This article presents lists of historical events related to the writing of poetry during 2004. The historical context of events related to the writing of poetry in 2004 are addressed in articles such as History of Poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

List of years in poetry (table)
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Events

Seamus Heaney visiting Kraków, Poland in August of this year
  • April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants. Naming names." Members and visitors contribute information which links judges and prize winners in various poetry contests in attempts to document whether some contests have been rigged.
  • February 16 — Edwin Morgan becomes Scotland's first ever official national poet, The Scots Makar, appointed by the Scottish Parliament.[1][2]
  • Jang Jin-sung defects from North Korea.[3]
  • Publication of remaining fragments of Sappho's Tithonus poem (6th/7th cent. BCE).
  • Samizdat poetry magazine, founded in 1998, ceases publication.
  • David and Helen Constantine relaunch Modern Poetry in Translation, a British journal focusing on the art of translating poetry. The magazine was founded in 1966 by Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort.[4]

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:

Australia

Anthologies in Australia

  • Anthony Lawrence, editor, The Best Australian Poetry 2004, Publisher: UQP
  • Les Murray, editor, The Best Australian Poems 2004, Publisher: Black Inc.

Canada

  • Robert Archambeau, Home and Variations (Salt)
  • Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida, winner of the 2004 Governor General's Award, the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2005 Pat Lowther Award, ISBN 0-7710-1591-7, American-Canadian
  • Jon Paul Fiorentino, Hello Serotonin (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-136-6
  • Susan Holbrook, Good Egg Bad Seed
  • Dennis Lee, So cool. Dennis Lee ; illustrations by Maryann Kovalski. Toronto : Key Porter.[5]
  • Don McKay, Camber, shortlisted for the 2005 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize (Canada)
  • Michael Ondaatje, Vintage Ondaatje, Vintage, ISBN 978-1-4000-7744-1[6]
  • Ian Samuels, The Ubiquitous Big (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-135-9
  • Mark Truscott, Said Like Reeds or Things (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-145-8
  • Julia Williams, The Sink House (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-146-5

India, in English

  • Meena Alexander, Raw Silk (Poetry in English), Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States[7]
  • Ajeet Cour and Nirupama Dutt, editors, Our Voices: An Anthology of SAARC Poetry, in various languages, with some translations into English; New Delhi: Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature[8]
  • Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Yellow Hibiscus: New and Selected Poems (Poetry in English), New Delhi: Penguin[9]
  • Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Robin Ngangom, editors, Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from the Northeast, Shillong: Nehu Publishing[10]
  • Jeet Thayil, English (Poetry in English), Penguin, Delhi and Rattapallax Press, New York, 2004. ISBN 1-892494-59-0; India, Indian poetry in English[11]
  • Mamang Dai, River Poems (Poetry in English), Kolkata: Writers Workshop[12]

Ireland

New Zealand

  • Diane Brown, Learning to Lie Together, Godwit
  • Paula Green, Crosswind, Auckland University Press
  • Mark Pirie, Ron Riddell and Saray Torres, editors, The 2nd Wellington International Poetry Festival Anthology, Wellington: HeadworX[13]
  • Kendrick Smithyman, Campana to Montale, Writers Group
  • Tusiata Avia, Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, Victoria University Press ISBN 9780864734747

Poets in Best New Zealand Poems

Poems from these 25 poets were selected by Robin Dudding for Best New Zealand Poems 2003, published online this year:

United Kingdom

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

United States

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

  • Anne Waldman and Lisa Birman, editors, Civil Disobediences: Poetics and Politics in Action, essays (Coffee House Press)

Anthologies in the United States

  • Mary Ann Caws, editor, Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry, (Yale University Press), Apollinaire and more than 100 other poets, bi-lingual
Poets in The Best American Poetry 2004

The 75 poets included in The Best American Poetry 2004, edited by David Lehman, co-edited this year by Lyn Hejinian:

Elsewhere

Works published in other languages

French language

France

  • Seyhmus Dagtekin, La langue mordue, Publisher: Le Castor Astral; Turkish poet writing in and published in French
  • Linda Maria Baros, Le Livre de signes et d’ombres, Publisher: Éditions Cheyne
  • Jean Max Tixier:
    • Editor, La Poésie française contemporaine, anthology, publisher: Cogito
    • Editor, Joyaux au sud / Juvaere din sud, traduit du roumain, anthology, publisher: Cogito
    • Le temps des mots, publisher: Pluie d'étoiles éditions

Canada, in French

India

In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:

Malayalam

Other in India

  • Ajeet Cour and Nirupama Dutt, editors, Our Voices: An Anthology of SAARC Poetry, in various languages, with some translations into English; New Delhi: Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature[8]
  • Jiban Narah, Suna mor Phul Koli, Guwahati, Assam: Banlata; Indian, Assamese-language[19]
  • Malathi Maithri, Viduthalaiyai Ezhuthuthal ("Writing Liberation"), Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam; Tamil-language[20]
  • Natyanubhava, Bikaner: Vagdevi Prakashan, ISBN 81-87482-49-4, anthology; Hindi-language[21]
  • Nirendranath Chakravarti, Mayabi Bondhon, Kolkata: Dey's Publishing; Bengali-language[22]
  • Sachin Ketkar, Bhintishivaicya Khidkitun Dokavtana, Mumbai: Abhidhanantar Prakashan; Marathi-language[23]
  • Tarannum Riyaz, editor, Biswin Sadi Mein Khwateen ka Urdu Adab ("Anthology of Twentieth Century Women's Writing in Urdu"), poetry, fiction and nonfiction anthology; New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 81-260-1620-5; Urdu-language[24]
  • Srijato, Udanta Sawb Joker ("All Those Flying Jokers"), Bengali-language
  • Veerankutty, Manthrikan ("Wizard"), Kottayam: DC Books; Malayalam-language[25]

Poland

  • Julia Hartwig, Bez pozegnania ("No Farewells"), 96 pages; Warsaw: Sic! ISBN 83-88807-60-9[26]
  • Ryszard Krynicki, Kamień, szron ("Stone, Rime"); Kraków: Wydawnictwo a5[27]
  • Ewa Lipska, Gdzie indziej, ("Somewhere else"); Kraków: Wydawnictwo literackie[28]
  • Tadeusz Różewicz, Wyjście ("Exit"), Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie[29]
  • Tomasz Różycki:
    • Dwanaście stacji ("Twelve Stations"), a book-length poem, awarded the 2004 Kościelski Prize; Kraków: Znak[30]
    • Wiersze, containing all the poems from Różycki's first four poetry books, Warsaw: Lampa i Iskra Boża[30]

Other languages

Awards and honors

Australia

Canada

New Zealand

  • Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement:
  • Montana New Zealand Book Awards First-book award for poetry: Cliff Fell, The Adulterer's Bible, Victoria University Press

United Kingdom

United States

Awards and honors in other nations

Deaths

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Edwin Morgan announced as the first Scots Makar, 2004". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  2. ↑ ASLS: A National Poet for Scotland. Archived September 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Kalder, Daniel (2013-05-01). "North Korean 'court poet' to publish memoir". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  4. ↑ Web page titled "Modern Poetry in Translation" at the website of Poetry Library Southbank Centre, retrieved December 14, 2008
  5. ↑ "Dennis Lee: Publications Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, Apr. 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943– )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008
  7. 1 2 Web page titled "Meena Alexander" Archived 2011-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
  8. 1 2 Web page titled "Nirupama Dutt" Archived 2010-07-28 at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
  9. ↑ Web page titled "Robin Ngangom" Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 27, 2010
  10. ↑ Daruwalla, Keki N., "Poetry and the Northeast: Foraging for a destiny", book review, The Hindu, November 7, 2004, retrieved July 15, 2010
  11. ↑ Web page titled "Jeet Thayil" Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 10, 2010
  12. ↑ Web page titled "Mamang Dai" at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010
  13. ↑ Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" Archived 2006-12-21 at the Wayback Machine at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
  14. ↑ 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. 2009-05-08.
  15. ↑ Web page titled "Denise Desautels" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine at L’Académie des lettres du Québec website (in French), retrieved October 20, 2010
  16. ↑ Web page titled "K. Satchidanandan" Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 11, 2010
  17. ↑ Web page titled "P. P. Ramachandran" Archived 2009-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 19, 2010
  18. ↑ Web page titled "Raghavan Atholi" Archived February 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 25, 2010
  19. ↑ Web page titled "Jiban Narah" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 10, 2010
  20. ↑ Web page titled "Malathi Maithri" Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 12, 2010
  21. ↑ Web page titled "Giriraj Kiradoo" Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 10, 2010
  22. ↑ Web page title "Nirendranath Chakravarti" Archived February 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
  23. ↑ Web page titled "Sachin Ketkar" Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 27, 2010
  24. ↑ Web page titled "Tarannum Riyaz" at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 29, 2010
  25. ↑ Web page titled "Veerankutty" Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved August 3, 2010
  26. ↑ Web page titled "Julia Hartwig, 'No Farewells'" at the Culture.pl website, retrieved March 1, 2010
  27. ↑ Web pages titled "Krynicki Ryszard" (both English version Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine and Polish version Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine), at the Institute Ksiazki ("Book Institute") website, "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 26, 2010
  28. ↑ Web pages titled "Lipska Ewa" (in English Archived 2011-09-16 at the Wayback Machine and Polish Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved March 1, 2010
  29. ↑ Web pages titled "Tadeusz Rozewicz" (in English Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine and Polish Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website , "Bibliography" sections, retrieved February 28, 2010
  30. 1 2 Web page titled "Tomasz Różycki", at Culture.pl website, retrieved March 1, 2010
  31. ↑ Web page titled "Übersicht erschienener Jahrbücher" Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine at Fischerverlage website, retrieved February 21, 2010
  32. ↑ Web page titled "Bibliography of Klaus Høeck", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 1, 2010
  33. ↑ Virginia Law and Library of Congress List of Poets Laureate of Virginia
  34. ↑ Pandya, Haresh, "Ahmed Faraz, Outspoken Urdu Poet, Dies at 77", obituary, The New York Times, September 1, 2008, retrieved December 10, 2008

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