1985 in poetry
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Events[]
- January 16 - founded.
- May - The term "New Formalism" is first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in e in an attack on the poetry movement. The term is adopted as the name of the movement by those in it.
- November 11 - A memorial to sixteen English poets of World War I is unveiled in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.[1]
- A memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm, Scotland.
- Boulevard magazine founded at St. Louis University by Richard W. Burgin.
- Influential Chinese literary magazine Tamen ("They/Them") founded with Han Dong as chief editor, with close collaboration of other Chinese writers, including , Yu Jian, Xiaojun, Su Tong, and . Nine issues will be published between 1985–1988 and 1993-1995 and in 2002 Tamen will be revived as a webzine.[2]
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[]
- Robert Gray, Selected poems 1963-1983
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Amorous Cannibal, Oxford: Oxford University Press
- W. Wilde, et al., editors, Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (scholarship)[3]
Canada[]
- Roo Borson, The Transparence of November / Snow, ISBN 0-919627-30-7 (with Kim Maltman) American-Canadian
- Matt Cohen, In Search of Leonardo
- Dorothy Livesay, Beyond War: The Poetry.
- Anne Michaels, The Weight of Oranges[4]
- P. K. Page, The Glass Air: Selected Poems (an expanded edition published in 1991)[4]
- Ajmer Rode, Blue Meditations, by a Punjabi poet living and published in Canada and writing in English; London, Ontario: Third Eye Publications, ISBN 0-919581-31-5[5]
- Joe Rosenblatt, Poetry Hotel, Selected Poems (1963-1985). McClelland & Stewart.[6]
- Duncan Campbell Scott.Powassan’s Drum: Selected Poems of Duncan Campbell Scott. Raymond Souster and Douglas Lochhead, eds. Ottawa: Tecumseh.[7]"
- Elizabeth Smart, In the Meantime
- Raymond Souster, Flight of the Roller-Coaster: Poems for Younger Readers. Ottawa: Oberon Press.[7]
- Raymond Souster and James Deahl. Into This Dark Earth. Toronto: Unfinished Monument Press.[7]
India, in English[]
- Kamala Das, The Anamalai Poems ( Poetry in English ) [8]
- , Indian Poetry in English, New Delhi: Sterling Pub. Ltd.[9]
- Ajmer Rode, Blue Meditations, by a Punjabi poet living and published in Canada and writing in English; Blue Meditations, London, Ontario: Third Eye Publications, ISBN 0-919581-31-5[5]
Ireland[]
- Paul Durcan:
- The Selected Paul Durcan, second edition, including "The Hat Factory", "Tullynoe: Tete-a-Tete in the Parish Priest's Parlour"
- The Berlin Wall Cafe, including "the Haulier's Wife Meets Jesus on the Road Near Moone", and "Around the Corner from Francis Bacon";[10] Belfast: Blackstaff Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
- John Ennis, The Burren Days, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-0-904011-88-3
- Seamus Heaney: From the Republic of Conscience, Amnesty International, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
- Thomas Kinsella, Songs of the Psyche,[11] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Michael Longley, Poems 1963–1983,[11] Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
- Richard Murphy, The Price of Stone, including "Morning Call"[10]
New Zealand[]
- Ursula Bethell, Collected Poems, edited and with a substantial introduction by Vincent O'Sullivan, Auckland: Oxford University Press (posthumous)[12]
- Alistair Campbell, Soul Traps, Pukerua Bay: Te Kotare Press
- Janet Charman, and , Drawing Together, New Women's Press[13]
- , Red Trees[14]
- Kendrick Smithyman, Stories About Wooden Keyboards, winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
- Ian Wedde and , editors, Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse, anthology, revised edition[15]
United Kingdom[]
- James Berry (poet), Chain of Days[11]
- Carol Ann Duffy, Standing Female Nude[11]
- Douglas Dunn, Elegies[11]
- Paul Durcan, The Berlin Wall Cafe,[11] Belfast: Blackstaff Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
- D. J. Enright, Instant Chronicles[11]
- Roy Fuller:
- Tony Harrison:
- Seamus Heaney: From the Republic of Conscience, Amnesty International, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
- John Heath-Stubbs, The Immolation of Aleph[11]
- Thomas Kinsella, Songs of the Psyche,[11] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Liz Lochhead, True Confessions and New Cliches[11]
- Michael Longley, Poems 1963–1983,[11] Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
- Norman MacCaig, Collected Poems[11]
- Derek Mahon, Antarctica,,[11] Gallery Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
- Peter Reading, Ukulele Music[11][16]
- Peter Redgrove, The Man Named East, and Other New Poems[11]
- Jeremy Reed, New[11]
- Carol Rumens, Direct Dialling[11]
- Lisa St Aubin de Terán, The High Place[11]
- Stephen Spender:
- R.S. Thomas, Ingrowing Thoughts
- Hugo Williams, Writing Home[11]
- Benjamin Zephaniah, The Dread Affair[11]
United States[]
- John Ashbery, April Galleons
- Paul Blackburn, The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn
- Joseph Payne Brennan, Sixty Selected Poems (The New Establishment Press)
- Raymond Carver, Where Water Comes Together With Other Water
- Maxine Chernoff, New Faces of 1952 (Ithaca House)
- Amy Clampitt, What the Light was Like
- Michael S. Harper, Healing Song for the Inner Ear[17]
- Robert Hayden, Collected Poems (posthumously published)
- Seamus Heaney: From the Republic of Conscience, Amnesty International, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
- William Logan, Difficulty
- James Merrill, Late Settings
- Lorine Niedecker, From This Condensery and The Granite Pail (posthumous)
- Grace Paley, Leaning Forward
- Mary Jo Salter, Henry Purcell in Japan, Knopf
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg, The Lamplit Answer
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:
Denmark[]
- , ÿjeblikket, the author's first book of poetry[18]
- , Jævndøgn ("Equinox"), with , publisher: Schønberg; Denmark[19]
- Søren Ulrik Thomsen, Mit lys brænder. Omrids af en ny poetik ("My candle is burning. Outline of a new poetics"), criticism; Denmark[20]
French language[]
- Claude Esteban, Le Nom et la Demeure, Flammarion; France
- Abdellatif Laabi, Discours sur la colline arabe. L'Harmattan, Paris, Moroccan author writing in and published in France
- Jean-Guy Pilon, Comme eau retenue: poèmes 1954-1977, Montréal: l'Hexagone; Canada[21]
Hungary[]
- György Petri, Azt hiszik
India[]
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
- Amarjit Chandan, Kavitavaan, Navyug, Delhi; Punjabi-language[22]
- , also known as , Konkani Sahitik Nibondh; -language[23]* Jaya Mehta, Akashman Tarao Chup Chhe; Gujarati-language[24]
- Kedarnath Singh, Pratinidhi Kavitayen’, Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi-language[25]
- Nilmani Phookan, Nrityarata Prithivi, Guwahati, Assam: Barua Book Agency Assamese-language[26]
- , Norok Patal Prithivi ("This Earth is Hell"), Imphal: V.I. Publication; Meitei language[27]
Poland[]
- , Teksty[28]
- Ewa Lipska, Przechowalnia ciemnosci, ("Storage for Darkness"); Warsaw: Przedswit / Warszawska Oficyna Poetow i Malarzy[29]
- Adam Zagajewski, Jechac do Lwowa ("To Travel to Lvov"), illustrations by Józef Czapski; London: Aneks[30]
Spain[]
- Matilde Camus, Cristales como enigmas ("Glasses as enigma")
Other languages[]
- , general editor, and Ursula Krechel, guest editor, Luchterhand Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1985 ("Luchterhand Poetry Yearbook 1985"), publisher: Luchterhand Literaturverlag; anthology[31]
- Haim Gouri, Mahbarot Elul ("Summer's End"), Israeli writing in Hebrew[32]
- Natalio Hernández, Xochikoskatl (Collar de flores, "floral necklace"), Mexican poet writing in Nahuatl
- Nizar Qabbani, Syrian, Arabic-language poet:
- Love Does Not Stop at Red Lights
- Insane Poems
Awards and honors[]
Australia[]
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Kevin Hart, Your Shadow; Rosemary Dobson, The Three Fates
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, Kevin Hart, Your Shadow
- Mary Gilmore Prize: , The Truth about Unicorns
Canada[]
- Gerald Lampert Award: Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
- 1985 Governor General's Awards: Fred Wah, Waiting for Saskatchewan (English); André Roy, Action writing (French)
- Pat Lowther Award: Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
- Prix Émile-Nelligan: Anne-Marie Alonzo, Bleus de mine
United Kingdom[]
- Cholmondeley Award: Dannie Abse, Peter Redgrove,
- Eric Gregory Award: Graham Mort, Adam Thorpe, Pippa Little, James Harpur, ,
United States[]
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Liz Rosenberg, The Fire Music
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Robert Penn Warren
- AML Award for poetry to Emma Lou Thayne
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: James Schuyler, "A Few Days"
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Gwendolyn Brooks appointed this year.
- Frost Medal: Robert Penn Warren
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Carolyn Kizer: Yin
- Whiting Awards (inaugural year): Douglas Crase, Jorie Graham, Linda Gregg, James Schuyler
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Amy Clampitt and Maxine Kumin
Births[]
- September 28 – Helen Mort, English poet
- December 22 – Kate Tempest, English performance poet
Deaths[]
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 16 – Robert Fitzgerald, 74 (born 1910), American poet and translator from classical languages
- January 30 – F. R. Scott, 85 (born 1899), Canadian poet and constitutional expert
- February 22 – Salvador Espriu, 71 (born 1913), Spanish Catalan poet
- March 30 – J. V. Cunningham (born 1911), American poet, literary critic and teacher
- April 17 – Basil Bunting, 85 (born 1900), English poet
- May 12 – Josephine Miles, 73 (born 1911), American poet and literary critic
- May 25 – Robert Nathan, 91, of kidney failure, American novelist and poet
- August 14 – Alfred Hayes, 74, of meningitis, English-born American writer of the labor song "Joe Hill"
- August 19 – Yamazaki Hōdai 山崎方代 (born 1914), Japanese, Shōwa period tanka poet
- September 22 – D. J. Opperman, 70, South African Afrikaans poet
- October 26 – Kikuko Kawakami 川上 喜久子 (born 1904), Japanese, Shōwa period novelist, short-story writer and poet, a woman
- October 31 – Nikos Engonopoulos, 81, Greek poet
- November 25 – Geoffrey Grigson, 80, English poet
- December 2 – Philip Larkin, 63, of throat cancer, English poet
- December 7 – Robert Graves, 90 (born 1895), English-born writer and poet
- December 22 – Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon (born 1911), Indian, Malayalam-language poet[33]
See also[]
- Poetry
- List of years in poetry
- List of poetry awards
Notes[]
- ^ "Poets of the Great War". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- ^ http://www.tamen.net Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine. Patten, Simon. "Han Dong". Poetry International Web. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- ^ 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
- ^ Jump up to: a b Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-1-4051-1361-8, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
- ^ Jump up to: a b Web page titled "Ajmer Rode" Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine, at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- ^ "Joe Rosenblatt: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Notes on Life and Works Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ^ Web page titled "Kamala Das" at the Emery University English Department Web site, retrieved July 28, 2010
- ^ Jyoti Rane, "14. The Poetry of Kamala Das and Sylvia Plath", p 172, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, ISBN 81-7625-111-9, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
- ^ Jump up to: a b Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0-85640-561-2
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Web page titled "Ursula Bethell / New Zealand Literature File" Archived 2006-03-06 at the Wayback Machine at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 30, 2008
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article
- ^ Web page titled "Bob Orr" at Best of New Zealand Poems 2001 website, accessed April 23, 2008
- ^ 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
- ^ Peter Reading. Ukulele Music. David & Charles. ISBN 0436409860.
- ^ Web page titled "Michael S. Harper" at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008
- ^ Andersen, Jørn Erslev, translated by: David McDuff, "Author Profile: Niels Frank", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
- ^ "", blog post, March 6, 2009, "CLA blog" ("College of Liberal Arts"), University of Minnesota website, retrieved January 1, 2009
- ^ Web page titled "Jean-Guy Pilon" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Amarjit Chandan" Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- ^ Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 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 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Kedarnath Singh"[permanent dead link] at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Nilmani Phookan" Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 16, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Thangjam Ibopishak Singh" Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 29, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Juliusz Erazm Bolek był gościem wczorajszego Wieczoru w "Arce" (zdjęcia)" (in Polish; Google translation: "Julius Erasmus Bolek was a guest last night in the "Ark" (photos)") at the "moja-ostroleka" website, retrieved February 19, 2010
- ^ Web pages titled "Lipska Ewa" (in English Archived 2011-09-16 at the Wayback Machine and Polish Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 1, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Some information about Adam Zagajewski" [1] Archived 2010-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, cached page from the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts website, cached on February 24, 2005 by the "Info-Poland" website, retrieved February 25, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Übersicht erschienener Jahrbücher" Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine at Fischerverlage website, retrieved February 21, 2010
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Web page titled "Haim Gouri" at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
- ^ Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology, pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009
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