1953 in poetry
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[edit] Events
George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen and Harold L. Humes found The Paris Review.
[edit] 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:
[edit] Indian subcontinent in English
Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal:
- 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;[1] later expanded with the author's letters on art, literature and poetry in the Centenary Library edition, Volume 9, 1971)[2]
- Harindranath Chattopadhyaya:
- Manjeri Sundaraman Manjeri, Rhapsody in Red[3]
[edit] United Kingdom
- Charles Causley, Survivor's Leave
- Sir John Betjeman, A Few Late Chrysanthemums
- Louis MacNeice, Autumn Sequel
- John Heath-Stubbs, New Poems
- John Heath-Stubbs and David Wright. editors, 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
[edit] Poets in the anthology Images of Tomorrow
John Heath-Stubbs edited this volume, published in the United Kingdom, which included poems from these writers: Dannie Abse – Drummond Allison – Eurasia Anderson - William Bell – Thomas Blackburn – Maurice Carpenter - Alex Comfort – Yorke Crompton – N. K. Cruikshank – Keith Douglas – George Every – John Fairfax – G. S. Fraser – John Gibbs – W. S. Graham - 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
[edit] United States
- Conrad Aiken, Collected Poems[4]
- John Ashbery, Turandot and Other Poems
- W. H. Auden, "The Shield of Achilles" poem first published; his poetry book of the same name will be published in 1955
- Robert Creeley, American published in Europe:
- E. E. Cummings, i — six nonlectures from his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures of 1951-1952 (Harvard University Press)
- 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)[6]
- Karl Shapiro, Poems 1940-1953, New York: Random House[7]
- W. D. Snodgrass, Heart's Needle, New York: Knopf[7]
- Wallace Stevens, Collected Poems
- Melvin Tolson, Libretto for the Republic of Liberia
[edit] Other in English
- James K. Baxter, The Fallen House, New Zealand
- Nissim Ezekiel, Sixty Poems, verses written from 1945 to 1951; India[2]
- Douglas Le Pan, The Net and the Sword, Canada[8]
- E. J. Pratt, The Titanic, Canada[9]
[edit] Works published in other languages
[edit] Indian subcontinent
Including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
[edit] Kannada
- R. S. Mugali, Kannada Sahitya Caritre, a history of Kannada literature, written in that language, up to the 19th century[2]
- Siddayya Puranika, Jalapata, lyrics[2]
- Virasaiva Sahitya Mttu Itihasa, literary history of "Veerashaiva" literature in three volumes[2]
[edit] Kashmiri
- Amir Shah Kreri, Zafar Nama, a masnavi commemorating an episode of Islamic conquest and based on a Persian original; the poem became very popular in some rural areas[2]
- Mohammad Amin Kamil, Saqi Nama, a masnavi[2]
- Rasul Bath ("most probably the same person known now as Rasul Pompur", according to Indian academic Sisir Kumar Das), Ab e Hayat[2]
- Rahman Rahi, Sanavany Saz[2]
- Rasa Javidani, Tuhfa-e bahar, the Urdu-language poet's first book of Kashmiri-language poems[2]
[edit] Malayalam
- Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, Unninilisandesam, commentary on a 14th-century Manipravala poem[2]
- K. Kittunni Nayar, Mahakavi Vallattol, biography of the poet Vallathol[2]
- 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[2]
[edit] Other languages of the Indian subcontinent
- Ananta Pattanayak, Santisikhar, Oriya[2]
- Felix Paul Noronha, writing in the Konkani dialect of the Marathi language:
- Ghulan Rabbani Taban, editor, Shikast-i zindan, Urdu-language poems about the independence struggle in India and other Asian countries[2]
- Kripal Singh Kasel and Parminder Singh, Punjabi Sahit Di Utpatti Te Vikas, history of Punjabi literature, written in that language[2]
- Lekhnath Poudyal, Tarun-Tapasi, a poem on contemporary affairs written mostly in the Sikharini meter; considered the magnum opus of the author, who calls it a navya kavya; Nepali[2]
- Nagarjun, Yug Dhara, poems on current affairs; Hindi[2]
- Narayan, also known as "Shyam", Rupa maya, a sequence of 16 sonnets on the myth of Visvamitra and Menaka; Sindhi[2]
- Nanuram Samskarta, Samay Vayaro, in blank verse; Rajasthani[2]
- Nidudavolu Venkatarao, Telugu Kavula Caritra, biographical information about many Telugu poets (see also a larger work of the same nature, Daksina Desiyandhra Vangmayamu 1954)[2]
- Priyakant Maniar, Pratik, the author's first book of verses; 65 poems Gujarati[2]
- Shri Shrimat Kumar Vyas, editor, Alagojo, anthology of poems by Rajasthani authors[2]
- Sudhindra Nath Datta, Sambarta, called "[o]ne of the major works in modern Bengali poetry", according to Sisir Kumar Das[2]
[edit] Other languages
- Maurice Chappaz, Testament du Haut-Rhône, Swiss, French-language
- Hermann Hesse, Die Gedichte, German
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] 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
[edit] Births
- January 7 – Dionne Brand, Canadian poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago before moving to Canada
- January 12 – David Brooks, Australian
- February 18 – Peter Robinson, English
- February 27 – Brad Leithauser, American
- July 29 – Frank McGuinness, Irish playwright, translator and poet
- August 10 – Mark Doty, American
- Also:
- Alison Brackenbury, English
- Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen, Iraqi, Arabic-language poet living in Australia
- Antonis Fostieris, Greek
- Jane Hirshfield, American poet and translator
- Chris Mansell, Australian (a woman)
- Ian McBryde, Canadian-born poet living in Australia
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg, American poet
[edit] Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 6 – Idris Davies, Welsh poet, originally writing in Cymraeg, but later writing exclusively in English.
- May 28 – Hori Tatsuo 堀 辰雄 (born 1904), Showa period writer, poet and translator (surname: Hori)
- July 16 – Hilaire Belloc, 82, humorous 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 – Bernard O'Dowd (born 1866) Co-founder of paper Tocsin, Australian
- September 3 – Shinobu Orikuchi 折口 信夫, also known as Chōkū Shaku 釋 迢空 (born 1887), 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, Welsh poet, from a cerebral incident;
- November 30 – Francis Picabia, painter, poet
- Also:
- Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (born 1903), playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker; Indian, writing in Assamese
- Helena Jane Coleman
- George Herbert Clarke
- Louis Lavater (born 1867), Australian[10]
- Mokichi Saitō (born 1882), Taishō period poet of the Araragi school, and a psychiatrist; father of novelist Kita Morio (surname: Saitō)
[edit] See also
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Datta, Amaresh, et al., Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, Volume 2, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1988, ISBN 8126011947, ISBN 9788126011940, retrieved via Google Books on June 17, 2009
- ^ 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 Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 9788172017989, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
- ^ a b c Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0391032860, ISBN 9780391032866), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ^ Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, editors, The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, W. W. Norton & Company, 1973, ISBN 0393093573
- ^ 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
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ^ Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 9781405113618, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
- ^ "Lavater, Louis Isidore (1867-1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100005b.htm. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
