1940 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). == Events == January – English literary magazine Horizon is first published in London by Cyril Connolly, Peter Watson and Stephen Spender June – French Resistance forms; poets who join include Louis Aragon, René Char, Robert Desnos, Paul Éluard, Francis Ponge, Jean Prévost and Jean-Pierre Rosnay July 26 – Release of the movie adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice with English poet and writer Aldous Huxley as a screenwriter English poet Basil Bunting joins the Royal Air Force and is eventually sent to Iran as an intelligence officer and translator Russian poet Anna Akhmatova's collection From Six Books is published in the Soviet Union but publication is suspended shortly after release, copies pulped and remaining issues prohibited American poet Louis Zukofsky finishes the first half of "A" == Works published in English == Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; works listed again if substantially revised: === India, in English === Mohendra Nath Dutt, Kurukshetra ( Poetry in English ), an epic; Calcutta: P. M. Mukherji P. R. Kaikini, The Recruit ( Poetry in English ), Bombay: New Book Co.