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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). ==Events== * John Berryman's 77 Dream Songs, published in 1964, won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. * Among the many books of poetry published this year, Robert Lowell's ''For the Union Dead'' is greeted with particular acclaim. The book was received with "general jubilation" from critics, according to Raymond Walters Jr., associate editor of the ''New York Times Book Review''. "These verses () convinced many observers that its author was now the pre-eminent U.S. poet."〔''Britannica Book of the Year 1965'' (covering events of 1964), published by The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1965〕 * The publication in the United Kingdom of ''The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence'' in two volumes is "a major publishing event of 1964".〔 * A surprise best-seller in the United Kingdom was John Lennon's ''In His Own Write'', a compendium of nonsense poems, sketches and drawings by one of the Beatles.〔 * The "Shakespeare Quartercentenary", the 400th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, is celebrated in lecture series, exhibitions, dramatic and musical programs and other events as well as special publications (Shakespeare issues and supplements), reprinting of standard works on the playwright and poet, and even commemorative postage stamps. The American Association of Advertising Agencies even suggests that Shakespeare quotations should be used in ads. Celebrations of various sorts occur in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and elsewhere.〔 * The 75th birthday of Anna Akhmatova, who was severely persecuted during the Stalin era, was celebrated with special observances and the publication of new collections of her verse.〔 * Russian poet Joseph Brodsky is convicted of "parasitism" in a Soviet court, which sends him into exile near the Arctic Circle. * ''Poetry Australia'' literary magazine founded 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1964 in poetry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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