1985 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 |
| Years in literature: | 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s |
| Years: | 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 |
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[edit] Events
- A memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm, Scotland.
[edit] Works published
- Elizabeth Smart, In the Meantime
- Amy Clampitt, What the Light was Like
- Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, Elegies
- Robert Hayden, Collected Poems (posthumously published)
- Stephen Spender, Collected Poems 1947-80
[edit] Awards
[edit] Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Kevin Hart, Your Shadow; Rosemary Dobson, The Three Fates
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, Kevin Hart, Your Shadow
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Doris Brett, The Truth about Unicorns
[edit] Canada
- See 1985 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Dannie Abse, Peter Redgrove, Brian Taylor
- Eric Gregory Award: Graham Mort, Adam Thorpe, Pippa Little, James Harpur, Simon North, Julian May
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Liz Rosenberg, The Fire Music
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Robert Penn Warren
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: James Schuyler, "A Few Days"
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Gwendolyn Brooks appointed this year.
- Frost Medal: Robert Penn Warren
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Carolyn Kizer: Yin
[edit] Deaths
- January 31 — F. R. Scott, 85
- January 16 — Robert Fitzgerald, 74, American poet and translator of ancient Greek and Latin.
- April 17 — Basil Bunting, 85
- May 25 — Robert Nathan, 91, of kidney failure
- August 14 — Alfred Hayes, 74, of menengitis, poet of the labor song "Joe Hill"
- November 25 — Geoffrey Grigson, 80
- December 2 — Philip Larkin, 63, of throat cancer, English poet
- December 7 — Robert Graves, 90, English writer and poet
- date not known — Josephine Miles, of pneumonia, poet and literary critic
- date not known — J.V. Cunningham
[edit] See also
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