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

List of years in poetry (table)
In literature
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Events

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Works published in English

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Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

Anthologies

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  • Edmund Snow Carpenter, American anthropologist, editor, Anerca, anonymous Eskimo poems, with drawings by Enooesweetok[2]
  • A. J. M. Smith, editor, The Oxford book of Canadian verse, in English and French, including untranslated poems in French combined in chronological order with English-language poems[2]

Criticism, scholarship and biography

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The New American Poetry 1945-1960

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The New American Poetry 1945-1960, a poetry anthology edited by Donald Allen, and published in 1960, aimed to pick out the "third generation" of American modernist poets. In the longer term it attained a classic status, with critical approval and continuing sales. It was reprinted in 1999.

Poets represented:

Helen AdamJohn AshberyPaul BlackburnRobin BlaserEbbe BorregaardBruce BoydRay BremserBrother AntoninusJames BroughtonPaul CarrollGregory CorsoRobert CreeleyEdward DornKirby DoyleRobert DuerdenRobert DuncanLarry EignerLawrence FerlinghettiEdward FieldAllen GinsbergMadeline GleasonBarbara GuestLeRoi JonesJack KerouacKenneth KochPhilip LamantiaDenise LevertovRon Loewinsohn – Edward Marshall – Michael McClureDavid MeltzerFrank O'HaraCharles OlsonJoel OppenheimerPeter OrlovskyStuart PerkoffJames SchuylerGary SnyderGilbert SorrentinoJack SpicerLew WelchPhilip WhalenJohn WienersJonathan Williams

Other in English

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Works in other languages

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Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

French language

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Canada, in French

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Criticism, scholarship and biography
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Spanish language

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Criticism, scholarship and biography
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Other

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Awards and honors

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Prizes from other nations

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Births

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Deaths

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Welsh Nationalist Sent to Prison". The Times. No. 54869. London. 1960-09-06. p. 6.
  2. ^ 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 aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba Britannica Book of the Year 1961, covering events of 1960, published by Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961; articles: American Literature, Canadian Literature, English Literature, French Literature, German Literature, Jewish Literature, Latin American Literature, Spanish Literature, Soviet Literature, Obituaries
  3. ^ a b Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
  4. ^ a b c Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 978-0-391-03286-6, retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
  5. ^ Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna, editor, A History of Indian literature in English, p 250, Columbia University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-231-12810-X, retrieved July 18, 2010
  6. ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 325, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 10, 2010
  7. ^ Lal, P., Modern Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology & a Credo, p 512, Calcutta: Writers Workshop, second edition, 1971 (however, on page 597 an "editor's note" states contents "on the following pages are a supplement to the first edition" and is dated "1972")
  8. ^ a b c Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 323, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 10, 2010
  9. ^ a b c d e f Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-19-860634-5
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 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
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t 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)
  12. ^ a b Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, editors, The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, W. W. Norton & Company, 1973, ISBN 978-0-393-09357-5
  13. ^ a b Web page titled "W. S. Merwin (1927- )" at the Poetry Foundation Web site. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  14. ^ News release, "Eleanor Ross Taylor Awarded 2010 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize" Archived June 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, April 13, 2010, The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  15. ^ Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
  16. ^ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ a b c Brée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
  19. ^ a b c d e Auster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 ISBN 978-0-394-52197-8
  20. ^ 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
  21. ^ a b "Danish Poetry" article, pp 270-274, in Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
  22. ^ Web page titled "Kedarnath Singh" at the "Poetry International" website. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  23. ^ Brée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
  24. ^ a b "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine", Canada Council. Web, Feb. 10, 2011. http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine