French
Deutsch1929 in poetry
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| +... |
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events[edit]
- The Little Review, edited by Margaret Caroline Anderson and Jane Heap, ceases publication
- The Dial ceases publication
Works published in English[edit]
Canada[edit]
- Arthur Bourinot, Ottawa Lyrics and verses for children.[citation needed]
- Frederick George Scott, New Poems.[1]
India, in English[edit]
- Raul De Loyola Furtado (Poetry in English), The Desperrado, London: Chapman and Hall; Indian poet writing in English and published in the United Kingdom[2]
- Nagendranath Gupta, editor and translator, Eastern Poetry (Poetry in English), Allahabad: Indian Press, (second edition Bombay: Hind Kitabs, 1951), poetry anthology[3]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Ursula Bethell, From a Garden in the Antipodes, "by Evelyn Hayes" (pseudonym), London: Sidgwick & Jackson, New Zealand poet published in Britain:[4]
- Edmund Blunden, Near and Far[5]
- Robert Bridges, The Testament of Beauty[5]
- W. H. Davies, Ambition, and Other Poems[5]
- Cecil Day-Lewis, Transitional Poem[5]
- T. S. Eliot:
- Animula[5]
- "Som de l'escalina" (later to become part III of Ash Wednesday, published in 1930) was published in the Autumn, 1929 issue of Commerce along with a French translation.[6]
- Aldous Huxley, Arabia Infelix, and Other Poems[5]
- D. H. Lawrence, Pansies[5]
- Louis MacNeice, Blind Fireworks[5]
- Charlotte Mew, The Rambling Sailor[5]
- William Plomer, The Family Tree[5]
- I. A. Richards, Practical Criticism: A Study in Literary Judgement
- T. H. White, Loved Helen, and Other Poems
- W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom:
- A Packet for Ezra Pound
- The Winding Stair
United States[edit]
- Léonie Adams, High Falcon[7]
- Conrad Aiken, Selected Poems[7]
- Djuna Barnes, A Night Among the Horses a collection of prose and poetry expanded from her 1923 volume, A Book
- Louise Bogan, Dark Summer[7]
- Witter Bynner, Indian Earth[7]
- James Branch Cabell, Sonnets from Antan[7]
- Malcolm Cowley, Blue Juniata[7]
- Countee Cullen, The Black Christ[7]
- Emily Dickinson, Further Poems,[7] 150 recently discovered poems; Little, Brown, & Company
- Hilda Doolittle, writing under the pen name "H.D.", Red Roses for Bronze[7]
- Kenneth Fearing, Angel Arms[7]
- Robinson Jeffers, Dear Judas and Other Poems[7]
- Vachel Lindsay, Every Soul is a Circus[7]
- Edgar Lee Masters, The Fate of the Jury[7]
- Lola Ridge, Firehead[7]
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, Cavender's House[7]
- E. B. White, The Lady is Cold[7]
- Edmund Wilson, Poets, Farewell[7]
- Elinor Wylie, Angels and Earthly Creatures[7]
Other in English[edit]
- Ursula Bethell, From a Garden in the Antipodes, "by Evelyn Hayes" (pseudonym), London: Sidgwick & Jackson, New Zealand poet published in Britain:[4]
- Robin Hyde, The Desolate Star, New Zealand
- Voices from Summerland, the first major anthology of Jamaican poetry[8]
- W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom:
- A Packet for Ezra Pound
- The Winding Stair
Works published in other languages[edit]
France[edit]
- Louis Aragon, La Grande Gaite[9]
- Jacques Audiberti, L'Empire et la Trappe, the author's first book of poems; winner of the Prix Mallarme[10]
- Paul Éluard, L'Amour la poésie[9]
- Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz-Milosz, also known as O. V. de L. Milosz, Poèmes[9]
- Alphonse Métérié, ''Petit Maroc[10]
- Henri Michaux:
- Pierre Reverdy, Sources du vent[9]
- J. Slauerhoff, Fleurs de Marécage, Dutch poet writing in French, published in Belgium
Indian subcontinent[edit]
Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:
Hindi[edit]
- Jagannathdas Ratnakar, Uddhava Satak, written in Brajabhasa in the Bhramaragit tradition of Krishna Bhakti verse; Hindi[12]
- Nirala Suryakant Tripathi, Parimal, Hindi poems influenced by Chayavadi sensibility; includes "Juhi Ki Kali", a well-known poem in Hindi; also includes "Vidhava" and "Badal Rag"[12]
- Ram Kumar Varma, Cittaur Ki Cita, Hindi-language historical poem on the glory of the Rajputs written in the Chayavadi style[12]
- Ram Naresh Tripathi, Svapna, Hindi epic poem on women and patriotism[12]
- Ramachandra Shukla, Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihas, one of the earliest and most influential histories of Hindi literature; scholarship[12]
- Uday Shankar Bhatta, Takasila, Hindi epic on the ancient glory of the city of Takshasila[12]
Malayalam[edit]
- Narayana Panikkar, Kerala Bhasa Sahitya Caritram, literary history in seven volumes, published from this year to 1951; won the first Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam literature in 1955; scholarship[12]
- P. K. Narayana Pillai, Tucattezhuttaccan, a study, in Malayalam of 16th-century poet Ezhuttacchan; criticism[12]
- Ullur Paramesvara Iyer:
- Pingala, a well known khandakavya[12]
- Karnabhusanam, on the episode in the Mahabharata in which Karna gives away his protective kavaca and kundals to Indra, disguised as a brahman[12]
Urdu[edit]
- Hafiz Jalandhari, Shahnamah-yi Islam, a history of the Islamic Empire in four volumes of verse, published from this year to 1947[12]
- Mohammad Iqbal, Bang-e-Dara ("The Caravan Bell")
- Dr. Rafiq Hussain and Amar Nath Jha, Urdu ghazal ki nashv o numa, treatise on the evolution of the Urdu ghazal[12]
Other Indian languages[edit]
- Devulappali Krishna Shastri, written in Telugu:
- Pravasamu, very influential in Telugu poetry of its time[12]
- Urvasi, very influential in Telugu poetry of its time
- Dharmeshvari Devi Baruani, Phular Sarai, Assamese[12]
- L. Kamal Singh, Lei pareng ("Garland"), Manipuri lyrics, many focusing on love for nature and solitude; academic and anthologist Sisir Kumar Das has called the work a landmark in Manipuri literature with which "modern Manipuri poetry began"[12]
- Mu. Raghava Ayyankar, Alvarkal Kalanilai, literary history of the 12 Alvars, saint poets of the Vaishnava sect, with an evaluation of their works as influenced by various factors; a Tamil-language work[12]
- Jasimuddin, Naksikathar Math, narrative poem in Bengali about a tragic love story of a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl; a companion volume to Rakhali 1930 and Dhankhet 1932[12]
- R. Narasimhachar, Karnataka Kavi Carite, Volume 3 of a three-volume history of Kannada literature, and written in that language (see also Volume 1, 1907); scholarship[12]
- Rabinidrath Thakur, Mahuya, primarily live poems in Bengali[12]
- U. V. Swaminatha Ayyar, Cankattamilum Pirkalattamilum, essays summarizing 10 lectures delivered at Madras University in 1927 on Sangam literature and post-Sangam literature[12]
- Vakil Ahmed Shah Qureshi, Qissa Sulaiman O Bilqis, sufistic narrative poem in Kashmiri[12]
- Zeb-un-Nissa (died 1702), Diwan-i-Makhfi, written in Persian
Spanish language[edit]
Spain[edit]
- Rafael Alberti:
- Pedro Salinas, Seguro Azar (1924–1928) ("Certain Chance")[13]
- José Moreno Villa, Jacinta la pelirroja ("Jacinta the Redhead")[13]
Latin America[edit]
- José María Eguren, Poesías, Peru[14]
- Carlos Oquendo de Amat, 5 metros de poemas, Peru[15]
Other languages[edit]
- Alfred Desrochers, A l'ombre d'Orford, philosophical verse and poetry influenced by le terroir movement, French language, Canada[16]
- Halina Konopacka, Któregoś dnia (Some Day), Poland
- Mikhail Kuzmin, The Trout Breaks the Ice, Russian language, Soviet Union
- Peider Lansel, Il vegl chalamêr, Romansh language, Switzerland
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Letters to a Young Poet, influential compilation of 10 letters sent to military academy cadet Franz Xaver Kappus (1883-1966) from 1902 to 1908, published by Kappus and Insel Verlag this year; Germany
Awards and honors[edit]
United States[edit]
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stephen Vincent Benét, John Brown's Body
Births[edit]
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 9 – Heiner Müller (died 1995), German
- January 11 – Peter Dale Scott, Canadian poet and academic
- January 12 – Turner Cassity, American
- February 16 – Peter Porter (died 2010), Australian-born British poet, member of The Group, recipient of Medal of the Order of Australia
- February 28 – John Montague (died 2016), American-born Irish
- March 6 – Günter Kunert (died 2019), German
- April 2 – Edward Dorn (died 1999), American poet associated with the Black Mountain poets
- May 16 – Adrienne Rich (died 2012), American poet
- June 2 – Robert Dana (died 2010), American, poet laureate for the State of Iowa from 2004 to 2008[17]
- June 11 – George Garrett (died 2008), American poet and novelist
- July 13 – Teresa Bogusławska (died 1945), Polish poet and resistance worker
- July 15 – Rhoda Bulter (died 1994), Scottish poet
- July 22 – U. A. Fanthorpe (died 2009), born Ursula Askham Fanthorpe, English
- August 5 – Al Alvarez (died 2019), English poet, writer, editor and critic
- August 11 – Geeta Parikh (died 2012), Gujarati
- August 21 – X. J. Kennedy, American formalist poet, translator, anthologist and writer of children's literature
- August 29 – Thom Gunn (died 2004), English-born poet
- September 26 – Ned O'Gorman (died 2014), American poet and educator
- October 13 – Richard Howard, American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher and translator
- October 21 – Donald Finkel (died 2008), American poet and academic, husband of poet and novelist Constance Urdang[18]
- October 23 – Shamsur Rahman (also spelled "Shamsur Ruhman") (died 2006), Bengali poet, columnist and journalist
- October 25 – Peter Rühmkorf (died 2008), German writer and poet
- October 26 – Dane Zajc (died 2005), Slovenian poet
- October 28 – John Hollander (died 2013), American poet and literary critic
- November 11 – Hans Magnus Enzensberger (died 2022), German poet and essayist[19]
- December 9 – Don Maclennan (died 2009), English-born South African poet, critic and academic[20]
Deaths[edit]
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 27 – Libbie C. Riley Baer (born 1849), American patriotic poet
- March 8 – Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, 45 (born 1883), British poet and Anglican priest nicknamed "Woodbine Willy" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes along with spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers
- March 28 – Katharine Lee Bates, 69, American poet best known as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful"
- June 8 – Bliss Carman, 68 (born 1861), Canadian poet
- July 15 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 55, Austrian novelist, librettist, poet and dramatist
- October – Arno Holz, 66 (born 1863), German Naturalist poet and dramatist
- November 3 – Olav Aukrust, 46 (born 1883), Norwegian poet and teacher
See also[edit]
- Poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry
- New Objectivity in German literature and art
- Oberiu movement in Russian art and poetry
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Frederick George Scott Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine," Canadian Poetry, UWO, Web, Apr. 19, 12011.
- ^ 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
- ^ Joshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies" Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. 2009-06-19.
- ^ a b Web page titled "Ursula Bethell / New Zealand Literature File" Archived 2006-03-06 at the Wayback Machine at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 30, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Gallup, Donald. T. S. Eliot: A Bibliography (A Revised and Extended Edition) pp. 39-40, 218, 219, 223 (Harcourt Brace & World 1969)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ "Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry" in Williams, Emily Allen, Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970–2001: An Annotated Bibliography, page xvii, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 978-0-313-31747-7, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
- ^ a b c d e 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
- ^ a b Brée, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ^ Classe, Olive, editor, Encyclopedia of literary translation into English, "Henri Michaux" article, p 945, Volume 2, publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000, retrieved via Google Books, August 10, 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u 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
- ^ a b c d Debicki, Andrew P., Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Modernity and Beyond, University Press of Kentucky, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8131-0835-3, retrieved via Google Books, November 21, 2009
- ^ 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 603
- ^ 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 627
- ^ Story, Noah, The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature, "Poetry in French" article, pp 651-654, Oxford University Press, 1967
- ^ Daniel, Rob, "Ex-Iowa Poet Laureate Robert Dana dies", Iowa City Press Citizen, February 9, 2010.
- ^ Fox, Margalit, "Donald Finkel, 79, Poet of Free-Ranging Styles, Is Dead", obituary, The New York Times, November 20, 2008, retrieved December 10, 2008.
- ^ Hofmann, Michael, editor, Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology, Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
- ^ Loewe, Mike, "Poet and playwright Maclennan dies at 79", article, February 12, 2009, Independent Online website of the Independent newspaper, article "was originally published on page 9 of Cape Argus on February 12, 2009", according to the Web page, retrieved February 13, 2009.