1977 in Poetry - Events

Events

  • January – James Dickey, composed a poem he read at new United States President Jimmy Carter’s inaugural gala although not at the inauguration itself.
  • British publication Gay News successfully prosecuted in the United Kingdom for blasphemy and libel for publishing James Kirkup's "The Love that Dares to Speak its Name"
  • Poet Sarah Kirsch leaves her native East Germany for the West.
  • In Israeli the literary journal Keshet goes defunct, while Itton and Proza are founded.

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