1995 in poetry explained
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
- February 16 – It is announced that 300 poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge have been discovered.
- February 17 – Sotheby's announce discovery of four Walt Whitman notebooks.
- March 1 – The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea (Wales) is opened by Jimmy Carter.[1]
- May 26 – Cannes Film Festival première of movie Dead Man, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, about a man named William Blake on a trek through the American West who is taken as the resurrected Romantic poet by a character named Nobody.
Works published
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Mosaics & Mirrors: Composite poems (Black Pepper)
- Margaret Atwood, Morning in the Burned House, McClelland & Stewart
- Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry, Knopf
- Roy Miki, Random Access File, Canada
- John Reibetanz, Morning Watch[2]
- Joe Rosenblatt, A Tentacled Mother. (in the original plus new sonnets) Exile.[3]
- Joe Rosenblatt,The Rosenblatt Reader. (selected poems and prose, 1962–1995) Exile.[3]
- Raymond Souster, No Sad Songs Wanted Here. Ottawa: Oberon Press.[4]
- Meena Alexander, River and Bridge (Poetry in English), Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India[5]
- Sujata Bhatt, The Stinking Rose (Poetry in English), Carcanet Press and New Delhi: Penguin[6]
- Keki Daruwalla, A Summer of Tigers (Poetry in English), New Delhi: Indus[7]
- A. K. Ramanujan, The Collected Poems of A.K. Ramanujan (Poetry in English), Delhi: Oxford University Press; posthumously published[8]
- Sudeep Sen, Dali’s Twisted Hands (Poetry in English), New York City: White Swan Books; Leeds: Peepal Tree, [9]
- Tejdeep, Caught in a Stampede (Poetry in English), New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Limited[10]
- K. Satchidanandan, Summer Rain: Three Decades of Poetry, edited by R. D. Yuyutsu; New Delhi: Nirala Publishers[11]
- Patrick Crotty (editor), editor, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., [12]
- Gerald Dawe, Heart of Hearts, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press,
- John Montague, Collected Poems, including "Small Secrets", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[13]
- Maurice Riordan, A Word from the Loki, including "Milk", "A Word from the Loki" and "Time Out"", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom[13]
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963) and Jacqueline Simms, editors, The Oxford Book of Creatures, verse and prose anthology, Oxford: Oxford University Press[14]
- Jenny Bornholdt, How We Met, New Zealand
- Janet Charman, end of the dry, Auckland: Auckland University Press[15]
- Robin Hyde, The Victory Hymn, 1935-1995, with an essay by Michele Leggott; Auckland: Holloway Press, New Zealand
- Mark Williams and Michele Leggott, editors, Opening the Book : New Essays on New Zealand Writing Auckland: Auckland University Press, criticism
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963) and Jacqueline Simms, editors, The Oxford Book of Creatures, verse and prose anthology, Oxford: Oxford University Press[14]
- James Berry, Hot Earth, Cold Earth[16]
- Alison Brackenbury, 1829, Carcanet Press,
- Gerry Cambridge, The Shell House, Scottish Cultural Press, [17]
- Flora Garry, Collected poems
- Tony Harrison, The Shadow of Hiroshima[16]
- Ted Hughes, New Selected Poems 1957–1994[16]
- Jan Kochanowski
Laments, a cycle of Polish Renaissance elegies, translated by Seamus Heaney and Stanisław Barańczak, Faber & Faber
- Michael Longley, The Ghost Orchid[16]
- Derek Mahon, The Hudson Letter. Gallery Press
- Sean O'Brien, Ghost Train[16] (Oxford University Press)
- Peter Reading, Collected Poems 1970–1984[16]
- Maurice Riordan, A Word from the Loki Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Carol Rumens, Best China Sky[16]
- Labi Siffre, Blood on the Page
- R.S. Thomas, No Truce with the Furies
- Charles Tomlinson, Jubilation[16]
Anthologies in the United Kingdom
- Simon Armitage, Tony Harrison and Sean O'Brien, Penguin Modern Poets 5 (Penguin)
- Eavan Boland, Carol Ann Duffy and Vicki Feaver, Penguin Modern Poets 2, Penguin[18]
- Roderick Watson, editor, The Poetry of Scotland: Gaelic, Scots and English, 1380–1980, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (anthology)[19]
- Stella Chipasula and Frank Chipasula, editors, The Heinemann book of African women's poetry, London: Heinemann (anthology)[19]
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom
- Meena Alexander, River and Bridge, Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India[5]
- Meena Alexander, River and Bridge, Toronto: TSAR Press and New Delhi: Rupa, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States and India[5]
- Ralph Angel, Nether World
- John Ashbery, Can You Hear, Bird?
- Matthew Rohrer, ‘’A Hummock in the Malookas’’
- Joseph Brodsky
On Grief and Reason: Essays, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux[20] Russian-American
- Henri Cole, The Look of Things
- Nicholas Coles & Peter Oresick, For a Living (University of Illinois Press)
- Alice Fulton, Sensual Math
- Michael S. Harper, Honorable Amendments[21]
- Fanny Howe, O'Clock
- Walter K. Lew, editor, Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American poetry, New York: Kaya Productions[19]
- James Merrill, A Scattering of Salts (his last book)
- Carl Rakosi, Poems, 1923-1941
- Mary Oliver, Blue Pastures
- Michael Palmer, At Passages
- Molly Peacock, Original Love
- Carl Phillips, Cortége[22]
- Giorgos Seferis, Complete Poems (in English), translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
Richard Howard is the guest editor for The Best American Poetry 1995 (David Lehman, series editor). Howard changes the rules of inclusion for this year: "[P]oets whose work has appeared three or more times in this series are here and now ineligible, as are all seven former editors of the series." A total of 75 poems are included.[23]
Poems from these 75 poets were in this year's anthology:
Other in English
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:
- Katrine Marie Guldager, Styrt, publisher: Gyldendal[24]
- Klaus Høeck
- 1001 Digt, publisher: Gyldendal[25]
- Hommage, publisher: Basilisk[25]
French language
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
- Amarjit Chandan, Jarhan, Aesthetic Publications, Ludhiana; Punjabi-language[27]
- Basudev Sunani, Aneka Kichhi Ghatibaara Achhi, Nuapada: Eeshan-Ankit Prakashani; Oraya-language[28]
- Chandrakanta Murasingh, Holong Kok Sao Bolong Bisingo, Agartala: Shyamlal Debbarma, Kokborok Sahitya Sanskriti Samsad; India, Kokborok-language[29]
- Debarati Mitra, Kavitasamagra, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-language[30]
- Dilip Chitre, Ekoon Kavita – 2, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan; Marathi-language[31]
- Kedarnath Singh, Uttar Kabir aur Anya Kavitayen, Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi[32]
- Namdeo Dhasal, Ya Sattet Jeev Ramat Nahi; Marathi-language[33]
- Nirupama Dutt, Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi ("A Stream Somewhat Dark"); Panchkula: Aadhar Prakashan; Punjabi-language[34]
- Nirendranath Chakravarti, Shotyo Shelukash, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; Bengali-language[35]
- Saroop Dhruv, Salagti Havao, Ahmedabad: Samvedan Sanskritic Manch, Ahmedabad; Gujarati-language[36]
- Udayan Vajpeyi
- Hindi-language:
- Kuchh Vakya, New Delhi: Vani Prakashan[37]
- Pagal Ganitagya Ki Kavitayen, New Delhi: Vani Prakashan[37]
Other languages
- Stanisław Barańczak, Slon, traba i ojczyzna ("The Elephant, the Trunk, and the Polish Question"), light verse; Kraków: Znak; Poland[38]
- Mario Benedetti, El olvido está lleno de memoria ("Oblivion Is Full of Memory"), published in Spain, Uruguay[39]
- Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Joachim Sartorius, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 1995/96 ("Poetry Yearbook 1995/96"), publisher: Beck; anthology; Germany[40]
- Chen Kehua, Qiankantou shi ("Head-hunting Poems") Chinese (Taiwan)[41]
- Limaza tarakt al-hissan wahidan (Why did you leave the horse alone?), 1995. English translation 2006 by Jeffrey Sacks
Awards and honors
Seamus Heaney
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
Bruce Beaver - Anima and Other Poems
Selected poems 1956-1994 by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Peter Boyle, Coming Home From the World
Jordie Albiston - Nervous Arcs
Keith Maillard, Dementia Americana
John Barton, Designs from the Interior
Anne Szumigalski, Voice (English); Émile Martel, Pour orchestre et poète seul (French)
Beth Goobie, Scars of Light
Rachel Leclerc, Rabatteurs d'étoiles
Linda Rogers, Hard Candy
Marlène Belley, Les jours sont trop longs pour se mentir
Michael Jackson, Pieces of Music
Michele Leggott, Dia
U. A. Fanthorpe, Christopher Reid, C. H. Sisson, Kit Wright
Colette Bryce, Sophie Hannah, Tobias Hill, Mark Wormald
Sandy Solomon, Pears, Lake, Sun
Maxine Kumin
Vijay Seshadri, "Lifeline"
Kenneth Koch
Robert Hass appointed
Philip Levine, The Simple Truth
A.R. Ammons
James Tate
Lucy Grealy, James L. McMichael, Mary Ruefle
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets
Denise Levertov
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 28 – George Woodcock, 82 (born 1912), Canadian poet, biographer, academic and prominent anarchist
- February 6 – James Merrill, 68 (born 1926), American poet, of a heart attack
- April 14 – Brian Coffey, 89 (born 1905), Irish poet and publisher
- April 22 – Jane Kenyon, 47 (born 1947), American poet, of leukemia
- May 11 – David Avidan, 61 (born 1934), Israeli Hebrew-language poet
- July 7 – Helene Johnson, 89 (born 1906), African American poet, after osteoporosis
- July 16:
- September 3 – Earle Birney, 91 (born 1904), Canadian poet
- September 13 – Maheswar Neog, 80 (born 1915), Indian, Assamese-language scholar and poet
- September 18 – Donald Davie, 73 (born 1922), English poet, of cancer
- September 26 – Lynette Roberts, 86 (born 1909), Welsh poet[42]
- October 22 – Kingsley Amis, 73 (born 1922), English novelist and poet, after a fall
- November 5 – Essex Hemphill, 38 (born 1957), African American poet and gay activist, from complications relating to AIDS
- December 30 – Heiner Müller, 66 (born 1929), German dramatist and poet
See also
Notes
- Web site: Dylan Thomas Centre: University of Wales leases Swansea building. BBC. 23 February 2012. 21 July 2012.
- Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003,, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
- "Joe Rosenblatt: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011.
- "Notes on Life and Works," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011.
- Web page titled "Meena Alexander", Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
- Web page titled "Sujata Bhatt", Sawnet website, retrieved July 27, 2010
- Web page titled "Keki Daruwalla", Poetry International website, retrieved July 12, 2010
- Akshaya Kumar, "The Great Masquerade: Theory as Poetry in A.K. Ramanunan's Poetic Discourse",, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons,, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
- Web page titled "Sudeep Sen", Poetry International website, retrieved July 28, 2010
- P. Hannah Padma, "25. The Making of the Self: A Study of Tejdeep's Poetry", p 277, in Indian English Poetry: Critical Perspectives, edited by Jaydipsinh Dodiya, 2000, Delhi: Prabhat Kumar Sharma for Sarup & Sons,, retrieved via Google Books on July 17, 2010
- Web page titled "K. Satchidanandan", Poetry International website, retrieved July 11, 2010
- Information from the book itself
- Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995,
- http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/adcock.htm Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File"
- Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article
- Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
- http://www.gerrycambridge.com/publications.html "Publications" page
- O’Reilly, Elizabeth (either author of the "Critical Perspective" section or of the entire contents of the web page, titled "Carol Ann Duffy" at Contemporary Poets website, retrieved May 4, 2009
- http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/bibliography_2001.html "Select General Bibliography for Representative Poetry On-Line"
- http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1987/brodsky-bibl.html
- http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/277 Web page titled "Michael S. Harper"
- McClatchy, J. D., editor, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, second edition, Vintage Books (Random House), 2003
- Howard, Richard, "Introduction", page 16
- Lundtofte, Anne Mette, translated by Anne Mette Lundtofte, "Author Profile: Katrine Marie Guldager", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, dated "2005", retrieved January 1, 2010
- Web page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
- Web page titled "Denise Desautels" at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010
- Web page titled "Amarjit Chandan" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- Web page titled "Basudev Sunani" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- Web page titled "Chandrakant Shah" at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 8, 2010
- Web page title "Debarati Mitra", at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 8, 2010
- Web page titled "Dilip Chitre", Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- Web page titled "Kedarnath Singh" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010
- Web page titled "Namdeo Dhasal", Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
- Web page titled "Nirupama Dutt" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
- Web page title "Nirendranath Chakravarti", at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
- Web page titled "Saroop Dhruv" at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 27, 2010
- Web page titled "Udayan Vajpeyi" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved August 2, 2010
- Web page titled "Rymkiewicz Jaroslaw Marek", at the Institute Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 24, 2010
- Web page titled "Biblioteca de autores contemporaneos / Mario Benedetti - El autor"(in Spanish), retrieved May 27, 2009. 2009-05-30.
- Web page titled "Übersicht erschienener Jahrbücher" at Fischerverlage website, retrieved February 21, 2010
- Poetry International website Web page on Chen Kehua, retrieved November 22, 2008
- News: Obituary: Lynette Roberts. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lynette-roberts-1603243.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. 1995-09-28. Meic Stephens. Meic. Stephens. The Independent. London. 2019-08-11.
