1927 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 |
| Years in literature: | 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s |
| Years: | 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- T. S. Eliot enters the Church of England and assumes British citizenship
[edit] Works published
- G. K. Chesterton, Collected Poems
- Robert Desnos, La liberté ou l'amour! (French for "Liberty or Love!")
- T. S. Eliot, "The Journey of the Magi"
- Federico García Lorca, Canciones (Spanish for "Songs")
- Muhammad Iqbal, Zabur-i-Ajam ("Persian Psalms") including the poems "Gulshan-i Raz-i Jadid" ("New Garden of Secrets") and "Bandagi Nama" ("Book of Slavery")
- James Weldon Johnson, God's Promises
- James Joyce, Pomes Penyeach
- J.L. Lowes, The Road to Xanadu, a book on the composition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan"
- Ezra Pound, Exile
- Charles Reznikoff, Five Groups of Verse self-published in 375 copies and containing material from his earlier "Uriel Accosta: A Play" and A Fourth Group of Verse (1921)
- Charles Vildrac, Prolongements (France)
- W.B. Yeats, October Blast, including "Among School Children"
[edit] Popular literature
- Don Marquis, archie and mehitabel, presented fictionally as a collection of vers libre poems typed by a former-poet-turned-cockroach who jumps on the keys of a typewriter
[edit] Children's poetry
- A.A. Milne, Now We are Six
[edit] Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Leonora Speyer, Fiddler's Farewell
[edit] Births
- January 8 — Charles Tomlinson, British poet, translator, academic, and artist
- February 1 — Galway Kinnell, American poet
- April 8 — Phyllis Webb, Canadian poet and radio broadcaster
- June 7 — Martin Carter (died 1997), Guyanese poet
- July 28 — John Ashbery, American poet, former chancellor of the Academy of American Arts and Letters and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- September 30 — W. S. Merwin, American poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- October 16 — Gunter Grass, German author and poet
- October 20 — Oskar Pastior (died 2006), Romanian-born German poet and translator
- December 3 — James Wright, (died 1980), American poet
- date not known:
- Henry Coulette
- David Diop
- Larry Eigner, American poet associated with the Black Mountain poets
- Richard Murphy, Irish poet and winner of many awards
- John Tripp, Anglo-Welsh poet in whose memory the annual John Tripp Spoken Poetry Award is presented.
[edit] Deaths
- July 5 - Lesbia Harford, Australian poet
- September 14 - Hugo Ball, 41, German author and poet.
- October 8 - Ricardo Güiraldes, Argentine novelist and poet
- date not known:
- Adolfo León Gómez, Colombian poet
- Emma Marie Caillard
- Charles Mair, Canadian poet
