1973 in poetry

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Years in poetry:	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 2.1 English language 2.1.1 Canada 2.1.2 United Kingdom 2.1.2.1 Anthologies 2.1.3 United States 2.2 French language 2.2.1 Canada 2.2.2 France 2.3 German language 2.3.1 East Germany 2.3.2 West Germany, Austria, Switzerland 2.4 Italy 2.5 Russian poetry 2.6 Spanish language 2.6.1 Latin America 2.7 Other 3 Awards and honors 3.1 English language 3.1.1 Canada 3.1.2 United Kingdom 3.1.3 United States 3.2 French language 3.2.1 France 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Notes 7 See also

[edit] Events

[edit] Works published

[edit] English language

[edit] Canada

• Shirley Gibson, I Am Watching
• Irving Layton, Lovers and lesser Men
• Eli Mandel, Crusoe: Poems Selected and New
• John Metcalf, editor, The Speaking Earth, anthology
• Al Purdy, Sex and Death
• F.R. Scott, The Dance Is One

[edit] United Kingdom

• Dannie Abse, Funland and Other Poems
• Martin Booth, Coronis, including the long poem, "On the Death of Archdeacon Broix
• Edwin Brock, a book of poetry^[1]
• Cal Clothier, Behind Heslington Hall
• Tony Curtis, Walk Down a Welsh Wind
• Patric Dickinson, a book of poetry^[1]
• D. J. Enright, The Terrible Shears
• Michael Fried, Powers
• Geoffrey Holloway, To Have Eyes
• Paul Muldoon, New Weather
• Geoffrey Grigson, a book of poetry^[1]
• Seamus Heaney, a book of poetry^[1]
• Thomas Kinsella, a book of poetry^[1]
• Brian Patten, a book of poetry^[1]
• Peter Redgrove, a book of poetry^[1]
• Anne Ridler, a book of poetry^[1]
• Michael Schmidt, It Was My Tree
• Sydney Tremayne, Selected and new Poems
• Derek Walcott, Another Life

[edit] Anthologies

• Philip Larkin, The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse anthology of poets from the British Isles or who spent time there, ISBN 0-19-812137-7
• Jon Silkin, editor, Poetry of the Committeed Individual
• John Bishop and Virginia Broadbent, editors, London Between the Lines
• Howard Sergeant, editor, African Voices

[edit] United States

• Robert Bly, Sleepers Joining Hands
• Victor Hernandez Cruz, Mainland
• Irving Feldman, Lost Originals
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Open Eye, Open Heart
• Allen Ginsberg, The Fall of America
• John Logan, The Anonymous Lover, including "New Poem" and "Heart to Heart Talk with My Liver"
• Robert Lowell:
  • The Dolphin, containing 103 new poems
  • History, containing 360 poems, including more than 80 new ones and many revised
  • For Lizzie and Harriet, 67 old poems, all revised
• Adrienne Rich, "Rape"
• Muriel Rukeyser, Breaking Open
• W.S. Merwin, Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment
• Joyce Carol Oates, Angel Fire
• Alice Walker, Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems

[edit] French language

[edit] Canada

• Michel Bealieu:
  • Variables
  • Pulsions
• Yves-Gabriel Brunet, Poésies I, collected poems from 1958 to 1962
• Gilles Constantineau, Nouveaux Poèmes
• Roland Giguère, La Main au feu, collected poems from 1949 to 1968
• Gilbert Langevin:
  • Les Ecrits de Zéro Legel
  • Novembre
• Raymond LeBlanc, Cri de terre
• Luc Racine, Le Pays saint

[edit] France

• George es-Emmanuel clancier, Peut-Être une demeure
• Philippe Soupault, Poèmes et poésies
• François Pradelle, Les Naïves Amours
• Jean Loisy, Le Double Jeu
• Katia Granoff Méditerranée
• Pierrette Sartin, Le Destin accepté
• Denis Roche, Le Mécrit
• Michel Deguy, Tombeau de Du Bellay

[edit] German language

[edit] East Germany

• Wolf Biermann, a communist living in East Germany, he could only publish these works in the West:
  • Für meine Genossen
  • Deutschland: ein Wintermärchen, long satirical poem on the division of Germany

[edit] West Germany, Austria, Switzerland

• Peter Huchel, Gezähte Tage
• Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Kein Zauberspruch
• Eric Fried, Die Freiheit den Mund aufzumachen
• Günter Herburger, Operette
• J. P. Stössel, Friedenserklärung

[edit] Italy

• Almanacco dello Specchio for 1973, an anthology of poetry, including translated poetry
• Franco Fortini, Questo muro, collected poems from 1962 to 1972
• Pier Paolo Pasolini, Trasumanar e organizzar
• Libero De Libero, Scempio e lusinga, collected poems written from 1930 to 1956
• Marino Moretti, Le poverazze

[edit] Russian poetry

• M. Bazhan, The Spark from Uman Recollections (translated into Russian from Ukrainian), 1973^[2]
• P. Brovka, We Are Children of One Mother (translated into Russian from Belorussian)^[2]
• B. Istru, Pain of a Shadow (translated into Russian from Moldavian)^[2]
• R. Margiani, From the Book of Brotherhood (translated into Russian from Georgian)^[2]
• S. Orlov, Loyalty^[2]

[edit] Spanish language

• Matilde Camus, Bestiario poético (Poetic Book of animals)

[edit] Latin America

• Alvaro Mutis, Summa de magroll el Gaviero (Colombia)
• José Miguel Oviedo, Estos trece
• Ernesto Cardenal, Canto nacional (Nicaragua)
• Ulalume González de León, Plagio (Uruguay)
• Enrique Fierro, Mutaciones (Uruguay)
• José Emilio Pacheco, Irás y no volverás (Mexico)
• Gabriel Zaid,Práctica mortal (Mexico)
• José Carlos Becerra, El otoño recorre las islas, collected poetry from 1960 to 1970, edited by José Emilio Pacheco and Gabriel Zaid

[edit] Other

• Odysseus Elytis, The Trills Of Love (Τα Ρω του Έρωτα) (Greece)

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] English language

[edit] Canada

• See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

[edit] United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Patric Dickinson, Philip Larkin
• Eric Gregory Award: John Beynon, Ian Caws, James Fenton, Keith Harris, David Howarth, Philip Pacey
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: John Heath-Stubbs

[edit] United States

• Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Daniel Hoffman appointed this year.
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, John Crowe Ransom
• Bollingen Prize: James Merrill
• National Book Award for Poetry: A. R. Ammons, Collected Poems, 1951-1971
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Maxine Kumin, Up Country
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: W. S. Merwin

[edit] French language

[edit] France

• Max Jacob prize: Hubert Juin for Le Cinquième Poème
• Guillaume Apollinaire prize: Marc Alyn
• Grand Priz of the French Academy: André Frénaud
• Grand Aigle d'Or: Eugène Guillevic

[edit] Births

• date not known:
  • Ben Doyle
  • Sonnet L'Abbé, Canadian poet
  • Paul Vermeersch, Canadian poet

[edit] Deaths

• March 26 — Noël Coward, 73, English actor, playwright, poet and composer of popular music, of a heart attack
• May 20 — Charles Brasch, 63, New Zealand poet, literary editor, and arts patron
• June 4 — Arna Bontemps, 70, American poet and member of the Harlem Renaissance, of a heart attack
• August 17, Conrad Aiken, 84, of a heart attack
• September 2 — J.R.R. Tolkien, 81, poet, author and academic
• September 23 — Pablo Neruda, 69, Chilean writer, poet and Communist politician, from leukemia
• September 28 — W. H. Auden, 66, English poet, often cited as one of the most influential of the century
• November 22 — Ramon Guthrie, 77,
• November 23 — Francis Webb, 48, Australian poet
• date not known — Kenneth Allott, Welsh poet, academic, and authority on Matthew Arnold

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Literature" article, Britannica Book of the Year 1974, covering events of 1973, published in 1974, pages 425-442, the article provides no information on this book's title
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Britannica Book of the Year 1975, published by The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1975, "Literature" article, "Russian" section, "Soviet Literature" subsection, page 465; although the book is for "Events of 1974" the article specifically cites each of these works as published in Russian in 1973

[edit] See also

• Poetry
• List of poetry awards
• List of years in poetry