1978 in poetry 5515600 217132878 2008-06-04T19:14:47Z Rjwilmsi 203434 [[WP:AWB/T|Typo]]/[[Template:Citation|date]] fixes, typos fixed: Rehersal → Rehearsal using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{yearbox2 | in?=in poetry | in2?=in literature | cp=19th century | c=20th century | cf=21st century | yp1=1975 | yp2=1976 | yp3=1977 | year=1978 | ya1=1979 | ya2=1980 | ya3=1981 | dp3=1940s | dp2=1950s | dp1=1960s | d=1970s | da=0 | dn1=1980s | dn2=1990s |dn3=2000s |}} ==Events== * [[L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E (magazine)|L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E]] Magazine, edited by [[Bruce Andrews]] and [[Charles Bernstein]], first published * ''[[Stevie (film)|Stevie]]'', a film based on a play about the poet [[Stevie Smith]] is released ==Works published in English== ===[[Canadian poetry|Canada]]=== * [[Margaret Avison]], ''sunblue'' * [[Earle Birney]], ''Fall by Fury'' * [[Leonard Cohen]]. ''Death of a Lady's Man'' * [[Don Domanski]], ''Heaven'' * [[Phyllis Gotlieb]], ''The Works: Collected Poems'' * [[Irving Layton]], ''The Tightrope Dancer'' * [[Pat MacKay]], ''The Pat Lowther Poem'' * [[Sean O'Huigin]], ''The Inks and the Pencils and the Looking Back'' * [[Michael Ondaatje]], ''Elimination Dance/La danse eliminatoire'', Ilderton: Nairn Coldstream; revised edition, Brick, 1980<ref name=mopf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=5142 "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )"] at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed [[May 7]], [[2008]]</ref> * [[Craig Powell]], ''Rehearsal for Dancers'' * [[Al Purdy]], ''Being Alive'' * [[Peter Trower]], ''Bush Poems'' * [[Sean Virgo]], ''Deathwatch on Skidegate Narrows'' * [[Miriam Waddington]], ''Mister Never'' * [[George Woodcock]]: **''The Kestrel and Other Poems of Past and Present. Sunderland, Durham: Coelfrith Press, [[Canadian literature|Canada]]<ref name=gwaa>[http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_Archives/bright/woodcock/woodbiblio.html Web page titled "The Works of George Woodcock"] at the Anarchy Archives website, which states: "This list is based on The Record of George Woodcock (issued for his eightieth birthday) and Ivan Avakumovic's bibliography in A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock, edited by W.H. New, 1978, with additions to bring it up to date"; accessed [[April 24]], [[2008]]</ref> **''Thomas Merton, Monk and Poet: A Critical Study'', Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, and Seattle: University of Washington Press, criticism<ref name=gwaa/> ===[[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]]=== * [[Alan Brunton]], ''Oh Ravachol'', Red Mole<ref>Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, ''The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'', 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson</ref> ===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]=== * [[James Fenton]], ''A Vacant Possession'', poems, TNR Publications<ref name=jf>[http://www.jamesfenton.com/books/]Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed [[October 11]], [[2007]]</ref> * [[Geoffrey Grigson]], ''The Fiesta and Other Poems'' * [[Seamus Heaney]]: ''After Summer'', Gallery Press * [[John Heath-Stubbs]], ''The Watchman's Flute'' * [[Geoffrey Hill]], ''Tenebrae'', including the sonnet sequences "Lachrimae" and "An Apology for the Rivival of Christian Architecture in England" * [[A. Norman Jeffares]], ''W.B. Yeats: Man And Poet'', [[English poetry|United Kingdom]], biography, revision of the first edition of [[1948 in poetry|1948]]<ref>[http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,11617,1506107,00.html "Obituary: A. Norman Jeffares"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', by John Sutherland, [[June 14]], [[2005]], accessed [[April 22]], [[2008]]</ref> * [[Hugh MacDiarmid]], ''Collected Poems'', two volumes (posthumous) * [[John Montague]], ''The Great Cloak'' * [[Craig Raine]], ''The Onion, Memory'' * [[R.S. Thomas]], ''Frequencies'' * [[Jeffrey Wainwright]], ''Heart's Desire'' ===[[American poetry|United States]]=== * [[Maya Angelou]], ''And Still I Rise'' * [[Paul Blackburn (U.S. poet)|Paul Blackburn]], translator (posthumous), ''Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry'' * [[Robert Creeley]]: ** ''Hello'' ** ''Later''<ref name=rcnam>Everett, Nicholas, [http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/creeley/life.htm "Robert Creeley's Life and Career"] at the ''Modern American Poetry'' website, accessed [[May 1]], [[2008]]</ref> * [[Ed Dorn]]: ** ''Hello, La Jolla'', Wingbow Press,<ref name=edpf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=1837"Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)"] at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved [[May 8]], [[2008]]</ref> ISBN 978-0914728245 ** ''Selected Poems'', edited by [[Donald Allen]], Grey Fox Press<ref name=edpf/> * [[Cynthia Dubin Edelberg]], ''[[Robert Creeley]]'s Poetry: A Critical Introduction'', Albuquerque, New Mexico (criticism)<ref name=rcnam/> * [[Nikki Giovanni]], ''Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day'' * [[John Hollander]], ''Spectral Emanations'' * [[James McMichael]], ''The Lover’s Familiar'' * [[James Merrill]], ''[[Mirabell: Books of Number]]'' * [[Mary Oliver]]: ** ''The Night Traveler'' ** ''Twelve Moons'' * [[George Oppen]], ''Primitive'' (Black Sparrow Press) * [[Mary Oppen]] (George Oppen's wife), ''Meaning a Life'', a memoir (Black Sparrow Press) * [[Adrienne Rich]], ''The Dream of a Common Language'' * [[Patti Smith]], ''[[Babel (book)|Babel]]'' * [[William Stafford]], ''Stories That Could Be True'' * [[Rosmarie Waldrop]], ''The Road Is Everywhere or Stop This Body'' (Open Places) * [[James Wright]], ''To a Blossoming Pear Tree'' * [[Louis Zukofsky]]: ** ''A'' (University of California Press) ** ''80 Flowers'' ===Other in English=== * [[Thomas McCarthy (poet)|Thomas McCarthy]], ''The First Convention'', Dolmen Press, Dublin, [[Irish poetry|Ireland]]<ref name=tmpiw>[http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9272 Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy"] at the Poetry International Website, accessed [[May 2]], [[2008]]</ref> ==Works in other languages== ===French language=== ====[[French poetry|France]]==== * [[Guillevic]], ''Du Domaine'' * [[Joyce Mansour]], ''Faire Signe au machiniste'' * [[Jean-Pierre Faye]], ''Verres'' * [[Yves Martin]], ''Je fais bouillir mon vin'' ====[[Canadian poetry|Canada]]==== * [[Marcel Bélanger]]: ** ''Fragments paniques'' ** ''Infranoir'' * [[Normand de Bellefeuille]], ''La Belle Conduite'' ===German language=== ====[[German literature|Germany]]==== * [[Alfred Andersch]], ''''Empōrt euch der Himmel ist blau'' * [[Ingeborg Bachmann]], works, in a four-volume edition * [[Konrad Beyer]], ''Gesamtwerk'' * [[Nicolas Born]], ''Gedichte 1967-1978'' * [[Erich Fried]], ''Die bunten Getûme'' * J. Hans, U. Herms, and R. Thenior, ''Lyrik-Katalog Bundesrepublik'', anthology<ref name=gape>Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Anthologies in German" section, pp 473-474</ref> * [[Thomas Mann]], ''Tagebücher 1933-1934'' * [[Johannes Schenk]], ''Zittern'' * [[Kurt Tucholsky]], ''Die Q-Tagebücher 1934-1935'' =====Criticism, scholarship and biography in Germany===== * [[Walter Hinck]], ''Von Heine zu Brecht. Lyrik im Geschichtsprozess'' (scholarship)<ref name=aptbpe>Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Criticism in German" section, p 474</ref> * [[Walter Hinderer]], editor, ''Gesch. der politschen Lyrik in Deutschland'', Stuttgart (scholarship)<ref name=aptbpe/> * [[William H. Rey]], ''Poesie der Antipoesie: Moderne deutsche Lyrik Genesis, Theorie, Struktur'', Heidelberg, ISBN 10: 3798805202 ISBN 13: 9783798805200 (scholarship)<ref name=aptbpe/> ===Hebrew language=== * [[D. Avidan]], a poetry book * [[P. Sadeh]], a poetry book * [[E. Megged]], a poetry book * [[M. Ben-Shaul]], a poetry book * [[Zelda (poet)]], a poetry book ===[[Italian poetry|Italy]]=== * [[Mario Luzi]], ''Al Fuoco della controversia'' * [[Leonardo Sinisgalli]], ''Dimenticatoio'' * [[Eugenio Montale]], ''Tutte le poesie'' * [[Franco Fortini]], ''Una volta per sempre, poesie 1938-1973'' ===[[Norwegian literature|Norway]]=== * [[Hans Børli]], ''Dag og Drøm: Dikt i utvalg'' ("Day and Dream") ([[Norwegian literature|Norway]]) * [[Paal Brekke]], ''Dikt 1949-1722'' ([[Norwegian literature|Norway]]) * [[Halldis Moren Vesaa]], ''Dikt i samling'' ([[Norwegian literature|Norway]]) ===[[Portuguese literature|Portuguese language]]=== * [[Rui Knopfli]], ''O Escriba Acocorado'' ([[Portuguese literature|Portugal]]) * [[Waldimir Diniz]], ''Até o 8° round'' ([[Brazilian literature|Brazilian]]) * [[Cassiano Nunes]], ''Madrugada'' ([[Brazilian literature|Brazilian]]) * [[Accioly Lopes]], his first volume of verse ([[Brazilian literature|Brazilian]]) ===Spanish language=== ====[[Spanish poetry|Spain]]==== * [[Eduardo Haro Ibars]], ''Perdiddas blancas'' * [[Féliz de Asúa]], ''Pasar y siete canciones'' (he also published a novel this year, ''Les lecciones suspendidas'') * [[Luis Antonio de Villena]], ''Viaje a Bizancio'' * [[Pere Gimferrer]], a collection of his verse translated from Catalan to Castilian by the author * [[García Hortelano]], editor, anthology of verse by the Generation of the '50s, including [[Caballero Bonald]], [[Angel González]], [[Jaime gil de Biedma]], [[Carlos Barral]] ====[[Latin American poetry|Latin America]]==== * [[Oscar Hahn]], ''Arte de morir'' * [[Pablo Neruda]], ''Para nacer he nacido'', previously unpublished diary entries, memoirs and other writings (posthumous), put out by his widow, Matilde de Neruda and [[Miguel Otero Silva]] (of Venezuala) ===[[Swedish literature|Sweden]]=== * [[Tomas Tranströmer]], ''Sanningsbarriāren'' * [[Tobias Berggren]], ''Bergsmusik'' * [[Eva Runefelt]], ''Aldriga och barnsliga trakter'' ===[[Yiddish literature|Yiddish]]=== * [[Shoyme Roitman]], a poetry book * [[Rachel Boymvol]], a poetry book * [[Jacob Shargel]], a poetry book * [[Hayyim Plotkin]], a poetry book ===Other=== * [[Odysseus Elytis]], ''Μαρία Νεφέλη'' ("Maria Nefeli") [[Modern Greek literature|Greece]] * [[Joseph Brodsky]], editor of two expatriate [[Russian poetry]] anthologies: ** ''Konets prekrasnoy epokh: Stikhotvoreniya 1964-71'' ** ''Chast' rechi: Stkikhotvoreniya 1972-76'' ==Awards and honors== ===[[Canadian poetry|Canada]]=== * See [[1978 Governor General's Awards]] for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]=== * [[Cholmondeley Award]]: [[Christopher Hope]], [[Leslie Norris]], [[Peter Reading]], [[D.M. Thomas]], [[R.S. Thomas]] * [[Eric Gregory Award]]: [[Ciaran Carson]], [[Peter Denman]], [[Christopher Reid]], [[Paul Wilkins]], [[Martyn A. Ford]], [[James Sutherland-Smith]] ===[[American poetry|United States]]=== * [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress|Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress]] (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): [[William Meredith]] appointed this year. * [[National Book Award for Poetry]]: [[Howard Nemerov]], ''The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov'' * [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Howard Nemerov]], ''The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov'' * [[Walt Whitman Award]]: [[Karen Snow]], ''Wonders'' * [[Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets]]: [[Josephine Miles]] ===[[French poetry|France]]=== * Guillaume Apollinaire prize: [[Jean-Claude Renard]], ''La Lumière du silence'' ===Other=== * Casa de las Américas prize for poetry (Cuba): [[Claribel Alegria]] of El Salvador, for ''Sobrevivo'' ==Births== * [[June 7]] &mdash; [[Jesse Ball]], [[American poetry|American]] poet and writer ==Deaths== * [[January 20]] &mdash; [[Gilbert Highet]], 71, Scottish-[[American poetry|American]] classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian, of cancer * [[February 22]] &mdash; [[Phyllis McGinley]], at 72 * [[March 19]] &mdash; [[Faith Baldwin]], 84 * [[March 22]] &mdash; [[John Hall Wheelock]], 91, [[American poetry|American]] poet * [[April 14]] &mdash; [[F.R. Leavis]], 82, [[English poetry|English]] literary critic * [[May 1]] &mdash; [[Sylvia Townsend Warner]], 84, [[English poetry|English]] novelist and poet * [[May 12]] &mdash; [[Louis Zukofsky]], 74, [[American poetry|American]] [[Modernist poetry|modernist]] poet * [[July 2]] &mdash; [[Aris Alexandrou]], [[Greek poetry|Greek]] * [[June 3]] &mdash; [[Frank Stanford]], 29, [[American poetry|American]] poet, by suicide * [[September 9]] &mdash; [[Hugh MacDiarmid]], 86, Scottish poet * Date not known &mdash; [[Juan Rodolfo Wilcock]], (born [[1919 in poetry|1919]]), [[Latin American poetry|Argentine]] author and poet ==Notes== <references/> * ''Britannica Book of the Year 1979'' ("for events of 1978"), published by ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' 1979 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections) ==See also== {{portal|Poetry}} * [[Poetry]] * [[List of poetry awards]] * [[List of years in poetry]] {{Schools of poetry}} [[Category:Years in poetry]] [[Category:1978|Poetry]] [[Category:1978 poems|*]]