1934 in poetry

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Contents

Events

Works published in English

United Kingdom

United States

Other in English

Works published in other languages

France

Indian subcontinent

Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:

Hindi

  • Gopal Sharan, Umanga, on themes of patriotism and love of nature[6]
  • Mahadevi Varma, Nirja[6]
  • Rameshvar Shukla, Kiran Bela[6]

Kashmiri

  • Fazil Kashmiri, Saz-e-Chaman[6]
  • Mahjoor, "Nera Ha Sanyas Lagith", a poem published in a special number of Martand[6]
  • Man Ji Suri, Krsna Avtar, a masnavi on Krishna, but also including devotional lyrics in the vatsan form[6]

Telugu

  • Durbhaka Rajesekhara Satavadhani, Rana Pratapa Simha Caritra, called one of the "five modern epics", or Panca Kavya's in Telugu poetry; written in 5 cantos, with about 2,000 verses, in classical style, based on the Annals and Andiquities of Rajasthan by James Dodd[6]
  • Meka Ramachandra Appa Rao, translator, Amaruka, translation from English of Omar Khayyam's Rubbayit
  • Tripurancni Ramaswami, Sutapuranam, poem criticizing Aryan mythologies; written in a classical style[6]
  • Pingali Lakshmikantam and Katuri Venkateshvara Rao, Saundaranandamu, epic in nine cantos, based on a Sanskrit poem by Asvagosha[6]

Other Indian languages

  • D. R. Bendre, also known as Ambikatanaya Datta, Murtu Mattu Kamakasturi, long, philosophical poem in 11 parts and 15 love songs; influenced by A.E.'s The Candle of Vision; Kannada[6]
  • Govinda Krishna Chettur, The Shadow of God, 37 sonnets in Kashmiri and a short prefatory poem in English; modeled on Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memorium[6]
  • Khavirakpan, Smaran mangal Kavya, humorous poems in Manipuri[6]
  • Kirpa Sagar, Dido Jamval, epic on the actions of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the Jammu area; Punjabi[6]
  • Masti Venkatesa Iyengar, Malara, a book that introduced the sonnet form into Kannada poetry; the 82 sonnets approach different subjects, including day-to-day life and the change of seasons, from a very religious point of view and in an uncomplicated, conversational style[6]
  • N. Balamani Amma, Amma, on a mother's love and a child's innocence; Malayalam[6]
  • Narayan Murlidhar Gupte, writing under the pen name "Bee", Phulanci Onjal ("Handful of Flowers"), showing the influence of Kesavsut; Marathi[6]
  • Pramathanath Bisi, Pracin Asami Haite, sonnets wrritten from 1924 to 1927 from the most prolific published sonnet-writer in Bengali; a companion volume, Bracin Parasik Haite, was published in the late 1960s[6]
  • Umashankur Joshi, Gangotri, Gujarati-language[6]
  • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Savarakaranci Sphuta Kavita, including "Sagaras" ("To the Sea"), and patriotic poems such as "Maze Mrtypatra" ("My Will") and "Maranonmukh Sayyevar" ("Upon the death-bed"); by a Marathi revolutionary[6]

Awards and honors

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

  • Also:
    • Jean Blewett
    • John Henry Gray

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry" in Williams, Emily Allen, Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography, page xvii and following pages, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 9780313317477 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK], retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]
  3. ^ a b Joshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies", "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. Archived 2009-06-19.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Ackroyd, Peter, Ezra Pound, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Bibliography" chapter, p 121
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t 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 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK], retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
  7. ^ Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
  8. ^ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
  9. ^ a b c d e Auster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 ISBN 0394521978 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]
  10. ^ a b c Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
  11. ^ Kustow, Michael, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/dec/21/adrian-mitchell-obituary "Poet Adrian Mitchell dies, aged 76: Inspirational poet, playwright and performer who was a natural pacifist", obituary, The Guardian, December 21, 2008, retrieved December 22, 2008
  12. ^ Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology, pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009


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