1985 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

List of years in poetry (table)
In literature
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988

Events

  • January 16 - Canadian Poetry Association founded.
  • May - The term "New Formalism" is first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in e AWP Newsletter in an attack on the poetry movement. The term is adopted as the name of the movement by those in it.
  • November 11 - A memorial to sixteen English poets of World War I is unveiled in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.[1]
  • A memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm, Scotland.
  • Boulevard magazine founded at St. Louis University by Richard W. Burgin.
  • Influential Chinese literary magazine Tamen ("They/Them") founded with Han Dong as chief editor, with close collaboration of other Chinese writers, including Ding Dang, Yu Jian, Xiaojun, Su Tong, Naigu and Xiaohai. Nine issues will be published between 1985–1988 and 1993-1995 and in 2002 Tamen will be revived as a webzine.[2]

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 Gray, Selected poems 1963-1983
  • Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Amorous Cannibal, Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • W. Wilde, et al., editors, Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (scholarship)[3]

Canada

  • Roo Borson, The Transparence of November / Snow, ISBN 0-919627-30-7 (with Kim Maltman) American-Canadian
  • Matt Cohen, In Search of Leonardo
  • Dorothy Livesay, Beyond War: The Poetry.
  • Anne Michaels, The Weight of Oranges[4]
  • P. K. Page, The Glass Air: Selected Poems (an expanded edition published in 1991)[4]
  • Ajmer Rode, Blue Meditations, by a Punjabi poet living and published in Canada and writing in English; London, Ontario: Third Eye Publications, ISBN 0-919581-31-5[5]
  • Joe Rosenblatt, Poetry Hotel, Selected Poems (1963-1985). McClelland & Stewart.[6]
  • Duncan Campbell Scott.Powassan’s Drum: Selected Poems of Duncan Campbell Scott. Raymond Souster and Douglas Lochhead, eds. Ottawa: Tecumseh.[7]"
  • Elizabeth Smart, In the Meantime
  • Raymond Souster, Flight of the Roller-Coaster: Poems for Younger Readers. Ottawa: Oberon Press.[7]
  • Raymond Souster and James Deahl. Into This Dark Earth. Toronto: Unfinished Monument Press.[7]

India, in English

  • Kamala Das, The Anamalai Poems ( Poetry in English ) [8]
  • Hari Mohan Prasad, Indian Poetry in English, New Delhi: Sterling Pub. Ltd.[9]
  • Ajmer Rode, Blue Meditations, by a Punjabi poet living and published in Canada and writing in English; Blue Meditations, London, Ontario: Third Eye Publications, ISBN 0-919581-31-5[5]

Ireland

  • Paul Durcan:
    • The Selected Paul Durcan, second edition, including "The Hat Factory", "Tullynoe: Tete-a-Tete in the Parish Priest's Parlour"
    • The Berlin Wall Cafe, including "the Haulier's Wife Meets Jesus on the Road Near Moone", and "Around the Corner from Francis Bacon";[10] Belfast: Blackstaff Press, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
  • John Ennis, The Burren Days, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-0-904011-88-3
  • Seamus Heaney: From the Republic of Conscience, Amnesty International, Northern Ireland native at this time living in the United States
  • Thomas Kinsella, Songs of the Psyche,[11] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
  • Michael Longley, Poems 1963–1983,[11] Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
  • Richard Murphy, The Price of Stone, including "Morning Call"[10]

New Zealand

  • Ursula Bethell, Collected Poems, edited and with a substantial introduction by Vincent O'Sullivan, Auckland: Oxford University Press (posthumous)[12]
  • Alistair Campbell, Soul Traps, Pukerua Bay: Te Kotare Press
  • Janet Charman, Marina Bachmann and Sue Fitchett, Drawing Together, New Women's Press[13]
  • Bob Orr, Red Trees[14]
  • Kendrick Smithyman, Stories About Wooden Keyboards, winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry
  • Ian Wedde and Harvey McQueen, editors, Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse, anthology, revised edition[15]

United Kingdom

United States

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:

Denmark

  • Niels Frank, ÿjeblikket, the author's first book of poetry[18]
  • Klaus Høeck, Jævndøgn ("Equinox"), with Asger Schnack, publisher: Schønberg; Denmark[19]
  • Søren Ulrik Thomsen, Mit lys brænder. Omrids af en ny poetik ("My candle is burning. Outline of a new poetics"), criticism; Denmark [20]

French language

Hungary

India

Listed in alphabetical order by first name:

Poland

  • Juliusz Erazm Bolek, Teksty[28]
  • Ewa Lipska, Przechowalnia ciemnosci, ("Storage for Darkness"); Warsaw: Przedswit / Warszawska Oficyna Poetow i Malarzy[29]
  • Adam Zagajewski, Jechac do Lwowa ("To Travel to Lvov"), illustrations by Józef Czapski; London: Aneks[30]

Spain

Other languages

Awards and honors

Australia

Canada

United Kingdom

United States

Births

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

See also

Notes

  1. "Poets of the Great War". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  2. http://www.tamen.net Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine. Patten, Simon. "Han Dong". Poetry International Web. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  3. Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108
  4. Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-1-4051-1361-8, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
  5. Web page titled "Ajmer Rode", at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010
  6. "Joe Rosenblatt: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011.
  7. "Notes on Life and Works Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
  8. Web page titled "Kamala Das" at the Emery University English Department Web site, retrieved July 28, 2010
  9. Jyoti Rane, "14. The Poetry of Kamala Das and Sylvia Plath", p 172, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons, ISBN 81-7625-111-9, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
  10. Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0-85640-561-2
  11. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  12. 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
  13. Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article
  14. Web page titled "Bob Orr" at Best of New Zealand Poems 2001 website, accessed April 23, 2008
  15. Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "New Zealand Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, p 837
  16. Peter Reading. Ukulele Music. David & Charles. ISBN 0436409860.
  17. Web page titled "Michael S. Harper" at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008
  18. Andersen, Jørn Erslev, translated by: David McDuff, "Author Profile: Niels Frank", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
  19. Web page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
  20. "", blog post, March 6, 2009, "CLA blog" ("College of Liberal Arts"), University of Minnesota website, retrieved January 1, 2009
  21. Web page titled "Jean-Guy Pilon" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010
  22. Web page titled "Amarjit Chandan" Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. Web page titled "Kedarnath Singh" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010
  26. Web page titled "Nilmani Phookan" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 16, 2010
  27. Web page titled "Thangjam Ibopishak Singh", Poetry International website, retrieved July 29, 2010
  28. Web page titled "Juliusz Erazm Bolek był gościem wczorajszego Wieczoru w "Arce" (zdjęcia)" (in Polish; Google translation: "Julius Erasmus Bolek was a guest last night in the "Ark" (photos)") at the "moja-ostroleka" website, retrieved February 19, 2010
  29. Web pages titled "Lipska Ewa" (in English Archived 2011-09-16 at the Wayback Machine and Polish Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 1, 2010
  30. Web page titled "Some information about Adam Zagajewski" Archived 2010-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, cached page from the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts website, cached on February 24, 2005 by the "Info-Poland" website, retrieved February 25, 2010
  31. Web page titled "Übersicht erschienener Jahrbücher" at Fischerverlage website, retrieved February 21, 2010
  32. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Web page titled "Haim Gouri" at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
  33. Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology, pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009
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