1978 in poetry
Events
- L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine, edited by Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein, first published.
Works published
Awards and honors
- See 1978 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Cholmondeley Award: Christopher Hope, Leslie Norris, Peter Reading, D.M. Thomas, R.S. Thomas
- Eric Gregory Award: Ciaran Carson, Peter Denman, Christopher Reid, Paul Wilkins, Martyn A. Ford, James Sutherland-Smith
- William Meredith appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
- National Book Award for poetry (United States): Howard Nemerov, The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Howard Nemerov, The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
Deaths
See also
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