1991 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 |
| Years in literature: | 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Years: | 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Forward Poetry Prize created
- Dana Gioia, writing in The Atlantic Monthly suggests (in an article titled "Can Poetry Matter?") that poets recite the works of other poets at public readings.[1]
- Joseph Brodsky, the United States poet laureate, suggests in The New Republic that an anthology of American poetry be put beside the Bible and telephone directory in every hotel room in the country.[1]
[edit] Works published
[edit] English language
- John Ashbery, Flow Chart
- W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
- Gwendolyn Brooks, Children Coming Home
- Billy Collins, Questions About Angels (ISBN 0-8229-4211-9), the winner of the National Poetry Series competition in 1993
- Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
- Paul Hoover, The Novel: A Poem (New Directions)
- Howard Nemerov, Trying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems, 1961-1991 (University of Chicago Press)
- Kenneth Rexroth, Flower Wreath Hill: Later Poems
[edit] Anthologies
- Philip Mead and John Tranter, The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry a major anthology of Twentieth century poetry from that nation
[edit] Poets represented in The Best American Poetry 1991 anthology
These 75 poets were represented in The Best American Poetry 1991 edited by David Lehman, with guest editor Mark Strand:
[edit] Prose
- William Meredith, Poems Are Hard to Read
[edit] Spain
- Matilde Camus, Tierra de mi Cantabria ("Cantabria, my land")
[edit] Other
- Odysseus Elytis, The Elegies of Oxopetras (Τα Ελεγεία της Οξώπετρας)
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, The Winter Baby
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, The Winter Baby
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Jean Kent - Verandahs
[edit] Canada
- See 1991 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: James Berry, Sujata Bhatt, Michael Hulse, Derek Mahon
- Eric Gregory Award: Roddy Lumsden, Glyn Maxwell, Stephen Smith, Wayne Burrows, Jackie Kay
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Judith Wright
- Whitbread Award for poetry (United Kingdom): Michael Longley, Gorse Fires
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Julia Kasdorf, Sleeping Preacher
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: John Frederick Nims
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Richard Wilbur
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Donald Hall, "Museum of Clear Ideas"
- Bollingen Prize: Laura Riding Jackson and Donald Justice
- Frost Medal: Donald Hall
- National Book Award for poetry: Philip Levine, What Work Is
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Joseph Brodsky
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Mona Van Duyn: Near Changes
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: David Wagoner
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: J. D. McClatchy
[edit] Deaths
- January 22 - Robert Choquette, Canadian novelist and poet
- March 10 - Etheridge Knight, American poet
- April 12 - James Schuyler, at 67, American poet and a central figure in the New York School, of a stroke
- July 5 - Howard Nemerov, 71, former U.S. Poet Laureate, of cancer
- September 2 - Laura Riding Jackson, at 90, of a heart attack
- September 24 - Dr. Seuss, 87, American author of children's verse
- September 27 - Roy Fuller, English poet and writer
- October 11 - Steven Jesse Bernstein, performance poet
- October 27 - George Barker, poet
- date not known:
- George Thaniel, Canadian poet
- R. F. Brissenden
- Paul Engle, American poet, writer, editor, and novelist
