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Events
- Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day
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
- Les Murray, Dog Fox Field Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1990; Carcanet, 1991 and New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe:
- For Crying Out Loud, Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Poetry and Belief (scholarship), Hobart: University of Tasmania
Ireland
- Pat Boran:
- Padraic Fallon, Collected Poems, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 9781852350529 (posthumous)
New Zealand
- Allen Curnow, Selected Poems 1940–19892
- Bill Manhire, The Old Man's Example
- Frank McKay, Life of James K. Baxter, Auckland: Oxford University Press; called the "standard biography" of New Zealand's "probably New Zealand's best-known poet"3
- Cilla McQueen, Berlin Diary,4 winner of the 1991 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
United Kingdom
- Ciarán Carson: Belfast Confetti, Bloodaxe, Wake Forest University Press, 1990
- Elaine Feinstein, City Music, Hutchinson
- John Heath-Stubbs, Selected Poems
- Derek Mahon, The Chinese Restaurant in Portrush: Selected Poems. Gallery Press
- Peter Redgrove, Dressed as for a Tarot Pack
- Seamus Heaney:
- The Tree Clock, Linen Hall Library
- New Selected Poems 1966-1987, Faber & Faber
- R.S. Thomas, Counterpoint
- Derek Walcott, Omeros
United States
- Elizabeth Alexander, The Venus Hottentot5
- Maya Angelou, I Shall Not be Moved
- Frank Bidart, In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965–90 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
- Philip Booth, Selves, Viking Penguin
- George F. Butterick and Richard Blevins, editors, Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence, ninth and last volume published this year (first volume published in 1980), Santa Barbara, California, biography and criticism6
- Maxine Chernoff, Leap Year Day: New & Selected Poems (Another Chicago Press)
- Alice Fulton, Powers of Congress
- David Graham, Second Wind, Texas Tech University Press
- David Lehman, Operation Memory, Princeton University Press
- Thomas Lux, The Drowned River, Houghton Mifflin
- Grace Nichols (Guyanian poet and author writing in the United Kingdom), Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman, and Other Poems, Random House (New York, NY); originally published in the United Kingdom by Virago Press (London, England) in 1989
- Mary Oliver, House of Light
- Peter Oresick, Definitions (West End Press) and Working Classics (University of Illinois Press)
- Rosmarie Waldrop, Peculiar Motions (Kelsey St. Press)
- Reed Whittemore, The Past, the Future, the Present: Poems Selected and New
Poets included in The Best American Poetry 1990
These 75 poets were included in The Best American Poetry 1990, edited by David Lehman with Jorie Graham, guest editor:
Other in English
- A. E. Davidson, Studies on Canadian Literature (scholarship), Canada7
- George Elliott Clarke, Whylah Falls, Vancouver: Polestar, ISBN 0-919591-57-4 (revised edition, 2000 ISBN 1-896095-50-X) Canada
- Bill Manhire, The Old Man's Example, New Zealand
- Cilla McQueen, Berlin Diary, winner of the 1991 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, New Zealand
Works published in other languages
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Spanish language
Spain
- Matilde Camus, El color de mi cristal ("The colour of my glasses")
Other
- Lo Fu (poet) (Luo Fu), Chinese (Taiwan):
Awards and honors
Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, The Clean Dark
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, The Clean Dark
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Kristopher Rassemussen - In the Name of the Father
Canada
- Gerald Lampert Award
- Archibald Lampman Award
- See 1990 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Pat Lowther Award
- Prix Alain-Grandbois
United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Kingsley Amis, Elaine Feinstein, Michael O’Neill
- Eric Gregory Award: Nicholas Drake, Maggie Hannan, William Park, Jonathan Davidson, Lavinia Greenlaw, Don Paterson, John Wells
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Sorley Maclean
United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Debra Allbery, Walking Distance
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: W. S. Merwin
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Christopher Logue, "Kings"
- Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: James Merrill, The Inner Room
- Frost Medal: Denise Levertov / James Laughlin
- National Book Award for Poetry: No prize given
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Mark Strand
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Charles Simic: The World Doesn't End
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Hayden Carruth
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: William Meredith
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- May 14 — Mary Oppen, 82 (born 1908), American poet, activist, artist, photographer, and writer, wife of George Oppen
- November 7 — Lawrence Durrell, 78 (born 1912 in poetry|1912]]), English novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer
- November 11 — Yannis Ritsos, Greek
- dates not known:
References
- ^ a b "Publications" Web page at Pat Boran's Web site, accessed May 2
- ^ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
- ^ [1]Web psge titled "James K. Baxter" at "Best of New Zealand Poetry 2001" Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
- ^ Cilla McQueen - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library
- ^ Web page titled "Elizabeth Alexander" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008
- ^ Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Canadian Poetry" article, English "Anthologies" section, p 164
- ^ a b Balcom, John, "Lo Fu", article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008
See also
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