1937 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 |
| Years in literature: | 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Iowa Writers' Workshop founded by Paul Engle at the University of Iowa
- George Hill Dillon becomes editor of Poetry Magazine and stays in that job until 1949.
- Summer — In Nazi Germany, Wolfgang Willrich, a member of the SS, lampooned German expressionist poet Gottfried Benn in Willrich's book Säuberung des Kunsttempels]]; Heinrich Himmler, however, stepped in to reprimand Willrich and defended Benn on the grounds of his pro-Nazi record since 1933 (his earlier artistic output was dismissed as irrelevant).
- William Butler Yeats concludes his recordings of his own verse and his broadcast lectures on the BBC (begun in 1936).[1]
[edit] Works published
- Dr. Seuss publishes his first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
- John Betjeman, Continual Dew, including "The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel"
- Allen Curnow, Enemies: Poems 1934–36 (Caxton), New Zealand
- Robin Hyde, Wednesday's Children, New Zealand
- David Jones, In Parenthesis
- Isaac Rosenberg, Collected Works, posthumously published
[edit] Awards and honors
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: W. H. Auden
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (the post which was later called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Joseph Auslander appointed this year (he would serve until 1941)
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Edwin Markham
[edit] Births
- January 1 — John Fuller (poet), English poet and author
- April 30 — Tony Harrison, English poet
- May 11 — Michael Heller, American poet
- September 14 — Douglas Oliver, British poet
- November 9 — Roger McGough, British poet
- November 19 — Meg Campbell (died 2007), New Zealand, poet and wife of Alistair Campbell
- December 31 — Nicolas Born (died 1979), German poet
- date not known:
- Kurt Bartsch, German[2]
- Marvin Bell, American poet
- Susan Howe, Irish-born American poet and critic closely associated with the Language poets
- Glen Sorestad
- Diane Wakoski, an American poet associated with the "deep image" poets and the Beats
- Eleanor Wilner
[edit] Deaths
- July 18 — Julian Bell, English poet, and member of a literary and artistic family, who died in the Spanish Civil War
- December 26 — [[Ivor* date not known:
- Anna Branch
- Constance Woodrow
