head when he was in concentration camps Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a book of poems "[L]esser-known poets who attracted attention": Konstantin Vanshenkin Anatoly Zhigulin Rimma Kazakova Viktor Bokov Maya Borisova Stanslav Zolotsev Spanish language Spain Francisco Brines, Insistencia en Luzbel Matilde Camus, Cancionero de Liébana ("Collection of verse of Liebana") José María Valverde, Ser de palabraLatin America Mario Benedetti, La casa y el ladrillo ("The House and the Brick"), Uruguay Antonio Cisneros, el libro de dios y de los húngaros (Peru) Jaime Sabines, Nuevo recuento de poemas (Mexico) Efraín Huerta, Circuito interior (Mexico) David Huerta, Cuadernos de noviembre (Mexico) Yiddish David Hofshteyn, a two-volume selection of poems Josl Lerner, Till Dawn Breaks, partly written in a German-Romanian death camp during World War II Chaim Maltinsky, My Mother's Resemblance Hirsh Osherovitch, Song in a Labyrinth Shloyme Roitman, My Israel Shofar Efraim Roitman, The Earth Sings Motl Saktzier, With a Burned Pencil, about his experiences in Soviet gulags M.M. Shaffir, Words of Endearment Avrom Sutzkever, Poems from My Diary Rajzel Zychlinska, The Sun of NovemberOther languages Stanisław Barańczak, Ja wiem, ze to niesluszne ("I Know It's Not Right"), Paris: Instytut Literacki; Polish Anne-Marie Berglund, Luftberusningen, Sweden Chen Yi, Selected Poems; China Odysseus Elytis, Signalbook (Σηματολόγιον); Greece Ndoc Gjetja, Qëndresa ("Center"); Albania Gozo Yoshimasu, river, Written in Cursive Characters; Japan Lars Gustafsson, Sonetter; Sweden Per E. Rundquist, Men störst av allt är kärleken till vem; (Sweden Piotr Sommer, W krześle; Poland Marlene van Niekerk, Sprokkelster; South Africa Wen Wu-pin, Battle Songs of Tachai; China Yasuo Irisawa, Moon and Other Poems; Japan Awards and honors Nobel Prize in Literature: Vicente Aleixandre (Spain) Canada 1977 Governor General's Awards United Kingdom Eric Gregory Award: Tony Flynn, Michael Vince, David Cooke, Douglas Marshall, Melissa Murray Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Norman Nicholson United States AML Award for Poetry to Linda Sillitoe for "The Old Philosopher, Letter to a Four-Year-Old Daughter" and Arthur Henry King for "The Field Behind Holly House" Bollingen Prize: David Ignatow National Book Award for Poetry: Richard Eberhart, Collected Poems, 1930-1976 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Merrill, Divine Comedies Walt Whitman Award: Lauren Shakely, Guilty Bystander Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Louis Coxe Births April 18 — Ilya Kaminsky, Soviet-born Russian- and English-language poet September 25 — Sole, American hip hop artist Jenni Fagan, Scottish novelist and poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 5 — Artur Adson,