Awards and Honors
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Elizabeth Bishop appointed this year.
- Pulitzer Prize for poetry: Peter Viereck, Terror and Decorum
- Bollingen Prize: Ezra Pound — provoking a firestorm of criticism because of his pro-Fascist activities before and during World War II.
- Canada: Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: The Red Heart, James Reaney
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“My heart’s subdued
Even to the very quality of my lord.
I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
And to his honors and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)