2003 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish
or France
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Australia
See also: 2003 in Australian literature
Canada
India
Ireland
New Zealand
for Best New Zealand Poems 2002
, published online this year:
United Kingdom
, edited by David Lehman
, co-edited this year by Yusef Komunyakaa
:
France
Canada, in French
Bengali
Poland
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Deaths
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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
or France
French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
).
Events
- The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queens University, Belfast, this year. It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a unique record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, as well as a full catalogue of his radio and television presentations. That same year Heaney decided to lodge a substantial portion of his literary archive at Emory UniversityEmory UniversityEmory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
. - January 29 — Poet Dana GioiaDana Gioia-Poetry:It was as a poet that Gioia first began to attract widespread attention in the early 1980s, with frequent appearances in The Hudson Review, Poetry, and The New Yorker. In the same period, he published a number of essays and book reviews...
, who had retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full time, becomes chair of the National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, the United States government's arts agency.
- Call: ReviewCall: ReviewCall: Review is an American little magazine rooted in independent, experimental, and/or avant-garde literature. It was founded in 2003 by the poet John Most during a conversation he had with a childhood friend, who, at the time, was a homeless counselor in New York City. Published infrequently,...
, an American little magazine, is founded by poet John Most. - After First Lady Laura BushLaura BushLaura Lane Welch Bush is the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. She was the First Lady of the United States from January 20, 2001, to January 20, 2009. She has held a love of books and reading since childhood and her life and education have reflected that interest...
invited a number of poets to the White House, one of them, Sam HamillSam HamillSam Hamill is an american poet and the co-founder of Copper Canyon Press along with Bill O’Daly and Tree Swenson.He is also the initiator of the Poets Against War movement...
started organizing a protest in which poets would bring anti-war poems. The February 12 conference was postponed, but Hamill organized a "Poets Against the War" Web site with contributions from others. More than 5,000 poems were contributed, including work by John BalabanJohn BalabanJohn B. Balaban is an American poet and translator, an authority on Vietnamese literature.-Biography:Balaban was born in a housing project neighborhood in Philadelphia to Romanian immigrant parents, Phillip and Alice Georgies Balaban...
, Gregory OrrGregory OrrGregory Orr is an American writer and director of documentary and fiction films. He is the son of the late actress Joy Page and the late TV producer William T. Orr.-Career:...
, Rita DoveRita DoveRita Frances Dove is an American poet and author. From 1993-1995 she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now popularly known as "U.S. Poet Laureate"...
, Lawrence FerlinghettiLawrence FerlinghettiLawrence Ferlinghetti is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers...
and Adrienne RichAdrienne RichAdrienne Cecile Rich is an American poet, essayist and feminist. She has been called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century."-Early life:...
, Stanley KunitzStanley KunitzStanley Jasspon Kunitz was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000.-Biography:...
, Marilyn NelsonMarilyn NelsonMarilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator and children's book author. She is the author or translator of twelve books and three chapbooks.-Early life:...
, Jay PariniJay PariniJay Parini is an American writer and academic. He is known for novels and poetry, biography and criticism.He was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania, and brought up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1970 and was awarded a doctorate by the University of St. Andrews in 1975...
, Jamaica KincaidJamaica KincaidJamaica Kincaid is a Caribbean novelist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in the city of St. John's on the island of Antigua in the nation of Antigua and Barbuda...
, Grace PaleyGrace PaleyGrace Paley was an American-Jewish short story writer, poet, and political activist.-Biography:Grace Paley was born in the Bronx to Isaac and Manya Ridnyik Goodside, who anglicized the family name from Gutseit on immigrating from Ukraine. Her father was a doctor. The family spoke Russian and...
and even U.S. Poet Laureate Billy CollinsBilly CollinsBilly Collins is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is the Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute, Florida...
. Also on the Web site, W.S. Merwin contributed the highly emotional statement: "To arrange a war in order to be re-elected outdoes even the means employed in the last presidential election. Mr. Bush and his plans are a greater danger to the United States than Saddam Hussein." The new group, "Poets Against the War", organized poetry readings for February 12 across the country, demonstrating the strong links between many established poets and left-wing pacifism. - Early November — Carl RakosiCarl RakosiCarl Rakosi was the last surviving member of the original group of poets who were given the rubric Objectivist. He was still publishing and performing his poetry well into his 90s.-Early life:...
celebrates his 100th birthday with friends at the San Francisco Public Library.
Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:AustraliaAustralian literatureAustralian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies, therefore, its literary tradition begins with and is linked to...
See also: 2003 in Australian literature2003 in Australian literature
The year 2003 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.For an overview of world literature see 2003 in literature.See also:2002 in literature,2003 in Australia,2004 in Australian literature....
- Judith BeveridgeJudith BeveridgeJudith Beveridge is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic.-Biography:Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. Completing a BA at UTS she has worked in libraries, teaching, as a researcher and in environmental regeneration...
, Wolf Notes, winner of the 2004 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award - Pam BrownPam BrownPam Brown is an Australian poet.- Career :Brown was born in Seymour, Victoria, and her childhood was spent in on military bases in Toowoomba and Brisbane. Since her early twenties, she has mostly lived in Sydney...
, Dear Deliria (New & Selected Poems), winner of the 20042004 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants...
NSW Premier’s Award for Poetry. - Laurie DugganLaurie DugganLaurence "Laurie" James Duggan is an Australian poet, editor, and translator.-Life:Laurie Duggan was born in Melbourne and attended Monash University, where his friends included the poets Alan Wearne and John A. Scott. Both he and Scott won the Monash Poetry Prize...
, Mangroves - John Kinsella, Peripheral Light
- Alison CroggonAlison CroggonAlison Croggon is a contemporary Australian poet, playwright, fantasy novelist, and librettist.-Life:Born in the Transvaal, South Africa, Alison Croggon's family moved to England before settling in Australia, first in Ballarat then Melbourne. She has worked as a journalist for the Sydney Morning...
, The Common Flesh: Poems 1980-2002, Arc, ISBN 1-900072-72-6 - Geoff PageGeoff PageGeoffrey Donald Page is an Australian poet, translator, teacher and jazz enthusiast.He has published over seventeen collections of poetry, as well as prose and verse novels. Poetry and jazz are his driving interests, and he has also written a biography of the jazz musician, Bernie McGann...
, editor The Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets, Indigo (anthology) - Chris Wallace-CrabbeChris Wallace-CrabbeChris Wallace-Crabbe AO is an Australian poet and Emeritus Professor in The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne.-Biography:...
, A Representative Human, Brunswick: Gungurru Press
CanadaCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience...
- Derek BeaulieuDerek BeaulieuDerek Alexander Beaulieu is a Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist.Beaulieu studied contemporary Canadian poetics at the University of Calgary. His work has appeared internationally in small press publications, magazines, and in visual art galleries...
, with wax (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-118-2 - George BoweringGeorge BoweringGeorge Harry Bowering, OC, OBC is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He has served as Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate....
, Baseball: A Poem in the Magic Number 9 (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-123-6 - Di BrandtDi BrandtDi Brandt is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Dionne Brand.-Biography:...
, Now You Care (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-127-4 - Anne ComptonAnne Compton-Biography:Compton was born and raised in the farming community of Bangor, Prince Edward Island. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Prince Edward Island, her Masters from York University and finally her PhD from the University of New Brunswick. Dr...
, Opening the Island - Jill HartmanJill HartmanJill Hartman is a Canadian poet and editor.Hartman was born in Calgary, Alberta. Her first book of poetry, A Painted Elephant, was published by Coach House Books in 2003 and was shortlisted for the League of Canadian Poets' Gerald Lampert Memorial Award as well as the Writer’s Guild of Alberta...
, A Painted Elephant (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-117-5 - Raymond KnisterRaymond KnisterJohn Raymond Knister was a Canadian poet, novelist, story writer, columnist, and reviewer, "known primarily for his realistic narratives set in rural Canada .....
, After Exile. complete poems compiled by Gregory Betts (Exile, 2003) - Dennis LeeDennis Lee (author)Dennis Beynon Lee, OC, MA is a Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic born in Toronto, Ontario. He is also a children's writer, well known for his book of children's rhymes, Alligator Pie.-Life:...
, Un. Toronto: Anansi. - Tim LilburnTim LilburnTim Lilburn is a Canadian poet and essayist. He is the author of several critically acclaimed collections of poetry, including Kill-site, To the River, Moosewood Sandhills and his latest work Going Home...
, Kill-site, winner of the Governor General’s Award - Don McKayDon McKayDon McKay, CM is an award-winning Canadian poet, editor, and educator.Born in Owen Sound, Ontario and raised in Cornwall, McKay was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Wales, where he earned his PhD in 1971...
, Varves, a chapbook - W.W.E. RossW.W.E. RossWilliam Wrightson Eustace Ross was a Canadian geophysicist and poet. He was the first published poet in Canada to write Imagist poetry, and later the first to write surrealist verse, both of which have led some to call him "the first modern Canadian poet."-Life:Ross was born in Peterborough,...
, Irrealities, Sonnets & Laconics. (Exile Editions, 2003) ISBN 9781550965612 - Anne SimpsonAnne Simpson-Career:Simpson received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Queen’s University, and she also graduated in Fine Arts from OCAD University . Subsequently, she worked as a CUSO volunteer English teacher for two years in Nigeria. She teaches part-time at St...
Loop, shortlisted for the 2003 Governor General's AwardGovernor General's AwardThe Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
, winner of the 2004 Canadian Griffin Poetry PrizeGriffin Poetry PrizeThe Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language....
, ISBN 0-7710-8075-1 - Raymond SousterRaymond SousterRaymond Holmes Souster, OC is a Canadian poet whose writing career spans almost 70 years. He has published more than 50 volumes of his own verse, and edited or co-edited a dozen volumes of others' poetry...
, Twenty-three New Poems. Ottawa: Oberon Press. - Nathalie Stephens, Paper City (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-126-7
- Suzanne Zelazo, Parlance (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-128-1
IndiaIndian poetryIndian poetry, and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as Vedic Sanskrit, Classical Sanskrit, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Urdu. Poetry in foreign languages such as Persian and English also have a...
, in EnglishIndian Poetry in EnglishHenry Louis Vivian Derozio is considered the first poet in the lineage of Indian English Poetry. A significant and torch bearer poet is Nissim Ezekiel and the significant poets of the post-Derozio and pre-Ezekiel times are Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, Rabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo...
- Hemant DivateHemant DivateHemant Divate is a reputed Marathi poet, translator and publisher based in Mumbai.- Biography :Hemant Divate is an avant-garde poet, a reputed editor, publisher and translator....
, Virus Alert, translated from the original Marathi language poetryMarathi languageMarathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
- by Dilip ChitreDilip ChitreDilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian writers and critics to emerge in the post Independence India. Apart from being a very important bilingual writer, writing in Marathi and English, he was also a painter and filmmaker.-Biography:He was born in Baroda on 17 September 1938...
; MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
: Poetrywala - Jerry PintoJerry PintoJerry Pinto is a Mumbai-based Indian writer of poetry, prose and children's fiction in English, as well as a journalist. His noted works include, Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb which won the Best Book on Cinema Award at the 54th National Film Awards, Surviving Women and Asylum and Other...
, Asylum and Other Poems ( Poetry in EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
), Allied Publishers, ISBN 81-7764-527-7 - Sudeep SenSudeep Sen-Life and work:Sen studied at St Columba's School and read literature at Hansraj College Delhi University. As an Inlaks Scholar, he received a master's degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York...
:- Distracted Geography: An Archipelago of Intent ( Poetry in EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
), Wings Press, ISBN 0-930-324-95-1; LeedsLeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
: Peepal Tree, ISBN 1-900715-34-1; (reprinted 20042004 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants...
, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
: Indialog Publications, 2004, ISBN 81-8791-67-9) - Prayer Flag ( Poetry in EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) with a compact disc and photographs; New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
: Wings Press, 2003, ISBN 0-930324-97-8; Leeds: Peepal Tree, ISBN 1-900715-12-0
- Distracted Geography: An Archipelago of Intent ( Poetry in English
- Sachin Ketkar, A Dirge for the Dead Dog and other Incantations( Poetry in EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
), New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
: Sanbun Publishers - Ajmer RodeAjmer RodeAjmer Rode is a Canadian author writing in Punjabi as well as in English. His first work was non-fiction Vishva Di Nuhar on Einstein's Relativity in dialogue form inspired by Plato's Republic. Published by the Punjabi University in 1966, the book initiated a series of university publications on...
, Selected Poems, by a Punjabi ; Third Eye Publications, ISBN 0-919581-76-5
IrelandIrish poetryThe history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
- Rosita Boland, Dissecting the Heart, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-344-5
- Ciaran CarsonCiaran CarsonCiaran Gerard Carson is a Belfast, Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist.-Early years:Ciaran Carson was born in Belfast into an Irish-speaking family...
, Breaking News, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-340-7 2003 - Michael Coady, One Another, (poems and prose), Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-357-5
- Gerald DaweGerald DaweGerald Dawe is a Northern Irish writer and poet.-Early life:Gerald Dawe was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and grew up with his mother, sister and grandmother. He attended Orangefield Boys School across the city in East Belfast, a leading progressive liberal state school...
, Lake Geneva, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-342-1
New ZealandNew Zealand literatureNew Zealand literature is essentially literature in English that is either written by New Zealanders, or migrants, dealing with New Zealand themes or places and is primarily a 20th Century creation...
- Jenny BornholdtJenny BornholdtJennifer Mary Bornholdt is an award-winning New Zealand poet and anthologist.-Biography:Born in Lower Hutt, Bornholdt received a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Diploma in Journalism...
, Summer - Robin HydeRobin HydeRobin Hyde is one of New Zealand's major poets. She was born Iris Guiver Wilkinson in Cape Town, South Africa and taken to Wellington, New Zealand before her first birthday. She had her secondary education at Wellington Girls' College where she wrote poetry and short stories for the school...
, Young Knowledge: the poems of Robin Hyde, edited and introduced by Michele LeggottMichele LeggottMichele Joy Leggott MNZM is a New Zealand poet, and Associate Professor of English at the University of Auckland. She was born in Stratford, New Zealand, and received her secondary education at New Plymouth Girls High School, before attending the University of Canterbury where she completed an MA...
, Auckland: Auckland University Press, posthumous
Poets in Best New Zealand Poems
Poems from these 25 poet s were selected by Elizabeth SmitherElizabeth Smither
Elizabeth Smither MNZM is a New Zealand poet and writer.She worked as a librarian.-Awards:* 2002 Te Mata Poet Laureate.* 2000 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry* 2008 Prime Minister's Award for poetry....
for Best New Zealand Poems 2002
Best New Zealand Poems series
The Best New Zealand Poems series, begun in 2001 is an annual online selection of poems chosen by guest editors. The program is run by the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand....
, published online this year:
- Jenny BornholdtJenny BornholdtJennifer Mary Bornholdt is an award-winning New Zealand poet and anthologist.-Biography:Born in Lower Hutt, Bornholdt received a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Diploma in Journalism...
- Diana Bridge
- Rachel Bush
- Kate Camp
- Glen Colqu houn
- Murray Edmond
- Paula Green
- Michael Harlow
- David Howard
- Andrew Johnston
- Anne KennedyAnne KennedyAnne Kennedy is a New Zealand poet, writer, and filmwriter.-Life:She was educated in Wellington, she has been a piano teacher and music librarian and since 1986, a freelance scriptwriter. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Victoria University of Wellington...
- Michele LeggottMichele LeggottMichele Joy Leggott MNZM is a New Zealand poet, and Associate Professor of English at the University of Auckland. She was born in Stratford, New Zealand, and received her secondary education at New Plymouth Girls High School, before attending the University of Canterbury where she completed an MA...
- Emma Neale
- Bob Orr
- Chris Orsman
- Vincent O'Sullivan
- Bill Sewell
- Anna Smaill
- Kendrick SmithymanKendrick SmithymanWilliam Kendrick Smithyman was an award-winning New Zealand poet and one of the most prolific of that nation's poets in the 20th century.-Family and early life:...
- C.K. Stead
- Robert SullivanRobert Sullivan (New Zealand poet)Robert Sullivan is an important Māori writer from Aotearoa/New Zealand.-Biography & Writing:Robert Sullivan is of Māori and Irish descent. He belongs to the Māori tribes Ngā Puhi as well as to Kāi Tahu and describes himself as multicultural...
- Jo Thorpe
- Rae Varcoe
- Louise Wrightson
- Sonja Yelich
United KingdomBritish poetryBritish poetry is a term rarely used, as almost all poets of the British world are clearly identified with one of the various nations within those areas....
- Gerry Cambridge, Madame Fi Fi's Farewell and other poems, Luath Press, ISBN 1-84282-005-2
- Ciarán CarsonCiaran CarsonCiaran Gerard Carson is a Belfast, Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist.-Early years:Ciaran Carson was born in Belfast into an Irish-speaking family...
: Breaking News, Gallery Press, Wake Forest University Press, awarded the 2003 Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection - Carol Ann DuffyCarol Ann DuffyCarol Ann Duffy, CBE, FRSL is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at the Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain's poet laureate in May 2009...
, The Good Child's Guide to Rock N Roll, Faber and Faber (children's poetry) - James FentonJames FentonJames Martin Fenton is an English poet, journalist and literary critic. He is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry.-Life and career:...
: The Love Bomb, verse written as a libretto for a composer who rejected it; Penguin / Faber and Faber - Lavinia GreenlawLavinia Greenlaw-Biography:Greenlaw was born in London into a family of doctors and scientists, but spent much of her childhood in a small village in Essex. She began her working life in publishing and arts administration before embarking upon a career as a freelance artist, critic and radio broadcaster. She lives...
, Minsk, Faber and Faber - Peter RedgrovePeter RedgrovePeter William Redgrove was a prolific and widely respected British poet, who also wrote works with his second wife Penelope Shuttle on menstruation and women's health, novels and plays.-Life:...
, Sheen - Simawe, Saadi, editor, Iraqi Poetry Today, London: King's College, ISBN 0-9533824-6-X
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom
- R. F. FosterR. F. Foster (historian)Robert Fitzroy Foster FBA FRHistS FRSL - generally known as Roy Foster - is the Carroll Professor of Irish History at Hertford College, Oxford in the UK.-Background and education:...
, W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol. II: The Arch-Poet 1915–1939, Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
ISBN 0-19-818465-4 - Matthew Campbell, editor, The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry, Cambridge University Press
United States
- Dick AllenDick Allen (poet)Dick Allen is an American poet, literary critic and academic born in Troy, New York who is serving a five-year term as poet laureate of the state of Connecticut from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2015....
, The Day Before: New Poems (Sarabande Books) - Charles BukowskiCharles BukowskiHenry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles...
, sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the way (Ecco) - Henri ColeHenri ColeHenri Cole is an award-winning American poet.-Biography:Henri Cole was born in Fukuoka, Japan, to an American father and French mother, and raised in Virginia, United States. His father, a North Carolinian, enlisted in the service after graduating from high school and, while stationed in...
, Middle Earth (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); a New York Times "notable book of the year" - Cid CormanCid CormanCid Corman was an American poet, translator and editor, most notably of Origin, who was a key figure in the history of American poetry in the second half of the 20th century.-Early life and writing:...
, Now/Now - Annie FinchAnnie FinchAnnie Finch is an American poet. She is author of numerous books of poetry as well as poetry translation, poetry anthologies and criticism, opera libretti, and poetic collaborations with visual art, music, theater, and dance. Her writings on poetry address topics including meter and prosody,...
, Calendars - John HollanderJohn HollanderJohn Hollander is a Jewish-American poet and literary critic. As of 2007, he is Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University...
, Picture Window - Wi lliam LoganWilliam Logan (poet)William Logan is an American poet, critic and scholar.-Life:Logan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to W. Donald Logan, Jr. and Nancy Damon Logan. He lives in Gainesville, Florida and Cambridge, England with his wife, the poet and artist, Debora Greger...
, Macbeth in Venice - Howard NemerovHoward NemerovHoward Nemerov was an American poet. He was twice appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1963 to 1964, and again from 1988 to 1990. He received the National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and Bollingen Prize for The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov...
, The Selected Poems of Howard Nemerov, edited by Daniel Anderson (Swallow/Ohio University) published posthumously); a New York Times "notable book of the year" - Mary OliverMary OliverMary Oliver is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's [America's] best-selling poet".-Early life:...
, Owls a nd Other Fantasies: poems and essays - Kenneth RexrothKenneth RexrothKenneth Rexroth was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement...
, Complete Poems (posthumous) - Margaret Reynolds, The Sappho History (scholarship), Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-333-97170-3 ISBN 0-333-97170-1
- C. J. SageC. J. SageC. J. Sage is an American poet and artist , best known for her precise wordplay, internal rhymes, and lyrical poetry. Sage is also the editor of the National Poetry Review and Press. After taking her M. F. A. in Creative Writing/Poetry C. J. Sage is an American poet and artist (born in...
, editor, And We The Creatures: Fifty-one Contemporary American Poets on Animal Rights and Appreciation (Dream Horse Press) - Charles SimicCharles SimicDušan "Charles" Simić is a Serbian-American poet, and was co-Poetry Editor of the Paris Review. He was appointed the fifteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2007.-Early years:...
, The Voice at 3:00 a.m.: Selected Late & New Poems (Harvest Books)(Harcourt); a New York Times "notable book of the year" - Tracy K. SmithTracy K. SmithTracy K. Smith is an African American poet and educator. She has published three collections of poetry. About her most recent collection, Life on Mars , Joel Brouwer wrote: "Smith shows herself to be a poet of extraordinary range and ambition......
, The Body’s Question won the 20022002 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* After Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Britain, publishes a poem praising a suicide bomber who had killed himself and two Israelis after blowing himself up in a supermarket; the...
Cave Canem Prize for best first book by an African American poet (Graywolf PressGraywolf PressGraywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded on a dedication to the creation and promotion of thoughtful and imaginative contemporary literature essential to a vital and diverse culture, Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.Now...
) - Rosmarie WaldropRosmarie WaldropRosmarie Waldrop is a contemporary American poet, translator and publisher. Born in Germany, she has lived in the United States since 1958. She has lived in Providence, Rhode Island since the late 1960s...
, Love, Like Pronouns (Omnidawn Publishing) - William Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania...
and Louis ZukofskyLouis ZukofskyLouis Zukofsky was an American poet. He was one of the founders and the primary theorist of the Objectivist group of poets and thus an important influence on subsequent generations of poets in America and abroad.-Life:...
, The Correspondence of William Carlos Williams & Louis Zukofsky, edited by Barry Ahearn (Wesleyan University Press) - Kirby WrightKirby WrightKirby Wright is an American writer best known for his coming of age island novel PUNAHOU BLUES and the epic novel "MOLOKA'I NUI AHINA," which is based on the life and times of Wright's paniolo grandmother...
, Before the City (Lemon Shark Press); winner of the San Diego Book Award for Poetry
Poets included in The Best American Poetry 2003
The 75 poets included in The Best American Poetry 2003The Best American Poetry 2003
The Best American Poetry 2003, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Yusef Komunyakaa....
, edited by David Lehman
David Lehman
David Lehman is a poet and the series editor for The Best American Poetry series. He teaches at The New School in New York City.-Career:...
, co-edited this year by Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa is an American poet who currently teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly...
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- Jonathan AaronJonathan Aaron-Life:He graduated from the University of Chicago and Yale University Ph.D.His work has been published in The Paris Review, Ploughshares, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The London Review of books, The Boston Globe , and The Times Literary Supplement.Aaron was born and raised in...
- Beth AndersonBeth AndersonBeth Anderson is an American neo-romantic composer. She studied with John Cage, Terry Riley, Robert Ashley, and Larry Austin, among others. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, USA and grew up in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky...
- Nin Andrews
- Wendell BerryWendell BerryWendell Berry is an American man of letters, academic, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. He is a prolific author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays...
- Frank BidartFrank BidartFrank Bidart is an American academic and poet.-Biography:In 1957, he began to study at the University of California at Riverside and went on to Harvard, where he was a student and friend of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop...
- Diann BlakelyDiann BlakelyDiann Blakely is an American poet, essayist, and reviewer. Graduating with a B.A. in art history from the University of the South in 1979, she subsequently received an M.A. in literature from Vanderbilt University in 1980 and an M.F.A. from Vermont College in 1989...
- Bruce BondBruce BondBruce Bond is a poet, editor for American Literary Review , and an English professor at the University of North Texas.His poetry has been featured in a variety of literary publications, such as: The Paris Review, The New Republic, The Georgia Review, The Yale Review, The Harvard Review, and Poetry,...
- Catherine BowmanCatherine BowmanCatherine Bowman is an American poet.Her most recent poetry collection is The Plath Cabinet , and her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Best American Poetry, TriQuarterly, River Styx, Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, The Los Angeles Times, Crazy Horse,...
- Rosemary Catacalos
- Joshua CloverJoshua CloverJoshua Clover is a poet, critic, journalist and author. He has appeared in three editions of Best American Poetry, is a two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize, and recipient of an individual grant from the NEA; his first book of poetry, Madonna anno domini, received the Walt Whitman Award from the...
- Billy CollinsBilly CollinsBilly Collins is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is the Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute, Florida...
- Michael S. Collins
- Carl DennisCarl DennisCarl Dennis , an American poet and educator. His book Practical Gods won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.-Life and work:...
- Susan Dickman
- Rita DoveRita DoveRita Frances Dove is an American poet and author. From 1993-1995 she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now popularly known as "U.S. Poet Laureate"...
- Stephen DunnStephen DunnStephen Dunn is an American poet. Dunn has written fifteen collections of poetry. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 2001 collection, Different Hours and has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Dunn completed his B.A. in English at...
- Stuart DybekStuart Dybek-Personal life:Dybek was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Chicago's Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dybek graduated from St. Rita of Cascia High School in 1959...
- Charles FortCharles FortCharles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still in print today.-Biography:Charles Hoy Fort was born in 1874 in Albany, New York, of Dutch...
- James GalvinJames Galvin (poet)James Galvin is an American poet. He has published six collections of poetry, most recently As Is , "X: Poems," and Resurrection Update, Collected Poems, 1975-1997 which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, and the Poet’s Prize...
- Amy GerstlerAmy GerstlerAmy Gerstler is an American poet. Her books of poetry include Ghost Girl ; Medicine - finalist for the Phi Beta Kappa Poetry Award; Crown of Weeds ; Nerve Storm ; Bitter Angel - winner of the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award - The True Bride and Dearest Creature, .Described by the Los...
- Louise GlückLouise GlückLouise Elisabeth Glück is an American poet of Hungarian Jewish heritage. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2003, after serving as a Special Bicentennial Consultant three years prior in 2000....
- Michael Goldman
- Ray GonzalezRay GonzalezRamón González Rivera, better know by his ring name Ray González, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler who has wrestled in Mexico, Japan, as well as with the XWF in the United States, and the World Wrestling Council along with the International Wrestling Association of Puerto Rico...
- Linda GreggLinda GreggLinda Alouise Gregg is an American poet.-Biography:Although born just miles northwest of New York City, Ms. Gregg grew up on the other side of the country, in Marin County, California. She received both her Bachelor of Arts, in 1967, and her Master of Arts, in 1972, from San Francisco State College...
- Mark HallidayMark HallidayMark Halliday is a noted American poet, professor and critic. He is author of five collections of poetry, most recently Keep This Forever...
- Michael S. HarperMichael S. HarperMichael Steven Harper is an American poet from Brooklyn, who was the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island from 1988 to 1993. He has published ten books of poetry, two of which, "Dear John, Dear Coltrane" and "Images of Kin" , have been nominated for the National Book Award. A great deal of his poetry...
- Matthea HarveyMatthea HarveyMatthea Harvey is a contemporary American poet, writer and professor. She has published three collections, most recently, Modern Life , which earned her the 2009 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award, and a New York Times Notable Book...
- George V. HigginsGeorge V. HigginsGeorge V. Higgins was a United States author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, and college professor. He is best known for his bestselling crime novels. His full name was George Vincent Higgins, but his books were all published as by George V. Higgins. ACtually, his full name was George V...
- Edward HirschEdward HirschEdward Hirsch is an American poet and critic who wrote a national bestseller about reading poetry. He has published eight books of poems, including The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems , which brings together thirty-five years of work. He is president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial...
- Tony HoaglandTony HoaglandAnthony Dey Hoagland is an American poet and writer. His poetry collection 2003, What Narcissism Means to Me, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Other honors include two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry, and a...
- Richard HowardRichard HowardRichard Howard is an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied under Mark Van Doren, and where he now teaches...
- Rodney JonesRodney JonesRodney Jones is an American poet and professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Jones was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Peter I.B...
- Joy KatzJoy KatzJoy Katz is an American poet, who was recently awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.She is the author of two poetry collections, most recently, The Garden Room...
- Brigit Pegeen KellyBrigit Pegeen KellyBrigit Pegeen Kelly is an award-winning American poet.-Life:She is married to , a poet and fiction writer.She taught at the University of California at Irvine, Purdue University, and Warren Wilson College....
- Galway KinnellGalway KinnellGalway Kinnell is an American poet. He was Poet Laureate of Vermont from 1989 to 1993. An admitted follower of Walt Whitman, Kinnell rejects the idea of seeking fulfillment by escaping into the imaginary world. His best-loved and most anthologized poems are "St...
- Carolyn KizerCarolyn KizerCarolyn Ashley Kizer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism.-Life and work:...
- Jennifer L. Knox
- Kenneth KochKenneth KochKenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77...
- John KoetheJohn KoetheJohn Koethe is an American poet and essayist. Originally from San Diego, California, he was educated at Princeton University and Harvard University, and is currently a professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee....
- Ted KooserTed KooserTed Kooser is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 to 2006.-Early Life:...
- Philip LevinePhilip Levine (poet)Philip Levine is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for over thirty years at the English Department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well...
- J. D. McClatchy
- W. S. MerwinW. S. MerwinWilliam Stanley Merwin is an American poet, credited with over 30 books of poetry, translation and prose. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, Merwin's writing influence derived from...
- Stanley MossStanley MossStanley Moss is an American poet, publisher, and art dealer.Moss was born in Woodhaven, New York on June 21, 1925. He was educated at Trinity College and Yale University. His first book of poems, The Wrong Angel, was published in 1966...
- Heather Moss
- Paul MuldoonPaul MuldoonPaul Muldoon is an Irish poet. He has published over thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. He held the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1999 - 2004. At Princeton University he is both the Howard G. B. Clark ’21 Professor in the Humanities and...
- Peggy Munson
- Marilyn NelsonMarilyn NelsonMarilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator and children's book author. She is the author or translator of twelve books and three chapbooks.-Early life:...
- Daniel NesterDaniel NesterDaniel Murlin Nester , known as Daniel Nester, is a writer, editor, and poet.-Biography:...
- Naomi Shihab NyeNaomi Shihab NyeNaomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and American mother. Although she regards herself as a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home.-Career:...
- Ishle Yi Park
- Robert PinskyRobert PinskyRobert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most of which are collections of his own poetry...
- Kevin PruferKevin PruferKevin D. Prufer is an American poet, academic, editor, and essayist. His most recent books are In A Beautiful Country and National Anthem...
- Ed RobersonEd Roberson-Life:He was born and raised in Pittsburgh.Roberson lives in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he worked at Rutgers University, until 2002. In 2007, he was Visiting Writer in Residence at Northwestern University.His work appears in Callaloo-Awards:...
- Vijay SeshadriVijay SeshadriVijay Seshadri is a Brooklyn, New York-based poet, essayist, and literary critic of significant repute.He was born in India and came to the United States in 1959 at the age of five. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio and has lived in many parts of the United States, including the Northwest and the Upper...
- Myra Shapiro
- Alan ShapiroAlan ShapiroAlan Shapiro is an American poet and professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of nine poetry books, including Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and The Dead Alive and Busy. He received the Kingsley Tufts Award and the Los Angeles...
- Bruce SmithBruce Smith (poet)-Life:Smith was born and raised in Philadelphia. He has since taught at the University of Alabama, and now teaches at Syracuse University. He has been a co-editor of the Graham House Review and a contributing editor of Born Magazine.-Awards:...
- Charlie Smith
- Maura StantonMaura Stanton-Biography:Maura Stanton was born to Joseph Stanton, a salesman, and Wanda Haggard Stanton, a nurse, in Evanston, Illinois. She received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1969, and her M.F.A. in 1971 from the University of Iowa....
- Ruth StoneRuth StoneRuth Stone was an American poet, author, and teacher.-Life and career:In 1959, after her husband, professor Walter Stone, committed suicide, she was forced to raise three daughters alone...
- James TateJames Tate (writer)James Tate is an American poet whose work has earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He is a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters...
- William TremblayWilliam TremblayWilliam Tremblay is an American poet, novelist, and Colorado State University Professor Emeritus.Born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, Tremblay received an B.A in English Literature and an M.A. in American Literature from Clark University, and he received a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the...
- Natasha TretheweyNatasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is an American poet who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection, Native Guard.Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She earned the A.B. in English from the University of Georgia, an M.A. in poetry from Hollins University, and an M.F.A. in poetry from...
- David WagonerDavid WagonerDavid Russell Wagoner is an American poet who has written many poetry collections and ten novels. Two of his books have been nominated for National Book Awards....
- Ronald WallaceRonald WallaceRonald Wallace was Professor of Biblical Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary-Career Overview:* Brora, Minister without Charge* 1940 Minister, Pollock Church, Glasgow* Church of Scotland's Huts and Canteens...
- Lewis WarshLewis WarshLewis Warsh was born in 1944 in the Bronx, New York. He is co-founder, with Anne Waldman, of Angel Hair Magazine and Books, and co-editor, with Bernadette Mayer, of United Artists Magazine and Books...
- Susan WheelerSusan WheelerSusan Wheeler is an educator and award-winning poet whose poems have frequently appeared in anthologies. She currently teaches creative writing at Princeton University.Her published works include:...
- Richard WilburRichard WilburRichard Purdy Wilbur is an American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987, and twice received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1957 and again in 1989....
- C. K. WilliamsC. K. WilliamsCharles Kenneth Williams is an American poet. Senior poet Paul Muldoon has described him as “one of the most distinguished poets of his generation.” -Biography:...
- Terence WinchTerence Winch-Biography:Terence Patrick Winch was born in New York City in 1945. He grew up in an Irish neighborhood in the Bronx, the child of Irish immigrants. In 1971, he moved to Washington, DC, where he became involved with the Mass Transit readings in Dupont Circle. He published the first issue of Mass...
- David WojahnDavid WojahnDavid Wojahn is a contemporary American poet who teaches poetry in the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, and in the low residency MFA in Writing program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts...
- Robert WrigleyRobert WrigleyRobert Wrigley is an American poet and educator.His most recent book is Beautiful Country'. Other collections include Earthly Meditations: New and Selected Poems Lives of the Animals ; Reign of Snakes ; In the Bank of Beautiful Sins ; What My Father Believed ; Moon in a...
- Anna Ziegler
- Ahmos Zu-Bolton II
FranceFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
- Seyhmus DagtekinSeyhmus DagtekinSeyhmus Dagtekin is a Kurdish poet and writer. He has lived in Paris since 1987. He writes in Turkish, in Kurdish or in French, and is the author of seven poetry books, and a novel À la source, la nuit...
, Couleurs démêlées du ciel, publisher: L'Harmattan; Kurdish Turkish poet writing in French - Abdellatif LaabiAbdellatif LaabiAbdellatif Laâbi is a Moroccan poet, born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco.Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal Souffles, an important literary review in 1966...
, , Moroccan author writing in French:- L'automne promet, La Différence, coll. Clepsydre, Paris
- Les Fruits du corps, La Différence, coll. Clepsydre, Paris
- Œuvre poétique, La Différence, coll. Œuvre complète, Paris
Canada, in FrenchCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience...
- Denise Desautels, La marathonienne, avec estampes de Maria Cronopoulos, Montréal: Éditions de la courte échelle
- 2003 * Jean RoyerJean RoyerJean Royer was a French catholic and conservative politician, former Minister, and former Mayor of Tours.-Mayor of Tours:...
, Demeures du silence, Trois-Rivières: Écrits des Forges / Esch-sur-Alzette: Éditions Phi
Germany
- Christoph Buchwald, general editor, and Michael KruegerMichael Krüger (writer)Michael Krüger is a German writer, publisher and translator.Michael Krüger grew up in Berlin. After the graduating he was apprenticed to a publisher and later studied philosophy and literature...
, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2004 ("Poetry Yearbook 2004"), publisher: Beck; anthology - Daniel Falb, Daniela Seel, and Andrew Potterof, die räumung dieser parks ("the clearance of these parks"), Kookbooks
- Bjoern Kuligk and Jan Wagner, editors, Lyrik von Jetzt ("Poetry of Now"), publisher: Dumont Verlag, featuring poetry by 74 authors born since 1965 (Lyrik von Jetzt 2 followed in 20082008 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* June — the release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys *...
BengaliBengali poetryBengali poetry is a form that originated in Pāli and other Prakrit socio-cultural traditions. It is antagonistic towards Vedic rituals and laws as opposed to the shramanic traditions such as Buddhism and Jainism...
- Debarati Mitra, Khonpa Bhare Achhe Tarar Dhuloy, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; IndiaIndian poetryIndian poetry, and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as Vedic Sanskrit, Classical Sanskrit, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Urdu. Poetry in foreign languages such as Persian and English also have a...
, Bengali-language - Mallika SenguptaMallika SenguptaMallika Sengupta is a Bengali poet, feminist, and reader of Sociology from Kolkata, known for her "unapologetically political poetry".- Biography :...
:- Purushke Lekha Chithi, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers
- Editor, Dui Banglar Meyeder Shreshtha kabita, Kolkata: Upasana
- Nirendranath Chakravarti, Bhalobasha Mondobasha, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers; BengaliBengali poetryBengali poetry is a form that originated in Pāli and other Prakrit socio-cultural traditions. It is antagonistic towards Vedic rituals and laws as opposed to the shramanic traditions such as Buddhism and Jainism...
-language - Udaya Narayana Singh, Kham-kheyali, Kolkata: Ebang Mushayera
Other in India
- Gagan Gill, Thapak Thapak Dil Thapak Thapa, New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan; Punjabi-language
- Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, editor, Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from the Northeast, North-Eastern Hill University; Kahsi-language
- Kanaka Ha. Ma., translator, Battalike, a translation of Javed AkhtarJaved AkhtarJaved Akhtar is a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Some of his most successful work was done in the late 1970s and 1980s with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed...
's Tarkash from the original UrduUrdu poetryUrdu poetry is a rich tradition of poetry and has many different types and forms. Borrowing much from the Persian language, it is today an important part of Pakistani and North Indian culture....
into KannadaKannada poetryKannada poetry is poetry written in the Kannada language spoken in Karnataka. Karnataka is the land that gave birth to eight Jnanapeeth award winners, the highest honour bestowed for Indian literature...
; Puttur, Karnataka: Karnataka Sangha - Kutti Revathi, Thanimaiyin Aayiram Irakkaigal ("One Thousand Wings of Solitude"), Chennai: Panikkudam Pathippagam; Tamil-language
- Malathi Maithri, Neerindri Amaiyaathu Ulagu, ("There Can Be No Earth Without Water"), Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam; Tamil-language
- Nilmani PhookanNilmani PhookanNilmani Phookan is an Indian poet in Assamese language and an academic. His work replete with symbolism, is inspired by French symbolism and is representative of the genre in Assamese poetry...
, Alop Agota Ami Ki Kotha Pati Ashilo, Guwahati, Assam: Students’ Store, AssameseAssamese PoetryAssamese poetry, poetry in Assamese language.-History:Sanskrit literature, the fountain head of most of the Indian literature, supplied not only the themes of medieval Assamese literature, but also has inspired many a writer of modern Assamese literature to undertake creative writings in context of...
-language - Rajendra Kishore Panda; Oraya-language:
- Collected Poems - Sada Prusthha, Bhubaneswar: Metanym, Oraya-language
- Drohavakya, Bhubaneswar: Metanym,
- Dujanari, Bhubaneswar: Metanym,
- Vairagi Bhramar, Bhubaneswar: Metanym,
- Satyottara, Bhubaneswar: Metanym,
- Bahwarambhe, Bhubaneswar: Metanym,
- S. JosephS. JosephS. Joseph is a Malayalam poet in the post modern era.His collections are Karutha Kallu , Meenkaran and Identity card .-External links:*...
, Meenkaran, Kottayam: DC Books, ISBN 81-264-0616-X; MalayalamMalayalam poetryThere are two types of meters used in Malayalam poetry, the classical Sanskrit based and Tamil based ones.- Sanskrit Meters :Sanskrit meters are primarily based on trisyllabic feet. The short sound is called a laghu, a long sound is called a guru. A guru is twice as long as a laghu...
-language - Salma, Pachchai Devathai, Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam; Tamil-language
- Saroop Dhruv, Gujarati-language:
- Hastkshep, Ahmedabad: Samvedan Sanskritic Manch, Ahmedabad
- Sahiyara Suraj Ni Khoj Ma, Ahmedabad: Samvedan Sanskritic Manch
- Thangjam Ibopishak Singh, Manam ("The Human Scent"), Imphal: Writer’s Forum; Manipuri-language poet and academic
PolandPolish literaturePolish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages, used in Poland over the centuries, have also contributed to Polish literary traditions, including Yiddish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German and...
- Ewa LipskaEwa LipskaEwa Lipska, born October 8, 1945, in Kraków is a Polish poet from the generation of the Polish "New Wave." Collections of her verse have been translated into English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German and Hungarian...
, Ja ("I"); Krakow: Wydawnictwo literackie - Bronisław Maj, Elegie, treny, sny; Kraków: Znak
- Czesław Miłosz, Orfeusz i Eurydyka ("Orpheus and Eurydice"); Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie
- Tomasz RóżyckiTomasz RóżyckiTomasz Różycki is a Polish poet and translator. He studied Romance Languages at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, and taught French at the Foreign Languages Teaching College in Opole...
, Świat i Antyświat ("World and Antiworld"), , Warsaw: Lampa i Iskra Boża - Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-DyckiEugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-DyckiEugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki is an award-winning Polish poet.Born in Wólka Krowicka near Lubaczów, he is an author of nine volumes of poems and some texts for the magazine Kresy. He is a past winner of the Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna Award, the Barbara Sadowska Award, Polish-German Days of Literature...
:- Daleko stąd zostawiłem swoje dawne i niedawne ciało
- Przyczynek do nauki o nieistnieniu
- Adam ZagajewskiAdam ZagajewskiAdam Zagajewski is a Polish poet, novelist, translator and essayist.In 1982 he emigrated to Paris, but in 2002 he returned to Poland, and resides in Kraków. His poem "Try To Praise The Mutilated World", printed in The New Yorker, became famous after the 11 September attacks...
, Powrót, Kraków: a5 - Wisława Szymborska: Rymowanki dla dużych dzieci ("Rhymes for Big Kids")
Other languages
- Inga Kuznetsova, Sni-Sinitsi ("Chickadee Dreams"), winner of the Triumph youth prize and the Moscow Score Award for best first book; Russia
- Marie ŠťastnáMarie ŠtastnáMarie Šťastná is a Czech poet. She has a degree in Art History and History of Culture from the University of Ostrava....
, Krajina s Ofélií ("Scenery with Ophelia"), Czech Republic - Yi Sha, Yi Sha shixuan ("Yi Sha's Poems"), ChinaChinese poetryChinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language, which includes various versions of Chinese language, including Classical Chinese, Standard Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Yue Chinese, as well as many other historical and vernacular varieties of the Chinese language...
Awards and honors
Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for PoetryC. J. Dennis Prize for PoetryThe C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, for a significant selection of new work by a poet published in a book. It is named after the early twentieth century vernacular poet C. J...
: Emma LewEmma LewEmma Lew is a contemporary Australian poet.Born in Melbourne, Emma Lew studied arts at Melbourne University and worked as a deckhand, shop assistant, proof-reader, and clerical assistant, only beginning to write poetry in 1993. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies in...
, Anything the Landlord Touches - Dinny O'Hearn Poetry PrizeThe Age Book of the YearThe Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival...
: Mangroves by Laurie DugganLaurie DugganLaurence "Laurie" James Duggan is an Australian poet, editor, and translator.-Life:Laurie Duggan was born in Melbourne and attended Monash University, where his friends included the poets Alan Wearne and John A. Scott. Both he and Scott won the Monash Poetry Prize...
, University of Queensland PressUniversity of Queensland PressEstablished in 1948, University of Queensland Press is a dynamic publishing house known for its innovative philosophy and commitment to producing books of high quality and cultural significance... - Grace Leven Prize for PoetryGrace Leven Prize for PoetryThe Grace Leven Prize for Poetry is an annual award given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress Grace Leven' and for the publication of his own work"...
: Stephen EdgarStephen EdgarStephen Edgar is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and indexer.-Background and education:Edgar was born in Sydney in 1951 where he attended Sydney Technical High School. Between 1971 and 1974 he lived in London and worked as a library assistant in the London Borough of Lambeth...
, Lost in the Foreground, Duffy & Snellgrove - Kenneth Slessor Prize for PoetryKenneth Slessor Prize for PoetryThe Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form...
: Jill JonesJill JonesJill Jones is an American singer and songwriter, who was a backing vocalist for Teena Marie and Prince in the 1980s.-Biography:...
, Screens Jets Heaven
CanadaCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience...
- Gerald Lampert AwardGerald Lampert AwardThe Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert...
- Archibald Lampman AwardArchibald Lampman AwardThe Archibald Lampman Award is an annual Canadian literary award, created by Blaine Marchand, and presented by the literary magazine Arc, for the year's best work of poetry by a writer living in the National Capital Region.- History :...
- Atlantic Poetry PrizeAtlantic Poetry PrizeThe Atlantic Poetry Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, to the best work of poetry published by a writer from the Atlantic provinces.-Winners:*1998 - Carmelita McGrath, To the New World...
- Giller Prize: M.G. Vassanji - The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
- See 2003 Governor General's Awards2003 Governor General's AwardsThe 2003 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on November 12. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.-Fiction:*Douglas Glover, Elle*Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake*Elizabeth Hay, Garbo Laughs...
for a complete list of the winners of those awards. - Griffin Poetry PrizeGriffin Poetry PrizeThe Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language....
Canada: Margaret AvisonMargaret AvisonMargaret Avison, OC was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize. "Her work has often been praised for the beauty of its language and images."-Life:...
, Concrete and Wild Carrot; International, in the English Language: Paul MuldoonPaul MuldoonPaul Muldoon is an Irish poet. He has published over thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. He held the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1999 - 2004. At Princeton University he is both the Howard G. B. Clark ’21 Professor in the Humanities and...
, Moy sand and gravel - Pat Lowther AwardPat Lowther AwardThe Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. It is presented in honour of poet Pat Lowther, who was murdered by her husband in 1975. Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.-Winners:*1981 - M...
- Prix Alain-GrandboisPrix Alain-GrandboisThe Prix Alain-Grandbois or Alain Grandbois Prize is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry. The jury is composed of three members of the Académie des lettres du Québec...
- Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook AwardShaunt Basmajian Chapbook AwardThe Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award, established in 1996, was an annual prize given by the Canadian Poetry Association. It was named in memory of Shaunt Basmajian, a founder of the association. It was an annual manuscript publication competition and award...
New ZealandNew Zealand literatureNew Zealand literature is essentially literature in English that is either written by New Zealanders, or migrants, dealing with New Zealand themes or places and is primarily a 20th Century creation...
- Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement:
- Montana New Zealand Book AwardsMontana New Zealand Book AwardsThe New Zealand Post Book Awards are a series of literary awards to works of New Zealand citizens. They were created in 1996, as a merge of the two previously most relevant awards in New Zealand: the Montana Book Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards...
First-book award for poetry: Kay McKenzie Cooke, Feeding the Dogs, University of Otago Press
United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- Cholmondeley AwardCholmondeley AwardThe Cholmondeley Award is an annual award for poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Awards honour distinguished poets, from a fund endowed by the late Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1966...
: Ciaran CarsonCiaran CarsonCiaran Gerard Carson is a Belfast, Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist.-Early years:Ciaran Carson was born in Belfast into an Irish-speaking family...
, Michael DonaghyMichael DonaghyMichael Donaghy was an award-winning New York poet and musician, who lived in London from 1985.-Life and career:...
, Lavinia GreenlawLavinia Greenlaw-Biography:Greenlaw was born in London into a family of doctors and scientists, but spent much of her childhood in a small village in Essex. She began her working life in publishing and arts administration before embarking upon a career as a freelance artist, critic and radio broadcaster. She lives...
, Jackie KayJackie KayJackie Kay MBE is a Scottish poet and novelist.-Biography:Jackie Kay was born in Glasgow in 1961 to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father, Jonathan C. Okafor who later became a prominent tropical plant taxonomist... - David Cohen PrizeDavid Cohen PrizeThe David Cohen Prize for Literature is a biennial British literary award given to a writer, novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist or dramatist in recognition of an entire body of work, written in the English language. The prize is funded by the John S. Cohen Foundation and administered by...
: Thom GunnThom GunnThom Gunn, born Thomson William Gunn , was an Anglo-American poet who was praised both for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement and his later poetry in America, even after moving toward a looser, free-verse style...
(joint winner with novelist Beryl BainbridgeBeryl BainbridgeDame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge, DBE was an English author from Liverpool. She was primarily known for her psychological novels, often set amongst the English working classes. Bainbridge won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996; she was nominated five times for the Booker...
) (joint winners) - Eric Gregory AwardEric Gregory AwardThe Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission. The awards are up to a sum value of £24000 annually....
: Jen HadfieldJen HadfieldJen Hadfield is an English poet and artist.She won the 2008 T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry for her second collection, Nigh-No-Place...
, Zoe Brigley, Paul Batchelor, Olivia ColeOlivia ColeOlivia Cole is an American actress.-Biography:Cole was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Arvelia and William Cole. She was the first African-American actress to be nominated for and subsequently win an Emmy Award...
, Sasha Dugdale, Anna Woodford - Forward Poetry PrizeForward Poetry PrizeThe Forward Poetry Prizes were created in 1991. The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry. Until the T.S. Eliot Prize remuneration was increased to £15,000 plus £1000 to each of nine runners-up, the Forward was the United Kingdom's most valuable annual poetry...
Best Collection: Ciaran CarsonCiaran CarsonCiaran Gerard Carson is a Belfast, Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist.-Early years:Ciaran Carson was born in Belfast into an Irish-speaking family...
, Breaking News (The Gallery Press); Best First Collection: A. B. JacksonA. B. JacksonThe Scottish poet Andrew Buchanan Jackson was born on 19 June 1965, in Glasgow.His family soon moved to the town of Bramhall in Cheshire, where he received his primary school education...
, Fire Stations (Anvil Press) - Queen's Gold Medal for PoetryQueen's Gold Medal for PoetryThe Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry is awarded for a book of verse published by someone in any of the Commonwealth realms. Originally the award was open only to British subjects living in the United Kingdom, but in 1985 the scope was extended to include people from the rest of the Commonwealth realms...
: U. A. FanthorpeU. A. FanthorpeUrsula Askham Fanthorpe, CBE, FRSL was an English poet. She published as UA Fanthorpe.-Early life:She was educated in Surrey and at St Anne's College, Oxford, where she received a first-class degree in English language and literature, and subsequently taught English at Cheltenham Ladies' College... - T. S. Eliot PrizeT. S. Eliot PrizeThe T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded by the Poetry Book Society to "the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland" in any particular year. The Prize was inaugurated in 1993 in celebration of the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and in...
(United Kingdom and Ireland): Don PatersonDon PatersonDon Paterson, OBE, FRSL is a Scottish poet, writer and musician.-Background:Paterson was born in Dundee. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 1990 and his poem A Private Bottling won the Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition in 1993. He was included on the list of 20 poets chosen for the...
, Landing Light - Whitbread Award for poetry: Mark HaddonMark HaddonMark Haddon is an English novelist and poet, best known for his 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.- Life and work :...
, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a 2003 novel by British writer Mark Haddon. It won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year and the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book...
United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry PrizeAgnes Lynch Starrett Poetry PrizeThe Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major American literary award for a first full-length book of poetry in the English language.This prize of the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA was initiated by Ed Ochester and developed by Frederick A. Hetzel. The prize is...
awarded to David ShumateDavid Shumate-Life:He teaches at Marian College.His work has appeared in North America Review, Mid-American Review, Missouri Review, Mississippi Review, Maize, Southern Indiana Review, Prairie Schooner.He lives in Zionsville, Indiana.-Works:**...
for High Water Mark - American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, W.S. Merwin
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for PoetryBernard F. Connors Prize for PoetryThe Bernard F. Conners Prize for Poetry is given by the Paris Review "for the finest poem over 200 lines published in The Paris Review in a given year", according to the magazine. The winner is awarded $1,000....
, Julie SheehanJulie Sheehan-Life:She graduated from Yale University, and Columbia University.She lives on Long Island, New York, with her son, and is currently an assistant professor at Stony Brook Southampton....
for “Brown-headed Cow Birds” - Bollingen Prize for Poetry, Adrienne RichAdrienne RichAdrienne Cecile Rich is an American poet, essayist and feminist. She has been called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century."-Early life:...
- Brittingham Prize in PoetryBrittingham Prize in PoetryThe Brittingham Prize in Poetry is a major United States literary award for a book of poetry chosen from an open competition.The prize, established in 1985, is sponsored by the English Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is selected by a nationally recognized poet, The winner is...
, Brian Teare, The Room Where I Was Born - Frost MedalFrost MedalThe Robert Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for "distinguished lifetime service to American poetry." Medalists receive a prize purse of $2,500....
: Lawrence FerlinghettiLawrence FerlinghettiLawrence Ferlinghetti is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers... - National Book Award for poetry: C.K. Williams, The Singing
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of CongressPoet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of CongressThe Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate—serves as the nation's official poet. During his or her term, the Poet Laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of...
: Louise GlückLouise GlückLouise Elisabeth Glück is an American poet of Hungarian Jewish heritage. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2003, after serving as a Special Bicentennial Consultant three years prior in 2000....
appointed - Pulitzer Prize for poetryPulitzer Prize for PoetryThe Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. However, special citations for poetry were presented in 1918 and 1919.-Winners:...
(United States): Paul MuldoonPaul MuldoonPaul Muldoon is an Irish poet. He has published over thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. He held the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1999 - 2004. At Princeton University he is both the Howard G. B. Clark ’21 Professor in the Humanities and...
, Moy Sand and Gravel - Robert Fitzgerald Prosody AwardRobert Fitzgerald Prosody AwardThe Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award is awarded to scholars who have made a lasting contribution to the art and science of versification. The award was named after the poet, critic, and translator Robert Fitzgerald. It was established in 1999 at the Fifth Annual West Chester University Poetry...
: George T. Wright - Ruth Lilly Poetry PrizeRuth Lilly Poetry PrizeThe Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation; the Foundation also publishes Poetry. The Prize was established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly. The prize honors a living U.S. poet whose "lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition"; its value is presently $100,000...
: Linda PastanLinda PastanLinda Pastan is an American poet of Jewish background. From 1991–1995 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. She is known for writing short poems that address topics like family life, domesticity, motherhood, the female experience, aging, death, loss and the fear of loss, as well as the... - Wallace Stevens Award: Richard WilburRichard WilburRichard Purdy Wilbur is an American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987, and twice received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1957 and again in 1989....
- William Carlos Williams AwardWilliam Carlos Williams AwardThe William Carlos Williams Award is given out by the Poetry Society of America for a poetry book published by a small press, non-profit, or university press....
: Gary YoungGary Young (poet)Gary Eugene Young is an American poet, printer and book artist. In 2010 he was named Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz county.-Life:He graduated from University of California Santa Cruz and University of California, Irvine, with an M.F.A....
, No Other Life, Judge: Angela JacksonAngela JacksonAngela Jackson is a poet, playwright and writer.-Life:Her father, George Jackson, Sr. and mother, Angeline Robinson Jackson moved to Chicago... - Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Li-Young LeeLi-Young LeeLi-Young Lee is an American poet. He was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents. His maternal grandfather was Yuan Shikai, China's first Republican President, who attempted to make himself emperor...
DeathsDeaths in 2003The following is a list of notable deaths in 2003. Names are listed by date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name.A typical entry appears in the following sequence:...
- March 16 – Susan McGowan, poet (born 19071907 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Canada:* Peter McArthur, The Prodigal and other Poems* Robert W...
), Australian - June 28 – C. B. Christesen, poet and founding editor of Meanjin (born 19111911 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Britain establishes six copyright libraries to which copies of all books published in the country must be sent: Bodleian Library ; British Library ; National Library of Scotland ; National Library of...
), Australian - July 6 – Kathleen Jessie Raine (born 19081908 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Ezra Pound leaves America for Europe...
), an EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
poet, critic and scholar - July 8 – Subhash Mukhopadhyay (born 19191919 in poetry—From A Prayer for My Daughter by W. B. Yeats, first published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Two paintings by E. E...
), BengaliBengali poetryBengali poetry is a form that originated in Pāli and other Prakrit socio-cultural traditions. It is antagonistic towards Vedic rituals and laws as opposed to the shramanic traditions such as Buddhism and Jainism...
poet - July 9 – Josephine Jacobsen (born 19081908 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Ezra Pound leaves America for Europe...
), American poet, short story writer, and critic - July 15 – Roberto BolañoRoberto BolañoRoberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist and poet. In 1999 he won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los detectives salvajes , and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666, which was described by board member Marcela Valdes...
, at 50 (born 19531953 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen and Harold L...
), from liver disease, ChileChilean literatureThe most famous Chilean literature has come from Nobel Prize poets Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral, whose homes and birthplaces are now museums that attract literary pilgrims to Chile... - August 7 – F. T. PrinceF. T. PrinceFrank Templeton Prince was a British poet and academic, known generally for his best-known poem Soldiers Bathing, written during the Second World War in 1942, which has been frequently included in anthologies....
(born 19121912 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore takes a sheaf of his translated works to England, where they impress William Butler Yeats, Ezra Pound, Robert Bridges, Ernest Rhys, Thomas Sturge Moore, and others...
), South African-EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
poet and academic - September 3 – Alan DuganAlan DuganAlan Dugan was an American poet.His first volume Poems published in 1961 was a chosen by the Yale Series of Younger Poets and went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry....
(born 19231923 in poetry-- From Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", first published this year in his collection New HampshireNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:...
), American poet - November 3 – Rasul GamzatovRasul GamzatovRasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov was probably the most famous poet writing in the Avar language. Among his poems was Zhuravli, which became a well-known Soviet song....
, Avarian/Soviet/Russian poet, called the "People's poet of Dagestan" (aged 80) - November 27 – Talal al-Rasheed, SaudiArabic literatureArabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is adab which is derived from a meaning of etiquette, and implies politeness, culture and enrichment....
poet (aged 41?) - December 12 – Fadwa ToukanFadwa ToukanFadwa Touqan , was well-known for her representations of resistance to Israeli occupation in contemporary Arab poetry.- Overview :Touqan's poetry is known for her distinctive chronicling of the suffering of her people, the Palestinian, particularly those living under Israeli occupation.Born in...
, 86, PalestinianArabic literatureArabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is adab which is derived from a meaning of etiquette, and implies politeness, culture and enrichment....
poet - December 23 – John NewloveJohn NewloveJohn Newlove was a Canadian poet who was considered to be one of the dominant voices of prairie poetry, though he lived most of his adult life in British Columbia and Ontario.-Life:...
(born 19231923 in poetry-- From Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", first published this year in his collection New HampshireNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:...
), CanadianCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience...
poet - date not known – Heinz Piontek (born 19251925 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* T. S. Eliot joins the publishing house of Faber & Gwyer, leaves Lloyds bank....
), German
See also
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
- List of years in poetry
- List of poetry awards