Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize
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The Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize is an American poetry
prize given once every three years since being established in 1967.
The Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize has been offered in Saginaw, Michigan, since 1965. It is now administered by Saginaw Valley State University. This prize is sometimes confused with the Poetry Northwest Theodore Roethke Poetry Prize and the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Readings held annually at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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Poetry
Poetry 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...
prize given once every three years since being established in 1967.
The Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize has been offered in Saginaw, Michigan, since 1965. It is now administered by Saginaw Valley State University. This prize is sometimes confused with the Poetry Northwest Theodore Roethke Poetry Prize and the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Readings held annually at the University of Washington in Seattle.
This article is part of WikiProject Poetry. See that page for guidelines.
Winners
- 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...
(1968, for The Blue Swallows) - Robert Penn WarrenRobert Penn WarrenRobert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the influential literary journal The Southern Review with Cleanth Brooks in 1935...
(1971, for Incarnations: Poems 1966-1968) - Donald FinkelDonald FinkelDonald Alexander Finkel was an American poet best known for his unorthodox styles and "curious juxtapositions".-Life:...
(1974, for Adequate Earth) - Richard HugoRichard HugoRichard Hugo , born Richard Hogan, was an American poet. Primarily a regionalist, Hugo's work reflects the economic depression of the Northwest, particularly Montana. Born in White Center, Washington, he was raised by his mother's parents after his father left the family...
(1976, for What Thou Lovest Well, Remains American) - John CiardiJohn CiardiJohn Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, he also translated Dante's Divine Comedy, wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, and...
(1986, for The Birds of Pompeii) - Carolyn KizerCarolyn KizerCarolyn Ashley Kizer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism.-Life and work:...
(1988, for The Nearness of You) - Kimiko HahnKimiko HahnKimiko Hahn is an American poet and instructor of poetry.-Personal:Hahn received a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa and an M.A...
(1995, for Earshot) - 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...
(1998, for Desire) - Sherrod Santos (2002, for The Pilot Star Elegies)
- Carl PhillipsCarl PhillipsCarl Phillips is an American writer and poet. He is a Professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis....
(2005, for The Rest of Love) - 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...
(2008, for Gulf Music) - David BakerDavid BakerDavid Nathaniel Baker Jr. is a leading symphonic jazz composer at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington.Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, David Baker attended Crispus Attucks High School...
(2011, for Never-Ending Birds)
External links
- "The Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize "
- Northwest Prizes> — Official List of winners of the Poetry Northwest Theodore Roethke Prize and Richard Hugo Prize
- Roethke Memorial Poetry Readings at University of Washington>