1958 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
| Years in literature: | 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Years: | 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Brazilian manifesto for concrete poetry, which focuses on visual and other sensory qualities
- April 18 — Ezra Pound's indictment for treason is dismissed.[1] He is released from St. Elizabeths Hospital, an insane asylum in Maryland, after spending 12 years there (starting in 1946). He returns to Italy.[1]
[edit] Works published in English
- Donald Hall et al., editors, New Poets of England and America
- David Cecil and Allen Tate, Modern Verse in English (anthology)
[edit] Canada
- Earle Birney, Selected Poems
- John Glassco, The Deficit Made Flesh
- Ralph Gustafson, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse[2]
- Irving Layton, A Laughter in the Mind
- E.J. Pratt, The Collected Poems of E.J. Pratt (introduction by Northrop Frye)
- James Reany, A Suit of Nettles
- F.R. Scott and A.J.M. Smith, The Blasted Pine, a satirical miscellany
- Miriam Waddington, The Season's Lovers
[edit] Criticism, scholarship and biography in Canada
- L.M. Lande, Old Lamps Aglow
- R.E. Rashley, Poetry in Canada
[edit] Ireland
- Thomas Kinsella, Another September, Dublin, Dolmen Press[3]
- Patrick MacDonogh, One Landscape Still
[edit] United Kingdom
- John Betjeman, Collected Poems, London: John Murray; Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1959[3]
- Michael Hamburger, The Dual Site, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul[3]
- George Rostrevor Hamilton, Collected Poems
- John Heath-Stubbs, The Triumph of the Muse
- Elizabeth Jennings, A Sense of the World, London: André Deutsch[3]
- Dom Moraes, A Beginning, his first book of poems (winner of the Hawthornden Prize), Indian at this time living in the United Kingdom
- James Reeves, The Talking Skull
- Michael Roberts, Collected Poems
- Alan Ross, a book of poetry
- John Silkin, The Two Freedoms
- John Smith, Excursus in Autumn, including "Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to be of a Higher Rank"
- A.S.J. Tessimond, Selection
- R.S. Thomas, Poetry for Supper
- C.A. Trypanis, a book of poetry
- David Wright, Monologue of a Deaf Man, London: André Deutsch[3]
[edit] United States
- Conrad Aiken, Sheepfold Hill
- Djuna Barnes, The Antiphon a surrealist verse play
- John Ciardi, I marry You; a Sheaf of Love Poems
- E.E. Cummings, 95 Poems
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A Coney Island of the Mind
- John Hollander, A Crackling of Thorns
- Rolfe Humphries, editor, New Poems by American Poets (anthology)
- Stanley Kunitz, Selected Poems, 1928-1958
- Denise Levertov, Overland to the Islands, Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams[3]
- Archibald MacLeish, J.B., a verse play
- William Meredith, The Open Sea and Other Poems
- Howard Nemerov, Mirrors and Windows
- Kenneth Patchen:
- Poem-scapes
- Hurrah for Anything
- When We Were Here Together
- Theodore Roethke, Words for the Wind, Garden City, New York: Doubleday[3]
- Muriel Rukeyser, Body of Waking
- Winfield Townley Scott, The Dark Sister
- Karl Shapiro, Poems of a Jew, New York: Random House[3]
- Eli Siegel, Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana: Poems
- Clark Ashton Smith, Spells and Philtres
- William Jay Smith, Poems 1947-1957
- Charles Tomlinson, Seeing Is Believing, New York: McDowell, Obolensky[3]
- William Carlos Williams, Paterson, Book V
[edit] Other in English
- James K. Baxter, In Fires of No Return, published by Oxford University Press, giving Baxter international recognition, New Zealand
- Peter Bland, Three Poets, New Zealand[4]
[edit] Works published in other languages
[edit] Spanish language
[edit] Latin America
- Efraín Barqueto, La Compañera (Chile)
- Vincente Huidobro, Ataigle, French translation (Chilean)
- Pablo Neruda, Complete Works (Chile)
- José Ramón, Antología poética (Argentina)
- Rubén Vela, Veranos (Argentina)
[edit] Spain
- Jorge Guillén:
- Viviendo
- Maremágnum
- Miguel de Unamuno, Cincuenta poesías inéditas (written 1899–1927, now published for the first time)
[edit] Portuguese language
[edit] Portugal
- Herberto Hélder, O Amor em Visita
- Eugénio de Andrade, Coração do dia
- Alexandre O'Neill, No Reino da Dinamarca
- Mário Cesariny, Alguns Mitos Maiores e Alguns Mitos Menores Postos à Circulação pelo Autor
[edit] French language
[edit] French Canada
- Ollivier Mercier-Gouin, Poèmes et Chansons
- Ronald Després, Silences à nourrir de sang
- Roger Brien, Vols et plongées
- Alain Grandbois, L'Étoile pourpre
- Roland Giguère, Le défaut des ruines est d'avoir des habitants
[edit] France
- Yves Bonnefoy, Hier régnant désert
- Pierre Emmanuel, Versant de l'âge
- Vincente Huidobro, Altaigle (translation from Spanish)
[edit] Hebrew
- Sh. Shalom:
- Ben Tehelet ve-Lavan ("Amidst the Blue and White")
- Shirai Kommiut Israel ("Poems on the Rise of Israel")
- Yehoshua Rabinow, Shirat Amitai ("Amitai's Song")
- I. Shalev, Eloha Hanoshek Lohamim
- P. Elad, Mizrah Shemesh ("East of the Sun")
- David Rokeah, Kearar Aleh Shaham ("Juniper on Granite")
- T. Carmi, ha-Yam ha-Aharon ("The Last Sea")
- Y. Amihai, be-Merhak Shtai Tikvot ("At a Distance of Two Hopes")
- Ephraim Lisitzky, Anshai Midot ("Virtuous Men")
[edit] Other
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] United Kingdom
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Francis Cornford
- Foyle Prize for Poetry: Dame Edith Sitwell, Collected Poems
- Guinness Poetry Awards:
- Ted Hughes, The Thought Fox
- Thomas Kinsella, Thinking of Mr. D
- David Wright, A Thanksgiving
[edit] United States
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Robert Frost appointed this year.
- National Book Award for Poetry: Robert Penn Warren, Promises: Poems, 1954-1956
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stanley Kunitz, Selected Poems 1928-1958
- Bollingen Prize: E.E. Cummings
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Robinson Jeffers
- Harper's Eugene F. Saxton Fellowship; Conrad Hilberry
- Huntington Hartford Foundation Award: Robert Frost
- Jewish Book Council's Harry Kovner Memorial poetry awards: I.J. Schwartz for contributions to Yiddish poetry; Aaron Zeitlin for Bein Ha-Esh Yeha-Yesha
- Yale Series of Younger Poets award: William Dickey for Of the Festivity
[edit] American Academy of Arts and Letters
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry: Conrad Aiken
- Marjorie Peabody Waite Award: Dorothy Parker
[edit] Poetry Magazine
- Levinson prize: Stanley Kunitz
- Oscar Blumenthal prize: Siydney Goodsir Smith
- Eunice Tiejens prize: Mona Van Duyn
- Bess Hokin prize: Charles Tomlinson
- Union League Civic and Arts Foundation prize: Jean Garrigue
- Vachel Lindsay prize : Hayden Carruth
- Harriet Monroe Poetry Prize: Stanley Kunitz
[edit] Poetry Society of America
- Shelley Memorial Award: Kenneth Rexroth
- Alexander Droutzkoy Memorial gold medal: Robert Frost
- Walt Whitman Award: James E. Miller, Jr.
- Reynolds Lyric Award: John Fandel
- William Rose Benet Memorial Award: Robert A. Wallace
- Edna St. Vincent Millay Award: Robert Penn Warren
- Poetry Chap-Book Award: Arthur Waley
- Emily S. Hamblen Memorial award: Sir Geoffrey Keynes for The Complete Writings of William Blake
- Arthur Davison Ficke Memorial award: Ulrich Trobetzkoy
- Laura Speyer Memorial award: Mary A. Winter
- Borestone Mounain poetry award: John Hall Wheelock, Poems Old and New
[edit] France
- Grand Prix Littéraire de la Ville de Paris: Maurice Fonbeure for poetry
- Grand Prix de Poésie de l'Académie Française: Mme. Gérard d'Houville
[edit] Other
- Mondadori, Viareggio poetry prize (Italy): S. Quasimodo, La terra impareggiabile
[edit] Births
- April 15 — Benjamin Zephaniah, British dub poet
- April 15 — Anne Michaels, Canadian poet and novelist.
- November 27 — Andrew Waterhouse
- date not known:
- Jill Battson
- Lionel Fogarty, poet
- Harold Rhenisch
- Margaret Smith, poet
[edit] Deaths
- January 3 — Gerald William Bullett, 64, British author and critic
- March 24 — Seamus O'Sullivan, Irish
- May 5 — James Branch Cabell, 79, whose 52 books included poetry, of a cerebral hemorrhage (to help people remember the pronunciation of his name, he composed the ditty, "Tell the rabble my name is CA-bell.")
- June 28 — Alfred Noyes, English poet (according to some sources, he died on June 25, but others, including Encyclopedian Britannica give June 28)
- September 11 — Robert W. Service, 84, Scots-Canadian poet who wrote The Cremation of Sam McGee
- October 29 — Zoë Akins, 72, American poet and dramatist who won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for her drama version of Edith Wharton's The Old Maid
- December 20 — Sir John Collings Squire, British poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor.
- Dates not known:
- Francis Carco, French poet and novelist
- Yves Gérard le Dantec, French
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Ackroyd, Peter, Ezra Pound, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1980, "Chronology" chapter, p 118
- ^ a b Britannica Book of the Year 1960, covering events of 1959, published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1960; "Canadian Literature" article mentioned this book as a "late 1958 anthology"
- ^ a b c d e f g h i M. L. Rosenthal, The New Poets: American and British Poetry Since World War II, New York: Oxford University Press, 1967, "Selected Bibliography: Individual Volumes by Poets Discussed", pp 334-340
- ^ Web page titled "The Contemporary Scene" in An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 website, accessed April 21, 2008
