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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 2.1 Australia 2.2 Canada 2.3 New Zealand 2.3.1 Poets in Best New Zealand Poems 2.4 United Kingdom 2.5 United States 2.5.1 Poets in The Best American Poetry 2002 2.6 Other 3 Awards and honors 3.1 Australia 3.2 Canada 3.3 New Zealand 3.4 United Kingdom 3.5 United States 4 Deaths 5 Notes 6 See also

Events

• March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the publication of Musalam's poem The Corrupt on Earth that criticized the state's Islamic judiciary. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order 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 Events Griffin Poetry Prize is established with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English Events Immediately after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks W Events January 29 &mdash Poet Dana Gioia, who had retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full time becomes Events April 1 &mdash Foetrycom Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests Events October 7 &mdash Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg The year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2000 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2001 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2002 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2004 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2005 in literature involved some significant events and new books 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 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. The 22nd century of the Common Era will span the years 2101&ndash2200 of 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 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 The 2030s will begin on January 1, 2030 and end on December 31, 2039. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi In it, the poet accused some judges of being corrupt and issuing unfair rulings for their own personal benefit.
• The office of Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate is instituted (see "Awards and honors" section below)
• August 22 — Poet Ron Silliman starts his popular and controversial weblog, Silliman's Blog, which will become one of the most popular blogs devoted largely to contemporary poetry and poetics. The first ever Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate was awarded to George Bowering in 2002. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Ron Silliman (born August 5, 1946 in Pasco Washington) is a contemporary American poet. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of (By August 2006, the blog will reach a total of 800,000 hits and get its next 100,000 by early November. )^[1].
• Fulcrum, An annual of poetry and aesthetics is founded in the United States. Major contributors Well-known contributors to the early issues of Fulcrum included Pam Brown, Paul Muldoon, John Kinsella, Brian Henry

Works published

Australia

• Alison Croggon, Attempts at Being, Salt Publishing, ISBN 1876857420. Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Alison Croggon (born 1962) is a contemporary Australian Poet, Playwright, Fantasy Novelist and Librettist.
• Robert Gray, Afterimages
• Emma Lew, Anything the Landlord Touches, won the 2003 C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and was short-listed for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry that same year
• Chris Mansell:
  • Stalking the Rainbow (PressPress, 2002)
  • Fickle Brat (IP Digital, Brisbane, 2002)
• Les Murray:
  • Poems the Size of Photographs, Duffy & Snellgrove and Carcanet^[2]
  • New Collected Poems, Duffy & Snellgrove; Carcanet, 2003^[2]

Canada

• Margaret Avison, Concrete and Wild Carrot
• Christian Bök, ’Pataphysics: The Poetics of an Imaginary Science ISBN 978-0-8101-1877-5
• Don McKay, Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness

New Zealand

• James K. Baxter, The Tree House: James K. Robert William Geoffrey Gray (b February 23, 1945) is an Australian Poet, Freelance writer, and Critic. Emma Lew (born 1962 is a contemporary Australian Poet. Born in Melbourne, Emma Lew studied arts at Melbourne University and worked as a Events January 29 &mdash Poet Dana Gioia, who had retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full time becomes 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 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 Chris Mansell is an Australian Poet and Publisher was born in Sydney in 1953 Leslie Allan Murray, AO (born 17 October 1938) known as Les Murray, is an Australian Poet, anthologist and critic Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Margaret Avison OC ( April 23 1918 &ndash July 31 2007) was a Canadian poet. Christian Bök (born Christian Book, August 10, 1966 in Toronto Canada) is a Canadian experimental Poet. 'Pataphysics ( French: 'Pataphysique) a term coined by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873 – 1907 is a Don McKay (born 1942 is an award-winning Canadian Poet, editor, and Educator. 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 Baxter's Poems for Children (posthumous), the first illustrated edition of his work for children
• Janet Charman, Snowing Down South, Auckland: Auckland University Press^[3]
• Alan Brunton, Fq, a sequence of 144 poems (posthumous)^[4]
• Cilla McQueen, Soundings, Otago University Press^[5]
• Mike Minehan, O Jerusalem: James K. Baxter an Intimate Memoir
• Kendrick Smithyman, posthumous:
  • Last Poems, Auckland: Holloway Press, designed by Tara hir poi a pek fhj nbb a: Auckland University Press

Poets in Best New Zealand Poems

Best New Zealand Poems series, an annual online anthology, is started this year with Iain Sharp as the first annual editor. Cilla McQueen (born 1949 in Birmingham England) is a Poet and three-time winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry. James Keir Baxter ( June 29, 1926 &mdash October 22, 1972) was a Poet, and a controversial figure in New Zealand society William Kendrick Smithyman ( October 9, 1922 &ndash December 28, 1995) was an award-winning New Zealand poet and one of the most prolific The Best New Zealand Poems series, begun in 2001 is an annual online selection of poems chosen by guest editors Twenty-five poems by 25 New Zealand poets are selected from the previous year. The first selection is called Best New Zealand Poetry 2001. Unlike The Best American Poetry series, the year named in each edition refers to the year the poems were originally published, not the following year, when the collection is put together and made public. Sharp chose poems published in 2001 from these poets:

James K. Baxter Jenny Bornholdt Bernard Brown James Brown Alan Brunton

Kate Camp Alistair Te Ariki Campbell Allen Curnow Leigh Davis Chloe Gordon

Bernadette Hall Dinah Hawken Anna Jackson Jan Kemp James Naughton

Gregory O'Brien Peter Olds Bob Orr Vincent O'Sullivan Chris Price

Richard Reeve Elizabeth Smither Brian Turner Ian Wedde Nick Williamson

United Kingdom

• Ciarán Carson: The Inferno of Dante Alighieri (translator), Granta, awarded the Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize
• Elaine Feinstein, Collected Poems and Translations, Carcanet
• James Fenton: An Introduction to English Poetry^[6]
• Paul Henry, The Slipped Leash, Seren
• Ted Hughes, Selected Poems, 1957-1994 (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Glyn Maxwell, The Nerve (Houghton Mifflin); a New York Times "notable book of the year" (British poet living in America, poetry editor of The New Republic magazine)
• Sean O'Brien:
  • Cousin Coat: Selected Poems 1976-2001 (Picador)
  • With John Kinsella and Peter Porter, Rivers (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Australia)
• Alice Oswald:
  • Dart, Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-21410-X
  • Co-editor, with Peter Oswald and Robert Woof), Earth Has Not Any Thing to Shew More Fair: A Bicentennial Celebration of Wordsworth's "Sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge" Shakespeare's Globe & The Wordsworth Trust, ISBN 1-870787-84-6
• John Heath-Stubbs, The Return of the Cranes
• Peter Redgrove, From the Virgil Caverns
• R.S. Thomas, Residues (posthumous)
• Hugo Williams, Collected Poems, Faber and Faber

United States

• John Ashbery, Chinese Whispers
• Frank Bidart, Music Like Dirt (Sarabande Books), the only poetry chapbook ever nominated for a Pulitzer Prize
• Billy Collins, Nine Horses: Poems (Random House); a New York Times "notable book of the year" (ISBN 0-375-50381-1)
• Robert Creeley edits The Best American Poetry 2002
• Alan Dugan, Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry (Seven Stories); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Michael S. Harper, Selected Poems, ARC Publications^[7]
• Paul Hoover, Winter Mirror, (Flood Editions)
• Kenneth Koch:
  • Sun Out: Selected Poems, 1952-1954, New York: Knopf^[8]
  • A Possible World, New York: Knopf^[8]
• Abba Kovner, Sloan-Kettering: Poems (Schocken); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Brad Leithauser, Darlington's Fall: A Novel in Verse (Knopf); a 5,700-line verse novel in 10-line stanzas, irregularly rhymed; a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Glyn Maxwell, The Nerve (Houghton Mifflin); a New York Times "notable book of the year" ([British poet living in America, poetry editor of The New Republic magazine)
• J.D. McClatchy, Hazmat: Poems (Knopf); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Czeslaw Milosz, New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001 (Ecco/HarperCollins); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Paul Muldoon, Moy Sand and Gravel, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and Griffin Poetry Prize and shortlisted for the 2002 T. S. Eliot Prize
• Lorine Niedecker, Lorine Niedecker: Collected Works, edited by Jenny Penberthy (University of California Press), posthumous
• Mary Oliver, What Do We Know
• Molly Peacock, Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems
• Carl Phillips, Rock Harbor^[9]
• Marie Ponsot, Springing: New and Selected Poems (Knopf); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Margaret Reynolds, editor, The Sappho Companion (scholarship) Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 9780312295103 ISBN-10: 0312295103
• W. G. Sebald, After Nature (Random House); a book-length poem; a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Aharon Shabtai, Artzenu (Hebrew: "Our Land")
• Adam Zagajewski, Without End: New and Selected Poems (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); a New York Times "notable book of the year"

Poets in The Best American Poetry 2002

Poems from these 75 poets were in The Best American Poetry 2002, David Lehman, editor; Robert Creeley, guest editor:

Rae Armantrout John Ashbery Amiri Baraka Charles Bernstein Anselm Berrigan Frank Bidart Jenny Boully T. Alan Broughton Michael Burkard Anne Carson Elizabeth Biller Chapman Tom Clark Peter Cooley Clark Coolidge Ruth Danon

Diane di Prima Theodore Enslin Elaine Equi Clayton Eshleman Norman Finkelstein Jeffrey Franklin Benjamin Friedlander Gene Frumkin Forrest Gander Peter Gizzi Louise Glück Albert Goldbarth Donald Hall Michael S. Harper Everett Hoagland

Fanny Howe Ronald Johnson Maxine Kumin Bill Kushner Joseph Lease Timothy Liu Mộng-Lan Jackson Mac Low Nathaniel Mackey Steve Malmude Sarah Manguso Harry Mathews Duncan McNaughton W. S. Merwin Philip Metres

Jennifer Moxley Eileen Myles Maggie Nelson Charles North Alice Notley D. Nurkse Sharon Olds George Oppen Jena Osman Carl Phillips Pam Rehm Adrienne Rich Corinne Robins Elizabeth Robinson Ira Sadoff

Hugh Seidman Reginald Shepherd Ron Silliman Dale Smith Gustaf Sobin Juliana Spahr John Taggart Sam Truitt Jean Valentine Lewis Warsh Claire Nicolas White Nathan Whiting Dara Wier Charles Wright John Yau

Other

• Chris Wallace-Crabbe, La Poésie Australienne, Valenciennes: Presses Universitaires, (with Simone Kadi), French translation of the work of this Australian poet
• Wisława Szymborska: Chwila ("Moment"), Poland
• Rami Saari, Kamma, Kamma milxama ("So Much, So Much War"), Israel^[10]

Awards and honors

Australia

• C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Gray, Afterimages
• Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize: After Images by Robert Gray
• Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Alan Wearne, The Lovemakers
• Mary Gilmore Prize: Geraldine McKenzie, Duty

Canada

• Gerald Lampert Award
• Archibald Lampman Award
• Atlantic Poetry Prize
• The office of Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate is instituted, George Bowering is the first appointee and will serve until 2004
• See 2002 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. James Keir Baxter ( June 29, 1926 &mdash October 22, 1972) was a Poet, and a controversial figure in New Zealand society Jennifer Mary Bornholdt (born 1 November 1960) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and anthologist Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, ONZM, (born 25 June, 1925) is an award-winning New Zealand poet playwright and novelist Thomas Allen Munro Curnow ONZ CBE ( June 17, 1911 – September 23, 2001) was a New Zealand Poet and Vincent O'Sullivan ( November 28, 1872 - 1940 was an American-born short story writer poet and critic Brian Turner (born 1944 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand Poet. Turner's interests include reading and writing sailing cycling mountaineering Ian Wedde (born 1946 is a New Zealand poet fiction writer critic and art curator The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Ciarán Carson (born 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Poet and Novelist. Elaine Feinstein is poet novelist short-story writer playwright biographer and translator and was born on 24 October 1930 in Bootle Lancashire James Fenton (born April 25, 1949, Lincoln England) has been at various times a Journalist, Poet, literary critic Paul Henry is an award-winning British Poet who was born in Aberystwyth in 1959 Edward James Hughes OM ( 17 August 1930 &ndash 28 October 1998) was an English Poet and children's Glyn Maxwell (born in 1962 is a British poet Early life Maxwell's parents are Welsh (his mother acted in the premiere of Dylan Thomas 's Under Milk The New Republic ( TNR) is an American Magazine of politics and the arts Sean O'Brien (born 19 December 1952 in London is a British Poet, Critic, Playwright, broadcaster, Anthologist John Kinsella (born 1963 is an Australian poet novelist critic essayist and editor Peter Porter is the name of Peter Buell Porter (1773 - 1844 U 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 Oswald is a well-known English Playwright. He is married to the poet Alice Oswald, with whom he has three children Dr Robert Samuel Woof (born 20 April, 1931 in Lancaster - died 7 November, 2005 in Newcastle upon Tyne) was an English Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, which officially opened in 1997 is a reconstruction of The Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs OBE ( 9 July 1918 - 26 December[[ 006]] was an English Poet and Translator, known Peter William Redgrove ( 1932 - 2003) was a prolific and widely respected British poet who also wrote works with his second wife Penelope Shuttle on Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000 (published as R Hugo Williams (born 1942) is a British Poet, journalist and travel writer The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is Frank Bidart (born 1939 in Bakersfield California) is an American academic and award-winning poet Chapbook is a generic term to cover a particular genre of pocket-sized booklet popular from the sixteenth through to the later part of the nineteenth century The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, William A ("Billy" Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet. Robert Creeley ( May 21, 1926 &ndash March 30 2005) was an American Poet and Author of more than sixty books Alan Dugan (1923-2003 was an American Poet. His poetry is known for its plain and direct language though it is supported by technical skill it is generally trenchant Michael Steven Harper (born March 18, 1938) is an American poet from Brooklyn who has published ten books of poetry Paul Hoover (born 1946 is an American poet and editor born in Harrisonburg Virginia. Kenneth Koch ( 27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet playwright and professor active from the 1950s until Abba Kovner (1918–1987 was a Lithuanian Jewish Hebrew Poet, Writer, and partisan leader Brad Leithauser (born February 27, 1953) is an American Poet, Novelist Essayist and Teacher. Glyn Maxwell (born in 1962 is a British poet Early life Maxwell's parents are Welsh (his mother acted in the premiere of Dylan Thomas 's Under Milk The New Republic ( TNR) is an American Magazine of politics and the arts JD "Sandy" McClatchy (1945- is an American Poet, Literary critic, and editor of the Yale Review. Czesław Miłosz; ( June 30, 1911 — August 14, 2004) was a Polish Poet, prose writer and Translator Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951 is a writer academic and educator as well as Pulitzer Prize -winning poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland Events January 29 &mdash Poet Dana Gioia, who had retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full time becomes The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada 's most generous poetry award. 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" Lorine Niedecker (English pronounced Needecker ( May 12, 1903 - December 31, 1970) was born on the Black Hawk Island near Fort Atkinson Mary Oliver (b September 10, 1935) is an American Poet. Life Oliver was born to Edward William and Helen M Molly Peacock 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 Marie Ponsot, née Birmingham (born 1921 is an American Poet, Literary critic, Essayist, Teacher, and Translator W G (Winfred Georg Maximilian Sebald ( May 18, 1944, Wertach im Allgäu &ndash December 14, 2001, Norfolk, England Aharon Shabtai (Hebrew אהרון שבתאי, born 1939 is one of the Hebrew language's leading Poets, as well as a translator Adam Zagajewski (b 21 June 1945 in Lwów, Soviet Union (now Lviv Ukraine) is a Polish poet novelist and essayist The Best American Poetry 2002, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman, with poems chosen by guest editor David Lehman (born 1948 in New York City is the series editor for The Best American Poetry series and a Poet. Robert Creeley ( May 21, 1926 &ndash March 30 2005) was an American Poet and Author of more than sixty books Rae Armantrout (born 13 April 1947) is an American poet generally associated with the Language Poets. John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is Amiri Baraka (born October 7 1934 is an American Writer of Poetry, Drama, essays and Music criticism. Charles Bernstein (born April 4, 1950) is an American poet, critic editor and teacher Anselm Berrigan is a poet and teacher born in Chicago Illinois in 1972 Frank Bidart (born 1939 in Bakersfield California) is an American academic and award-winning poet Jenny Boully (b 1976 is the author of The Book of Beginnings and Endings ( Sarabande Books, 2007 The BodyAn Essay ( Slope Editions, 2002 and T Alan Broughton was born in the June of 1936 in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. Anne Carson ( June 21, 1950) is a Canadian Poet, Essayist Translator, and a Professor of Classics Tom Clark (born March 1, 1941) is an American poet, editor and Biographer. Clark Coolidge ( February 26, 1939 &ndash) is an American poet born in Providence Rhode Island. Diane di Prima (born August 6 1934 is an American Poet. Biography Early life Di Prima was born in Theodore Vernon Enslin (born March 25, 1925) is an American poet associated with Cid Corman 's Origin magazine and press Elaine Equi (born 1953 is an American poet. Equi was born in Oak Park, Illinois and grew up in the Chicago area Clayton Eshleman (born June 1 1935) is an American poet, Translator, and editor. Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the Gene Frumkin (1928-2007 was an American poet and teacher Born and raised in New York City and educated at the University of California Los Angeles (B Forrest Gander (born 1956 is an American poet and the author of various books of poetry essays fiction and work in translation Peter Gizzi was born in 1959 and grew up in Pittsfield Massachusetts is an award-winning American poet Louise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American Poet. Albert Goldbarth is an American poet born January 31 1948 in Chicago Donald Hall (born September 20, 1928) is an American Poet and the 14th U Michael Steven Harper (born March 18, 1938) is an American poet from Brooklyn who has published ten books of poetry Fanny Howe (born 1940 in Boston Massachusetts is an American Poet, Novelist and Short story writer Ronald Johnson is a Wide receiver of University of Southern California (USC football team. Maxine Kumin (born 1925 is an American Poet and Author. Life Born in Philadelphia, Kumin the daughter of Jewish parents Jackson Mac Low ( September 12, 1922 &ndash December 8, 2004) was an American Poet, Performance artist, Composer Nathaniel Mackey is an American poet, Novelist, Anthologist, Literary critic, editor and Professor of Literature at UC Santa Sarah Manguso is an American Writer and Poet born in Massachusetts in 1974 Harry Mathews ( February 14, 1930 -) is an American author of various novels volumes of poetry and short fiction and essays Duncan Anderson McNaughton ( Dec 7 1910 &ndash Jan 15 1998) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the high jump William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is an American poet Jennifer Moxley (born 12 May 1964) is an American Poet, editor, and Translator who was born in San Diego California Eileen Myles (born 1949 Cambridge Massachusetts) is an American poet Mosaic is an animated Superhero film about a new character created by Stan Lee. Charles North (b 1941) was born in New York City and is an American Poet. Alice Notley (born 8 November, 1945) is an American Poet. She was born in Bisbee Arizona and grew up in Needles California Dennis Nurkse is a poet from Brooklyn. His collections include Voices Over Water Leaving Xaia and The Rules of Paradise published by Four Way books as well as the new collection Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American Poet and Author of eight volumes of poetry George Oppen ( April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984) was an American poet best known as one of the members of the Objectivist 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 Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist. Ira Sadoff is an award winning and widely anthologized poet novelist and short story writer Ron Silliman (born August 5, 1946 in Pasco Washington) is a contemporary American poet. Gustaf Sobin ( November 15, 1935 – July 7, 2005) was an American-born poet and author Juliana Spahr (born 1966) is an American Poet, critic, and editor. John Taggart (1942 is an American Poet and Critic. He was born in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Jean Valentine (born 1934) is an American Poet. She was born in Chicago, received a bachelor of arts degree at Radcliffe College, Lewis 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 Nathan Whiting (b 4 May 1724, Windham Connecticut - d 1771 was a Soldier and Merchant in Colonial America. Dara Wier (born 1949) is an American poet who has received literary awards including the Jerome J Charles Wright (born August 25, 1935) is an American Poet. Life Wright was born in Pickwick Dam Tennessee, John Yau (born 1950) is an American poet and Critic who lives in New York City. Chris Keith Wallace-Crabbe (born 6 May 1934) is an Australian Poet and Emeritus Professor in The Australian Centre University of Melbourne This article is a general introduction to French literature For detailed information on French literature in specific historic periods see the separate historical articles in the Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship 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 Rami Saari (b 1963, Petah Tikva, Israel) is a poet translator linguist and literary critic 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 Robert William Geoffrey Gray (b February 23, 1945) is an Australian Poet, Freelance writer, and Critic. The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne 's The Age newspaper Robert William Geoffrey Gray (b February 23, 1945) is an Australian Poet, Freelance writer, and Critic. 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 Alan Wearne (born 1948 is an Australian poet Alan Wearne was born and grew up in Melbourne. 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 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 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 The first ever Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate was awarded to George Bowering in 2002. George Harry Bowering (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian Novelist, Poet, Historian, and Biographer Events April 1 &mdash Foetrycom Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were be presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall
• Griffin Poetry Prize: Canada: Christian Bök, Eunoia; International, in the English Language: Alice Notley, Disobedience
• Pat Lowther Award
• Prix Alain-Grandbois
• Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award

New Zealand

• Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement:
• Montana New Zealand Book Awards (no poetry category winner this year) First-book award for poetry: Chris Price, Husk, Auckland University Press

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Moniza Alvi, David Constantine, Liz Lochhead, Brian Patten
• Eric Gregory Award: Caroline Bird, Christopher James, Jacob Polley, Luke Heeley, Judith Lal, David Leonard Briggs, Eleanor Rees, Kathryn Simmonds
• Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection): Peter Porter, Max is Missing (Picador); Best First Collection: Tom French, Touching the Bones (The Gallery Press)
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Peter Porter
• T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Alice Oswald, Dart
• Whitbread Award for poetry (United Kingdom):

United States

• Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize awarded to Shao Wei for Pulling a Dragon's Teeth
• Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, Grace Schulman
• Arthur Rense Prize for poetry awarded to B.H. Fairchild by the American Academy of Arts and Letters
• Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry, Timothy Donnelly, “His Long Imprison'd Thought”
• Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, Alice Fulton for Felt
• Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Anna George Meek, Acts of Contortion
• Frost Medal: Galway Kinnell
• National Book Award for poetry (United States): Ruth Stone, In the Next Galaxy
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Carl Dennis, Practical Gods
• Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award: Paul Fussell
• Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Lisel Mueller
• Wallace Stevens Award: Ruth Stone
• William Carlos Williams Award: Li-Young Lee, Book of My Nights (American Poets Continuum), Judge: Carolyn Kizer
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Sharon Olds

Deaths

• June 14 – June Jordan, American poet, of breast cancer
• June 27 – Alan Brunton (born 1946), New Zealand poet and scriptwriter^[11]

• July 6 – Kenneth Koch, American poet, of leukemia
• August 25 – Dorothy Hewett (born 1923), Australian poet and playwright
• September 27 – Charles Henri Ford, 89, American novelist, poet, filmmaker, photographer, and collage artist
• October 21 – Harbhajan Singh (born 1920), Punjabi poet, critic, cultural commentator, and translator
• December 9 – Stan Rice, American painter, educator, poet, husband of author Anne Rice

Notes

1. ^ In his blog entry for Saturday, November 04, 2006 link here Silliman takes note of the following statistics: "In 2002-03, it took 50 weeks to get the first 50,000 visits. The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada 's most generous poetry award. Christian Bök (born Christian Book, August 10, 1966 in Toronto Canada) is a Canadian experimental Poet. Eunoia is the shortest English word containing all five main Vowel graphemes Alice Notley (born 8 November, 1945) is an American Poet. She was born in Bisbee Arizona and grew up in Needles California 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 Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award, established in 1996, was an annual prize given by the Canadian Poetry Association. 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 The Montana New Zealand Book Awards are a series of literary awards to works of New Zealand citizens 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. Moniza Alvi (born February 2, 1954) is a Pakistani British poet and writer David Constantine (born 1944 is a contemporary British poet and translator Liz Lochhead (born December 26, 1947) is a Scottish poet and dramatist originally from Newarthill in North Lanarkshire. Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946, Liverpool, Lancashire, England) is an English Poet. The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission Christopher James may refer to Christopher James 5th Baron Northbourne (born 1926 British farmer and businessman Christopher James Makins Jacob Polley (born 1975) is a British poet born in Carlisle, Cumbria. The Forward Poetry Prizes were created in 1991 The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry Peter Porter is the name of Peter Buell Porter (1773 - 1844 U 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 Porter is the name of Peter Buell Porter (1773 - 1844 U 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" Alice Oswald (born 1966) is an English Poet. Oswald read Classics at New College, Oxford, has worked as a gardener at Chelsea Physic Garden 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 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry is an annual prize administered by the Sewanee Review and the University of the South, awarded to a writer who has The Arthur Rense Prize was established in 1998 when Paige Rense started the award of $20000 in memory of her husband the poet Arthur Rense. BH Fairchild is an award-winning American poet and college professor The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member organization whose goal is to "foster assist and sustain excellence" in American Literature, 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 Alice Fulton (born in Troy New York, USA is a United States Poet and Author. The Brittingham Prize in Poetry is a major United States Literary award for a book of Poetry chosen from an open competition The Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement Galway Kinnell (born February 1st 1927 in Providence Rhode Island) is one of the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Ruth Stone (born June 8, 1915, in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American Poet, recipient of the 2002 National Book Award (for The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author Carl Dennis (born September 17, 1939) an American poet and educator wrote Practical Gods, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry The Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award is awarded to scholars who have made a lasting contribution to the art and science of versification Paul Fussell (born March 22, 1924, Pasadena California, USA is a cultural and literary Historian, and professor emeritus of English literature The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation; the Foundation also publishes ''Poetry''. Lisel Mueller (b February 8, 1924) is a prize-winning American poet The Wallace Stevens Award is a major annual American literary award for mastery of poetry in the English language Ruth Stone (born June 8, 1915, in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American Poet, recipient of the 2002 National Book Award (for The 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 Li-Young Lee (李立揚 Pinyin: Lǐ Lìyáng (born August 19, 1957) is an American Poet. Carolyn Ashley Kizer (born December 10 1925) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship" was the first award of its kind in the United States Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American Poet and Author of eight volumes of poetry Deaths in 2001|2002|Deaths in 2003 January 2002 2 Zac Foley,31 Bass Guitarist for EMF 3 Freddy Heineken, 78 beer magnate Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the June Jordan ( July 9 1936 - June 14 2002) was an Jamaican American Political activist, Writer, Poet The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Events W H Auden becomes a US citizen Ezra Pound brought back to the United States on treason charges but found unfit to face trial 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 Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Kenneth Koch ( 27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet playwright and professor active from the 1950s until The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Dorothy Coade Hewett ( 21 May 1923 — 25 August 2002) was an Australian Feminist poet novelist librettist and playwright Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Charles Henri Ford ( February 10 1913 - September 27 2002) was an American novelist poet filmmaker photographer and Collage artist The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Harbhajan Singh ( 18 August 1920 – 21 October 2002) was a Punjabi Poet, Critic, Cultural commentator Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Stan Rice ( November 7 1942 – December 9, 2002) was an American Poet and Artist and husband of writer The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Anne Rice (born Howard Allen O'Brien on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American Author of gothic and religious-themed The last 100,000 came in just 14 (weeks)".
2. ^ ^{a b} [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, "Janet Charman" article
4. ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 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
5. ^ Cilla McQueen - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library
6. ^ [2]Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
7. ^ Web page titled "Michael S. Harper" at the Academy of American poets website, accessed April 23, 2008
8. ^ ^{a b} Web page titled "Archives / Kenneth Koch (1925 - 2002)" at Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 15, 2008
9. ^ McClatchy, J. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common D. , editor, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, second edition, Vintage Books (Random House), 2003
10. ^ Page titled "Rami Saari" at the Modern Hebrew Literature Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon, 2007
11. ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 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

• [3] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

See also

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

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

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