• Source: 1946 in poetry

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


      Events


      March – Japanese poet Sadako Kurihara's "Bringing Forth New Life" (生ましめんかな, Umashimen-kana) is published. Publication this year of her first collection, The Black Egg (Kuroi tamago), is permitted during the occupation of Japan only in abridged form because of its treatment of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima experienced by the poet.
      May 20 – W. H. Auden becomes a United States citizen.
      Ezra Pound is brought back to the United States on treason charges but found unfit to face trial because of insanity and sent to St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he remains for 12 years (to 1958).
      Upon learning about Isaiah Berlin's visit to Russian poet Anna Akhmatova this year, Joseph Stalin's associate Andrei Zhdanov, with the approval of the Soviet Central Committee, issues the "Zhdanov decree" denouncing her as a "half harlot, half nun", and has her poems banned from publication. This resolution is directed against two literary magazines, Zvezda and Leningrad, which have published supposedly apolitical, "bourgeois", individualistic works of Akhmatova and the satirist Mikhail Zoshchenko. In time Akhmatova's son will spend his youth in Stalinist gulags and she will resort to publishing several poems in praise of Stalin to secure his release.
      Takashi Matsumoto founds a literary magazine, Fue ("Flute") in Japan.
      Martin Starkie founds Oxford University Poetry Society in Oxford, England.


      = MacSpaunday

      =
      Roy Campbell, in his Talking Bronco, first published this year, invents the name "MacSpaunday" to designate a composite figure made up of the poets
      Louis MacNeice ("Mac")
      Stephen Spender ("sp")
      W. H. Auden ("au-n")
      Cecil Day-Lewis ("day")
      Campbell, in common with much literary journalism of the period, imagines the four as a group of like-minded poets, although they share little but very broadly left-wing views.


      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:


      = Canada

      =
      Louis Dudek. East of the City. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1946.
      Robert Finch, Poems.
      Wilson MacDonald, Armand Dussault. Toronto: Macmillan.
      P. K. Page, As Ten As Twenty.
      A. J. M. Smith, ed. Seven Centuries of Verse.


      = India, in English

      =
      Anilbaran, Songs from the Soul (Poetry in English), Calcutta: Amiya Library
      Harindranath Chattopadhyaya:
      Edgeways and the Saint (Poetry in English) a farce; Bombay: Nalanda Publications
      The Son of Adam (Poetry in English), Bombay: Padma Publications
      Nolini Kanta Gupta, East Beams (Poetry in English),
      P. R. Kaikini, Selected Poems (Poetry in English), Bombay
      H. G. Rawlinson, editor, Garland of Indian Poetry (Poetry in English), London: Royal India Society; anthology; Indian poetry published in the United Kingdom
      S. H. Vatsyayana, Prison Days and Other Poems (Poetry in English), Benares: Indian Publishers


      = New Zealand

      =
      Allen Curnow, Jack Without Magic (Caxton), New Zealand
      Kendrick Smithyman, Seven Sonnets, Auckland: Pelorus Press
      J. C. Reid, Creative Writing in New Zealand, with two chapters on poetry, scholarship, New Zealand


      = United Kingdom

      =
      Lilian Bowes Lyon, A Rough Walk Home
      Rupert Brooke, The Poetical Works of Rupert Brooke, comprising the contents of Collected Poems of 1928 and 26 additional poems; published posthumously
      Roy Campbell, Talking Bronco, South African native living in and published in the United Kingdom
      Walter De la Mare, The Traveller
      Lawrence Durrell, Cities, Plains and People
      Robert Graves, Poems 1938–1945
      Fredoon Kabraji, editor, This Strange Adventure: An Anthology of Poems in English by Indians 1828-1946, London: New India Pub. Co., 140 pages; Indian poetry published in the United Kingdom
      Maurice Lindsay, editor, Modern Scottish Poetry: An Anthology of the Scottish Renaissance 1920-1945 (Faber and Faber)
      Norman MacCaig, The Inward Eye
      Hugh MacDiarmid, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve, Poems of the East-West Synthesis
      John Clark Milne, The Orra Loon and Other Poems.
      Kathleen Raine, Living in Time
      Herbert Read, Collected Poems
      Henry Reed, A Map of Verona, including "Naming of Parts"
      Vita Sackville-West, The Garden
      Sydney Goodsir Smith, The Devil's Waltz
      Bernard Spencer, Aegean Islands and Other Poems
      Dylan Thomas, Deaths and Entrances, including "Fern Hill" and "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London"
      R. S. Thomas, The Stones of the Fields


      = United States

      =
      Stephen Vincent Benét, The Last Circle (Houghton Mifflin)
      Elizabeth Bishop, North & South (Houghton Mifflin)
      Owen Dodson, Powerful Long Ladder
      H.D., "The Flowering of the Rod", the final part of Trilogy, a three-part poem on the experience of the blitz in wartime London
      John Gould Fletcher, The Burning Mountain
      Denise Levertov, The Double Image
      Robert Lowell, Lord Weary's Castle, New York: Harcourt, Brace
      Phyllis McGinley, Stones from a Glass House
      James Merrill, The Black Swan (won Glascock Prize)
      Josephine Miles, Local Measures
      Howard Moss, The Wound and the Weather
      Lorine Niedecker, New Goose, her first poetry collection
      Kenneth Patchen, Sleepers Awake
      Edouard Roditi, translator, Young Cherry Trees Secured Against Hares, translated from the original French of André Breton; publisher: View
      Mark Van Doren, The Country New Year
      William Carlos Williams, Paterson, Book I
      Reed Whittemore, Heroes & Heroines


      = Other in English

      =
      Roy Campbell, Talking Bronco, South African native published in the United Kingdom
      Denis Devlin, Lough Derg and Other Poems, Irish poet published in the United States
      James McAuley, Under Aldebaran, Australia


      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:


      = France

      =
      Yves Bonnefoy, Traité du pianiste
      Jean Cayrol, Poems de la nuit et du brouillard
      Aimé Césaire, Les armes miraculeuses, Martinique poet published in France; Paris: Gallimard
      René Char, Feuillets d'Hypnos
      Paul Éluard, Le dur désir de durer
      Léon-Paul Fargue, Méandres
      Jean Hervé, Jour, winner of the Prix Apollinaire
      Francis Jammes, La Grâce
      Pierre Jean Jouve, La Vierge de Paris poems from The Resistance
      Alphonse Métérié, Vétiver
      Jacques Prévert, Paroles
      Saint-John Perse:
      Exil, suivi de Poème à l'etrangère, Pluies, Neiges
      Vents, Paris: Gallimard
      Philippe Soupault, L'Arme secrète
      Jules Supervielle, 1939–1945
      Tristan Tzara, pen name of Sami Rosenstock, Terre sur Terre


      = Indian subcontinent

      =
      Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka. And also from the country Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:


      Hindi


      Girija Kumar Mathur, Nas aur Nirman, poems of the Pragativadi school
      Ramadhari Singh Dinkar, Kuruksetra, narrative poem based on the Santi Parva of the Mahabharata
      Rangeya Raghava, Pighlate Patthar, poems with a strong Marxist influence


      Kannada


      G. B. Joshi, Dattavani, critical appraisal of the poems of Kannada poet D. R. Bendre
      K. V. Puttappa, Prema Kasmira, 56 love poems
      V. K. Gokak, Indina Kannada Kavyada Gottugurialu, critical survey of modern poetry in Kannada


      Kashmiri


      Mirza Arif, Laila Wa Mustafa, a masnavi
      Shamas-ud Din Kafoor, Nendre Lotuyae Yoot Koetah, a vatsun poem on the poverty of Kashmiri peasants; the work first appeared in Hamdard, a weekly periodical, and was later included in Payame Kafoor
      Abdul Ahad Azad, Shikwa-e-Iblis, a complaint about unquestioning social conformity


      Tamil


      P. S. Subrahmaniya Shastri, Vatamoli Nul Varalaru, literary history of Sanskrit literature, written in Tamil
      R. P. Sethu Pillai, Kiristuvat Tamilttontar, Tamil-language literary history on the contributions of Christian scholars, including Beschi, Pope, Caldwell and Vitanayakam Pillai to that language's literature and culture
      V. R. M. Chettiyar, Nanku Kavimanikal, Tamil biographical and critical study of Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Rabindranath Tagore and the Tamil poet Kambar (poet), also known as "Kampan" (1180–1250)


      Other Indian languages


      Akhtarul Imam, Tarik Sayyara; Urdu-language
      Amrita Pritan, Pathar Gite; Punjabi-language
      Bayabhav, also known as Kashinath Shridhar Naik, Sadeavelim Fulam, Konkani
      Buddhadeb Basu, Kaler Putul, an essay of literary criticism in Bengali of poets and their work after Rabindranath Tagore
      Chaganti Seshaiah, Andhra Kavi Tarangini, first volume in a 10-volume literary history written in the Telugu language (the last volume came out in 1953)
      Chandrasinha, Sip, nine works of poetic prose in Rajasthani
      Dinu Bhai Pant, Mangu Di Chabila, Dogri narrative poem on bonded laborers exploited by village money lenders
      E. M. S. Nampudirippadu, Purogamana Sahityam an essay in Malayalam by a leader of the Marxist Communist Party on the idea of progressive literature; influential with many young authors
      Ishar Singh Ishar, Rangila Bhaia, humorous, Punjabi-language poems featuring Bhaia, a humorous character created by the poet for this and other works
      Jandhyala Papayya Sastry, Vijaya Sri, popular kavya in classical meter about the victory of Arjuna; an allegory of the Indian independence movement; Telugu
      Laksmiprasad Devkota, Sulocana, Nepali-language epic using more than a dozen Sanskrit meters; the poem, written in response to a challenge to prove the author's credentials as an epic poet, does not defy the norms of epics in Sanskrit poetics; based on a social theme
      Mayadhar Mansinha, Sadhabajhia, Oriya-language, romantic poetry
      Sundaram, Arvacin Kavita, literary history in Gujarati of that language's poetry from 1845 to 1945


      = Other languages

      =
      Josef Čapek, Básně z koncentračního tabora ("Poems from a Concentration Camp"), Czech, published posthumously
      Hushang Ebtehaj (H. E. Sayeh) نخستین نغمه‌ها ("The First Songs"), Persian poet published in Iran
      Odysseus Elytis, An Heroic And Funeral Chant For The Lieutenant Lost In Albania, Greek
      G. Groll, editor, De profundis, anthology of non-Nazi texts, Germany
      Ilmar Laaban, Ankruketi lõpp on laulu algus, Estonian poet published in Sweden
      Pier Paolo Pasolini, I Diarii ("The Diaries"), Italy


      Awards and honors




      = Awards and honors in the 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"): Karl Shapiro appointed this year
      Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: No award given
      Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Edgar Lee Masters


      = Awards and honors elsewhere

      =
      France: Académie française: Paul Claudel elected, April 4
      Canada: Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: Poems, Robert Finch


      Births


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

      February 7 – Brian Patten, English member of the Liverpool poets
      February 8 – Gert Jonke (died 2009), Austrian novelist, playwright, screenwriter and poet
      April 26 – Marilyn Nelson, American
      May 8 – Ruth Padel, English poet and writer
      May 10 – Chandiroor Divakaran, Indian Malayalam language poet and folk-song writer
      June 28 – John Birtwhistle, English poet and librettist
      July 27 – Peter Reading (died 2011), English
      August 5 – Ron Silliman, American
      August 9 – Juris Kronbergs (died 2020), Latvian-Swedish poet and translator
      September 9 – Maura Stanton, American
      September 30 – Larry Levis (died 1996), American
      October 14 – Alan Brunton (died 2002), New Zealand poet and scriptwriter
      October 28 – Sharon Thesen, Canadian
      December 20 – Andrei Codrescu, a Romanian-born American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and commentator for NPR
      December 30 – Patti Smith, American poet and musician
      Also:
      Tom Pickard, English poet, radio broadcaster, film maker and an initiator of the British Poetry Revival movement
      Joachim Sartorius, German


      Deaths


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

      January 9 – Countee Cullen, 42 (born 1903), African American poet
      March 1 – Adriana Porter, 89 (born 1857), Wiccan poet
      March 26 – Amir Hamzah, 35 (born 1911), Indonesian poet styled a national hero
      May 25 – Ernest Rhys, 87 (born 1859), British poet, author, novelist, essayist best known for his role as founding editor of the Everyman's Library series of affordable classics
      July 8 – Orrick Glenday Johns, 59 (born 1887), American poet and playwright
      July 27 – Gertrude Stein, 73 (born 1874), American poet and dramatist, of cancer
      August 18
      Marion Angus, 81 (born 1865), Scottish poet
      Amulya Barua, 24 (born 1922), Assamese poet first published posthumously this year, killed in communal violence
      September 9 – Violet Jacob, 83 (born 1863), Scottish historical novelist and poet
      November 18 – Walter J. Turner, 62 (born 1884), Australian-born British poet and music critic
      November 29 – Johannes Vares (Barbarus), 56 (born 1890), Estonian poet, doctor and radical politician, suicide


      See also



      Poetry
      List of poetry awards
      List of years in poetry


      Notes

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