1949 in poetry

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Events

* Yannis Ritsos, incarcerated in a Greek concentration camp, writes poems which will finally be published in 1975 in the book "Petrinos khronos"
* George Hill Dillon steps down as editor of "Poetry Magazine" (he took the job in 1937).

Works published

* Gwendolyn Brooks, "Annie Allen"
* Allen Curnow (New Zealand):
** "The Axe", a verse play with a Pacific setting (Caxton) [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/curnowa.html Allen Curnow Web page] at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008]
** "At Dead Low Water and Sonnets" (Caxton)
* Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), "By Avon River"
* Basil Dowling, "Canterbury", New Zealand [ [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/L/LiteraturePoetry/UrsulaBethall/en Web page titled "Ursula Bethall"] in "An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 website, accessed April 21, 2008]
* Haim Gouri, "Pirhei Esh" ("Flowers of Fire, Years of Fire"), Israeli writing in Hebrew [ [http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=101] Web page titled "Haim Gouri" at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Web site, accessed October 6, 2007]
* Carlos de Oliveira - "Descida aos Infernos"
* Kenneth Rexroth, "The Art of Worldly Wisdom"
* Donald A. Stauffer, "The Golden Nightingale: Essays on Some Principles of Poetry in the Lyrics of William Butler Yeats", New York: Macmillan, United States criticism [Untitled review by A. Norman Jeffares, of book in "The Review of English Studies", New Series, Vol. 2, No. 7 (Jul., 1951), pp. 291-293]
* William Carlos Williams, "Paterson", Book III
* Judith Wright, "Woman to Man"

Awards and honors

* Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Elizabeth Bishop appointed this year.
* Pulitzer Prize for poetry: Peter Viereck, "Terror and Decorum"
* Bollingen Prize: Ezra Pound — provoking a firestorm of criticism because of his pro-Fascist activities before and during World War II. [Ackroyd, Peter, "Ezra Pound", Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Chronology" chapter, p 118]

Births

* February 6 — Eliot Weinberger, American essayist & principal translator of Octavio Paz in English
* March 14 — Lynn Emanuel, American poet
* April 13 — Marilyn Bowering, Canadian poet and novelist
* May 13 — Christopher Reid, English poet, essayist, cartoonist, writer, and exponent of Martian poetry
* June 21:
** John Agard playwright, poet, and children's writer from Guyana, who moved to England in 1977
** Jane Urquhart, Canadian poet and author
* July 5 — Pier Giorgio di Cicco Italian-Canadian poet
* August 2 — Bei Dao, (北島, literally meaning "Northern Island"), the pseudonym of Chinese poet Zhao Zhenkai, the most notable representative of the Misty Poets, a group of Chinese poets who reacted against the restrictions of the Cultural Revolution
* date not known:
** Agha Shahid Ali, English poet (died in 2001)
** Michael Blumenthal (poet)
** David Bottoms
** Olga Broumas Greek-born and raised, English-language poet in the United States
** Ralph Burns (poet)
** Victor Hernandez Cruz
** Alice Major, Canadian poet
** Mary di Michele, Canadian poet and writer
** Bob Orr, New Zealand
** Barbara Ras
** Liam Rector
** David St. John
** Robyn Sarah
** C.D. Wright (Carolyn D. Wright), an American poet

Deaths

* May 6 — Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet, playwright and Nobel Laureate
* date not known:
** Lilian Bowes-Lyon, English poet
** Alice Corbin Henderson (born 1881), American poet
** William Hervey Allen

ee also

* Poetry
* List of poetry awards
* List of years in poetry

Notes