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

Events

  • October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK. The British event, Howl for Now, was accompanied by a book of essays of the same name, edited by Simon Warner, reflecting on the piece's enduring power and influence.
  • Maurice Riordan, Irish poet living in London, named poetry editor of Poetry London

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

See also: 2005 in Australian literature
  • David Brooks, Walking to Point Clear. Blackheath: Brandl & Schlesinger
  • Pam Brown, Ken Bolton, and Laurie Duggan, Let's Get Lost, Sydney: Vagabond
  • Laurie Duggan, Compared to What: Selected Poems 1971–2003, Exeter: Shearsman
  • Alan Gould, The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973–2003
  • John Kinsella, The New Arcadia, winner of the 2006 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award; W.W. Norton; Australian living in and published in the United States
  • Jennifer Maiden, Friendly Fire Giramondo, ISBN 1-920882-12-X
  • Chris Mansell, Mortifications & Lies (Kardoorair, Armidale) ISBN 0-908244-60-6
  • Les Murray:
    • Hell and After, Four early English-language poets of Australia, Carcanet
    • Editor, Best Australian Poems 2004, Melbourne, Black Inc.
  • Philip Salom, The Well Mouth, Fremantle Arts Centre, ISBN 978-1-921064-24-1
  • Jaya Savige, Latecomers
  • Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Universe Looks Down, Brandl & Schlesinger, ISBN 1-876040-74-2

Canada

India, in English

Ireland

New Zealand

Poets in Best New Zealand Poems

Poems from these 25 poets, selected by Emma Neale were included in Best New Zealand Poems 2004, published online this year:

United Kingdom

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom

  • Elaine Feinstein, Anna of all the Russias: A life of Anna Akhmatova, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005 (ISBN 0-297-64309-6); N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 (ISBN 1-4000-4089-2)

United States

Poets whose works appeared in The Best American Poetry 2005

The 75 poets included in The Best American Poetry 2005, edited by David Lehman, co-edited this year by Paul Muldoon:

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

Works published in other languages

Brazil

Chile

India

Listed in alphabetical order by first name:

Bangladesh

  • Rahman Henry, Tomake Basona Kori, A Book of Poetry in Bengali, BALAKA, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Rahman Henry, Khunjhara Nodi ("The River that Bleeds"), A Book of Poetry in Bengali, BALAKA, Chittagong, Bangladesh.[28]

Poland

Other languages

Awards and honors

International

Australia

Canada

New Zealand

United Kingdom

United States

Deaths

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

January 21:Theun de Vries, 97born 1907Dutch writer and poet
January 31:Makarand Dave, 82born 1922Indian Gujarati-language poet, writer and editor
February 25:Phoebe Heskethborn 1909British
March 6:Sadako Kurihara
栗原貞子		born 1913Japanese poet who survived the Hiroshima nuclear holocaust there and became known for her poems about her city
March 7:Philip Lamantiaborn 1927American
March 29:Miltos Sachtourisborn 1919Greek
March 30:Robert Creeley, 78born 1926American
April 14Julia Darling, 48born 1956English poet, novelist and playwright, of breast cancer
June 9:Hovis Presleyborn 1960English
June 13:Eugénio de Andradeborn 1923Portuguese lyric poet
June 23:Manolis Anagnostakisborn 1925Greek poet
June 28:Philip Hobsbaum, 72born 1932Scot poet and critic
July 4:Lorenzo Thomasborn 1944American poet, critic, essayist; Umbra Workshop founding member
July 7:Gustaf Sobinborn 1935American
August 6:Vizma Belsevicaborn 1931leading post-war Latvian poet
August 21:Dahlia Ravikovitchborn 1936Israeli
August 31:Amrita Pritamborn 1919leading Punjab poet in India who wrote in Hindi
September 16:Stanley Burnshawborn 1906American poet and novelist
October 20:Dane Zajcborn 1929Slovenian poet
November 1:Michael Thwaitesborn 1915Australian
Date not known:Charles Naylornot knownAmerican, partner of novelist Thomas Disch[35]

See also

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