Overview of the events of 1959 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Overview of the events of 1959 in poetry
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:
- Nissim Ezekiel, The Third ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: Strand Bookshop;[9]
- Keshav Malik, The Lake Surface and Other Poems ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Surge Publications[10]
- K. P. Budhey, Chant and Incense, Nagpur: Kusum Budhey[10]
- Prithwindra N. Mukherjee, A Rose-Bud's Song ( Poetry in English ), Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram[11]
- P. Lal and K. Raghavendra Rao, editors, Anglo-Indian Poetry, anthology, Delhi: Kavita[12]
- Patricia Beer, The Loss of the Magyar, a first book of poems[2]
- Edwin Bronk, An Attempt at Exorcism, Northwood, Middlesex: Scorpion Press[13]
- George Mackay Brown, Loaves and Fishes[14]
- Robert Graves, Collected Poems, the fourth version[2]
- James Harrison, Catchment Area, a first book of poems [2]
- Geoffrey Hill, For the Unfallen: Poems 1952–1958[15]
- P. J. Kavanagh, For the Unfallen[14]
- Laurence Lerner, Domestic Interior, a first book of poems [2]
- Christopher Logue, Songs[2]
- Louis MacNeice, Eighty-Five Poems[2]
- James Michie, Possible Laughter, a first book of poems [2]
- Spike Milligan, Silly Verse for Kids (including "On the Ning Nang Nong")
- I. A. Richards, Goodbye Earth, a first book of poems by a longtime critic[2]
- Anne Ridler, A Matter of Life and Death[2]
- Rex Taylor, Poems, a first book of poems[2]
- Vernon Watkins, Cypress and Acacia[14]
Anthologies in the United Kingdom
- W. H. Auden, Selected Poetry[16]
- Joseph Payne Brennan, The Dark Returners (collects a handful of poems as filler to the short fiction)
- Hayden Carruth, the Crow and the Heart, New York: Macmillan[13]
- Louis O. Coxe, The Wilderness, and Other Poems[2]
- Babette Deutsch, Coming of Age[16]
- Robert Duncan, Selected Poems, San Francisco: City Lights Books[13]
- William Everson (also known as "Brother Antoninus"), The Crooked Lines of God, University of Detroit Press[13]
- John Fandel, Testament, and Other Poems[2]
- Jean Garrigue, A Water Walk by Villa d'Este[16]
- Barbara Gibbs, The Green Chapel[2]
- Allen Ginsberg, Kaddish, written about his mentally-ill mother
- Ramon Guthrie, graffiti, New York: Macmillan[13]
- Donald Hall, Dark Houses[2]
- Edwin Honig, The Gazebos: Forty-One Poems, Clarke & Way[15]
- Barbara Howes, Light and Dark[2]
- Langston Hughes, Selected Poems[2]
- Jack Kerouac, Mexico City Blues[16]
- Kenneth Koch, Ko, or a Season on Earth[16]
- Denise Levertov, With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads, New York: New Directions[13]
- Robert Lowell, Life Studies, a book on his family and on his own life[2] that reflected stylistic changes that seemed more in line with the popular openness of Beat and Confessional poetry
- James Merrill, The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace, and Other Poems[2]
- W. S. Merwin, translation, The Poem of the Cid, London: Dent (American edition, 1962, New York: New American Library)[17]
- Marianne Moore, O to Be a Dragon[2]
- Vladimir Nabokov, Poems[16]
- Ogden Nash, Verses from 1929 On[16]
- Ned O'Gorman, The Night of the Hammer[2]
- Hyam Plutzik, Apples From Shinar[2]
- Ezra Pound, Thrones: 96–109 de los cantares[16]
- Charles Reznikoff, Inscriptions: 1944-1956, self-published
- Theodore Roethke, Words for the Wind[2]
- Delmore Schwartz, Summer Knowledge: New and Selected Poems 1938-1958, Garden City, New York: Doubleday[13]
- Louis Simpson, A Dream of Governors, Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press[13]
- W. D. Snodgrass, Heart's Needle[16]
- Gary Snyder, Riprap[16]
- Ruth Stone, In an Iridescent Time, New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company
- May Swenson, A Cage of Spines[2]
- David Wagoner, A Place to Stand[2]
- Reed Whittemore, The Self-Made Man
- Richard Wilbur, Advice to a Prophet and Other Poems, New York: Reynal and Hitchcock[13]
- James Wright, Saint Judas, Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press[2][13]
- Louis Zukofsky, A 1–12, published by Cid Corman's Origin Press
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
Other in English
- Frank Collymore, Collected Poems, Barbados[18]
- M. K. Joseph, The Living Countries, New Zealand[19]
- E. H. McCormick, New Zealand Literature, a Survey, acholarship, New Zealand[20]
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Music of Division, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, Australia
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:
French language
- Louis Aragon, Elsa[21]
- Yves Bonnefoy, L'Improbable[22]
- Aimé Césaire, Ferrements, Martinique poet published in France[23]
- Edmond Jabès, Je batis ma demeure, poemès 1943–1957[21]
- Michel Deguy, Meurtrières[23]
- Patrice de La Tour du Pin, Le Second Jeu[23]
- Henri Michaux, Paix dans les brisements, about his experiences taking mescaline[21]
- Saint-John Perse, Chronique, Marseilles: Cahiers du Sud[24]
- Boris Vian, Je voudrais crever[23]
Anthologies in France
- Roger Caillois and Jean Clarence Lambert, editors, Trésor de la poésie universelle[2]
- Max Pol Fouchet, De L'Amour au voyage, anthologie thématique de la poésie française[2]
- Paul Valéry wrote the preface to the new edition this year of Anthologie des poètes de la N. R. F.[2]
Les poèmes de l'année 1959
Alain Bosquet and Pierre Seghers, editors, Les poèmes de l'année 1959, with poems by:[25]
Criticism, scholarship and biography in France
- Maurice Beaulieu, Il fait clair de glaise[2]
- Olivier Marchand, Crier que je vis[2]
- Fernand Ouellet, Séquences de l'Aile[2]
Criticism, scholarship and biography in French Canada
- Editor not known, La Poésie et nous, a collection of essays on poetry[2]
- L. Ben-Amitai, Ahaliba[2]
- Leah Goldberg, Mukdam Umeuhar ("Early and Late")[2]
- Abraham Halfi, ka-Almonin ba-Geshem ("As the Unknown in the Rain")[2]
- Yeshurun Keshet, Hayim Genuzim ("Hidden Life")[2]
- Shimshon Meltzer, Or Zorua, ("Scattered Light")[2]
- Yonathan Ratush, Zela[2]
- Zalmen Shneur, a 10-volume collection of his poems[2]
United States
- M. S. Ben-Meir, Zel Utzlil ("Shadow and Sound"), posthumous[2]
- A. S. Schwartz, Shirim ("Poems"), posthumous[2]
Listed in alphabetical order by first name:
- Agyeya (pen name of Sachchidananda Vatsyayan), editor, Teesra Saptak, an anthology of seven poets, including Kunwar Narain), Bhratiya Jnanpith, ISBN 81-263-0822-2; Hindi-language[26]
- Harumal Isardas Sadarangani, Ruba'ivun; Sindhi-language[27]
- M. Gopalakrishna Adiga, Bhumigita; Kannada-language[27]
Anthologies in Italy
- Editor not known, Nuovi poeti, an anthology of Italian poetry since 1945[2]
- Salvatore Quasimodo, editor, Poesia italiana del dopoguerra, an anthology of Italian poetry since 1945[2]
Spanish language
Anthologies in Latin America
- P. Félix Restrepo, prologue and epilogue, Poemas de Colombia, published by the Colombian Academy, with biographical notes by Carlos López Narváez[2]
- Antonio de Undurraga, editor, Atlas de la poesía de Chile, including poetry from Guillermo Blest Gana and Luis Merino Reyes[2]
Criticism, scholarship and biography in Latin America
- Raúl Leiva, Imagen de la poesía mexicana contemporánea, concerning 29 poets
- B. Y. Bialostotsky, a book of poetry[2]
- M. Daych, a book of poetry[2]
- E. Korman, a book of poetry[2]
- H. Leyvik, Lider tsum eybikn ("Songs to the Eternal")[2]
- Efrayim Oyerbakh, a book of poetry[2]
- Y. Tsvi Shargel, a book of poetry[2]
Other
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 3 – Edwin Muir, 72 (born 1887), Scottish poet, novelist and translator
- February 20 – Zalman Shneur, 72, Hebrew-Yiddish poet and author[2]
- February 23 – Luis Palés Matos, Puerto Rican poet, of a heart attack
- April 4 – Sarah Cleghorn, American reformer and poet, 83
- April 8 – Kyoshi Takahama 高浜 虚子, pen name of Kiyoshi Takahama (born 1874), Japanese, Shōwa period poet; close disciple of Masaoka Shiki
- June 2 – Orelia Key Bell, 95, American poet
- June 9 – Ryuko Kawaji 川路柳虹, pen-name of Kawaki Makoto (born 1888), Japanese, Shōwa period poet and literary critic
- June 23 – Boris Vian, 39, French writer, poet, singer and musician
- July 6 – George Grosz (born 1893), German artist and poet, died from falling down a flight of stairs after a night drinking
- August 5 – Edgar Guest, 79, American poet known as the "poet of the people"
- August 21 – Denis Devlin (born 1908) Irish modernist poet and career diplomat
- September 16 – Roger-Arnould Rivière, 29, French poet, suicide
- September 18 – Benjamin Péret, 60, French poet and Surrealist
- December 27 – Alfonso Reyes, 70, Mexican poet,[2] and writer