1939 in poetry

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Of a low dishonest decade

— W. H. Auden, from "September 1, 1939"

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Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:

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