born1906),Americanpoet and translator, of cancer
- March 3 –Tatsuko HoshinoTinh dã lập tử (born1903),Japanese,Shōwa periodhaikupoet and travel writer; foundedTamamo,a haiku magazine exclusively for women; in theHototogisuliterary circle; haiku selector forAsahi Shimbunnewspaper; contributed tohaikucolumns in various newspapers and magazines (a woman)
- April 15 –Sir William Empson,77 (born1906),Englishcritic
- May 19 –Sir John Betjeman,77 (born1906),Englishpoet laureate, of Parkinson's disease
- July 2 –George Oppen,76 (born1908),American,of Alzheimer's disease
- August 26 –Rukhl Fishman(born1935),Israelipoet ofYiddishpoetry
- September 14 (possible date) –Richard Brautigan49 (born1935),Americannovelist and poet, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; the exact date of his suicide is speculative as his body is not found until October 25
- September 29 –Hal Porter,73 (born1911),Australianwriter, novelist, playwright and poet
- December 8 –Edward James,77 (born1907),Englishpoet and patron of the arts and ofsurrealism
- December 14 –Vicente Aleixandre,86 (born1898),Spanish
- December 29 –Robert Farren(Roibeárd Ó Faracháin), 75 (born1909),Irish
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^Howard, Philip (1984-12-20). "'True poet' Ted Hughes is Laureate ".The Times.No. 62017. London. p. 1.
- ^"Ghazi al-Gosaibi, Saudi diplomat, poet, dead at 70",August 16, 2010, Agence France Press, retrieved August 20, 2010
- ^Roberts, Neil, editor,"The Poetry Kit: Who's Who" Jeff Guess section,retrieved October 21, 2012
- ^Roberts, Neil, editor,A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry,Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003,ISBN978-1-4051-1361-8,retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
- ^Search results:Robert Finch, Open Library,Web, May 9, 2011.
- ^James Steele, "Johnston, George Benson,"Canadian Encyclopedia(Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1114.
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- ^"Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996): Works "Archived2012-09-05 at theWayback Machine,Canadian Women Poets, Brock University. Web, Mar. 18, 2011.
- ^"Bibliography of Works by Sheila WatsonArchived2010-11-06 at theWayback Machine,"English-Canadian Writers, AthabascaU.ca, Web, Apr. 22, 2011.
- ^Web page titled"Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )"at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
- ^Frank M. Tierney, "Sangster, Charles,"Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Web., Oct. 15 2010.
- ^ab"Notes on Life and WorksArchived2011-08-17 at theWayback Machine,"Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ^K. V. Surendran,"13. The Image of Woman in Kamala Das's Poems",p 160, inIndian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives,edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons,ISBN81-7625-111-9,retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
- ^Anup C. Nair and Rajesh I. Patel,"22. Nissim Ezekiel the Poet: A Bird's Eyeview",pp 248, 257-259, inIndian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives,edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons,ISBN81-7625-111-9,retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
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