1986 in poetry
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Events
- March 4 — Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, publicly recites from memory lines from Robert W. Service's The Cremation of Sam McGee (1907)
- December 18 — Pforzheimer Collection of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his circle donated to the New York Public Library
- John Montague becomes the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry
- Dissident K.G.B for distributing his samizdat poetry and briefly confined in a psychiatric hospital before being freed after protests by other poets such as Bella Akhmadulina[1]
- New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago
- English poet Wendy Cope's Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis is a best-seller
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
- Don Domanski, Hammerstroke Canada
- Louis Dudek, Zembla's Rocks. Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1986.[2]
- ISBN 978-0-921243-00-7
- Irving Layton, Dance With Desire: Love Poems. Toronto:McClelland & Stewart.[3]
- Dennis Lee, editor, The New Canadian Poets (anthology)[4]
- Dorothy Livesay, The Self-Completing Tree: Selected Poems. Victoria: Porcepic.[5]
- ISBN 0-919957-83-8
- Anne Marriott, Letters from Some Island: New Poems, Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press.[7]
- Michael Ondaatje:
- Raymond Souster, It Takes All Kinds. Ottawa: Oberon Press,[9]
- Wilfred Watson, Collected Poems (introduction by Thomas Peacocke)[10]
India, in English
- Jayanta Mahapatra, Dispossessed Nests ( Poetry in English ), Jaipur: Nirala Publications[11]
- The Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse
- ISBN 0-920304-64-8[12]
- Niranjan Mohanty, editor, The Golden Voices: Poets from Orissa Writing in English, Berhampur University: Poetry Publications; anthology[14]
Ireland
- Eavan Boland, The Journey, and Other Poems,[15] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Dermot Bolger, Internal Exiles
- Seamus Heaney, Clearances, Cornamona Press, Northern Irish native at this time living in the United States
- Paul Muldoon, Selected Poems 1968–1983, including "Lunch with Pancho Villa", "Cuba", "Anseo", "Gathering Mushrooms", "The More a Man Has the More a Man Wants", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom[16]
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Second Voyage, Dublin: The Gallery Press[17]
- Frank Ormsby, A Northern Spring, including "Home", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[16]
- James Simmons, Poems 1956–1986, including "One of the Boys", "West Strand Visions" and "From the Irish", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[16]
New Zealand
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- Alan Brunton, New Order, New York:Red Mole, work by a New Zealand poet in the United States[19]
- Allen Curnow, The Loop in Lone Kauri Road: Poems 1983–1985[20]
- Lauris Edmond, Seasons and Creatures[21]
- Cilla McQueen, Wild Sweets[22]
- Les Murray, editor, Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry, Melbourne, Collins Dove (new edition, 1991)[23]
- Norman Simms, Silence and Invisibility: A Study of the New Literature from the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand, scholarship[24]
United Kingdom
- Dannie Abse, Ask the Bloody Horse[15]
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963):
- Eavan Boland, The Journey, and Other Poems,[15] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Charles Causley, Early in the Morning[15]
- Jack Clemo, A Different Drummer[15]
- Tony Connor, Spirits of Place[15]
- Wendy Cope, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis[15]
- Kevin Crossley-Holland, Waterslain[15]
- Carol Ann Duffy, Thrown Voices[15]
- Helen Dunmore, The Sea Skater[15]
- Elaine Feinstein, Badlands,[15] Hutchinson
- Roy Fuller, Outside the Canon[15]
- Seamus Heaney: Clearances, Cornamona Press, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
- Adrian Henri, Collected Poems[15]
- Ted Hughes, Flowers and Insects
- George MacBeth, The Cleaver Garden[15]
- Edwin Morgan, From the Video Box[15]
- Grace Nichols, Whole of a Morning Sky[15]
- Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Sky Ray Lolly[15]
- Peter Reading, Stet[15]
- E. J. Scovell, Listening to Collared Doves[15]
- Penelope Shuttle, The Lion From Rio[15]
- Jon Silkin, The Ship's Pasture[15]
- John Stallworthy, The Anzac Sonata[15]
- R.S. Thomas, Experimenting with an Amen[15]
- Abdullah al-Udhari, editor and translator, Modern Poetry of the Arab World, Penguin, anthology
United States
- A.R. Ammons, The Selected Poems: Expanded Edition
- Ralph Angel, Anxious Latitudes
- Gwendolyn Brooks, The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems
- Alan Brunton, New Order, New York:Red Mole, work by a New Zealand poet in the United States[19]
- Raymond Carver, Ultramarine
- Henri Cole, The Marble Queen
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Over All the Obscene Boundaries
- Alice Fulton, Palladium
- Marilyn Hacker, Love, Death and the Changing of the Seasons
- Seamus Heaney: Clearances, Cornamona Press, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
- John Hollander, In Time and Place
- Paul Hoover, Nervous Songs, (L'Epervier Press)
- Jane Kenyon, The Boat of Quiet Hours
- Li-Young Lee, Rose
- Mary Oliver, Dream Work
- Michael Ondaatje:
- Carl Rakosi, Collected Poems published by the National Poetry Foundation
- The Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse
- Rosmarie Waldrop, Streets Enough to Welcome Snow (Station Hill)
Anthologies in the United States
- David Jauss, editors of the New Formalistanthology, Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry in Traditional Forms
- Ron Silliman, editor, In the American Tree, anthology of Language poets
Other in English
- Paula Burnett, Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse, anthology[25]
- Derek Walcott, Collected Poems,[25] St. Lucia native living in the United States
Works published in other languages
Danish
- Jørgen Gustava Brandt, Giv dagen dit lys ("Give the Day Your Light")[26]
- Denmark[27]
- Christian Graugaard, Kan jeg købe dine øjnes blå dans ("Can I Buy Your Eyes Blue Dance")[28]
French language
- Congo native writing in French
- Moroccan author writing in and published in France
- Jean Royer, Le chemin brûlé, Montréal: l'Hexagone; Canada[29]
- Marie Uguay, Poèmes (contains Signe et rumeur, L'Outre-vie, and Autoportraits) French-Canada (posthumously published)
India
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
- Nepali-language[31]
- Gujarati-language[32]
- Namdeo Dhasal, Gandu Bagicha Marathi-language[33]
- Telugu-language[34]
- Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi, Naram garam hawain (The soft Warm Air) - published posthumously by R.K.Sehgal, Bazm-e-Seemab, J 5/21, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi.
Poland
- Stanisław Barańczak, Atlantyda i inne wiersze z lat 1981-85 ("Atlantis and Other Poems"), London: Puls[35]
- Juliusz Erazm Bolek, Nago[36]
- Ernest Bryll, Adwent ("Advent"), London[37]
- Ewa Lipska, Utwory wybrane ("Selected Work"), Kraków: Wydawnictwo literackie[38]
- Bronisław Maj:
- Piotr Sommer, Czynnik liryczny[40]
- Jan Twardowski, Nie przyszedłem pana nawracać. Wiersze z lat 1937- 1985 ("I Did Not Come to Convert You: Poems From the Years 1937-1985"), Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Archidiecezji Warszawskiej[41]
Other languages
- Uruguay[42]
- Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Elke Erb, guest editor, Luchterhand Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1986 ("Luchterhand Poetry Yearbook 1986"), publisher: Luchterhand Literaturverlag; anthology[43]
- Matilde Camus, Sin teclado de fiebre ("Without a fever keyboard"), Spain
- German), anthology, Leamington Spa, England: Oswald, Wolf and Berg (publisher)[44]
- Norway
- Syrian poet writing in Arabic
- Maria Luisa Spaziani, La stella del libero arbitrio, Italy
- Wisława Szymborska: Ludzie na moście ("People on the Bridge"), Poland
- Russian-language work published in the Soviet Union.[45]
- Wang Xiaoni, Wode shixuan ("My Selected Poems"), China[46]
Awards and honors
Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Rhyll McMaster, Washing the Money and John A. Scott, St. Clair
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Robert Gray Selected Poems 1963-83
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Stephen Williams- A Crowd of Voices
Canada
- Gerald Lampert Award: Joan Fern Shaw, Raspberry Vinegar
- Archibald Lampman Award: Colin Morton, This Won't Last Forever
- 1986 Governor General's Awards: Al Purdy, The Collected Poems of Al Purdy (English); Cécile Cloutier, L'écouté (French)
- Pat Lowther Award: Erín Moure, Domestic Fuel
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: Joe Rosenblatt, Poetry Hotel
- Prix Émile-Nelligan: Carole David, Terroristes d'amour and France Mongeau, Lumières
United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Lawrence Durrell, James Fenton, Selima Hill
- Eric Gregory Award: Mick North, Lachlan Mackinnon, Oliver Reynolds, Stephen Romer
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Norman MacCaig
United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Robley Wilson, Kingdoms of the Ordinary
- AML Award for poetry to Dennis Marden Clarkfor "Sunwatch"
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: John Koethe, "Mistral"
- Frost Medal: Allen Ginsberg / Richard Eberhart
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress appointed: Robert Penn Warren
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Henry Taylor, The Flying Change
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Adrienne Rich
- Whiting Awards: John Ash, Hayden Carruth, Frank Stewart, Ruth Stone
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Irving Feldman and Howard Moss
Births
- Raymond Antrobus, English poet and educator
- Caroline Bird, English poet
- Persianpoet and midwife
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 4 – Christopher Isherwood (born 1904), English-born American novelist and poet
- January 9 – Scottishpoet
- January 12 – Beat poet, of emphysema
- March 4 – poet and novelist
- March 8 – Kersti Merilaas, at 72 (born 1913), Estonian poet, translator and author of children's fiction
- March 30 – John Ciardi, at 69 (born 1916), American poet, translator and etymologist, of a heart attack
- April 15 – Jean Genet, at 75 (born 1910), French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist and political activist
- April 21 – Salah Jahin, also spelled "Salah Jaheen" صلاح جاهين (born 1930), Egyptian, Arabic-language poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist
- May 25 – Carlo Betocchi, at 87 (born 1899), Italian poet
- June 24 – Rex Warner (born 1905), English classicist, author, poet and translator
- July 13 – Brion Gysin, at 70 (born 1916), English painter, writer, sound poet and performance artist
- August 19 – poet, essayist, critic, biographer
- August 20 – Milton Acorn, at 63 (born 1923), Canadian poet, writer and playwright, of heart disease and diabetes
- August 31 – Elizabeth Coatsworth, at 93 (born 1893), American author of children's fiction and poetry
- November 10 – Australian[47]playwright, actor, poet, journalist and secondary school teacher, in London
- December 8 – Henry Reed, at 72 (born 1914), English poet, translator, radio playwright and journalist
- Also:
- Atul Chandra Hazarika (born 1903), Indian, writing in Assamese; poet, dramatist, children's story writer and translator; called "Sahitycharjya" by an Assamese literary society
- Australian
See also
References
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