1935 in poetry
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| +... |
Links to nations or nationalities point to articles with information on that nation's poetry or literature. For example, "United Kingdom" links to English poetry and "India" links to Indian poetry.
Events
- June 3 – Canadian poet Charles G. D. Roberts is knighted.[1]
- June 15
- Gay English poet W. H. Auden enters a marriage of convenience with Erika Mann.[2]
- Premiere of T. S. Eliot's verse drama Murder in the Cathedral at Canterbury Cathedral in England.
- American poet George Oppen joins the Communist Party, where his organizing work will increasingly take precedence over his poetry; he writes no more verse until 1958.
- Picasso's poetry begins to be written.
- Tomb of Hafez in Shiraz, Persia, is rebuilt.
Works published in English
- Arthur Bourinot, Selected Poems (1915–1935).[citation needed]
- E. J. Pratt, The Titanic, Toronto: Macmillan.[3]
- Kenneth Leslie, Lowlands Low: Poems. Halifax: McCurdy[4]
- Wilson MacDonald, The Song Of The Undertow and Other Poems. Toronto, Buffalo: S.J.R. Saunders, Broadway.[5]
- Wilson MacDonald, Quintrains Of "Callender" and Other Poems. Toronto: S.J.R. Saunders.[5]
- Tom MacInnes, Rhymes of a Rounder, Canada[6]
- Duncan Campbell Scott, The Green Cloister, Canada[6]
- Francis Sherman, The Complete Poems of Francis Sherman. Lorne Pierce ed. Toronto: Ryerson.[7]
- Sundhindra Dutt, Orchestra ( Poetry in English ),[8]
- Govind Krishna Chettur, The Shadow of God: A Sonnet Sequence ( Poetry in English ), London: Longmans, published in the United Kingdom [9]
- Nizamat Jung, Islamic Poems ( Poetry in English ), Hyderabad: Government Central Press[10]
- George Barker, Poems[11]
- Samuel Beckett, Echo's Bones and Other Precipitates[11]
- Norman Cameron, The Winter House[11]
- Cecil Day-Lewis:
- Walter de la Mare, Poems 1919 to 1934[11]
- T. S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral
- Christopher Hassall, Poems of Two Years[11]
- Eiluned Lewis, December Apples (Welsh poet published in the United Kingdom)
- Louis MacNeice, Poems[11]
- Herbert Read, Poems 1914–34[11]
- James Reeves, The Natural Need (with preface, in verse, by Laura Riding)[11]
- Siegfried Sassoon, Vigils[11]
- Humbert Wolfe:
- W. B. Yeats, A Full Moon in March,[11] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- John Peale Bishop, Minute Particulars[12]
- Robert P. Tristram Coffin, Strange Holiness[12]
- Countee Cullen, The Medea and Some Poems[12]
- E. E. Cummings, No Thanks
- Kenneth Fearing, Poems[12]
- John Gould Fletcher, XXIV Elegies[12]
- Hamlin Garland, Iowa, O Iowa[12]
- Horace Gregory, Chorus for Survival[12]
- Robinson Jeffers, Solstice and Other Poems[12]
- James Weldon Johnson, Selected Poems[12]
- Edgar Lee Masters, Invisible Landscapes[12]
- Marianne Moore, Selected Poems[12]
- John G. Neihardt, The Song of the Messiah[12]
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, King Jasper[12]
- Muriel Rukeyser, Theory of Flight[12]
- Karl Shapiro, Poems[12]
- Wallace Stevens, Ideas of Order, includes "Farewell to Florida", "The Idea of Order at Key West", "Academic Discourse at Havana", "Like Decorations in a Nigger Cemetery", and "A Postcard from the Volcano"), Alcestis Press (enlarged edition, 1936)[13]
- Robert Penn Warren, Thirty-Six Poems[12]
- William Carlos Williams, An Early Martyr and Other Poems
Other in English
- Allen Curnow (New Zealand):
- Three Poems (Caxton)
- Poetry and Language, a brief poetry manifesto (Caxton)
- C. J. Dennis, The Singing Garden, Australia
- W. B. Yeats, A Full Moon in March, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Rex Ingamells, Gumtops, Australia[14]
Works published in other languages
- René Char, Le Marteau sans maitre[15]
- René Daumal, Le Contre-ciel[16]
- Paul Éluard, Facile[15]
- Francis Jammes:
- Henri Michaux, La Nuit remue[15]
- Catherine Pozzi (died 1934), "Ave", "Vale", "Scopolamine", "Nova", "Maya" and "Nyx", published in Mesures
Indian subcontinent
Including all of the British colonies which later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
- Balawantrai Thakore, Mharon Sonnet[19]
- Jhaverchand Meghani, Yugavandana[19]
- Jhinabhai Desai Snehrashmi, Arghya, the author's first poetry collection; many of the poems display patriotism and love for the poor[20]
- Kavi Nhanalal, Ketalank Kavyo, Part 3 (Part 1 published 1903; Part 2 in 1908); the first part made Nhanalal's reputation as the best Gujarati lyric poet; the collection is known for its metrical innovations, creative power and mix of modern and old folk elements[20]
- Kishorlal Mashruvala, translator, Vidayuelae — Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet from English into Gujarati
- Mansukhlal Jhaveri, Phooldal[19]
- Akbar Allahabadi, Kulliyat-i Akbar Allahabadi, in four volumes, published (fourteen years after his death in 1921) from this year through 1939; Indian, Urdu-language[20]
- M. Diyauddin, translator, Kālam-i-Tagore, translated from the Bengali of Rabindranath Tagore, with Tagore involved in the translation, into Urdu[20]
- Muhammad Iqbal, Bal-i Jibrial, alternate spelling: "Bal-i Jibril" ("Wings of Gabriel"), includes rubaiyat qitas[clarification needed] and ghazals; famous poems in the volume: "Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura" ("The Parliament of Satan"), "Jibrail-o-Iblis", "Lenin Khuda Ke Hazur main" ("Lenin in the Court of God"), "Punjab ke Dehqan se" ("To the Punjab Peasants"); "This is regarded as a milestone in Urdu poetry", according to Indian academic Siser Kumar Das; inspired by Iqbal's 1933 visit to Spain[20]
Other Indian languages
- Bal Krisna Rav, Abhas, Indian, Hindi-language[20]
- Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Baspanjali ("Offering of tears"), the author's first poetry collection, Malayalam[20]
- Duvvuri Rami Reddi, translator, Panasala — translation of Omar Khayyám's Rubaiyat from Persian into Telugu[20]
- Jayshankar Prasad, Kamayani, said to be the greatest poem of the Chayavadi (Indian romantic) movement; 15 cantos, each named after an emotion; Hindi[20]
- Mahjoor, "Gristi Kur", Kashmiri poem in the Vatsan form comparing the refreshing traits of peasants as compared with less lively aristocrats; published in the August 1 issue of Hamdard[20]
- Rabindranath Tagore, Ses Saptak, in this and in some of the author's other books in the mid-1930s, he introduced a new rhythm in poetry that "had a tremendous impact on the modern poets", according to Indian academic Sisir Kumar Das; Bengali[20]
- Ulloor Paramesvara Iyer, Dipavali, Malayalam[20]
Spanish language
- Xavier Abril, Difícil trabajo[21]
- Manuel Moreno Jimeno, Los malditos[22]
- Emilio Vasquez, Tawantinsuyo[23]
- Emilio Adolfo von Westphalen, Abolición de la muerte[24]
- Vicente Aleixandre:
- Germán Bleiberg, El cantar de la noche ("The Song of the Night")[25]
- Gabriel Celaya, Marea del silencio ("Tide of Silence")[25]
- Federico García Lorca:
- Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías ("Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías")
- Seis poemas galegos ("Six Galician poems")
- Luis Rosales, Abril ("April")[25]
Other languages
- Constantine Cavafy, Ποιήματα (Piimata, or "Poems of C.P. Cavafy"), Greek
- Bernard Kangro, Sonetid, Estonia
- Kersti Merilaas, Loomingus, Estonia
- Giorgos Seferis, Μυθιστόρημα ("Tale of Legends"), Greek
Awards and honors
]- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry - Audrey Wurdemann, Bright Ambush
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 14 – Labhshankar Thakar (died 2016), Indian Gujarati poet, playwright and story writer
- January 16 – Inger Christensen (died 2009), Danish poet, writer, novelist, essayist and children's book author[26]
- January 18 – Jon Stallworthy (died 2014), English poet, literary critic and academic
- January 30 – Richard Brautigan (died 1984), American writer and poet
- January 27 – D. M. Thomas (died 2023), English novelist, poet, and translator from Cornwall
- February 14 – Grigore Vieru (died 2009), Moldovan poet writing in Romanian, strong promoter of the Romanian language in Moldova
- March 13 – Kofi Awoonor (killed 2013), Ghanaian poet and author whose work combines the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization
- April 4 – Michael Horovitz (died 2021), German-born English poet, translator, editor and performer
- April 6 – J. P. Clark (died 2020), Nigerian English-language poet and playwright
- April 16 – Sarah Kirsch (died 2013), German
- May 5 – Eddie Linden (died 2023), British poet
- May 13 – Taku Miki 三木卓 pen name of Tomita Miki, Japanese Shōwa period poet and novelist in the Han ("Inundation") poetry circle (Surname: Miki)
- May 14 – Roque Dalton (died 1975), leftist Salvadoran poet and journalist writing about death, love and politics
- May 25 – Jay Wright, African-American poet, playwright and essayist
- May 26 – Michael Benedikt (died 2007), American poet
- June 1 – Clayton Eshleman (die 2021), American poet, translator and editor
- June 6 – Joy Kogawa, Canadian poet and novelist
- June 10 – Rukhl Fishman (died 1984), Israeli poet
- June 12 – Christoph Meckel (died 2020), German poet
- June 24 – Taufiq Ismail, Indonesian poet and activist
- July 2 – Nanni Balestrini (died 2019), Italian experimental poet, author and visual artist of the Neoavanguardia
- July 29 – Pat Lowther (murdered by her husband in 1975), Canadian poet
- August 12 – A. B. Spellman, African-American poet, music critic, music historian, arts administrator and author
- August 24 – Rosmarie Waldrop, German-born American poet and translator (primary English translator of Edmond Jabès)
- August 25 – Charles Wright, American poet
- September 10 – Mary Oliver (died 2018), American poet
- September 20 – Wong Phui Nam (died 2022), Malaysian economist and English-language poet
- September 24 – Robert Kelly, American poet associated with the deep image group
- September 30 – Arturo Corcuera (died 2017), Peruvian poet
- November 7 – Wahyu Sulaiman Rendra (died 2009), Indonesian poet, born Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, popularly known as W. S. Rendra and also as "Si Burung Merak" and "The Peacock"[27]
- November 15 – Gustaf Sobin (died 2005), American expatriate poet and novelist
- December 1 – George Bowering, Canadian novelist, poet, historian and biographer
- December 10 – Shūji Terayama 寺山 修司 (died 1983), Japanese avant-garde poet, playwright, writer, film director and photographer (surname: Terayama)
- December 13 – Adélia Prado, Brazilian poet
- December 25 – Bhupi Sherchan (died 1989), Nepali poet
- December 27 – Syed Shamsul Haque (died 2016), Bengali poet, lyricist, playwright and essayist
- December 29 – Yevgeny Rein (Евгений Рейн), Russian poet
- Also
- Johari M. Amini (aka Jewel Christine McLawler Latimore and Johari M. Kunjufu), African American
- James Applewhite, American
- Sam Cornish, African American
- Russell Edson (died 2014), American
- Andrew Hoyem, American typographer, letterpress printer, publisher, poet and preservationist; founder and director of Arion Press in San Francisco
- Desmond O'Grady, Irish poet and translator; former editor of The Transatlantic Review and organizer of the Spoleto International Poetry Festival
- David R. Slavitt, American writer and translator
- Ahmos Zu-Bolton II, African American
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 26 – Tekkan Yosano 与謝野 鉄幹 (born 1873), pen-name of Yosano Hiroshi, late Meiji period, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese author and poet; husband of author Yosano Akiko; grandfather of cabinet minister and politician Kaoru Yosano
- April 6 – Edwin Arlington Robinson (born 1869), American poet, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- July 17 – George William Russell (born 1867), Anglo-Irish supporter of Irish nationalism, critic, poet, and painter who wrote under the pseudonym Æ, mystical writer, and centre of a group of followers of theosophy
- August 11 – Sir William Watson (born 1858), English traditionalist poet noted for the political content of his verse
- September 18 – Alice Dunbar Nelson (born 1875), African American poet, journalist and political activist during the Harlem Renaissance; married to poet Paul Laurence Dunbar
- November 23 – Louise Mack (born 1870) Australian poet, journalist and novelist
- November 30 – Fernando Pessoa (born 1888), Portuguese poet and writer; cause of death listed as cirrhosis
- December 17 – Lizette Woodworth Reese (born 1856), American poet
See also
Notes
- ^ John Coldwell Adams, "Sir Charles G.D. Roberts Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine," Confederation Voices, Canadian Poetry, UWO, Web, Mar. 2, 2011.
- ^ "Erika Julia Hedwig Mann". W. H. Auden – 'Family Ghosts'. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ^ "Bibliography," Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt, Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan, 1968, 207-208.
- ^ Burris Devanney, Sandra Campbell and Domenico Di Nardo. "Kenneth Leslie: A Preliminary Bibliography Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine." Canadian Poetry: Studies/Documents/Reviews No.05 (Fall/Winter 1979), UWO, Web, Apr. 15, 2011
- ^ a b Search results: Wilson MacDonald, Open Library, Web, May 10, 2011.
- ^ a b Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ^ Tammy Armstrong, "Francis Joseph Sherman Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine," New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, STU.ca, Web, May 11, 2011.
- ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 319, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 6, 2010
- ^ Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0-391-03286-0, ISBN 978-0-391-03286-6), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 313, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 6, 2010
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ Web page titled "Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)"at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 9, 2009. 2009-05-04.
- ^ "Ingamells, Reginald Charles (Rex) (1913 - 1955)", article, Australian Dictionary of Biography online edition, retrieved May 12, 2009. Archived 2009-05-14.
- ^ a b c Auster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 ISBN 0-394-52197-8
- ^ Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ^ Rees, William, The Penguin book of French poetry: 1820-1950 : with prose translations, p 413, Penguin Classics, 1992, ISBN 978-0-14-042385-3, retrieved via Google Books, August 30, 2009
- ^ Web page titled "POET Francis Jammes (1868-1938)", at The Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 30, 2009
- ^ a b c Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
- ^ Fitts, Dudley, editor, Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry/Antología de la Poesía Americana Contemporánea Norfolk, Conn., New Directions, (also London: The Falcoln Press, but this book was "Printed in U.S.A.), 1947, p 589
- ^ Fitts, Dudley, editor, Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry/Antología de la Poesía Americana Contemporánea Norfolk, Conn., New Directions, (also London: The Falcoln Press, but this book was "Printed in U.S.A.), 1947, p 621
- ^ Fitts, Dudley, editor, Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry/Antología de la Poesía Americana Contemporánea Norfolk, Conn., New Directions, (also London: The Falcoln Press, but this book was "Printed in U.S.A.), 1947, p 647
- ^ Fitts, Dudley, editor, Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry/Antología de la Poesía Americana Contemporánea Norfolk, Conn., New Directions, (also London: The Falcoln Press, but this book was "Printed in U.S.A.), 1947, p 649
- ^ a b c d e Debicki, Andrew P., Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Modernity and Beyond, p 42, University Press of Kentucky, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8131-0835-3, retrieved via Google Books, November 21, 2009
- ^ "Poet Inger Christensen dies: Danish poet Inger Christensen dies at 73", Agence France Presse, as published on the Singapore Straits Times website, retrieved January 7, 2008
- ^ "'The Peacock' dies at 74", article, Jakarta Post, August 7, 2009, retrieved August 12, 2009