1973 in Poetry - Events

Events

  • Canadian poet and author, Michael Ondaatje adapts his 1970 book of poetry, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, into a play which this year is first produced in Stratford, Ontario; it will appear in New York in 1974 and in London, England in 1984.
  • White Pine Press founded in Buffalo, New York. The publisher is a nonprofit organization putting out poetry, fiction, essays, and literature in translation.
  • The journal L'éphémère a French journal founded in 1966, ceased publication this year; poets associated with it include Yves Bonnefoy, Jacques Dupin and André du Bouchet

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