1964 in poetry

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Events

  • Among the many books of poetry published this year, Robert Lowell's For the Union Dead is greeted with particular acclaim. The book was received with "general jubilation" from critics, according to Raymond Walters Jr., associate editor of the New York Times Book Review. "These verses [...] convinced many observers that its author was now the pre-eminent U.S. poet."[1]
  • The publication in the United Kingdom of The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence in two volumes is "a major publishing event of 1964".[1]
  • A surprise best-seller in the United Kingdom was John Lennon's In His Own Write, a compendium of nonsense poems, sketches and drawings by one of the Beatles.[1]
  • The "Shakespeare Quartercentenary", the 400th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, is celebrated in lecture series, exhibitions, dramatic and musical programs and other events as well as special publications (Shakespeare issues and supplements), reprinting of standard works on the playwright and poet, and even commemorative postage stamps. The American Association of Advertising Agencies even suggests that Shakespeare quotations should be used in ads. Celebrations of various sorts occur in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and elsewhere.[1]
  • The 75th birthday of Anna Akhmatova, who was severely persecuted during the Stalin era, was celebrated with special observances and the publication of new collections of her verse.[1]
  • Russian poet Joseph Brodsky is convicted of "parisitism" in a Soviet court, which sends him into exile near the Arctic Circle.
  • Poetry Australia literary magazine founded

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:

Australia

  • G. Dutton, The Literature of Australia[2]
  • Gwen Harwood, Poems,[1] Australian poet published in the United Kingdom
  • T. Inglish Moore, and Douglas Stewart, editors, Poetry in Australia, 2 volumes, Sydney: Angus and Robertson[3]
  • R. Ward, Penguin Book of Australian Ballads, anthology[2]
  • Judith Wright, Five Senses selected poems; Australian poet published in the United Kingdom[1]

Canada

Anthologies

  • Poetry of Mid-Century 1940/1960, edited by Milton Wilson, included the work of 10 well-known Canadian poets:[1]

Criticism, scholarship and biography in Canada

  • Northrop Frye, Fables of Identity, 16 essays on "various works and authors in the central tradition of English mythopoeic poetry"[1]
  • Roy Daniells, Milton, Mannerism and Baroque[1]

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Criticism, scholarship, and biography in the United Kingdom

  • Poetry of the Thirties, a Penguin Books anthology; including the last published appearance during the lifetime of W. H. Auden of his, "September 1, 1939", a poem which he was famous for, but which he hated; the poem appeared in the edition with a note about this and four other early poems: "Mr. W. H. Auden considers these five poems to be trash which he is ashamed to have written."
  • G. Hartmann, Wordsworth's Poetry, 1787-1814[9]

United States

Criticism, scholarship, and biography in the United States

Other in English

Works in other languages

Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

Danish

French

Canada

  • Jacques Brault, Mémoire[1]
  • Paul Chamberland, L'Afficheur hurle[1]
  • Gilbert Choquette, L'Honneur de vivre[1]
  • Cécile Cloutier, Cuivre et soies[1]
  • Paul-Marie Lapointe, Pour les âmes[1]
  • Fernand Oullette, Le Soliel sous la mort[1]

France

  • Louis Aragon, near simultaneous publication of four works:[1]
    • Series of discussions with F. Crémieux on the philosophical and literary ideas of the poet[1]
    • Il ne m'est Paris que d'Elsa, a collection of poems[1]
    • a "lengthy and ambitious historical poem"[1]
    • Le Voyage en Hollande[1]
  • René Char:
  • Michel Deguy, Biefs[15]
  • Jean Follain, Appareil de la terre[15]
  • Roger Giroux, L'arbre temps, winner of the Prix Max Jacob, the author's sole published book during his lifetime[15]
  • Edmond Jabès, Le Livre de Yukel[15]
  • A. Marissel, La Nouvelle parabole, winner of the first Louise Labé Prize[1]
  • Pierre Oster, La Grande Année[16]
  • Marcelin Pleynet, Paysages en deux suivis de Les Lignes de la prose[15]
  • Jean-Pierre Richard, Onze Etudes sur la poésie moderne, criticism[16]
  • Denis Roche, Les Idées centésimales de Miss Elanize[15]

Anthologies

  • J. L. Bédouin, editor, La Poésie surréaliste[1]
  • G. E. Clancier, editor, Panorama critique de Chénier á Baudelaire[1]

German

Hebrew

  • Yaakov Cahan, the collected works[1]
  • Esther Rab, Shirai-[1]
  • Leah Goldberg, Im ha-Laila Hazeh ("On This Night")[1]
  • Daliah Rivikovich, Horef Kasheh ("Hard Winter")[1]
  • Dan Pagis, Shehut Mauhereth ("Belated Lingering")[1]
  • David Avidan, Masheu Bishvil Mishehu ("Something for Someone")[1]
  • Amir Gilboa, Kehulim Vaadumin ("The Blues and the Reds")[1]
  • Eldad Andan, Lo Bishmahot kalot ("Not with Joys Lightly")[1]
  • B. Mordecai, Nefilim ba-Aretz ("Giants on Earth")[1]
  • Aaron Zeitlin, Min ha-Adam Vomaila ("From Man and Higher"), comprising two dramatic poems by this American publishing in Israel[1]
  • Chaim Brandwein, be-Tzel ha-Argaman ("In the Shadow of the Purple"), a first book of poems by this American publishing in Israel[1]
  • Abraham Regelson, Hakukot Otiotaich ("Engraved Are Thy Letters"), by an American poet living in Israel[1]

Italian

  • Bartolo Cattafi, L'osso, l'anima [1]
  • Corrado Costa, Pseudobaudelaire avant-garde poetry[1]
  • Eugenio Miccini, Sonetto minore avant-garde poetry[1]
  • Elio Pagliarani, La lezione di fisica avant-garde poetry[1]
  • Pier Paulo Pasolini, Poesia in forma di rosa[1]
  • Lamberto Pignotti, La nozione dell'uomo avant-garde poetry[1]
  • Antonio Porta, Aprire avant-garde poetry[1]
  • Edoardo Sanguineti, Triperuno avant-garde poetry[1]
  • Cesare Vivaldi, Dettagli avant-garde poetry[1]
  • Gruppo '63 (published this spring), an anthology of poems, critical essays, and passages from plays and novels by writers who had rebelled in recent years against standard conventions in literature.[1]

Norwegian

Russian

Portuguese language

Brazil

  • Lupe Cotrim Garaude, O poeta e o mundo, her fourth collection[1]

Spanish language

Latin America

  • Jorge Carrera Andrade, Floresta de los Guacamayos (Ecuador), published in Nicaragua while he was ambassador to the United States[1]
  • Roque Vallejos, Los arcángeles ebrios (Paraguay)[1]
  • Sarah Bollo (Uruguay):
    • Diana transfigurada[1]
    • Tierra y Cielo[1]
Anthologies
  • Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Poesía argentina (sic), including selections from 10 Argentinian poets, most born in the 1920s or later[1]
  • Oscar Echeverri Mejía and Alfonso Bonilla-Naar, editors, 21 años de poesía colombiana (sic), with poems from the more prominent Colombian poets in the two decades from 1942 to 1963[1]
Criticism, scholarship, and biography in Latin America

Spain

  • Jorge Guillén, Tréboles[1]
  • José García Nieto, La hora undécima[1]
  • Gerardo Diego, La suerte o la muerte[1]
  • Fernando Quiñones, En vida, winner of the Leopoldo Panero Prize by the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica[1]
Criticism, scholarship and biography in Spain
  • Gabriel Celaya, Exploración de la poesía[1]
  • José Francisco Cirré, La poesía de José Moreno Villa[1]
  • Books published for the centenary year of Miguel de Unamuno (died 1936), an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher:[1]
    • Manuel García Blanco, América y Unamuno[1]
    • Julio César Chaves, Unamuno y América[1]
    • Julio García Morejón, Unamuno y Portugal[1]
    • Sebastián de la Nuez, Unamuno en Canarias[1]
    • Ricardo Gullón, Autobiografías de Unamuno[1]

Yiddish

  • Mordkhay gebirtig, a new edition of the poet's works[1]
  • Itskhok Katzenelson, a new edition of the poet's works[1]
  • Abraham Sutzkever, a two-volume edition of the poet's works[1]
  • Joseph Rubinstein, Khurbn Polyn ("Polish Jewry: a Lament")[1]
  • Binem Heler, a book of poems[1]
  • Yankev Zonshayn, a book of poems[1]
  • P. Tsibulski, a book of poems[1]
  • I. Papiernikov, a book of poems[1]
  • I. Manik, a book of poems[1]
  • I. Goykhberg, a book of poems[1]
  • Rosa Gutman, a book of poems[1]
  • Aleph Katz, a book of poems[1]

Other

  • Lars Forstell, Röster (Sweden)[1]
  • Eeva Liisa Manner, Niin vaihtuivat vuoden ajat (Finland)[1]
  • Sean O Riordain, Brosna, including "Claustrophobia", "Reo" and "Fiabhras", Gaelic-language, Ireland[14]
  • Hijam Anganhal Singh, Khamba Thoibi Sherireng, abdidged form of the popular Khamba Thoibi folk ballad, sung on festive occasions and about the last incarnation of Khamba and Thoibi; one of the first epics in modern Manipuri poetry; written in 1940 but first published this year; India[18]
  • Arvo Turtiainen, Runoja 1934-1964 (Finland)[1]

Awards and honors

Canada

United Kingdom

United States

Other

Births

  • Also:
    • Rafael Campo, gay, Cuban-American poet, doctor, and author
    • Catherine Graham

Deaths

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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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 aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej Britannica Book of the Year 1965 (covering events of 1964), published by The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1965
  2. ^ a b Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108
  3. ^ "Select General Bibliography for Representative Poetry On-Line" web page for Representative Poetry On-Line website of the University of Toronto, retrieved January 1, 2009
  4. ^ a b c d Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
  5. ^ Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
  6. ^ Web page titled "Charles Brasch: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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
  9. ^ Preminger, Alex, and Brogan, T.V.F., editors, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Princeton University Press, 1993, "English Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p 353
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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)
  11. ^ a b Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
  12. ^ Ackroyd, Peter, Ezra Pound, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Bibliography" chapter, p 121
  13. ^ a b Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0391032860 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK], ISBN 9780391032866 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
  14. ^ a b Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0856405612 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]
  15. ^ a b c d e f g 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]
  16. ^ a b c Brée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
  17. ^ Shrayer, Maxim, "Aleksandr Mezhirov", p 879, An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry, publisher: M.E. Sharpe, 2007, ISBN 076560521X [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK], ISBN 9780765605214 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK], retrieved via Google Books on May 27, 2009
  18. ^ 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, p 723, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1995, ISBN 9788172017989 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK], retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
  19. ^ "Raphael Campo (1964 - )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008

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