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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published in English 2.1 Australia 2.2 Canada 2.3 New Zealand 2.4 United Kingdom 2.4.1 Criticism, scholarship, and biography in the United Kingdom 2.5 United States 2.5.1 Poets in The Best American Poetry 1996 2.6 Other in English 3 Works published in other languages 3.1 French language 3.1.1 France 3.2 Spain 3.3 Other 4 Awards and honors 4.1 Australia 4.2 Canada 4.3 United Kingdom 4.4 United States 5 Deaths 6 See also 7 References

Events

• National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April of 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order Events January 20 &mdash Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton T Events Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million Events February 16 &mdash Announcement that 300 poems by ST Coleridge have been discovered February 17 &mdash Sotheby's Events January 20 &mdash Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem "Of History and Hope" at President Clinton's inauguration Events Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago (it will run until 2004) Events July 1 &mdash Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That" instead of "God Save The year 1993 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1994 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1996 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1998 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books Decades and years Decades and years Decades and years A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The 2010s Decade is a period of 10 years that will begin on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019. The 2020s is the 3rd decade of the 21st century of the Anno Domini ( common) era This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) National Poetry Month is a celebration of poetry first introduced in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of The Academy of American Poets is the preeminent organization in the United States dedicated to the art of Poetry.
• The movie Dead Man, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, about a man named William Blake on a trek through the American West who is taken as the resurrected Romantic poet by a character named Nobody. Dead Man is a 1995 film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. Jim Jarmusch (born January 22 1953 in Akron Ohio; ˈdʒɑrməʃ is an American independent Film director. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker.

Works published in English

Australia

• Raewyn Alexander, Fat, Auckland: Penguin^[1]
• Robert Gray, Lineations
• Jennifer Harrison: Cabramatta/Cudmirrah (Black Pepper)
• Les Murray:
  • Late Summer Fires
  • Subhuman Redneck Poems, Carcanet and Sydney, Duffy & Snellgrove winner of the 1996 T. S. Eliot Prize^[2]
• Philip Salom: Feeding the Ghost. Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Robert William Geoffrey Gray (b February 23, 1945) is an Australian Poet, Freelance writer, and Critic. Jennifer Harrison (born 1955 is a contemporary Australian Psychiatrist, Poet and Photographer. Leslie Allan Murray, AO (born 17 October 1938) known as Les Murray, is an Australian Poet, anthologist and critic The 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" Philip Salom (born 8 August 1950) is a contemporary Australian Poet and Novelist. (Penguin) ISBN 978-0-14-058692-3

Canada

• Roo Borson, Water Memory, ISBN 0-7710-1589-5 American-Canadian
• Sylvia Legris:
  • ash petals (chapbook)
  • Circuitry of Veins

New Zealand

• James K. Baxter, posthumous, Cold Spring : Baxter's Unpublished Early Collection, edited by Paul Millar, Auckland: Oxford University Press
• Alan Brunton, Romaunt of Glossa: a saga, Bumper Books^[3]
• Alistair Campbell, Pocket: Collected Poems, Christchurch: Hazard Press
• Bill Manhire:
  • My Sunshine
  • Sheet Music: Poems 1967-1982

United Kingdom

• Ciarán Carson: Opera Et Cetera, Bloodaxe, Wake Forest University Press, United Kingdom
• T. S. Eliot, Inventions of the March Hare: Poems 1909-1917 (posthumous)
• Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level Faber & Faber
• Grace Nichols, Sunris (no "e" in the title), Virago Press (London, England)
• John Heath-Stubbs, Galileo's Salad
• Alice Oswald, The Thing in the Gap-Stone Stile, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-282513-5
• Peter Redgrove:
  • Assembling a Ghost
  • The Book of Wonders: The Best of Peter Redgrove's Poetry, edited by Jeremy Robinson

Criticism, scholarship, and biography in the United Kingdom

• Anthony Cronin, Samuel Beckett: The Last Modernist (London: HarperCollins), one of The New York Times "notable books of the year" for 1997, when it was published in the United States (Irish poet and scholar published in the United Kingdrom)

United States

• Elizabeth Alexander, Body of Life^[4]
• A.R. Ammons, Brink Road
• Virginia Hamilton Adair, Ants on the Melon
• Joseph Brodsky: So Forth : Poems, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux^[5] Russian-American
• Raymond Carver, All of Us: The Collected Poems
• Ed Dorn, High West Rendezvous^[6]
• Haim Gouri, Milim Be-Dami Holeh Ahavah ("Words in My Love-Sick Blood"), selected poems in English translation Detroit: Wayne State University Press, ISBN 0-8143-2594-7 ^[7]
• Paul Henry, Captive Audience, Seren
• Mark Jarman and David Mason, editors, Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism
• Kenneth Koch, The Art of Poetry, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press (criticism)^[8]
• James McMichael, The World at Large: New and Selected Poems, 1971-1996
• Patti Smith, The Coral Sea

Poets in The Best American Poetry 1996

Poems from these 75 poets were in The Best American Poetry 1996, edited by David Lehman, guest editor Adrienne Rich:

Latif Asad Abdullah Sherman Alexie Margaret Atwood Thomas Avena Marie Annharte Baker Sidney Burris Rosemary Catacalos Marilyn Chin Wanda Coleman Jacqueline Dash Ingrid de Kok William Dickey Nancy Eimers Nancy Eimers Martin Espada

Martin Espada Beth Ann Fennelly Robert C. Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (born 20 January 1952 in Berkeley California) is a Canadian Poet Sylvia Legris (born 1960 is a Canadian Poet. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she now lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan New Zealand claims as its own many writers even those immigrants born overseas like South African-born Robin Hyde, or those emigrants who went into Exile but James Keir Baxter ( June 29, 1926 &mdash October 22, 1972) was a Poet, and a controversial figure in New Zealand society Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, ONZM, (born 25 June, 1925) is an award-winning New Zealand poet playwright and novelist Bill Manhire CNZM, (born in Invercargill in 1946 is an award-winning New Zealand poet short story writer and professor British literature refers to Literature associated with the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands as well as to literature Ciarán Carson (born 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Poet and Novelist. British literature refers to Literature associated with the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands as well as to literature Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. The Spirit Level ( 1996) is a collection of poems written by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. Grace Nichols is an award-winning poet born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1950 John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs OBE ( 9 July 1918 - 26 December[[ 006]] was an English Poet and Translator, known Alice Oswald (born 1966) is an English Poet. Oswald read Classics at New College, Oxford, has worked as a gardener at Chelsea Physic Garden Peter William Redgrove ( 1932 - 2003) was a prolific and widely respected British poet who also wrote works with his second wife Penelope Shuttle on Jeremy Robinson (born 1974 is the author of three novels Raising the Past (2006 Breakneck Books Antakros Rising (2007 and The Didymus Contingency (2005 Anthony Cronin (born 1925 in County Wexford) is an Irish poet. Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Elizabeth Alexander is a Quantrell Award -winning American poet essayist playwright and university professor A R Ammons, or Archie Randolph Ammons, ( February 18, 1926 &ndash February 25, 2001) was an award-winning major American Virginia Hamilton Adair ( February 28, 1913, New York City - September 16 2004, Claremont, California) was an Joseph Brodsky ( May 24, 1940 — January 28, 1996) born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Иосиф Александрович Бродский This article is about literature from Russia For the song by Maxïmo Park, see Our Earthly Pleasures. The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Raymond Clevie Carver Jr ( May 25, 1938 &ndash August 2, 1988) was an American Short story Writer Edward Merton Dorn ( April 2, 1929 — December 10, 1999) was an American poet and teacher often Haim Gouri (Hebrew חיים גורי born 1923 is an Israeli Poet, Novelist, Journalist, and documentary filmmaker. Paul Henry is an award-winning British Poet who was born in Aberystwyth in 1959 Mark Jarman (born June 5 1952) is an American poet and critic often identified with the New Narrative branch of the New Formalism; he was co-editor with David Mason (born 11 December 1954) is an American writer Life David Mason was born and raised in Bellingham Washington. New Formalism is a late-twentieth and early twenty-first century movement in American poetry that has promoted a return to metrical and Rhymed verse Kenneth Koch ( 27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet playwright and professor active from the 1950s until James L McMichael (born 1939 is an award-winning American poet Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet The Coral Sea is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1996 Contents Voyage "The Passenger M" "The The Best American Poetry 1996, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Adrienne Rich The Best American Poetry 1996, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Adrienne Rich David Lehman (born 1948 in New York City is the series editor for The Best American Poetry series and a Poet. Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist. Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr (born October 7, 1966) is an award-winning and prolific Author and occasional Comedian. Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian Writer. Marilyn Chin (1955-) is an American poet who grew up in Portland Oregon, after her family immigrated from Hong Kong. Wanda Coleman William Paul Dickey ( October 13, 1883 &ndash February 17, 1950) was an American diver who competed in the 1904 Martín Espada (born 1957 is a poet and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches creative writing and Latino poetry Martín Espada (born 1957 is a poet and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches creative writing and Latino poetry Fuentes Rámon Garcia, Salmo Suzanne Gardinier Frank Gaspar Reginald Gibbons C. Frank Xavier Gaspar (born 1946 is an American Poet and Novelist. S. Giscombe Kimiko Hahn Gail Hanlon Henry Hart William Heyen Jonathan Johnson Jane Kenyon August Kleinzahler

Yusef Komunyakaa Stanley Kunitz Natasha Le Bel Natasha Le Bel Carolyn Lei-Lanilau Valerie Martínez Davis McCombs Sandra McPherson James Merrill W. S. Merwin Jane Miller Susan Mitchell Pat Mora Alice Notley Naomi Shihab Nye

Alicia Ostriker Raymond Patterson Carl Phillips Wing Ping Sterling Plumpp Katherine Alice Power Reynolds Price Alberto Álvaro Ríos Pattiann Rogers Quentin Rowan David Shapiro Angela Shaw Reginald Shepherd Enid Shomer Gary Soto

Jean Starr Deborah Stein Roberta Tejada Chase Twichell Luis Alberto Urrea Jean Valentine Alma Luz Villanueva Karen Volkman Diane Wakoski Ron Welburn Susan Wheeler Paul Wilis Anne Winters C. Dale Young Ray A. Kimiko Hahn (born in 1955 in Mount Kisco New York) is an American poet and instructor of poetry Henry Hart lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he is a professor of English at the College of William and Mary. William Helmuth Heyen (born November 1, 1940) is an American poet editor and literary critic Eastman Johnson ( July 29, 1824 - April 5, 1906) was an American painter and Co-Founder of the Metropolitan Museum Jane Kenyon ( May 23, 1947 - April 22, 1995) was an American Poet and translator. August Kleinzahler (born 1949) is an American Poet. August Kleinzahler was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Yusef Komunyakaa (b 1947-04-29) is an American poet who currently teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kjunɪts/ ( July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was an American Poet who served two years (1974&ndash1976 James Ingram Merrill ( March 3, 1926 &ndash February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is an American poet Susan Mitchell (born in 1944 is an American Poet who wrote the poetry collections Rapture and Erotikon. Pat Mora (born 1942 is a female Mexican-American Author and Poet. Alice Notley (born 8 November, 1945) is an American Poet. She was born in Bisbee Arizona and grew up in Needles California Naomi Shihab Nye (born March 12, 1952) is a poet, songwriter and a novelist Alicia Suskin Ostriker (born November 11, 1937) is an American poet and scholar who writes Jewish Feminist poetry This page is about Carl Phillips the writer for information about Carl Phillips the programmer visit Carl Phillips (programmer Carl Phillips (born 1959 is an American Reynolds Price (born February 1, 1933, as Edward Reynolds Price) is an American novelist poet dramatist essayist and James B Alberto Álvaro Ríos (b 1952 Nogales Arizona) is an American author of nine books and chapbooks of poetry three collections of short stories and a memoir Pattiann David Shapiro (born January 2, 1947) is an American Poet, Literary critic, and Art historian. Enid Shomer is an award-winning American author of Fiction and Poetry. Gary Soto (born April 1952) is an American Author and Poet. Biography Soto was born and raised in Fresno, California Chase Twichell ( 1950 to present was born in New Haven CT and is an accomplished Poet who owns her own Publishing company, Ausable Press Luis Alberto Urrea is a Latin American Writer known as one of the most prominent Latino writers Jean Valentine (born 1934) is an American Poet. She was born in Chicago, received a bachelor of arts degree at Radcliffe College, Diane Wakoski (born 1937 is an American poet who is associated with the " Deep image " poets and to a lesser degree the "confessional" and Susan Wheeler (July 16 1955- is an educator and award-winning Poet whose poems have frequently appeared in anthologies Anne Winters is a leftist American Poet and a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. C Dale Young (born April 18 1969) is an American Poet, Physician, Editor and Educator. Young Bear

Other in English

• Pat Boran, The Shape of Water (Dedalus), Ireland^[9]
• Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Bang-i-Dara (The Call Of The Marching Bell), a philosophical poetry book in Urdu; M. Pat Boran (born 1963 is an Irish poet Born in Portlaoise, Boran has lived in Dublin for a number of years The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages one in Irish and the other in English. The Call of the Marching Bell ( Urdu: با نگ درا Bāng-i-Darā, Bāng-e-Darā; published in Urdu 1924 was the first Urdu literature has a long and colorful history that is inextricably tied to the development of that very language Urdu, in which it is written A. K. Khalil translation into English of the 1923 work
• Thomas McCarthy, The Lost Province, Anvil Press, London, Ireland^[10]

Works published in other languages

French language

France

• Esther Tellermann, Pangeia

Spain

• Matilde Camus, Reflexiones a medianoche ("Midnight thoughts")

Other

• Wisława Szymborska: Widok z ziarnkiem piasku ("View with a Grain of Sand"), Poland

Awards and honors

• Nobel prize: Wislawa Szymborska

Australia

• C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Peter Bakowski, In the Human Night
• Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Eric Beach, Weeping for Lost Babylon
• Mary Gilmore Prize: Morgan Yasbincek - Night Reversing

Canada

• Gerald Lampert Award
• Archibald Lampman Award
• See 1996 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Events In Paris Basil Bunting meets Ezra Pound, whose poems will have a strong influence on Bunting throughout his career Thomas McCarthy (born 1954 is an Irish poet novelist and critic born in Cappoquin, Co The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages one in Irish and the other in English. French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of Spanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Matilde Camus (born 26 September, 1919 in Santander) is a Spanish Poet who has written research works Wisława Szymborska (vʲisˈwava ʃɨmˈbɔrska born July 2, 1923 in Kórnik, Poland) is a Polish poet, Essayist Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. The majority of Polish literature was written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland This is a list of Nobel Prize Laureates awarded for their outstanding contributions to Humanitarian causes for Peace, work in Literature Wisława Szymborska (vʲisˈwava ʃɨmˈbɔrska born July 2, 1923 in Kórnik, Poland) is a Polish poet, Essayist Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship The 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 Peter Bakowski (born 15 October 1954) is an Australian Poet. His poems often use deceptively simple words and images reminiscent at times of The 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 The Mary Gilmore Prize for the best first book of poetry is given to a first book of poetry from the previous two years prior to 1998 it was awarded annually Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964 is a contemporary Australian Poet, Novelist and Academic. Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written The 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 The Archibald Lampman Award is an annual Canadian Literary award, created by Blaine Marchand and for the last few years presented by the literary magazine The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 14th 1996.
• Pat Lowther Award
• Prix Alain-Grandbois

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Elizabeth Bartlett, Dorothy Nimmo, Peter Scupham, Iain Crichton Smith
• Eric Gregory Award: Sue Butler, Cathy Cullis, Jane Griffiths, Jane Holland, Chris Jones, Sinead Morrissey, Kate Thomas
• Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: John Fuller, Stones and Fires (Chatto & Windus)
• Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Kate Clanchy, Slattern (Chatto & Windus)
• Orange Prize for Fiction: Helen Dunmore, A Spell of Winter
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Peter Redgrove
• T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Les Murray, Subhuman Redneck Poems
• Whitbread Award for poetry and for book of the year (United Kingdom): Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level

United States

• Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Helen Conkling, Red Peony Night
• Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: John Voiklis, "The Princeling's Apology", and (separately) Sarah Arvio, "Visits from the Seventh"
• Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: Kenneth Koch, One Train
• National Book Award for poetry: Hayden Carruth, Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Jorie Graham: The Dream of the Unified Field
• Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Gerald Stern
• Wallace Stevens Award: Adrienne Rich
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Jay Wright

Deaths

• January 28 — Joseph Brodsky, 55, a Russian-American poet and essayist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1987) and was chosen Poet Laureate of the United States (1991-1992), of a heart attack
• February 11 — Amelia Rosselli, 66, Italian poet and ethnomusicologist, from suicide, on the same date Sylvia Plath killed herself. The 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 The Prix Alain-Grandbois or Alain Grandbois Prize is awarded each year to an author for a book of Poetry. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day The Cholmondeley Award is an annual award for Poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Iain Crichton Smith ( Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn) ( January 1, 1928 - October 15, 1998) was a Scottish Man of letters The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission Jane Griffiths (born 1970 is a British poet Griffiths was born in Exeter England, and brought up in the Netherlands Jane Holland (born November 1966 in Barkingside, Essex is an award-winning English poet, performer and novelist whose poems have been widely published in magazines Christopher Jones, or Chris Jones, is the name of Christopher Jones (sailor (c Sinéad Morrissey (born 1972 in Portadown, County Armagh) is a Poet from Northern Ireland. The Forward Poetry Prizes were created in 1991 The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry John Fuller (born 1 January 1937) is an English Poet and author and Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College Oxford. The Forward Poetry Prizes were created in 1991 The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom 's most prestigious literary prizes awarded annually for the best original full-length Novel Helen Dunmore (born December 12, 1952) is a British Poet, Novelist and children's writer. The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry is awarded for a book of verse published by someone from the United Kingdom or a Commonwealth realm Peter William Redgrove ( 1932 - 2003) was a prolific and widely respected British poet who also wrote works with his second wife Penelope Shuttle on The 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" Leslie Allan Murray, AO (born 17 October 1938) known as Les Murray, is an Australian Poet, anthologist and critic The Costa Book Awards are among the United Kingdom 's most prestigious literary awards The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major American Literary award for a first full-length book of Poetry in the English language The 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 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry is awarded biennially by the Library of Congress on behalf of the nation in recognition for the most distinguished Kenneth Koch ( 27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet playwright and professor active from the 1950s until The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Hayden Carruth ( August 3, 1921 – September 29, 2008) was an American Poet and Literary critic. The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author Jorie Graham (born May 9, 1950) is an American Poet and the editor of numerous volumes of The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation; the Foundation also publishes ''Poetry''. Gerald Stern (born February 22 1925 is an American Poet. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U The Wallace Stevens Award is a major annual American literary award for mastery of poetry in the English language Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist. The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship" was the first award of its kind in the United States Jay Wright may refer to Jay Wright (coach (born 1961 men's head basketball coach of Villanova University Jay Wright (poet (born 1935 Joseph Brodsky ( May 24, 1940 — January 28, 1996) born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Иосиф Александрович Бродский San Michele, nicknamed The Island of the Dead, is the Cemetery island of Venice. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Joseph Brodsky ( May 24, 1940 — January 28, 1996) born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Иосиф Александрович Бродский The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Amelia Rosselli ( Paris, 1930 - Rome, 1996 was an Italian Poet. Italian poetry is a category of Italian literature. Important Italian poets Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to Sylvia Plath (October 27 1932 &ndash February 11 1963 was an American Poet, Novelist and Short story Writer.
• March 18 — Odysseus Elytis, Greek
• April 13 — George Mackay Brown, 74, Scottish poet, author and dramatist
• August 18 — Geoffrey Dearmer, 103, British poet
• September 25 — Mina Loy, 83, an artist, poet, Futurist, actor,
• date not known — Larry Levis, 49, American poet, of a heart attack

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• List of poetry awards

References

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2. ^ [1]Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007
3. ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Odysseas Elytis (Οδυσσέας Ελύτης (November 2 1911—March 18 1996 is a legendary Greek poet,regarded as one of the most important representatives Greek literature refers to those writings autochthonic to the areas of Greek influence typically though not necessarily in one of the Greek dialects throughout the Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople George Mackay Brown ( 17 October 1921 - 13 April 1996) was a Scottish Poet, author and Dramatist, whose work Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Geoffrey Dearmer ( March 21, 1893 - 18 August, 1996) was a British Poet. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Mina Loy ( December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966) was an Artist, Poet, Playwright, Novelist, Larry Patrick Levis (1946-1996 was an acclaimed US Poet of the latter part of the twentieth century The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order This is a list of awards that are or have been given out to writers of Poetry, either for a specific poem collection of poems or body of work Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 75-76, "Alan Brunton" article by Peter Simpson
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