// 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. ... // 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... 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... See also: 1947 in literature, other events of 1948, 1949 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1948 in literature, other events of 1949, 1950 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1949 in literature, other events of 1950, 1951 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 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. ... 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). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Events

• Dorothy Parker divorces Alan Campbell for the first time.

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. ...

Works published

• Kingsley Amis - Bright November
• Cleanth Brooks, The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry
• Richard Eberhart, Burr Oaks, including "The Fury of Aerial Bombardment"
• Paul Hiebert, Sara Binks, "the sweet songstess of Saskatchewan"
• Weldon Kees, The Fall of Magicians (his second book of poetry)
• Philip Larkin, A Girl in Winter
• Louis MacNeice, The Dark Tower
• Stephen Spender, Poems of Dedication

Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... Cleanth Brooks (October 16, 1906 - 1994) was an influential American literary critic and professor. ... Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was a prolific American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. ... Paul Hiebert was a Canadian writer and humourist best known for his novel Sarah Binks, which was awarded the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1948. ... Harry Weldon Kees (February 24, 1914- presumed dead July 18, 1955) was an American poet, critic, novelist and short story writer. ... Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. ... Frederick Louis MacNeice (September 12, 1907 – September 3, 1963) was a British and Irish poet and playwright. ... Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE, (February 28, 1909 – July 16, 1995) was an English poet and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. ...

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 Lowell appointed this year.
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Lowell, Lord Weary's Castle

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 Lowell (March 1, 1917–September 12, 1977), born Robert Traill Spence Lowell, Jr. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Robert Lowell (March 1, 1917–September 12, 1977), born Robert Traill Spence Lowell, Jr. ...

Births

• January 2 — AI, born "Florence Anthony", an American poet who legally changed her name
• May 23 — Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (died 1995)
• November 13 — John Steffler, Canadian poet and novelist
• December 26 — Liz Lochhead Scottish poet and dramatist
• date not known:
  • Cheryl Clarke
  • Yusef Komunyakaa American poet, academic and recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
  • Al Moritz
  • Molly Peacock, American poet of the New Formalist school and nonfiction writer
  • Charlie Smith
  • Rosemary Sullivan , Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Florence Anthony (born 2 January 1947) is an American poet who legally changed her name to Ai. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... Jane Kenyon (1947 - 1995) was an American poet and translator. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... John Steffler is a Canadian writer. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... Liz Lochhead (born December 26, 1947) is a Scottish poet and dramatist, originally from Motherwell. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... Yusef Komunyakaa (1947- ) is an eminent American poet. ... The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is an American prize that is one of the worlds most lucrative poetry awards. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Molly Peacock (born 1947) is an American poet of the New Formalist school as well as a nonfiction writer. ... New Formalism is a late-twentieth and early twenty-first century movement in American poetry that has promoted a return to metrical and rhymed verse. ...

Deaths

• December 19 — Duncan Campbell Scott, Canadian poet and writer
• date not known:
  • Anna Wickham, British poet
  • Richard Le Gallienne, English writer and poet

December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr. Duncan Campbell Scott Source: Library and Archives Canada, PA-165842 Duncan Campbell Scott (August 2, 1862-December 19, 1947) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. ... Anna Wickham was the pseudonym of Edith Alice Mary Harper (1884 -1947), a British poet with strong Australian connections. ... Richard Le Gallienne, in an illustration from his book Prose Fancies Richard Thomas Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947) was an English man of letters, very much associated with the literary world of London in the 1890s; after that he resided in the USA, without altering his period style. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ...

See also

Poetry Portal

• Poetry
• List of poetry awards