Ripellino, La splendido violino verde Maria Luisa Spaziani, Ultrasuoni Norway Göran Sonnevi, Det omöjliga Sten Hagliden, Kvällsordat Barbro Lindgren, Rapporter från marken Poland M. Jastrum (ed.), Poezja Mtodej Polski, anthology A. Lam (ed.), Kolumbowie i wspótcześni, second edition, anthology Z. Liberia (ed.), Poezja polska XVIII wieku ("Polish Poetry of the Eighteenth Century"), second edition, anthology Wisława Szymborska: Wielka liczba ("A Large Number") Portuguese language Portugal Ruy de Moura Belo, Toda a terra ("All of the Land") Carlos de Oliveira, Trabalho Poético Egito Gonçalves, Luz Vegital Eugénio de Andrade, Limar dos Pássaros António Ramos Rosa, Ciclo do Cavalo Pedro Tamen, Agora, Estar Brazil Marcus Accioly, Sisifo, a long poem containing multiple forms of poetry, including the classical sonnet, concrete and popular Brazilian forms Yolanda Jordão, Biografia do Edificio e Anexos Adélia Prado, Bagagem Spanish language Spain Matilde Camus, Siempre amor ("Forever Love") Antonio Colinas, Sepulcro en Taruinia Justo Jorge Padrón, Los círculos del infierno Claudio Rodriguez, El vuelo de la celebración Latin America Guadalupe Amor, El zoológico de Pita Amor Jomi García Ascot, Un modo de decir Arturo Corcuera, Las sirenas y las estaciones (Peru) José Emilio Pacheco, Islas à la deriva (Mexico) A workshop in "synthetic poetry" came out with Doce modos Other languages Gerrit Kouwenaar, Verzamelde Gedichten (Netherlands) Alexander Mezhirov, Под старым небом ("Under the Old Sky"), Russia, Soviet Union Awards and honors Canada See 1976 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. United Kingdom Cholmondeley Award: Peter Porter, Fleur Adcock Eric Gregory Award: Stewart Brown, Valerie Gillies, Paul Groves, Paul Hyland, Nigel Jenkins, Andrew Motion, Tom Paulin, William Peskett United States 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 Hayden appointed this year. Frost Medal: A.M. Sullivan National Book Award for Poetry: John Ashbery, Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: John Ashbery: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror Walt Whitman Award: Laura Gilpin, The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: J. V. Cunningham Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Denise Levertov, The Freeing of the Dust (Judge: Hayden Carruth) Births September 2 – Tim Key, English comic performer and performance poet Jen Hadfield, British poet and visual artist Meghan O'Rourke, American writer, editor and poet; writer for Slate; a poetry editor for The Paris Review Yolanda Wisher, African American