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Events

Works published

• Charles Causley, Figgie Hobbin

Charles Causley (August 24, 1917 – November 4, 2003) was a Cornish poet and writer. ...

Awards

Canada

• See 1970 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

Each winner of the 1970 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Kathleen Raine, Douglas Livingstone, Edward Brathwaite
• Eric Gregory Award: Helen Frye, Paul Mills, John Mole, Brian Morse, Alan Perry, Richard Tibbitts
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Roy Fuller

The Cholmondeley Award is given by the Society of Authors for poetry. ... Kathleen Jessie Raine (June 14, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was a British poet, critic and independent scholar writing in particular on William Blake and W. B. Yeats. ... Douglas Livingstone may refer to Douglas Livingstone, the South African poet born in Malaysia (1932-1996) Douglas Livingstone, the English actor and writer for television {{disambig]] ... Edward Kamau Brathwaite (born 1931) is a Barbadian writer, poet and dramatist; his poetry explores the African and Caribbean roots of his country and his people. ... The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submisson. ... Mr. ... The Gold Medal for Poetry, originally instituted by King George V, is awarded in some years on 23 April, for a book of verse written by a United Kingdom or British Commonwealth citizen; before 1985 it was awarded only to British writers (this rule clearly not having hardened by 1940). ... Roy Broadbent Fuller (11 February 1912 – 27 September 1991) was an English writer, known mostly as a poet. ...

United States

• Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): William Stafford appointed this year.
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Richard Howard, Untitled Subjects

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. ... William Edgar Stafford (January 17, 1914 – August 28, 1993) was an American poet and pacifist, and the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Richard Howard is a distinguished American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. ...

Births

• September 10 - Phaswane Mpe, novelist, (d. 2004)
• September 16 - Nick Sagan, novelist and screenwriter
• September 24 - Gemma Moraleja Paz, poet and novelist
• unknown date - Alex Garland, novelist
• unknown date - Jonathan Stroud, fantasy writer

September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... Phaswane Mpe, (September 10, 1970 – December 12, 2004), was a South African poet and novelist. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Nick Sagan (b. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... Gemma Moraleja Paz (b. ... Alex Garland (left) with Danny Boyle Alex Garland (born 1970) is a British novelist, the son of the well-known and respected political cartoonist, Nick Garland. ... Jonathan Stroud Jonathan Stroud (*1970, Bedford, England) is an author of fantasy books, mainly for children and youths. ...

Deaths

• January 10 - Charles Olson
• March 29 - Vera Brittain, novelist and poet
• May 12 - Nelly Sachs, poet and dramatist

January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Olson (27 December 1910 – 10 January 1970) was an important 2nd generation American modernist poet who was a crucial link between earlier figures like Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, a rubric which includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, the Beat... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... Vera Mary Brittain, Lady Catlin (1893 – March 29, 1970) was an English writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during the First World War and the growth of her ideology of specifically Anglican Christian pacifism. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Nelly Sachs, (10 December 1891, Berlin – 12 May 1970, Stockholm) was a German poet and dramatist who was transformed by the Nazi experience from a dilettante into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. ...

See also

Poetry Portal

• Poetry
• List of poetry awards