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Encyclopedia > 1978 in poetry
Years in poetry: 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Years in literature: 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Decades in poetry: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
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// Two poems written in 1965 by Mao Zedong just before the Cultural Revolution, including Two Birds: A Dialogue, are published on January 1[1] Elizabeth Bishop, One Act Marya Fiamengo, In Praise of Older Women Thom Gunn, Jack Straws Castle Derek Walcott, Sea Grapes James Merrill: Divine Comedies, including... // British publication Gay News successfully prosecuted in the United Kingdom for blasphemy and libel for publishing James Kirkups The Love that Dares to Speak its Name Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III, which includes In the Waiting Room, The Moose, and the villanelle... // Kingsley Amis - Collected Poems Ted Hughes - Moor Town Craig Raine - A Martian Sends a Postcard Home See 1979 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ... // Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine published. ... See also: 1974 in literature, other events of 1975, 1976 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1975 in literature, other events of 1976, 1977 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1977 in literature, other events of 1978, 1979 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 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. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st of December, 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. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

L=A=N=G=U=A=G=Ewas an avant garde poetry magazine edited by Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews that ran thirteen issues from 1978 to 1981. ... Bruce Andrews (born 1948) is an American poet who was one of the key figures in the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E movement. ... Charles Bernstein (born April 4, 1950) is an American poet, critic, editor and teacher. ... Stevie Smith was a British poet and radio personality (September 20, 1902 - March 7, 1971). ...

Works published

Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Johnson April 4, 1928) is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. ... Paul Blackburn was one of the leading poets of his time. ... Odysseus Elytis Odysseas Elytis was the pseudonym of Odysseas Alepoudelis (November 2, 1911–March 18, 1996), a Greek poet. ... George Oppen, a picture now used as the cover for the recently published Selected Poems George Oppen (April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984) was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. ... Mary Oppen (b. ... Craig Raine (3 December 1944 - ) is an English poet and critic born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. ... Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000) (published as R. S. Thomas) was a Welsh poet and Anglican Clergyman, noted for his nationalism and spirituality. ... The cover of the 1978 edition of Zukofskys long poem A. Louis Zukofsky (January 23, 1904 - May 12, 1978) was one of the most important second-generation American modernist poets. ...

Awards and honors

Canada

Each winner of the 1978 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a whole bunch of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...

United Kingdom

The Cholmondeley Award is given by the Society of Authors for poetry. ... George Leslie Norris (born May 1921, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, died April 6, 2006 Provo, Utah, U.S.A.) was a prize-winning Welsh poet and short story writer. ... Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000) (published as R. S. Thomas) was a Welsh poet and Anglican Clergyman, noted for his nationalism and spirituality. ... The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submisson. ... Ciaran Carson is a poet and novelist born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1948. ... Christopher Reid (born in 1949) is a British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer. ...

United States

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 Meredith may refer to more than one person: William Meredith (poet) William M. Meredith, a U.S. Treasury Secretary Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet, a minor British politician. ... The National Book Award for Poetry has been given since 1950 and is part of the National Book Awards, which are given annually for outstanding literary works by American citizens. ... Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was United States Poet Laureate on two separate occasions: from 1963 to 1964, and from 1988 to 1990. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was United States Poet Laureate on two separate occasions: from 1963 to 1964, and from 1988 to 1990. ... The Walt Whitman Award is given by the American Academy of Poets to an American poet who has never before published a book of poetry. ... The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or Academy Fellowship, was the first award of its kind in the United States. ... Josephine Miles (June 11, 1911 - 1985) was the first woman to be tenured in the English Department at the University of California, Berkeley. ...

Births

June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Jesse Ball is an American poet. ...

Deaths

January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gilbert Highet, Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian, born June 22, 1906, in Glasgow, Scotland; died 1978. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Faith Baldwin (born October 1st, 1893, New Rochelle, New York – died March 18, 1978, Norwalk, Connecticut) was a very successful U.S. author of light fiction, publishing over sixty novels. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... John Hall Wheelock (September 9, 1886-March 22, 1978) was an American poet. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Sylvia Townsend Warner was an English writer and poet who lived from 1893 - 1978. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... The cover of the 1978 edition of Zukofskys long poem A. Louis Zukofsky (January 23, 1904 - May 12, 1978) was one of the most important second-generation American modernist poets. ... Mountebanks ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Aris Alexandrou (Greek Άρης Αλεξάνδρου) (1922 - 2 July 1978) was a Greek novelist, poet and translator. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Frank Stanford (1949 - 1978) was a notable American poet. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892, Langholm - September 9, 1978), perhaps the most important Scottish poet of the 20th century. ...

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