// G. S. Fraser - The Fatal Landscape and Other Poems Frost Medal: Robert Frost Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Leonard Bacon: Sunderland Capture October 2 - John Sinclair, poet October 13 - John Snow, cricketer and poet Billy Collins January 6 - F. R. Higgins, poet January 23 - John Oxenham, novelist and poet February 7... // T.S. Eliot - Little Gidding Frost Medal: Edgar Lee Masters Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: William Rose Benet, The Dust Which Is God October 23 - Douglas Dunn, poet date unknown - Gladys Cardiff, poet date unknown - Konstantin Balmont, poet Poetry List of poetry awards Categories: | | ... // Ottawa native Elizabeth Smart moves permanently to England. ... // Benjamin Brittens opera Peter Grimes, based on George Crabbes The Borough Vladimir Nabokov becomes a naturalized citizen of the United States Ezra Pound is arrested for treason at Genoa and imprisoned at Pisa by the U.S. Army W.H. Auden, Collected Poems Elizabeth Smart, By Grand Central... // W.H. Auden becomes a U.S. citizen Cleanth Brooks, The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry Roy Campbell, Talking Bronco Walter De la Mare, The Traveller Henry Reed, A Map of Verona, including Naming of Parts Dylan Thomas, Deaths and Entrances, including Fern Hill and A... // Dorothy Parker divorces Alan Campbell for the first time. ... See also: 1940 in literature, other events of 1941, 1942 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1941 in literature, other events of 1942, 1943 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1942 in literature, other events of 1943, 1944 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1943 in literature, other events of 1944, 1945 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1944 in literature, other events of 1945, 1946 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1945 in literature, other events of 1946, 1947 in literature, list of years in literature. ... -1... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries in poetry. ... Category: ... Category: ... Category: ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The 21st century is the present century of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // Events and trends The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... This article is about the year. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

Events

Works published

Awards

• Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Robert Penn Warren appointed this year. He would serve until 1945.

The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35,000 a year. ... Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic, and was one of the founders of The New Criticism. ...

Births

Deaths

• March 5 - Alun Lewis, Anglo-Welsh School poet and war poet killed in Burma
• April 4 — John Peale Bishop, American poet and man of letters
• June 9 - Keith Douglas, war poet
• July 3 — A. H. Reginald Buller, a British/Canadian mycologist mainly known as a researcher of fungi and wheat rust who also wrote limericks, some of which were published in Punch
• date unknown - Robert Nichols, poet and dramatist
• date unknown - Joseph Campbell, poet
• date unknown - Olive Custance, poet

• Olivia Bush
• Joseph Campbell, poet and lyricist
• Keith Castellain Douglas, killed in World War II at Normandy;
• Stephen Leacock
• Thomas Sturge Moore
• Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols
• Frederick George Scott

March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... Alun Lewis (July 1, 1915 - March 5, 1944), was a poet of the Anglo-Welsh school. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... John Peale Bishop (May 21, 1892 - April 4, 1944) was an American poet and man of letters. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Keith Douglas (January 24, 1920 - June 9, 1944), was an English poet of World War II. He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at Christs Hospital and at the University of Oxford. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... Arthur Henry Reginald Buller (August 19, 1874 – July 3, 1944) was a British/Canadian mycologist. ... Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. ... Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (1893-1944) was an English writer, known as a war poet of World War I, and a playwright. ... Joseph Campbell (1879 - 1944) was an Irish poet and lyricist. ... Olive Custance (1874 – 1944) was a British poet. ... Joseph Campbell (1879 - 1944) was an Irish poet and lyricist. ... A 1907 engraving of William Butler Yeats, one of Irelands best-known poets. ... Keith Castellain Douglas (January 24, 1920 - June 9, 1944), was an English poet. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944) was an English poet, author and artist. ...

See also

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• List of poetry awards