- Source: 1977 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
January – James Dickey, composes a poem he reads at new United States President Jimmy Carter’s inaugural gala (although not at the inauguration itself).
July 11 – The English magazine Gay News is found guilty of blasphemous libel for publishing a homoerotic poem The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name by James Kirkup in a case (Whitehouse v. Lemon) brought by Mary Whitehouse's National Viewers and Listeners Association at the Old Bailey in London.
Poet Sarah Kirsch leaves her native East Germany for the West.
In Israeli the literary journal Keshet goes defunct, while Itton and Proza are founded.
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 Adamson Cross The Border
Jennifer Maiden, Mortal Details, Rigmarole
Les Murray, Ethnic Radio, Angus & Robertson
John Tranter, Crying in Early Infancy: 100 Sonnets, Makar Press
= Canada
=Earle Birney:
The Damnation of Vancouver. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. A satire on the modern city.
Ghost in the Wheels: selected poems. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Roo Borson, Landfall, ISBN 0-920110-32-0 American-Canadian
Leonard Cohen, Death of a Ladies' Man
Isabella Valancy Crawford, Hugh and Ion, Glenn Clever ed. (Ottawa: Borealis). ISBN 978-0-919594-77-7
Irving Layton, The Poems of Irving Layton. Eli Mandel ed. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Also published, with an introduction by Hugh Kenner, as The Selected Poems of Irving Layton. New York: New Directions, 1977. ISBN 0-8112-0642-4
Irving Layton, The Covenant. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Dorothy Livesay, Right Hand Left Hand. Erin, ON: Porcepic.
Pat Lowther, A Stone Diary
Miriam Mandel, Station 14. Edmonton: NeWest Press. ISBN 0-920316-08-5 ISBN 978-0920316085
Charles Sangster, The Angel Guest and Other Poems and Lyrics, edited by Frank M. Tierney (Tecumseh)
F. R. Scott, Poems of French Canada. Translated by F. R. Scott. Burnaby, B.C.: Blackfish Press.
Raymond Souster, Extra Innings. Ottawa. Oberon Press.
George Woodcock, Anima, or, Swann Grown Old. A Cycle of Poems by George Woodcock, Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press, Canada
= India, in English
=R. Parthasarathy, Rough Passage, Delhi: Oxford University Press
Meena Alexander, I Root My Name, Calcutta: Writers Workshop, India.
= Ireland
=Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French, Irish native living in France and published in the United Kingdom
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Second Voyage, including "Deaths and Engines", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press
Harry Clifton, The Walls of Carthage Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-0-902996-51-9
Paul Muldoon, Mules, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
Frank Ormsby, A Store of Candles, including "Passing the Crematorium", Oldcastle: Gallery Press
Tom Paulin, A State of Justice, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
= New Zealand
=Bill Manhire, How to Take Off Your Clothes at the Picnic
Lauris Edmond, The Pear Tree: Poems
R. Ensing, editor, Private Gardens, anthology of New Zealand women poets
Kendrick Smithyman, Dwarf with a Billiard Cue, Auckland: Auckland University Press and Oxford University Press
Ian Wedde, Spells for Coming Out, New Zealand
= South Africa
=Mafika Gwala, Jol'iinkomo
= United Kingdom
=Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French, Irish native living in France and published in the United Kingdom
Kamau Brathwaite, Mother Poem
Joseph Brodsky: Poems and Translations, Keele: University of Keele Russian-American (but published in the United Kingdom; see United States section for a book published there)
Donald Davies, To Scorch or Freeze
Carol Ann Duffy and Adrian Henri, Beauty and the Beast
Elaine Feinstein:
Some Unease and Angels, Hutchinson
Selected Poems, University Center, Michigan, Green River Press
W. S. Graham, Implements in their Places
Michael Hamburger, Real Estate
Adrian Henri, City Hedges
Ted Hughes, Gaudete, derived from an abandoned film scenario, the book has elements of a poetic novel, narrative poem and verse play
Elizabeth Jennings, Consequently I Rejoice
Norman MacCaig, Tree of Strings
Sorley MacLean, pen name of Somhairle MacGill-Eain, Spring Tide and Neap Tide [Reothairt is Contraigh], in Gaelic and English
Paul Muldoon, Mules, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
Tom Paulin, A State of Justice, Northern Ireland poet published in the United Kingdom
Kathleen Raine, The Oval Portrait, and Other Poems
Peter Scupham, The Hinterland
R. S. Thomas, The Way of It
Anthony Thwaite, A Portion for Foxes
= United States
=A. R. Ammons:
Highgate Road
The Selected Poems: 1951-1977
The Snow Poems
John Ashbery, Houseboat Days
Ted Berrigan:
Clear The Range
Nothing For You
John Berryman, Henry's Fate and Other Poems, 1967-1972, with 45 previously unpublished "Dream Songs" (posthumous)
Joseph Payne Brennan, The Riddle (Fantome Press)
Frank Bidart, The Book of the Body
Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III, which includes "In the Waiting Room," "The Moose," and the villanelle, "One Art"
Joseph Brodsky: A Part of Speech Russian-American (see United Kingdom section for a book published there)
Robert Bly, This Body is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood
Billy Collins, Pokerface
Frank Belknap Long, In Mayan Splendor
Michael S. Harper, Images of Kin (1977), won the Melville-Cane Award from the Poetry Society of America; nominated for the National Book Award
Robert Lowell, Day by Day
W. S. Merwin:
The Compass Flower, New York: Atheneum
Translator, Vertical Poetry, poems by Roberto Juarroz; San Francisco: Kayak (reprinted in 1988; San Francisco: North Point Press)
W. S. Merwin and J. Moussaieff Mason, translators, Sanskrit Love Poetry, New York: Columbia University Press (published in 1981 as Peacock's Egg: Love Poems from Ancient India, San Francisco: North Point Press)
Michael Palmer, Without Music (Black Sparrow Press)
Carl Rakosi, My Experience in Parnassus
Charles Reznikoff, Poems 1937-1975 (published posthumously)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Prussian Nights, translated into English from the original Russian by Robert Conquest; first written in 1951; first published in 1974
Gary Soto, The Elements of San Joaquin
Works published in other languages
Listed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
= Denmark
=Vita Andersen, Tryghedsnarkomaner
Jørgen Gustava Brandt, Ophold
Klaus Høeck:
Projekt Perseus, publisher: Gyldendal
Ulrike Marie Meinhof, publisher: Gyldendal
Vagn Lundbye, Digte 1977
Jess Ornsbo, Digte uden arbejde
Charlotte Strandgaard, Naesten kun om kaerlighed
= French language
=Canada, in French
Denise Boucher and Madeleine Gagnon, Retailles
Claude Gavreau, Ouvres créatrices complètes (posthumous)
Michel Leclerc, La Traversée du réel
Pierre Nepveu, Épisodes, Montréal: l'Hexagone
France
Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French, Irish native living in France and published in the United Kingdom
Yves Bonnefoy, Rue Traversière
André du Bouchet, Air (1950–1953)
Alain Delahaye, L'etre perdu
Philippe Denis, Malgré la bouche
Roger Giroux, published posthumously (died 1973):
S
L'arbre le Temps suivi le Lieu-Je et de Lettre
Eugene Guilleveic, Du domaine
Emmanuel Hocquard, Album d'images de la Villa Harris
Georges Perec, Alphabets
Jacques Roubaud, Autobiographie chapitre dix
Alain Veinstein, Recherche des dispositions anciennes
= German language
=East Germany
Sarah Kirsch, Rückenwind, love poems
Paul Günter Krohn, Alle meine Namen
West Germany
Herbert Asmodi, Jokers Farewell
Gotthard de Beauclair, Zeit, Überzeit
Rolf Haufs, Die Geschwindigkeit eines einzigen Tages
Karl Krowlow, Der Einfachheit halber
Norbert Mecklenburg, Naturlyrik und Gesellschaft Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta (scholarship)
= Hebrew
=Nathan Alterman, a posthumous book of poems
O. Bernstein, a book of poems
Simon Halkin, a book of the collected poems and works
Hurvitz, a book of poems
Shimshon Meltzer, a book of the collected poems and works
Gabriel Preil, a book of poems
Dalia Ravikovitch, a book of poems
Yonatan Ratosh, a book of poems
Shin Shalom, a book of poems
Y. Wallach, a book of collected poems
Meir Wieseltier, a book of poems
Avot Yeshurun, a book of poems
Zussman, a posthumous book of poems
= India
=In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Malayalam
Sugathakumari, Raathrimazha (Night Rain)
Oriya
Mohan Upendra Thakur, Baji Uthal Murali
Rajendra Kishore Panda:
Satadru Anek, Cuttack: Agradoot
Ghunakshara, Cuttack: Cuttack Students' Store
Sindhi
Hari Daryani, Pala Pala Jo Parlau
Harumal Isardas Sadarangani, Cikha
Parsram Rohra, O Nava Halaina Vara
Urdu
Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi Dhoop Aur Chandni (The Sunlight and the Moonlight) - Collection of poems published by Radha Krishan Sehgal, Bazm-e-Seemab, J 5/21, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi in 1977.
Other languages in India
K. Satchidanandan, Kavita, ("Poetry"); Malayalam-language
Nilmani Phookan; Assamese-language:
Golapi Jamur Lagna, Guwahati, Assam: Bani Prakash
Editor, Kuri Satikar Asomiya Kavita, an anthology of modern Assamese poetry; Guwahati, Assam: Asom Prakashan Parishad
Siddayya Puranika, Vacanodyana, modern vachana poetry, Kannada-language
= Italy
=Bartolo Cattafi, Marzo e le sue idi
Giovanni Guidici, Il male de creditori
Tommaso Landolfi, Il tradimento
Eugenio Montale, Tutte le poesie, publisher: Mondadori (enlarged edition published posthumously in 1984)
Maria Luisa Spaziani, Transito con catene
= Norway
=Hans Børli, Vinden ser aldri pa veviserne
Jan Magnus Bruheim, Lyrespelaren
Gunvor Hofmo, Hva fanger natten
Peter R. Holm, I disse bilder
Stein Mehren, Det trettende stjernebilde
Sigmund Skard, Ord mot mørkret
Helge Vatsend, Livets bok
= Portuguese language
=Portugal
Ruy de Moura Belo, Despeço-me da terra da alegria ("I Bid Farewell to the Land of Happiness")
Herberto Helder, Cobra
António Ramos Rosa, Boca Incompleta
Sophia Andresen, O Nome das Coisas
Fiama Brandão, Homenagem à Literatura
Liberto Cruz, Distància
Vitorino Nemésio, Sapateia Açoriana
Brazil
Carlos Nejar, Árvore do mundo
Décio Pignatari
Poesia / Pois é / Poesia (poems)
Comunicacao poética (critical theory about poetry)
Murilo Mendes, a posthumous collection of poems edited by João Cabral de Melo Neto, with a study by José Guilherme Merquior
= Russia
=Arkadi Kuleshov, a book of poems
Bella Akhmadulina:
Candle
Dreams of Georgia
Alexander Mezhirov, Очертания вещей ("Outline of things"), Russia, Soviet Union
Valentin Sorokin, a book of poems
Stepan Shchipachev, a book of poems
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Prussian Nights, narrative poem, much of it composed in his head when he was in concentration camps
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a book of poems
"[L]esser-known poets who attracted attention":
Konstantin Vanshenkin
Anatoly Zhigulin
Rimma Kazakova
Viktor Bokov
Maya Borisova
Stanslav Zolotsev
= Spanish language
=Spain
Francisco Brines, Insistencia en Luzbel
Matilde Camus, Cancionero de Liébana ("Collection of verse of Liebana")
José María Valverde, Ser de palabra
Latin America
Mario Benedetti, La casa y el ladrillo ("The House and the Brick"), Uruguay
Antonio Cisneros, el libro de dios y de los húngaros (Peru)
Jaime Sabines, Nuevo recuento de poemas (Mexico)
Efraín Huerta, Circuito interior (Mexico)
David Huerta, Cuadernos de noviembre (Mexico)
= Yiddish
=David Hofshteyn, a two-volume selection of poems
Josl Lerner, Till Dawn Breaks, partly written in a German-Romanian death camp during World War II
Chaim Maltinsky, My Mother's Resemblance
Hirsh Osherovitch, Song in a Labyrinth
Shloyme Roitman, My Israel Shofar
Efraim Roitman, The Earth Sings
Motl Saktzier, With a Burned Pencil, about his experiences in Soviet gulags
M.M. Shaffir, Words of Endearment
Avrom Sutzkever, Poems from My Diary
Rajzel Zychlinska, The Sun of November
= Other languages
=Stanisław Barańczak, Ja wiem, ze to niesluszne ("I Know It's Not Right"), Paris: Instytut Literacki; Polish
Anne-Marie Berglund, Luftberusningen, Sweden
Chen Yi, Selected Poems; China
Odysseus Elytis, Signalbook (Σηματολόγιον); Greece
Ndoc Gjetja, Qëndresa ("Center"); Albania
Gozo Yoshimasu, river, Written in Cursive Characters; Japan
Lars Gustafsson, Sonetter; Sweden
Per E. Rundquist, Men störst av allt är kärleken till vem; (Sweden
Piotr Sommer, W krześle; Poland
Marlene van Niekerk, Sprokkelster; South Africa
Wen Wu-pin, Battle Songs of Tachai; China
Yasuo Irisawa, Moon and Other Poems; Japan
Awards and honors
Nobel Prize in Literature: Vicente Aleixandre (Spain)
= Canada
=1977 Governor General's Awards
= United Kingdom
=Eric Gregory Award: Tony Flynn, Michael Vince, David Cooke, Douglas Marshall, Melissa Murray
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Norman Nicholson
= United States
=AML Award for Poetry to Linda Sillitoe for "The Old Philosopher, Letter to a Four-Year-Old Daughter" and Arthur Henry King for "The Field Behind Holly House"
Bollingen Prize: David Ignatow
National Book Award for Poetry: Richard Eberhart, Collected Poems, 1930-1976
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Merrill, Divine Comedies
Walt Whitman Award: Lauren Shakely, Guilty Bystander
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Louis Coxe
Births
April 18 — Ilya Kaminsky, Soviet-born Russian- and English-language poet
September 25 — Sole, American hip hop artist
Jenni Fagan, Scottish novelist and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 5 — Artur Adson, 87, Estonian poet and critic
January 21 — Sandro Penna, 70, Italian
February 2 — Rashid Hussein, 41, Palestinian Arabic poet in the United States, in fire
April 7 — Elizabeth Daryush, 96, English poet, daughter of Robert Bridges
April 11 — Jacques Prévert, 77, French
September 12 — Robert Lowell, 60, American, from a heart attack
November 30 — Miloš Crnjanski, 84, Serbian poet and novelist
December 18 — Louis Untermeyer, 92, American author, poet, anthologist and editor
December 30 — Katherine C. Biddle, 87, American
Also — Gitaujali Badruddin, 16, Indian girl poet
Notes
Britannica Book of the Year 1978 ("for events of 1977"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica 1978 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections)
See also
Poetry
List of poetry awards
List of years in poetry
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