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{{Year nav topic5|1937|poetry|literature}}Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events- Summer — In Nazi Germany, Wolfgang Willrich, a member of the SS, lampoons German expressionist poet Gottfried Benn in his book Säuberung des Kunsttempels; Heinrich Himmler, however, steps in to reprimand Willrich and defends Benn on the grounds of his pro-Nazi record since 1933 (his earlier artistic output being dismissed as irrelevant).
- Iowa Writers' Workshop is founded by Paul Engle at the University of Iowa
- George Hill Dillon becomes editor of Poetry Magazine, remaining in that post until 1949.
- Poems of colonial American pastor Edward Taylor (d. 1729) are first discovered and published.[1]
- W. B. Yeats concludes his recordings of his own verse and his broadcast lectures on the BBC (begun in 1936).[2]
Works published in EnglishCanada- Wilson MacDonald, Comber Cove. Toronto: S.J.R. Saunders.[3]
- E. J. Pratt, The Fable of the Goats and Other Poems, Toronto: Macmillan.[4] Governor General's Award 1937.
India, in English- Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, Strange Journey ( Poetry in English ), Madras: Shakti Karyalayam[5]
- P. R. Kaikini, This Civilization ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: New Book Co.[6]
- Iqbal Ali Shah, editor, The Coronation Book of Oriental Literature ( Poetry in English ), London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 404 pages; anthology; Indian poetry published in the United Kingdom[7]
United Kingdom- W. H. Auden, Spain[8]
- W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice, Letters from Iceland, partly poetry[8]
- George Barker, Calamiterror[8]
- John Betjeman, Continual Dew: A little book of bourgeois verse,[8] including "The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel"
- Edmund Blunden, A Ballad of Titles, An elegy, and other poems and Uneasy Quiet
- Walter de la Mare, This Year, Next Year, illustrations by Harold Jones, Faber
- David Jones, In Parenthesis, frontispiece by author, Faber
- Charles Madge, The Disappearing Castle[8]
- Edwin Muir, Journeys and Places[8]
- Enoch Powell, First Poems, Oxford: Blackwell[9]
- Isaac Rosenberg, Collected Works, foreword by Siegfried Sassoon; posthumously published[8]
- Iqbal Ali Shah, editor, The Coronation Book of Oriental Literature, London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 404 pages; anthology; Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom[7]
- Stevie Smith, A Good Time Was Had By All[8]
United States- W. H. Auden, with Louis MacNeice, Letters from Iceland[10]
- R. P. Blackmur, From Jordan's Delight[10]
- Louise Bogan, the Sleeping Fury[10]
- Richard Eberhart, Reading the Spirit[10]
- Robert Hillyer, A Letter to Robert Frost and Others[10]
- Robinson Jeffers, Such Counsels You Gave to Me[10]
- Josephine Johnson, Year's End[10]
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, Conversation at Midnight[10]
- Ezra Pound, The Fifth Decad of Cantos[10]
- May Sarton, Encounter in April[10]
- Dr. Seuss, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, the author's first book; for children
- Wallace Stevens, The Man with the Blue Guitar, and Other Poems, includes "The Man With the Blue Guitar," "A Thought Revolved," and "The Men That Are Falling", Knopf[11]
- Allen Tate, Selected Poems[10]
Other in English- Allen Curnow, Enemies: Poems 1934–36 (Caxton), New Zealand
- Robin Hyde, Wednesday's Children, New Zealand
- Seaforth Mackenzie, Our Earth, Sydney: Angus and Robertson; Australia
Works published in FrenchCanada- Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Regards et jeux dans l'espace [12]
France- Jacques Audiberti, Race des hommes[13]
- Rene-Guy Cadou, Les Brancardiers de l'aube, the author's first book of poems, published when he was 17 years old[13]
- Pierre Jean Jouve, Matière celeste[14]
- Max Jacob, Morceaux choisis[14]
- Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz-Milosz, also known as O. V. de L. Milosz, Dix-sept Poèmes de Milosz[14]
- Henri Michaux, Plume, précédé de Lointain intérieur[14]
- Pierre Reverdy, Ferraille[14]
- Philippe Soupault, Poésies Complètes 1917–1973[14]
Works published in other languagesIndian subcontinentIncluding all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname: Bengali- Mallavarapu Visveswara Rao, Madukila, notable for its style, sentiments and various metrics[39]
- Rabindranath Tagore:
- Khapchada, short, humorous and frivolous poems in the style of nursery rhymes[39]
- Chadar Chabi[39]
- Samar Sen, Kayekti Kabita, Indian, Bengali-language[39]
- Sudhindranath Dutta, Krandasi[39]
Telugu- Gangula Sayi Reddi, Kapu bidda, poems on the condition of farmers; Telugu[39]
- Gurram Jashuva, editor, Khanda Kavyamu or Jashuva Khandakavyalu, in seven volumes, published from this year to 1949; anthology of Telagu poetry[39]
- Peer Aziz Ullah Haqqani, Qissa-e-Mumtaz E Benazir, a large masnavi of Romantic mysticism; Telugu; posthumous[39]
- Srirangam arayanababu, Rudhirajyoti, Telugu[39]
- Vedula Satyanarayan Shastri, Dipavali, romantic lyrics, Telugu[39]
Urdu- Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi Noor-e-Mashriq (The Light of the East) - Collection of nazms, geets and sonnets published by Jyoti Prasad Gupta, Jyoti Printing Works, Esplanade, Delhi in 1937.
Other Indian languages- Anupa Sharma, Siddharth, a Hindi epic in 18 chapters on the story of Gautama Buddha[39]
- D. R. Bendre, also known as Ambikatanaya Datta, Sakhigita, the title poem is autobiographical; Kannada[39]
- Devandas Kishinani, 'Purab Sandes, Indian, Sindhi-language[15]
- Ghulam Mohammad Hanafi, Jang-e Amir Hamza, a Jangnama, based on an episode in the movement to spread Islam; Kashmiri[15]
- Hijam Anganhal Simha, Singel Indu, a long narrative Meitei poem[15]
- Manjewshwara Govinda Pai, Golgotha, long narrative poem on the final days of Jesus Christ, Kannada[15]
- Riddhinath Jha, Pravasi Mithiles, verses praising the Maharaja of Darbhanga; Maithili[15]
- Siyaramsharan Gupta, Bapu, on Gandhi and his ideology, Hindi[15]
Spanish languagePeru- Xavier Abril, Descubrimiento del alba[16]
- José Santos Chocano, Poemas de amor doliente, Peru[17]
- Manuel Moreno Jimeno, Así bajaron los perros[16]
- Luis Fabio Xammar, Waino[16]
Other in Spanish- Miguel Hernández, Viento del pueblo; Spain[18]
Other- Amir Hamzah, Nyanyi Sunyi, Dutch East Indies
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
- Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: The Fable of the Goats, E. J. Pratt [19]
BirthsDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - January 1:
- John Fuller, English poet and author
- Dilwar Khan (died 2013), Bengali poet
- January 14 – J. Bernlef, born Hendrik Jan Marsman (died 2012), Dutch poet, novelist and translator
- February 21 – Mervyn Morris, Jamaican poet
- April 10 – Bella Akhmadulina (died 2010), Russian poet
- April 23 – Coleman Barks, American poet who, although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, is nonetheless renowned as a translator of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia
- April 30 – Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright
- May 11 – Michael Heller, American poet
- May 21 – Glen Sorestad, Canadian poet
- June 8 – Gillian Clarke, native Welsh, English-language poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator (from Welsh)
- June 10 – Susan Howe, American poet and critic closely associated with the Language poets
- July 10 – Kurt Bartsch, German poet[20]
- July 29 – Eleanor Wilner, American poet and editor
- August 3
- Marvin Bell, American poet
- Diane Wakoski, American poet associated with the "deep image" poets and the Beats
- September 14 – Douglas Oliver (died 2000), British poet
- October 11 – R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, critic and translator
- November 4 – W. Dabney Stuart, American poet
- November 9
- Roger McGough, English poet
- S. Abdul Rahman (died 2017), Tamil poet
- November 11 – Alicia Ostriker, American poet and academic
- November 19 – Meg Campbell (died 2007), New Zealand poet and wife of Alistair Campbell
- December 1 – Eugene B. Redmond, African American poet
- December 31 – Nicolas Born (died 1979), German poet
- Also:
- Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Lebanese-born French poet, novelist and beauty queen
- Parijat, पारिजात, Bishnu Kumari Waiba (died 1993), Nepalese novelist and poet
- John Riley (died 1978), English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival
DeathsDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - March 8 – Albert Verwey (born 1865), Dutch poet
- June 22 – Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (born 1901?), Malagasy poet writing in French; suicide
- July 18 – Julian Bell (born 1908), English poet, and a member of a family whose notable members include his parents, Clive and Vanessa Bell; his aunt, Virginia Woolf; his younger brother, writer Quentin Bell; and his half-sister, writer and painter Angelica Garnett; killed in the Spanish Civil War
- August 11 – Edith Wharton (born 1862), American novelist, short story writer, designer and poet
- September 8 – Anna Hempstead Branch (born 1875), American poet
- October 22 – Chūya Nakahara 中原 中也 (born 1907), early Shōwa period Japanese poet (surname: Nakahara)
- December 26 – Ivor Gurney (born 1890), English composer and poet; tuberculosis while suffering delusional insanity
- December 29 – Don Marquis (born 1878), American poet, artist, newspaper columnist, humorist, playwright and author best known for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel"
- Also – Constance Woodrow (born 1899), English-born Canadian poet
See also{{portal|Poetry}}- Poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry
Notes1. ^By Thomas H. Johnson, in The New England Quarterly.
2. ^{{cite book|last1=Mac Liammoir|first1=Michael|first2=Eavan|last2=Boland|title=W. B. Yeats|publisher=Thames and Hudson|series=Thames and Hudson Literary Lives|location=London|year=1971|pages=121–122}}
3. ^Search results: Wilson MacDonald, Open Library, Web, May 10, 2011.
4. ^"Bibliography," Selected Poems of E. J. Pratt, Peter Buitenhuis ed., Toronto: Macmillan, 1968, 207-208.
5. ^Naik, M. K., [https://books.google.com/books?id=FcH2MUnlQjQC&printsec=frontcover#PRA1-PA230,M1 Perspectives on Indian poetry in English], p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, {{ISBN|0-391-03286-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-391-03286-6}}), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
6. ^Vinayak Krishna Gokak, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WLE8GVsAfEMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 322], New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), {{ISBN|81-260-1196-3}}, retrieved August 6, 2010
7. ^1 Joshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies", "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. [https://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1245387339727529 Archived] 2009-06-19.
8. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.enochpowell.net/works-by-enoch-powell.html2010/07/|title=Works by Enoch Powell|publisher=enochpowell.net}}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
10. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite book|author1=Ludwig, Richard M. |author2=Nault, Clifford A. Jr. |title=Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983|year=1986|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=6576 |title=Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) |publisher=Poetry Foundation |accessdate=2009-04-09 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5gWnx8xAO?url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=6576 |archivedate=2009-05-04 |deadurl=no |df= }}
12. ^{{citation|first=David M. |last=Hayne |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/hector-de-saint-denys-garneau/ |title=Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau |work=The Canadian Encyclopedia |date=2011-02-10 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716225729/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003165 |archivedate=2011-07-16 |df= }}.
13. ^1 Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
14. ^1 2 3 4 5 Auster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982 {{ISBN|0-394-52197-8}}
15. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Das, Sisir Kumar and various, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&printsec=frontcover History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2], 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, {{ISBN|978-81-7201-798-9}}, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
16. ^1 2 Fitts, Dudley. (1947). Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry/Antología de la Poesía Americana Contemporánea. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions; London: The Falcoln Press ("Printed in U.S.A."). pp. 589, 621, 649.
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ale.uji.es/chocano.htm |title=José Santos Chocano |publisher=Jaume University |accessdate=2011-08-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823025830/http://www.ale.uji.es/chocano.htm |archivedate=2012-08-23 |df= }}
18. ^Debicki, Andrew P., [https://books.google.com/books?id=-ILdirPqzlgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Modernity and Beyond], p 43, University Press of Kentucky, 1995, {{ISBN|978-0-8131-0835-3}}, retrieved via Google Books, November 21, 2009
19. ^"Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514183017/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf |date=2011-05-14 }}, Canada Council. Web, Feb. 10, 2011.
20. ^{{cite book|editor=Hofmann, Michael|title=Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology|publisher=Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux|year=2006}}
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