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Events

Works published

• City Lights Books publishes Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsburg
• Aniara - Harry Martinson

The City Lights Bookstore, in the North Beach section of San Francisco, is an independent bookstore specializing in poetry. ... Howl and Other Poems was published in the fall of 1956 as number four in the Pocket Poets Series from City Lights Books Bob O. Rosenthal; poet and author; Allen Ginsbergs assistant of 20 years and trustee of the Ginsberg estate; discussing Howl at a 2006 symposium on the... Photo of Allen Ginsberg by Robert Birnbaum Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997) was an American Beat poet born in Paterson, New Jersey. ... Aniara is a poem of Swede Harry Martinson in 1956. ... Harry Martinson (May 6, 1904 - February 11, 1978) is a Swedish author and poet from Blechingia. ...

Awards

• National Book Award for Poetry: W.H. Auden, The Shield of Achilles
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Elizabeth Bishop: Poems - North & South
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Edmund Blunden

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Births

• date unknown - Amy Gerstler, poet

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Deaths

• June 22 - Walter de la Mare, poet
• July 8 - Giovanni Papini, essayist, poet, novelist

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See also

Poetry Portal

• Poetry
• List of poetry awards