1992 in poetry

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Events

The Forward Prizes for Poetry in the U.K. are initiated and The Forward Book of Poetry, an associated annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication is selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year. Each year, 50 to 80 poems are selected.[1]
The first wall poems in Leiden are installed.

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:

Australia

Chris Mansell, Shining Like a Jinx
Les Murray, Translations from the Natural World,[2] winner of the 1993 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
A. B. Paterson, A. B. Paterson, Selected Poems, edited by Les Murray, Collins/Angus & Robertson, 1992, 1996, posthumous[2]

Canada

Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs, winner of the Gerald Lampert Award
Irving Layton, Fornalutx: Selected Poems, 1928-1990. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.[3]
George Woodcock, George Woodcock's Introduction to Canadian Poetry, Toronto: ECW Press[4]

India, in English

Jayanta Mahapatra, A Whiteness of Bone ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Penguin Books[5]
Rukmini Bhaya Nair, The Hyoid Bone ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Penguin[6]
Jeet Thayil and Vijay Nambisan, Gemini-2 ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Penguin-Viking[7]
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, editor, Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets, Arundhathi Subramaniam has called the volume a significant and influential work in Indian poetry[8]
Ranjit Hoskote and Mangesh Kulkarni, translators, A Terrorist of the Spirit, translation of Vasant Abaji Dahake's Yogabhrashta from the original Marathi into English; New Delhi: Harper Collins/Indus[9]

Ireland

Harry Clifton, The Desert Route, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-092-5
Seán Dunne, The Sheltered Nest, including "Sydney Place", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press,[10] ISBN 978-1-85235-084-0
Peter Fallon, Eye to Eye, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-100-7

New Zealand

Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963), translation of Letters from Darkness: Poems, by Daniela Crasnaru, Oxford: Oxford University Press[11]
Alistair Campbell, Stone Rain: The Polynesian Strain, Auckland: Hazard Press

United Kingdom

Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963), translation of Letters from Darkness: Poems, by Daniela Crasnaru, Oxford: Oxford University Press[11]
Simon Armitage:
- Kid[12]
- Xanadu[12]
George Mackay Brown:
- Brodgar Poems[12]
- The Lost Village[12]
Stewart Brown, Caribbean Poetry Now (2nd revised edition), London: Edward Arnold (anthology)[13]
Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns[12]
Carol Ann Duffy:
- William and the Ex-Prime Minister, Anvil Press Poetry, a 16-page pamphlet, ISBN 978-0-85646-253-5[14]
- Editor, I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine, Viking (anthology)[15]
Douglas Dunn, editor, Faber Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry, London: Faber and Faber (anthology)[13]
Gavin Ewart, Like It Or Not[12]
U. A. Fanthorpe, Neck-Verse[12]
Thom Gunn:
- The Man With Night Sweats[12]
- Old Stories[12]
Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon[12]
Seamus Heaney:
- The Golden Bough, Bonnefant Press
- Sweeney's Flight (with Rachel Giese, photographer), Faber & Faber
Adrian Henri, The Cerise Swimsuit[12]
Ted Hughes, Rain-Charm for the Duchy[12]
Elizabeth Jennings, Times and Seasons[12]
P. J. Kavanagh, Collected Poems[12]
James Kirkup, Shooting Stars[12]
Derek Mahon, The Yaddo Letter, Gallery Press
George MacBeth, The Patient[12]
Roger McGough, Defying Gravity[12]
David Owen, editor, Seven Ages: poetry for a lifetime, anthology
Peter Porter, The Chair of Babel[12]
Kathleen Raine, Living With Mystery[12]
Peter Reading:
- Evagatory[12]
- 3 in 1[12]
Peter Redgrove, Under the Reservoir[12]
Jeremy Reed, Black Sugar, illustrated by Jean Cocteau[12]
William Scammell, Bleeding Heart Yard[12]
Jo Shapcott, Phrase Book[12]
Penelope Shuttle, Taxing the Rain[12]
Jon Silkin, The Lens-Breakers[12]
David Storey, Storey's Lives: 1951-1991[12]
R.S. Thomas, Mass for Hard Times[12]
Charles Tomlinson, The Door in the Wall[12]
Benjamin Zephaniah, City Psalms[12]

United States

Sherman Alexie, The Business of Fancy Dancing[16]
John Ashbery, Hotel Lautréamont
Renée Ashley, Salt
Jack Gilbert, The Great Fires
Anthony Kellman, editor, Crossing Water: Contemporary Poetry of the English-Speaking Caribbean, Greenfield Center, New York: Greenfield Review Press (anthology)[13]
Zoe Leonard, I want a president
N. Scott Momaday, In the Presence of the Sun, combination of poetry and nonfiction[16]
Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems
Simon Ortiz, Woven Stone, combination of poetry and nonfiction[16]
Grace Paley, New and Collected Poems
Carl Phillips, In the Blood[17]
Gjertrud Schnackenberg, A Gilded Lapse of Time
Lloyd Schwartz, Goodnight, Gracie [18]
Patti Smith, Woolgathering
James Wright, Above the River: Complete Poems, introduction by Donald Hall (posthumous)

Poets included in The Best American Poetry 1992

These 75 poets are included in The Best American Poetry 1992 edited by David Lehman, with guest editor Charles Simic:

Other

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, The Astrakhan Cloak, including "Caitlin", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[10]

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:

Danish

Naja Marie Aidt, Et Vanskeligt mode ("A Difficult Encounter"), second volume of a poetic trilogy which started with Sålænge jeg er ung ("As Long as I’m Young") 1991, and ended with Det tredje landskap ("The Third Landscape") 1994

Canada, in French

Denise Desautels, Le saut de l'ange, autour de quelques objets de Martha Townsend, Montréal/Amay, Le Noroît /L'Arbre à paroles[19]
Jean Royer, Le lien de la terre, Trois-Rivières: Écrits des Forges / Paris: Europe poésie[20]

France

Olivier Barbarant, Les parquets du ciel, publisher: Editions Champ Vallon, ISBN 978-2-87673-140-0
Michel Houellebecq, La Poursuite du bonheur, poèmes, La Différence
Abdellatif Laabi, Moroccan author writing in French and published in France:
- Le soleil se meurt; Paris: La Différence
- translator, La Joie n'est pas mon métier, translated from the original Arabic of Mohammed Al-Maghout; Paris: Éditions de la Différence, coll. Orphée

Hungary

György Petri, Sár
Sándor Tóth, Belül ragyoghatsz

India

Listed in alphabetical order by first name:

Chandrakant Shah, also known as Chandu Shah, Ane Thoda Sapna ("And Some Dreams"), received the award for "Best Collection of New Gujarati Poems" published in 1992-1993 by the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad; Mumbai: SNDT University; Gujarati-language[21]
Dilip Chitre, Ekoon Kavita – 1, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan; Marathi-language[22]
K. Satchidanandan, Kavibuddhan, ("The Poet as Buddha"); Malayalam-language[23]
Mamta Sagar, Kaada Navilina Hejje, Heggodu: Akshara Prakashana, Kannada-language[24]
Vinod Kumar Shukla, Sab Kuch Hona Bacha Rahega, New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Hindi-language[25]

Poland

Stanisław Barańczak, Ocalone w tlumaczeniu. Szkice o warsztacie tlumaczenia poezji ("Saved in Translation: Sketches on the Craft of Translating Poetry"), criticism; Poznan: a5[26]
Zbigniew Herbert, Rovigo, Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie[27]
Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, Peregrynarz[28]
Tadeusz Różewicz, Nasz starszy brat ("Our Elder Brother")[29]
Wisława Szymborska: Lektury nadobowiązkowe ("Non-required Reading")
Adam Zagajewski, Dzikie czeresnie, wybór wierszy ("Wild Cherries, a Selection of Poetry"), Kraków: Znak[30]

Other languages

Han Dong, Baise de shitou ("The White Stone"), Shanghai: wenyi chubanshe[31] China
Gabriela Mistral, Lagar II, published posthumously, Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional[32]
Maria Luisa Spaziani, Torri di vedata, Italy

Awards and honors

Nobel prize: Derek Walcott