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1977 in poetry

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Events
• January – James Dickey, composes a poem he reads at new United States President Jimmy Carter’s inaugural gala (although not at the inauguration itself). • July 11 – The English magazine Gay News is found guilty of blasphemous libel for publishing a homoerotic poem The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name by James Kirkup in a case (Whitehouse v. Lemon) brought by Mary Whitehouse's National Viewers and Listeners Association at the Old Bailey in London. • Poet Sarah Kirsch leaves her native East Germany for the West. • In Israeli the literary journal Keshet goes defunct, while Itton and Proza are founded. ==Works published in English==
Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: ===Australia=== • Robert Adamson Cross The BorderJennifer Maiden, Mortal Details, Rigmarole • Les Murray, Ethnic Radio, Angus & Robertson • John Tranter, Crying in Early Infancy: 100 Sonnets, Makar Press ===Canada=== • Earle Birney: • The Damnation of Vancouver. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. A satire on the modern city. • Ghost in the Wheels: selected poems. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. • Roo Borson, Landfall, American-CanadianLeonard Cohen, ''Death of a Ladies' Man'' • Isabella Valancy Crawford, Hugh and Ion, Glenn Clever ed. (Ottawa: Borealis). • Irving Layton, The Poems of Irving Layton. Eli Mandel ed. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Also published, with an introduction by Hugh Kenner, as The Selected Poems of Irving Layton. New York: New Directions, 1977. • Irving Layton, The Covenant. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. • Pat Lowther, A Stone DiaryMiriam Mandel, Station 14. Edmonton: NeWest Press. • Charles Sangster, The Angel Guest and Other Poems and Lyrics, edited by Frank M. Tierney (Tecumseh) • F. R. Scott, Poems of French Canada. Translated by F. R. Scott. Burnaby, B.C.: Blackfish Press. • Raymond Souster, Extra Innings. Ottawa. Oberon Press. • George Woodcock, Anima, or, Swann Grown Old. A Cycle of Poems by George Woodcock, Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press, Canada ===India, in English=== • R. Parthasarathy, Rough Passage, Delhi: Oxford University Press • Meena Alexander, I Root My Name, Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India. ===Ireland=== • Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French, Irish native living in France and published in the United KingdomEiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Second Voyage, including "Deaths and Engines", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press • Harry Clifton, The Walls of Carthage Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, • Paul Muldoon, Mules, • R. Ensing, editor, Private Gardens, anthology of New Zealand women poets • Kendrick Smithyman, Dwarf with a Billiard Cue, Auckland: Auckland University Press and Oxford University Press • Ian Wedde, Spells for Coming Out, New Zealand ===South Africa=== • Mafika Gwala, ''Jol'iinkomo'' ===United Kingdom=== • Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French, Russian-American (but published in the United Kingdom; see United States section for a book published there) • Donald Davies, To Scorch or FreezeCarol Ann Duffy and Adrian Henri, Beauty and the BeastElaine Feinstein: • Some Unease and Angels, Russian-American (see United Kingdom section for a book published there) • Robert Bly, This Body is Made of Camphor and GopherwoodBilly Collins, PokerfaceFrank Belknap Long, In Mayan SplendorMichael S. Harper, Images of Kin (1977), won the Melville-Cane Award from the Poetry Society of America; nominated for the National Book AwardRobert Lowell, Day by DayW. S. Merwin: • The Compass Flower, New York: Atheneum • Translator, Vertical Poetry, poems by Roberto Juarroz; San Francisco: Kayak (reprinted in 1988; San Francisco: North Point Press) ==Works published in other languages==
Works published in other languages
Listed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: ===Denmark=== • Vita Andersen, TryghedsnarkomanerJørgen Gustava Brandt, OpholdKlaus Høeck: • Projekt Perseus, publisher: Gyldendal • Ulrike Marie Meinhof, publisher: Gyldendal ====France==== • Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French, • Alain Delahaye, ''L'etre perdu'' ===Hebrew=== • Nathan Alterman, a posthumous book of poems • O. Bernstein, a book of poems • Ghunakshara, Cuttack: Cuttack Students' Store • Harumal Isardas Sadarangani, CikhaNilmani Phookan; Assamese-language: • Golapi Jamur Lagna, Guwahati, Assam: Bani Prakash • Editor, Kuri Satikar Asomiya Kavita, an anthology of modern Assamese poetry; Guwahati, Assam: Asom Prakashan Parishad (enlarged edition published posthumously in 1984) • Maria Luisa Spaziani, Transito con catene ===Norway=== • Hans Børli, • Jan Magnus Bruheim, LyrespelarenGunvor Hofmo, Hva fanger nattenPeter R. Holm, I disse bilderStein Mehren, Det trettende stjernebildeSigmund Skard, Ord mot mørkretHelge Vatsend, Livets bok Portuguese language ====Portugal==== • Ruy de Moura Belo, Despeço-me da terra da alegria ("I Bid Farewell to the Land of Happiness") • Herberto Helder, CobraAntónio Ramos Rosa, Boca IncompletaSophia Andresen, O Nome das CoisasFiama Brandão, Homenagem à LiteraturaLiberto Cruz, DistànciaVitorino Nemésio, Sapateia Açoriana ====Brazil==== • Carlos Nejar, Árvore do mundoDécio PignatariPoesia / Pois é / Poesia (poems) • Comunicacao poética (critical theory about poetry) • Murilo Mendes, a posthumous collection of poems edited by João Cabral de Melo Neto, with a study by José Guilherme Merquior ===Russia=== • Arkadi Kuleshov, a book of poems • Antonio Cisneros, el libro de dios y de los húngaros (Peru) • Jaime Sabines, Nuevo recuento de poemas (Mexico) • Efraín Huerta, Circuito interior (Mexico) • David Huerta, Cuadernos de noviembre (Mexico) ===Yiddish=== • Dovid Hofshteyn, a two-volume selection of poems • Anne-Marie Berglund, Luftberusningen, SwedenChen Yi, Selected Poems; ChinaOdysseus Elytis, Signalbook (Σηματολόγιον); GreeceNdoc Gjetja, Qëndresa ("Center"); AlbaniaGozo Yoshimasu, river, Written in Cursive Characters; JapanLars Gustafsson, Sonetter; SwedenPer E. Rundquist, Men störst av allt är kärleken till vem; (SwedenPiotr Sommer, W krześle; PolandMarlene van Niekerk, Sprokkelster; South AfricaWen Wu-pin, Battle Songs of Tachai; ChinaYasuo Irisawa, Moon and Other Poems; Japan ==Awards and honors==
Births
• April 18 — Ilya Kaminsky, Soviet-born Russian- and English-language poet • September 25 — Sole, American hip hop artist • Jenni Fagan, Scottish novelist and poet ==Deaths==
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • January 5 — Artur Adson, 87, Estonian poet and critic • January 21 — Sandro Penna, 70, Italian • February 2 — Rashid Hussein, 41, Palestinian Arabic poet in the United States, in fire • April 7 — Elizabeth Daryush, 96, English poet, daughter of Robert Bridges • April 11 — Jacques Prévert, 77, French • September 12 — Robert Lowell, 60, American, from a heart attack • November 30 — Miloš Crnjanski, 84, Serbian poet and novelist • December 18 — Louis Untermeyer, 92, American author, poet, anthologist and editor • December 30 — Katherine C. Biddle, 87, American • Also — Gitaujali Badruddin, 16, Indian girl poet ==Notes==
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