1978 in poetry explained

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

Events

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:

Other in English

Works 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:

Arabic language

French language

German language

Criticism, scholarship and biography in Germany

Hebrew language

Listed in alphabetical order by first name:

Spanish language

Other

Awards and honors

Other

Births

Deaths

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

Notes

  1. Roberts, Neil (ed.), A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, Part III, Chapter 3, "Canadian Poetry", by Cynthia Messenger, Blackwell Publishing, 2003,, retrieved January 3, 2009
  2. "Earle Birney: Published Works," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, May 3, 2011.
  3. "Notes on Life and Works," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, May 7, 2011.
  4. James Steele, "Johnston, George Benson," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 1114.
  5. "Irving Layton: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, Web, May 7, 2011.
  6. "Dennis Lee: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, Apr. 19, 2011.
  7. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=5142 "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943-)"
  8. "Joe Rosenblatt: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online. March 22, 2011.
  9. http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_Archives/bright/woodcock/woodbiblio.html "The Works of George Woodcock"
  10. Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230 (Abhinav Publications, 1984,,), retrieved June 12, 2009
  11. Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995,
  12. http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9272 "Thomas McCarthy"
  13. Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
  14. Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6.
  15. Web site: Books by Fenton. jamesfenton.com. 2012-03-10. 2016-08-08.
  16. News: Obituary: A. Norman Jeffares. The Guardian. London. John Sutherland (author). John. Sutherland. 2005-06-14. 2008-04-22.
  17. Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
  18. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=1837 "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)"
  19. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=4676 "W. S. Merwin (1927-)"
  20. Web site: Seaton . Peter . Agreement . Eclipse . 27 March 2024.
  21. Book: Hayes, Jarrod. Aba, Noureddine. Encyclopedia of African Literature. 2003. Routledge. 0-415-23019-5. Gikandi, Simon.
  22. Auster, Paul, editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry: with Translations by American and British Poets, New York: Random House, 1982
  23. Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al. (eds), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Anthologies in German" section, pp. 473-74.
  24. Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al. (eds), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "German Poetry" article, "Criticism in German" section, p. 474.
  25. Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi,, retrieved December 23, 2008
  26. http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2717 "Debarati Mitra"
  27. http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=13518 "Dilip Chitre"
  28. Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature", in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson (eds), Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996,, retrieved December 10, 2008
  29. http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2723 "K. Satchidanandan"
  30. http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=16074 "K. Siva Reddy"
  31. http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=11144 "Nirendranath Chakravarti"
  32. http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=11819 "Sitanshu Yashaschandra"
  33. http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=15346 "Varavara Rao"
  34. http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,139.php "Rymkiewicz Jaroslaw Marek"
  35. "Krynicki Ryszard" (both English version and Polish version), Institute Ksiazki ("Book Institute"), "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 26, 2010
  36. "Lipska Ewa" (in English and Polish), Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website, "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 1, 2010
  37. Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al. (eds), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Polish Poetry" article, "Anthologies" section, pp. 959-60.
  38. "Some information about Adam Zagajewski" http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/arts_culture/literature/poetry/zagajewski/bio/adzag.htm, cached page from the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts website, cached on February 24, 2005 by the "Info-Poland" website, retrieved February 25, 2010
  39. http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=13003&ArticleId=341019 "Chile National Literature Prize Winner Alfonso Calderon Dies"
  40. http://www.danishliterature.info/index.php?id=2092&no_cache=1&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[stage]=5&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[uid]=115&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[lang]=_eng "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck"
  41. Book: Boylan, Henry. 1998. A Dictionary of Irish Biography. 3rd. 350. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan. 0-7171-2945-4.
  42. https://web.archive.org/web/20100603220605/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ieI2FGJE_iHvnj8A6Y59KWc8YuhA "Famed Russian poet Voznesensky dies at 77"
  43. Web site: UeLEX. Walter Fischer, 1901–1978.
  44. Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M. (ed), Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology, pp. 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009

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