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W. H. Auden, from "September 1, 1939" Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events Works published in English - Ursula Bethell, Day and Night : Poems 1924-34, by the author of 'Time and Place, Christchurch: Caxton Press[6]
- Charles Brasch, The Land and the People, and Other Poems, Christchurch: Caxton Press[7]
- Allen Curnow, Not in Narrow Seas, Christchurch: Caxton Press[8]
- W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, Journey to a War, verse and nonfiction prose, published March 16; includes "In Time of War", a sonnet sequence with verse commentary by Auden; diary and prose by Isherwood[9]
- W. H. Auden, "September 1, 1939", a poem written on the occasion of the outbreak of World War II, first published in The New Republic on October 18, and which will later appear in Auden's collection Another Time (1940); at this time Auden is an English poet living in the United States
- George Barker, Elegy on Spain[9]
- Roy Campbell, Flowering Rifle: A poem from he battlefield of Spain[9]
- W. H. Davies, The Loneliest Mountain, and Other Poems[9]
- T. S. Eliot:
- Gavin Ewart, Poems and Songs[9]
- Geoffrey Grigson, editor, New Verse, anthology[9]
- J. F. Hendry and Henry Treece, editors, The New Apocalypse, an early anthology of the New Apocalyptics poets in Britain
- A. E. Housman, Collected Poems[9]
- Louis MacNeice, Autumn Journal[9]
- Ruth Pitter, The Spirit Watches[9]
- Enoch Powell, Casting-off, and Other Poems, Oxford: Blackwell s[10]
- William Soutar, In the Time of Tyrants[9]
- Julian Symons, Confusions About X[9]
- Dylan Thomas, The Map of Love, verse and fiction[9]
- Christopher Smart, Rejoice in the Lamb: A Song from Bedlam, the first publication of Smart's Jubilate Agno (written during his asylum confinement 1757–1758) edited by W. F. Stead (includes the lines beginning "For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry")
- W. B. Yeats, Last Poems and Two Plays, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom, published posthumously in July[9]
- W. H. Auden:
- Stephen Vincent Benet, The Ballad of the Duke's Mercy[11]
- Paul Engle, Corn[11]
- Robert Frost, Collected Poems[11]
- Archibald MacLeish, America Was Promises[11]
- Josephine Miles, Lines at Intersection[11]
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, Huntsman, What Quarry?[11]
- Kenneth Patchen, First Will and Testament[11]
- Muriel Rukeyser, A Turning Wind[11]
- May Sarton, Inner Landscape[11]
- Edward Taylor, The Poetical Works, edited by Thomas H. Johnson[11]
- Mark Van Doren, Collected Poems[11]
- Thomas Wolfe, The Face of a Nation[11]
Other in English Works published in other languages - Aim C saire Cahier d un retour au pays natal, ("Notebook of a Return to My Native Land"), a landmark work in French Caribbean literature, which had previously been characterized by literary works derrivative of European models and often marked by exoticism; this book-length poem, according to Bonnie Thomas, "laid the foundations for a new literary style in which Caribbean writers came to reject the alienating gaze of the Other in favour of their own Caribbean interpretation of reality", a change expressed in the theory of n gritude; Martinique poet published in France[12] Paris: Volont s; (definitive edition, 1956)
- Paul luard, pen name of Paul-Eug ne Grindel, Chanson compl te[13]
- Luc Estang, Transhumances[13]
- Leon-Paul Fargue, Le Pi ton de Paris[14]
- Tristan Tzara, Midis gagn s[14]
Indian subcontinent Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname: - Akbar Allahabadi, Kulliyat-i Akbar Allahabadi, in four volumes, published (posthumously) from 1935 through this year; Urdu-language[15]
- Mir Hasan, Maghribi tasanif ke Urdu tarajim, treatise in Urdu on the difficulties of translating Western literature into the Urdu language; one of the earlier studies of translation into any Indian language[15]
- Muhammad Tahir Farooqi, Sirat-i Iqbal, biography of Muhammad Iqbal, with appraisals of his poetry[15]
- Nushur Vahidi, Sabha-i Hindi, mostly traditional poems; Urdu[15]
Other Indian languages - Baikunthanath Pattnayak, Myttika Darsana, long elegy on the death of his son; Oriya[15]
- Balamani Amma, Strihrdayam ("The Heart of a Woman"), Malayalam[15]
- Bapiraju, Ssikala, love poems; Telugu[15]
- Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Rahtapuspangal, includes Vazhakkula ("A Bunch of Bananas"), which exerted a strong influence on revolutionary Malayalam poetry in the next few decades[15]
- Khalairakpam Chaoba, Thainagi Leirang ("Ancient Flowers"), Manipuri[15]
- Mahjoor, Payam-e Mahjoor, popular lyrics; Kashmiri[15]
- Rameshvar Shukla, Aparajita Indian poetry, Hindi-language[15]
- Sundaram, Vasudha, poems about social change and reflecting the influence of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on Indian society; Gujarati[15]
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Tulsidas, long poem on the life and characteristics of Tulsidas, Hindi[15]
- U. M. Dandpota, Abyat-i-Sindhi, critical appraisal in Sindhi of the Sindhi couplets of Kkwaja Muhammad Zaman (1713 1774)[15]
- Umashankar Joshi, Nishith, lyrics, songs, sonnets and longer poems; received the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award in 1968; Gujarati[15]
- Visvanatha Satyanarayana, Srimad Ramayana Kalpavrksamu, the author's magnum opus, according to Indian literary scholar Siser Kumar Das; it won the Jnanapith Award; a free rendering of the Ramayana; the first canto was published in 1930, the last in 1957; Telugu[15]
Other languages Awards and honors http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards", Canada Council. Web, Feb. 10, 2011. http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/E22B9A3C-5906-41B8-B39C-F91F58B3FD70/0/cumulativewinners2010rev.pdf Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - January 10 - Jared Carter, American poet, winner of the 1980 Walt Whitman Award
- January 23 Fred Wah Chinese-Canadian poet, novelist, and scholar
- February 5 Siv Cedering, Swedish-American poet, painter, sculptor, illustrator, and author
- March 26 Patrick Lane, Canadian poet
- April 13 Seamus Heaney, Irish writer and lecturer from Northern Ireland who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995
- April 16 Diane Wood Middlebrook, n e Helen Diane Wood, (died 2008), American poet, academic and biographer[19]
- April 25 Ted Kooser, American poet and 13th Poet Laureate of the United States, serving two terms from 2004 to 2006
- May 7 Volker Braun, German
- May 31 Al Young, American poet, novelist and writer of musical memoirs named poet laureate of California in 2005
- June 30 Jos Emilio Pacheco Mexican poet, essayist, translator, novelist and short story writer
- July 22 Quincy Troupe, American poet, editor, journalist, and academic
- July 27 Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
- August 31 Dennis Lee Canadian children's writer and poet
- October 24 Paula Gunn Allen, Native American poet, literary critic, activist and novelist
- November 18 Margaret Atwood, novelist and poet
- November 23 bill bissett Canadian poet famous for his anti-conventional style who does not capitalise his name
 Yeats' gravestone, with his famous epitaph. Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: See also Notes
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