1967 in poetry
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Events
- Cecil Day-Lewis is selected as the new Poet Laureate of the UK.
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:
- Pentti Saarikoski, Helsinki a selection of poetry in translation from Finnish
- Wole Soyinka, Idanre, and Other Poems
Canada
- Margaret Atwood, The Circle Game, won a Governor General's award and "sold out immediately"[1]
- John Robert Colombo, Abracadabra[2]
- D. G. Jones, Phrases from Orpheus[2]
- Dorothy Livesay, The Unquiet Bed, Canadian and African experiences
- E. W. Mandel, An Idiot Joy[2]
- Michael Ondaatje, The Dainty Monsters, Toronto: Coach House Press[3]
- P. K. Page, Cry Ararat!: Poems New and Selected[4]
- Al Purdy, North of Summer,[2] a diary in verse recounting his stay on Baffin Island
- A. J. M. Smith:
- Editor, A Book of Modern Canadian Verse, anthology[2]
- Poems: New and Collected
- Raymond Souster, editor, New Wave Canada anthology of younger poets
- Miriam Waddington, The Glass Trumpet
- George Woodcock, Selected Poems of George Woodcock, Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, Canada[5]
India in English
- Lawrence Bantleman:
- O. P. Bhagat, Another Planet, New Delhi: Lakshmi Books[6]
- Sukanta Chaudhuri, Poems, Calcutta: Writers Workshop[6]
- Margaret Chatterjee, The Spring and the Spectacle, Calcutta: Writers Workshop[6]
- Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, Virgins and Vineyards, Bombay: Pearl Pub.[6]
- Sankara Krishna Chettur, Golden Stars and Other Poems, Madras: Higginbotham[6]
- Kamala Das, The Descendants, Calcutta: Writers Workshop[6]
- Raul De Loyola Furtado, Selected Poems, third edition, revised; Bombay: published by Philip Furdado (first edition 1942; second edition, revised 1947)[6]
New Zealand
- Fleur Adcock, Tigers, London: Oxford University Press (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963)[7]
- James K. Baxter:
- The Lion Skin: Poems
- Aspects of Poetry in New Zealand, critical study
- The Man on the Horse, critical study
- Alistair Campbell, Blue Rain: Poems, Wellington: Wai-te-ata Press
United Kingdom
- Fleur Adcock, Tigers; a New Zealander living in and published in the United Kingdom[8]
- Kingsley Amis, A Look Round the Estate[8]
- Patricia Beer, Just Like the Resurrection
- Martin Bell, Collected Poems, 1937-1966
- D. M. Black, With Decorum
- Alan Brownjohn, The Lions' Mouths[8]
- Geoffrey Grigson, A Skull in Salop, and Other Poems[8]
- Thom Gunn, Touch[8]
- Ted Hughes, Wodwo, a collection of poems, a radio play and five stories
- T. S. Eliot, Poems Written in Early Youth, a second edition of the 1950 book of poems edited and privately printed by John Hayward (posthumous)
- Janet Frame, English The Pocket Mirror
- Bryn Griffith, The Stones Remember
- Thom Gunn, Touch
- Elizabeth Jennings, Collected Poems, 1967
- P. J. Kavanagh, On the Way to the Depot[8]
- Thomas Kinsella, Nightwalker, and Other Poems[8]
- George MacBeth, The Colour of Blood
- Hugh MacDiarmid, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve; a Scot:
- A Lap of Honour, with some poems "previously almost unobtainable"[1]
- Collected Poems, a revised edition
- Roger McGough, Frinck: A Day in the Life Of; and Summer with Monica[8]
- Leslie Norris, Finding Gold
- Brian Patten, Little Johnny's Confession[8]
- Tom Pickard, High on the Walls, used "Geordie" (Newcastle) slang
- Anthony Thwaite, The Stones of Emptiness
- Vernon Watkins, Selected Poems, 1930-60[8]
Anthologies
- Edward Lucie-Smith, editor, The Liverpool Scene anthology featuring work by the Mersey Beat poets Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten (publisher: Donald Carroll)
- The Mersey Sound, 10th volume in the Penguin "Modern Poets Series", including work by Liverpudlians Adrian Henri, Roger McGough, Brian Patten
- Stephen Bann, Concrete Poetry, poems originally written in English, German, Spanish and Portuguese
- Howard Sergeant, Commonwealth Poems of Today, covering 24 Commonwealth countries, published in the United Kingdom
- Duncan Glen, editor, Poems Addressed to Hugh MacDiarmid
United States
- W. H. Auden, Collected Shorter Poems, 1927-1957, first published in the United Kingdom in 1966; English native published in the United States
- Ted Berrigan, Ron Padgett and Joe Brainard, Bean Spasms, in which no authors were listed for individual poems, although some were written by one poet, some in collaboration.
- Ted Berrigan, Many Happy Returns
- John Berryman, Berryman's Sonnets (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- Paul Blackburn:
- The Reardon Poems
- The Cities
- Gwendolyn Brooks, The bitch
- Robert Creeley, Words[9]
- Ed Dorn, The North Atlantic Turbine, Fulcrum Press[10]
- Robert Lowell, Near the Ocean, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux[11]
- Carl Rakosi, Amulet (Rakosi's first published volume since 1941)
- Marianne Moore, Complete Poems
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Road Goes Ever On, English writer, but this book first published in the United States; published in the United Kingdom in 1968[8]
- Reed Whittemore, Poems, New and Selected
- James Wright, Shall We Gather at the River
Other in English
- Edward Brathwaite, Rights of Passage, first part of his The Arrivants trilogy, which also includes Masks (1968) and Islands (1969), Caribbean[12]
- Dom Moraes, Beldam & Others, a pamphlet of verse, India
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Rebel General, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, Australia
- Lenrie Peters, Satellites (Gambia)
- Judith Wright, The Other Half, Australia
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, Ateliers
- Jens Ørnsbo, a new collection of poems
- Klaus Rifbjerg, Fædrelandssang
- Henrik Nordbrandt, Miniaturer
French language
France
- M. Fombeure, À Chat petit
- Raymond Queneau, courir les rues
- J. Follain, D'après tout
- J. Lebrau, Du Cyprès tourne l'ombre
- Charles le Quintrec, Stances du verbe amour
- P. Jaccottet, Airs
- P. Chaullet, Soudaine écorce
- Lucienne Desnoues, Les Ors
- Lilaine Wouters, Le Gel
- R. Dubillard, Le dirai que je suis tombé
Critical studies
- P. de Boisdeffre, La Poésie française de Baudelaire á nos jours
- René Étiemble, Poètes ou faiseurs, a critical study
- M. Guiney, La Poésie de Pierre Reverdy
- G. Sadoul, Aragon
- A. Alter, J. C. Renard
German language
- Paul Celan, Atemwende
Germany
- Günter Grass, Ausgefragt (West Germany)
- Karl Mickel, Vita nova mea (East Germany)
Hebrew
Israel
- B. Pomerantz, Shirim ("Poems"), introduction by N. Peniel (posthumous)
- N. Shtern, Bain ha-Arpilim ("Amid the Mists"), preface by A. Broides
- T. Carmi, ha-Unikorn Mistakel ba-Mareh ("The Unicorn Looks into the Mirror")
- Ori Bernstein, be-Ona ha-Kezarah ("In the Brief Season")
- Yaoz Kast, a book of collected poems
- Ozer Rabin, Shuv ve-shuv ("Again and Again")
- A. Aldon, a book of poems
- S. Pilus, a book of poems
- S. Tanny, Ad Shehigia ha-Yom (title translated by the author as "The Moment Came")
- D. Chomsky, Ezov ba-Even ("The Moss on the Stone")
United States
- Israel Efros, collected poems, four volumes
- Eliezer D. Friedland, Shirim be-Sulam Minor ("Poems in a Minor Key")
- Avraham Marthan, Shavot ha-Sirot Im Erev ("The Birds Return at Evening")
- Yizhak Finkel, Maginah Morikah ("Verdant Melody")
Italy
- Lino Curci, Gli operai della terra
- Antonio Veneziano, Ottave (posthumous)
- Carlo Vallini, Un giorno (posthumous)
- Enrico Falqui, editor, Tutte le poesie della "Voce", anthology
Portuguese language
Brazil
- José Paulo Paes, Anatomías
- Affonso Avila, Resíduos Seiscentista em Minas, a study of the barique poetry of Minas Gerais
Spanish language
Latin America
- Rosamel del Valle, a book of poetry, posthumous (Chile)
- Humberto Díaz Casanueva, El sol ciego (Chile)
Spain
- Gastón Basquero, Memorial de un testigo (Cuban resident of Spain)
- Gabriel Celaya, Lo que faltaba: Precedido de la linterna sorda y Música de baile
- Manuel Tuñón de Lara, Antonio Machado, poeta del pueblo a critical study
Yiddish
- Dovid Sfard, Barefoot Steps (Poland)
Israel
- Yankev Fridman, Loving Kindness
- Rikude Potash, a book of poems (posthumous)
United States
- Rokhl Korn, a book of poems
- Avrom Zak, a book of poems
- M. M. Shafir, a book of poems
- L. Faynberg, a book of poems
- Sholem Shtern, a book of poems
- M. Frid-Vaninger, a book of poems
- M. Olitsky, a book of poems
Soviet Union
- Leyb Kvitko, a book of selected poems
- Shimon Halkin, My Treasury
Other
- Lo Fu (poet) (Luo Fu),Poems from Beyond, Chinese (Taiwan) [13]
- Einar Skjæraasen, "Sang i september" the first poem to appear since 1956 from one of Norway's most popular poets[1]
- Pentti Saarikoski, Laulu laululta pois ("Going Away, Song by Song"), a book-length poem (Finland)
- Umashankar Joshi, Abhijna (Indian, writing in Gujarati)[14]
- Alexander Mezhirov, Подкова ("Podkova"), Russia, Soviet Union
- Wisława Szymborska, Poland:
- Sto pociech ("No End of Fun")
- Poezje wybrane ("Selected Poetry")
Awards and honors
Canada
- See 1967 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Seamus Heaney, Brian Jones, Norman Nicholson
- Eric Gregory Award: Angus Calder, Marcus Cumberlege, David Harsent, David Selzer, Brian Patten
- Frost Medal: Marianne Moore
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Charles Causley
United States
- Bollingen Prize: Robert Penn Warren
- National Book Award for Poetry: James Merrill, Nights and Days
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Anne Sexton: Live or Die
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Mark Van Doren
France
- Max Jacob Award: Édith Boissonnas, for L'Embellie
- Critics' Prize: J. Grosjean, Élégies
- Apollinaire Award: P. Gascar, Le Quatrième État de la matière
Births
- Chris Albani, Nigerian poet[15]
- Saskia Hamilton
- Karen Volkman
- Sia Figiel, Samoan novelist, poet and painter
- Lisa Jarnot, American poet[16]
- Diane Thiel, American poet and academic[17]
- Matthew Zapruder, American poet and editor
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 16 – Thomas MacGreevy 72 (born 1893), Irish poet, director of the National Gallery of Ireland and member of the first Irish Arts Council
- March 30 – Jean Toomer, 72, American poet, novelist and important figure of the Harlem Renaissance
- May 10 – Margaret Larkin, 67 [18]
- May 12 – John Masefield, 88 (died 1978), English poet writer, and Poet Laureate
- May 22 – Langston Hughes, 65 (born 1902), African American poet, of heart failure
- June 7 – Dorothy Parker, 73, American writer and poet known for her caustic wit, of a heart attack
- June 23 – Sakae Tsuboi 壺井栄 (born 1899), novelist and poet
- July 13 – Yoshino Hideo 吉野秀雄 (born 1902), Japanese, Showa period tanka poet
- July 19 – Odel Shepard, 82
- July 22 – Carl Sandburg, 89, American historian and poet, of a heart attack
- July 25 – Pierre Albert Birot, 91, French poet and writer
- September (exact date not known) — Augusto Casimiro, 78, Portuguese poet and founder of the Seara Nova literary review
- September 1 – Siegfried Sassoon, 80, English poet, author
- September 5 – David C. DeJong, at 62
- October 8 – Vernon Watkins, 61, Welsh poet and painter
- November 17 – Bo Bergman, 98, Swedish poet
- November 30 – Patrick Kavanagh, 62 (born 1904), Irish poet and novelist, of pneumonia
- Also:
- Christopher Okigko
- V. Penelope Pelizzon
See also
References
- ^ a b c Britannica Book of the Year 1968, covering events of 1967, published by The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1968, "Literature" article, "Canadian" section, page 483
- ^ a b c d e Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ^ Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
- ^ M. L. Rosenthal, The New Poets: American and British Poetry Since World War II, New York: Oxford University Press, 1967, "Selected Bibliography: Individual Volumes by Poets Discussed", pp 334-340
- ^ "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
- ^ Balcom, John, "Lo Fu", article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008
- ^ 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
- ^ Web page titled "Chris Albani (1967- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Lisa Jarnot (1967- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Diane Theil (1967- )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008
- ^ "Margaret Larkin, Writer, 67, Dead". New York Times May 11, 1967: 47.
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