Museum of American PoeticsExhibits

20th Century International Bards

These exhibits focus on major international poets who, with their words, told the social, political and aesthetic story of occupation, resistance and change in the 20th Century. Global lineages continue to have profound impacts on shaping the diverse strands of 21st Century experimental poetries.

 

Federico Garcia Lorca
Federico Garcia Lorca
(Spain)
       
    Rafael Alberti
Rafael Alberti
(Spain)
   
        Jose Marti
Jose Marti
(Spain/Cuba)
  Rainer Marie Rilke (Germany)
Rainer Marie Rilke
(Germany)
   
      Nelly Sachs
Nelly Sachs
(Germany)
 
Gertrude Kolmar (Germany)
Gertrude Kolmar
(Germany)
       
    Hilde Domin (Germany)
Hilde Domin
(Germany)
   
        Tamura Ryuichi (Japan)
Tamura Ryuichi
(Japan)
  Nicanor Parra (Chile)
Nicanor Parra
(Chile)
     
      Pablo Neruda (Chile)
Pablo Neruda
(Chile)
 
George Trakl
George Trakl
(Austria)
     
  Ilse Aichinger (Austria)
Ilse Aichinger
(Austria)
   
      Ingeborg Bachmann (Austria)
Ingeborg Bachmann
(Austria)
  Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
(Italy)
     
    Dino Campana (Italy)
Dino Campana
(Italy)
 
Primo Levi (Italy)
Primo Levi
(Italy)
     
  Ernesto Cardinal (Nicaragua)
Ernesto Cardinal
(Nicaragua)
   
      Leonel Rugama
Leonel Rugama
(Nicaragua)
Yiannis Ritsos
Yiannis Ritsos
(Greece)
     
    Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
(Iraq)
 
Nazik al-Mala'ika
Nazik al-Mala'ika
(Iraq)
       
  'Abdal-Wahhab al-Bayyati
'Abdal-Wahhab al-Bayyati
(Iraq)
   
      Sargon Boulus
Sargon Boulus
(Iraq)
Jacques Prevert (France)
Jacques Prevert
(France)
     
    Guillaume Apollinaire (France)
Guillaume Apollinaire
(France)
 
Robert Desnos (France)
Robert Desnos
(France)
     
    Antonin Artaud (France)
Antonin Artaud
(France)
   
        Jean Cocteau (France)
Jean Cocteau
(France)
  Tristan Tzara (Romania/France)
Tristan Tzara
(Romania/France)
   
  Nina Cassian (Romania)
Nina Cassian
(Romania)
 
Andre Breton (France)
Andre Breton
(France)
     
    Dambudzo Marechera (Zimbabwe)
Dambudzo Marechera
(Zimbabwe)
 
      Don Mattera (South Africa)
Don Mattera
(South Africa)
  Breyten Breytenbach (South Africa)
Breyten Breytenbach
(South Africa)
     
      Dennis Brutus
Dennis Brutus
(Rhodesia)
 
Utpal Kumar Basu  (Bengal)
Utpal Kumar Basu
(Bengal)
       
    Kamala Surayya (India)
Kamala Surayya
(India)
   
      Malay Roy Choudhury (Bengal)
Malay Roy Choudhury
(Bengal)
Wislawa Szymborska (Poland)
Wislawa Szymborska
(Poland)
       
    Lhasang Tsering
Lhasang Tsering
(Tibet)
   
        Tenzin Tsundue
Tenzin Tsundue
(Tibet)
  Anna Akhmatova (Russia)
Anna Akhmatova
(Russia)
     
      Marina Tsvetaeva (Russia)
Marina Tsvetaeva
(Russia)
 
Vladimir Mayakovsky (Russia)
Vladimir Mayakovsky
(Russia)
       
    Yevgeny Yevtushenko (Russia)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
(Russia)
   
        Natalya Gorbanevskaya (Russia)
Natalya Gorbanevskaya
(Russia)
  Nazim Hikmet (Turkey)
Nazim Hikmet
(Turkey)
   
    Adonis (Ali Ahmad Sa’id) (Syria/Lebanon)
Adunis (Ali Ahmad Sa’id)
(Syria/Lebanon)
 
Nizar Qabbani (Syria)
Nizar Qabbani
(Syria)
       
    Ko Un
Ko Un
(Korea)
   
        Haj Gora Haji (Zanzibar)
Haj Gora Haji
(Zanzibar)
  Wen Chu-an
Wen Chu-an
(China)
     
      Ai Qing (China)
Ai Qing
(China)
 
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(Pakistan)
       
    Allama Iqbal Muhummad Iqbal (Pakistan)
Allama Iqbal
Muhummad Iqbal
(Pakistan)
   
        Ibrahim Tukan
Ibrahim Tukan
(Palestine)
  Fadwa Tuqan (Palestinian)
Fadwa Tuqan
(Palestine)
     
    Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine)
Mahmoud Darwish
(Palestine)
 
Yehuda Amichai (Israel)
Yehuda Amichai
(Israel)
     
     
      Salah 'Abd al-Sabur
Salah 'Abd al-Sabur
(Egypt)
  Fernando Pessoa (Portugal)
Fernando Pessoa
(Portugal)
   
      Vinicius de Moraes
Vinicius de Moraes
(Brazil)
 
Andres Eloy Blanco
Andres Eloy Blanco
(Venezuela)
   
    Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz
(Mexico)