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Encyclopedia > 1983 in poetry
Years in poetry: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Years in literature: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Decades in poetry: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Centuries in poetry: 19th century 20th century 21st century
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

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Events

Works published

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979), was an American poet and writer, increasingly regarded as one of the finest 20th century poets writing in English. ... Amy Clampitt (1920-1994) was an American poet and author. ... H.D. in the mid 1910s Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 - September 27, 1961), better known by the pen name H.D., was an American poet, novelist and memoirist. ...

Awards

Australia

The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the N. S. W. Premiers Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form. ... Vivian Smith (born June, 1933) is an Australian poet who is notorious for being commonly mistaken as a female. ...

Canada

Each winner of the 1983 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...

United Kingdom

The Cholmondeley Award is given by the Society of Authors for poetry. ... A fuller is someone who treats cloth: see Fuller (cloth-making). ... Craig Raine (3 December 1944 - ) is an English poet and critic born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. ... Anthony Simon Thwaite (born 1930) is a British poet and writer. ... The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submisson. ...

United States

The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major American literary award for a first full-length book of poetry in the English language. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Galway Kinnell (born February 1, 1927) is an American poet. ...

Deaths

8July 12 - Edwin Denby, at 80 by suicide June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... Vilmundur Gylfason Vilmundur Gylfason (August 7, 1948 - June 19, 1983) was an Icelandic politician, historian and poet. ... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... Ted Berrigan (15 November 1934 - 4 July 1983) was an American poet. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... There are a few people with the name Edwin Denby: Edwin Denby, American poet and dance critic Edwin C. Denby, U.S. politician from the state of Michigan, had prominent role in the Teapot Dome Scandal This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that...

February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (December 4, 1911 – March 3, 1983), was a novelist, historian and biographer. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

See also

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