Bealach Éadóigh, Ireland Alexander Mezhirov, Тысяча мелочей ("A thousand small things"), Russia, Soviet Union Eugenio Montale, Tutte le poesie, enlarged from the original 1977 edition; publisher: Mondadori; posthumous; Italy Jacques Prévert, La Cinquième Saison, published posthumously (died 1977); France Jean Royer, Jours d'atelier, Saint-Lambert: Le Noroît; Canada, in French Håkan Sandell, Efter sjömännen; Elektrisk måne ("After the sailors; Electric Moon"), Sweden Awards and honors Nobel Prize in Literature: Jaroslav Seifert, a Czech poet Australia Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Les Murray, The People's Other WorldCanada Gerald Lampert Award: Sandra Birdsell, Night Travellers and Jean McKay, Gone to Grass 1984 Governor General's Awards: Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation (English); Nicole Brossard, Double Impression (French) Pat Lowther Award: Bronwen Wallace, Signs of the Former Tenant Prix Émile-Nelligan: Normand de Bellefeuille, Le Livre du devoirJapan Japanese 100 yen note, starting this year and through 2004, features a portrait of Natsume Sōseki 夏目 漱石 (commonly referred to as "Sōseki"), pen name of Natsume Kinnosuke 夏目金之助 (1867–1916), Meiji Era novelist, haiku poet, composer of Chinese-style poetry, writer of fairy tales and a scholar of English literature United Kingdom Cholmondeley Award: Michael Baldwin (poet), Michael Hofmann, Carol Rumens Eric Gregory Award: Martyn Crucefix, Mick Imlah, Jamie McKendrick, Bill Smith, Carol Ann Duffy, Christopher Meredith, Peter Armstrong, Iain Bamforth United States Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Arthur Smith, Elegy on Independence Day Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Gjertrud Schnackenberg, "Imaginary Prisons", and (separately) Sharon Ben-Tov, "Carillon for Cambridge Women" Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): Robert Fitzgerald appointed this year in a health-limited capacity, but was not present at the Library of Congress. Frost Medal: Jack Stadler Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Mary Oliver: American Primitive Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Richmond Lattimore and Robert Francis Births Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Irish-language poet Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, Cuban poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 18 – Ary dos Santos, 46 (born 1937), Portuguese, of cirrhosis February 6 – Jorge Guillén, 91 (born 1893), Spanish February 8 – Ishizuka Tomoji 石塚友二 the kanji (Japanese writing) is a pen name of Ishizuka Tomoji, which is written with the different kanji 石塚友次, but in English there is no difference (born 1906), Japanese, Shōwa period haiku poet and novelist February 17 – Jesse Stuart, 76 (born 1906),