1953 in poetry
Appearance
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Events
- T. S. Eliot founds the Poetry Book Society in the U.K.
- George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen and Harold L. Humes found The Paris Review.
- Nuovi Argomenti, an influential Italian literary magazine, founded by Alberto Carrocci and Alberto Moravia in Rome.
- The October issue of Atlantic Monthly magazine in the United States publishes "Perspectives of India", anthologizing poems from India.[1]
- November 5 – Saint Vincent'shospital in Manhattan in a coma from which he does not recover before his death on November 9.
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:
Canada
- Robert Finch, A Century has Roots.[2]
- Irving Layton, Love the Conqueror Worm. Toronto: Contact Press.[3]
- E. J. Pratt, The Titanic, Canada[5]
- Raymond Souster, Shake Hands with the Hangman: Poems 1940-52 Toronto: Contact Press.[6]
India, in English
- Bombay[7]
- Harindranath Chattopadhyaya:
- Manjeri Sundaraman Manjeri, Rhapsody in Red ( Poetry in English ),[8]
- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram[9]
- Sri Aurobindo, The Future Poetry, essays on literary criticism, drawing on the author's (also published) views of art and life, (first appeared in the Arya, 1917–1920;[10] later expanded with the author's letters on art, literature and poetry in the Centenary Library edition, Volume 9, 1971)[11]
United Kingdom
- Charles Causley, Survivor's Leave
- Sir John Betjeman, A Few Late Chrysanthemums
- Louis MacNeice, Autumn Sequel
- Charlotte Mew (died 1928), Collected Poems
- Lewis Spence, Collected Poems
- John Heath-Stubbs, New Poems
- The Faber Book of Twentieth Century Verse: An Anthology of Verse in Britain 1900-1950, a selection in self-conscious contrast to the Faber Book of Modern Verse
- R.S. Thomas, The Minister
Poets in the anthology Images of Tomorrow
John Heath-Stubbs edited this volume, published in the United Kingdom, which included poems from these writers:
F. Pratt Green – J. C. Hall – Michael Hamburger – John Heath-Stubbs – Glyn Jones – Sidney Keyes – Francis King – James Kirkup – Norman Nicholson – I. R. Orton – Michael Paffard – Kathleen Raine – Anne Ridler – Walter Roberts – W. R. Rodgers – Joseph Rykwert – John Smith – Muriel Spark – Derek Stanford – J. Ormond Thomas – W. Price Turner – John Wain – John Waller – Vernon Watkins – Gordon Wharton - Margaret Willy – David Wright
United States
- Conrad Aiken, Collected Poems[12]
- John Ashbery, Turandot and Other Poems[13]
- W. H. Auden, "The Shield of Achilles" poem first published; his poetry book of the same name will be published in 1955
- Joseph Payne Brennan, The Humming Stair (Big Mountain Press/Alan Swallow imprint)
- Robert Creeley, American published in Europe:
- E. E. Cummings, i — six nonlectures from his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures of 1951-1952 (Harvard University Press)
- Richard Eberhart, Undercliff: Poems 1946–1953[13]
- Jean Garrigue, The Monument Rose[13]
- Kenneth Koch, Poems[13]
- Charles Olson:
- In Cold Hell, In Thicket, published in Origin as its eighth issue
- Mayan Letters, letters to the poet Robert Creeley, report on the author's research into Mayan hieroglyphs and discuss Olson's ideas on "objectism" in poetry. (criticism)[15]
- Ezra Pound, translator, The Translations of Ezra Pound[13]
- George Santayana, The Poet's Testament, verse drama[13]
- May Sarton, The Land of Silence[13]
- Karl Shapiro, Poems 1940-1953, New York: Random House[16]
- W. D. Snodgrass, Heart's Needle, New York: Knopf[16]
- David Derek Stacton, An Unfamiliar Country: 25 Poems
- Gertrude Stein, Bee Time Vine and Other Pieces (1913–1927), fiction and verse[13]
- Wallace Stevens, Collected Poems
- Melvin Tolson, Libretto for the Republic of Liberia[13]
- David Wagoner, Dry Sun, Dry Wind[13]
- Robert Penn Warren, Brother to Dragons[13]
Other in English
- James K. Baxter, The Fallen House, New Zealand
- Nissim Ezekiel, Sixty Poems, verses written from 1945 to 1951; India[11]
Works published in other languages
French language
Canada, in French
- Jean-Guy Pilon, La fiancée du matin: poèmes, Montréal: Éditions Amicitia[17]
France
- Yves Bonnefoy, Du mouvement et de l'immobilité de douve[18]
- Rene-Guy Cadou, Helene ou le regne vegetal, Volume 2 (see Volume 1 1952), published posthumously (died 1951)[19]
- Swiss, French-language
- Andrée Chedid, Textes pour le vivant[19]
- Jean Follain, Territoires[20]
- Philippe Jaccottet, L'Effraie et autres poèmes, the author's first book of poetry to appear in France; publisher: Gallimard[21]
- Saint-John Perse, Vents[20]
India
In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Kannada
- R. S. Mugali, Kannada Sahitya Caritre, a history of Kannada literature, written in that language, up to the 19th century[11]
- Siddayya Puranika, Jalapata, lyrics[11]
- Virasaiva Sahitya Mttu Itihasa, literary history of "Veerashaiva" literature in three volumes[11]
Kashmiri
- Persian original; the poem became very popular in some rural areas[11]
- Mohammad Amin Kamil, Saqi Nama, a masnavi[11]
- Rasul Bath ("most probably the same person known now as Rasul Pompur", according to Indian academic Sisir Kumar Das), Ab e Hayat[11]
- Rahman Rahi, Sanavany Saz[11]
- Rasa Javidani, Tuhfa-e bahar, the Urdu-language poet's first book of Kashmiri-language poems[11]
Malayalam
- Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, Unninilisandesam, commentary on a 14th-century Manipravala poem[11]
- K. Kittunni Nayar, Mahakavi Vallattol, biography of the poet Vallathol[11]
- Ulloor Paramesvara Ayyar, Kerala Sahitya Caritram, in 1995, Indian academic Sisir Kumar Das called this book the "most comprehensive history of the Malayalam and Sanskrit literatures of Kerala"; published posthumously, in five volumes, starting this year, with the last volume coming out in 1955[11]
Other languages of the Indian subcontinent
- Oriya[11]
- Konkani dialect of the Marathilanguage:
- Ghulan Rabbani Taban, editor, Shikast-i zindan, Urdu-language poems about the independence struggle in India and other Asian countries[11]
- Punjabi literature, written in that language[11]
- Nepali[11]
- Hindi[11]
- Sindhi[11]
- Rajasthani[11]
- Gujarati[11]
- Rajasthani authors[11]
- Sudhindra Nath Datta, Sambarta, called "[o]ne of the major works in modern Bengali poetry", according to Sisir Kumar Das[11]
Other languages
- Peruvian writing in Spanish
- German
Awards and honors
- Canada: Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: The Net and the Sword, Douglas LePan[23]
United Kingdom
- King's Gold Medal for Poetry: Arthur Waley
United States
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Poetry: Marianne Moore
- National Book Award for Poetry: Archibald MacLeish, Collected Poems: 1917-1952
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Archibald MacLeish: Collected Poems 1917-1952
- Bollingen Prize: Archibald MacLeish and William Carlos Williams
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Robert Frost
- North Carolina Poet Laureate: James Larkin Pearson appointed.
Births
- February 5 – Giannina Braschi, Puerto Rican-born poet and novelist
- January 7 – Dionne Brand, Canadian poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago before moving to Canada
- January 12 – Australian
- February 18 – Peter Robinson, English
- February 24 – Jane Hirshfield, American poet and translator
- February 27 – Brad Leithauser, American
- May 12 – Neil Astley, English editor
- July 20 – Joseph Bathanti, American poet, novelist and professor; North Carolina Poet Laureate, 2012–2014
- July 29 – Frank McGuinness, Irish playwright, translator and poet
- August 10 – Mark Doty, American
- August 27 – Gjertrud Schnackenberg, American
- August 31 – Hungarian
- October 1 – John Hegley, English performance poet
- October 20 – Robyn Bolam, English
- November 19 – Tony Hoagland (died 2018), American
- Also:
- Alison Brackenbury, English
- Patrick Deeley, Irish
- Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen, Iraqi, Arabic language poet living in Australia
- Greek
- Rita Kelly, Irish language
- Australianpoet and publisher
- Australia
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 25 – Kita Morio(surname: Saitō)
- April 6 – Idris Davies (born 1905), Welsh poet, originally writing in the Welsh language, but later exclusively in English
- May 22 – Australian composer and writer[24]
- May 28 – Shōwa periodwriter, poet and translator (surname: Hori)
- July 16 – Hilaire Belloc, 82 (born 1870), French-born English poet, essayist and travel writer whose "cautionary tales", humorous poems with a moral, are the most widely known of his writings, from burns resulting from a fall into a fireplace
- September 1 – Australianco-founder of newspaper Tocsin
- September 3 – Shinobu Orikuchi 折口 信夫, also known as Chōkū Shaku 釋 迢空 (born 1887), Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist and poet; a disciple of Kunio Yanagita, he established an academic field named "Orikuchiism" (折口学, Orikuchigaku), a mix of Japanese folklore, Japanese classics and Shintō religion (surname: Orikuchi)
- November 9 – Dylan Thomas, 39 (born 1914), Welsh poet, from an alcohol-related cerebral incident
- November 30 – Francis Picabia (born 1879), French avant-garde painter, poet and typographer
- December 7 – Helena Jane Coleman (born 1860), Canadian poet
- Also:
- George Herbert Clarke (born 1873), English-born Canadian academic and writer
See also
Notes
- ^ Lal, P., Modern Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology & a Credo, p 182 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")
- ^ " Robert Finch," Online Guide to Writing in Canada. Web, Mar. 17, 2011.
- ^ "Irving Layton: Publications Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011.
- ^ Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ISBN 978-1-4051-1361-8, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 81-7625-111-9, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
- ^ ISBN 978-0-391-03286-6), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 10, 2010
- ^ Datta, Amaresh, et al., Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, Volume 2,
published by Sahitya Akademi, 1988, ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0, retrieved via Google Books on June 17, 2009
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
- ISBN 0-393-09357-3
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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)
- ^ a b Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
- ^ Christensen, Paul, Web page titled "Charles Olson's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
- ^ a b Brée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ^ ISBN 0-394-52197-8
- ^ Cady, Andrea, Measuring the visible: the verse and prose of Philippe Jaccottet, p 32, Editions Rodopi, 1992, retrieved via Google Books on August 20, 2009
- ^ Web page titled "Nilmani Phookan" Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 16, 2010
- ^ "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
- ^ "Lavater, Louis Isidore (1867-1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 2007-05-24.