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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 2.4.1 Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom 2.5 United States 2.5.1 Poets included in The Best American Poetry 2003 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

• January 29 — Poet Dana Gioia, 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 Arts, the United States government's arts agency. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order 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 March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the 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 Events French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. 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 The year 2006 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 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. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950) is an American Poet and Critic who retired early from his career as a corporate executive Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Michael Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950) is an American Poet and Critic who retired early from his career as a corporate executive The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence
• After First Lady Laura Bush invited a number of poets to the White House, one of them, Sam Hamill started organizing a protest in which poets would bring anti-war poems. Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4 1946 is the wife of the forty-third and current President of the United States, George W 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 Balaban, Gregory Orr, Rita Dove, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Adrienne Rich, Stanley Kunitz, Marilyn Nelson, Jay Parini, Jamaica Kincaid, Grace Paley and even U. John Balaban (born December 2 1943is an American poet and translator a preeminent authority on Vietnamese literature. Gregory Orr (born 1954, Los Angeles) is an American writer/director of documentary and fiction films Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, USA is an American Poet and Author. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born Lawrence Ferling on March 24, 1919) is an American Poet and painter, and the co-founder of Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist. Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kjunɪts/ ( July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was an American Poet who served two years (1974&ndash1976 Jay Parini (born 1948) is an American writer and academic He is known for novels and poetry biography and criticism Jamaica Kincaid (b Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson, 25 May 1949 in St Grace Paley ( December 11 1922 – August 22 2007) was an American Short story writer poet and Political S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. William A ("Billy" Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet. 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. William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is an American poet 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. ^[1]
• Early November — Carl Rakosi celebrates his 100th birthday with friends at the San Francisco Public Library. Carl Rakosi ( November 6, 1903 &ndash June 25, 2004) was the last surviving member of the original group of poets who were given the rubric
• Call: Review, an American little magazine, is founded by poet John Most. Call Review is an American Little magazine rooted in independent experimental and/or avant-garde literature A literary magazine is a Periodical devoted to Literature in a broad sense For the German anarchist see Johann Most. John Most (born April 11, 1977) is an American Poet.

Works published

Australia

• Pam Brown, Dear Deliria (New & Selected Poems), winner of the 2004 NSW Premier’s Award for Poetry. Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Pam Brown Events April 1 &mdash Foetrycom Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests ^[2]
• Alison Croggon, The Common Flesh: Poems 1980-2002, Arc, ISBN 1900072726
• Geoff Page, editor The Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets, Indigo (anthology)
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe, A Representative Human, Brunswick: Gungurru Press

Canada

• Anne Compton, Opening the Island
• Tim Lilburn, Kill-site, winner of the Governor General’s Award
• Don McKay, Varves, a chapbook
• Anne Simpson Loop, shortlisted for the 2003 Governor General's Award, winner of the 2004 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize, ISBN 0-7710-8075-1

New Zealand

• Jenny Bornholdt, Summer
• Robin Hyde, Young Knowledge: the poems of Robin Hyde, edited and introduced by Michele Leggott, Auckland: Auckland University Press, posthumous

Poets in Best New Zealand Poems

Poems from these 25 poet s were selected by Elizabeth Smither for Best New Zealand Poems 2002, published online this year:

Jenny Bornholdt Diana Bridge Rachel Bush Kate Camp Glen Colqu houn

Murray Edmond Paula Green Michael Harlow David Howard Andrew Johnston

Anne Kennedy Michele Leggott Emma Neale Bob Orr Chris Orsman

Vincent O'Sullivan Bill Sewell Anna Smaill Kendrick Smithyman C.K. Stead

Robert Sullivan Jo Thorpe Rae Varcoe Louise Wrightson Sonja Yelich

United Kingdom

• Ciarán Carson: Breaking News, Gallery Press, Wake Forest University Press, awarded the 2003 Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection
• James Fenton: The Love Bomb, verse written as a libretto for a composer who rejected it; Penguin / Faber and Faber^[3]
• Lavinia Greenlaw, Minsk, Faber and Faber
• Peter Redgrove, 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. Foster, W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol. Alison Croggon (born 1962) is a contemporary Australian Poet, Playwright, Fantasy Novelist and Librettist. Geoffrey Donald Page (born July 7, 1940) is an Australian Poet, Translator, teacher and Jazz enthusiast Chris Keith Wallace-Crabbe (born 6 May 1934) is an Australian Poet and Emeritus Professor in The Australian Centre University of Melbourne Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Anne Compton (born 1947 is a Canadian Poet, Critic, and Anthologist. Tim Lilburn (born 27 June 1950) is a Canadian poet and Essayist, and the author of six books of poems including Kill-site, To Don McKay (born 1942 is an award-winning Canadian Poet, editor, and Educator. Anne Allison Simpson (born 1956) is a Canadian Poet and Novelist. The Governor General's Awards are named in honour of the Governor General of Canada, and are presented in a number of fields The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada 's most generous poetry award. 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 Jennifer Mary Bornholdt (born 1 November 1960) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and anthologist Robin Hyde ( January 19 1906 - 23 August 1939) is one of New Zealand's major poets Michele Leggott, poet and literary scholar was born in Stratford New Zealand, in 1956 The Best New Zealand Poems series, begun in 2001 is an annual online selection of poems chosen by guest editors Jennifer Mary Bornholdt (born 1 November 1960) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and anthologist David Howard (born December 8, 1961 in Enterprise Alabama) is a former American football Linebacker who played for eight seasons Michele Leggott, poet and literary scholar was born in Stratford New Zealand, in 1956 William Kendrick Smithyman ( October 9, 1922 &ndash December 28, 1995) was an award-winning New Zealand poet and one of the most prolific Christian Karlson Stead, ONZ, CBE, (born October 17 1932) is a New Zealand writer whose works include novels poetry short stories Ciarán Carson (born 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Poet and Novelist. James Fenton (born April 25, 1949, Lincoln England) has been at various times a Journalist, Poet, literary critic Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962 is an English poet and novelist She was born in London, where she still lives currently working as Professor of Creative Writing at Peter William Redgrove ( 1932 - 2003) was a prolific and widely respected British poet who also wrote works with his second wife Penelope Shuttle on R F Foster may refer to R F Foster (games, Richard Frederick Foster (1853–1945 disseminator of the rules of many card games R II: The Arch-Poet 1915–1939, Oxford University Press ISBN 0198184654
• Matthew Campbell, editor, The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry, Cambridge University Press

United States

• Dick Allen, The Day Before: New Poems (Sarabande Books)
• Charles Bukowski, sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the way (Ecco)
• Henri Cole, Middle Earth (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Cid Corman, Now/Now
• Annie Finch, Calendars
• John Hollander, Picture Window
• Wi lliam Logan, Macbeth in Venice
• 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 Oliver, Owls a nd Other Fantasies: poems and essays
• Kenneth Rexroth, Complete Poems (posthumous}
• Margaret Reynolds, The Sappho History (scholarship), Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 9780333971703 ISBN-10: 0-333-97170-1
• C. The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Dick Allen (born August 8, 1939) is an American poet literary critic and academic born in Troy New York. Henry Charles Bukowski ( August 16 1920 – March 9 1994) was a German American Poet, Novelist, and Henri Cole (born 1956 is an American Poet born in Fukuoka, Japan and raised in Virginia, United States. Cid (Sidney Corman ( June 29, 1924 &ndash March 12, 2004) was an American poet, translator and editor most notably of Annie Finch (born 1956 is an American Poet, librettist and Critic, translator and editor of poetry John Hollander (born October 28, 1929 in New York City) is an American Poet and literary Critic. William Logan (born 1950 is an American Poet, Critic and scholar Mary Oliver (b September 10, 1935) is an American Poet. Life Oliver was born to Edward William and Helen M Kenneth Rexroth ( December 22[[ 905]] &ndash June 6[[ 982]] was an American Poet, Translator and critical Essayist He was among the J. Sage, editor, And We The Creatures: Fifty-one Contemporary American Poets on Animal Rights and Appreciation (Dream Horse Press)
• Charles Simic, The Voice at 3:00 a. Charles Simic (ˈtʃ​͡ɑːɻls ˈʂimitɕ​͡ born Dušan Simić, May 9, 1938 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Serbian m. : Selected Late & New Poems (Harvest Books)(Harcourt)); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
• Tracy K. Smith, The Body’s Question won the 2002 Cave Canem Prize for best first book by an African American poet (Graywolf Press)
• Rosmarie Waldrop, Love, Like Pronouns (Omnidawn Publishing)
• William Carlos Williams and Louis Zukofsky, The Correspondence of William Carlos Williams & Louis Zukofsky, edited by Barry Ahearn (Wesleyan University Press)
• Kirby Wright, 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 2003, edited by David Lehman, co-edited this year by Yusef Komunyakaa:

Jonathan Aaron Beth Anderson Nin Andrews Wendell Berry Frank Bidart Diann Blakely Bruce Bond Catherine Bowman Rosemary Catacalos Joshua Clover Billy Collins Michael S. Tracy K Events March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the Graywolf Press is an independent, Non-profit publisher located in St Rosmarie Waldrop (born August 24, 1935) is a contemporary American poet, Translator and publisher William Carlos Williams ( 17 September 1883 &ndash 4 March 1963) was an American poet closely associated with modernism Louis Zukofsky ( January 23, 1904 – May 12, 1978) was one of the most important second-generation American Kirby Wright is an American writer best known for his Coming of age island novel Punahou Blues and the epic novel " Moloka'i Nui Ahina " The Best American Poetry 2003, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Yusef Komunyakaa David Lehman (born 1948 in New York City is the series editor for The Best American Poetry series and a Poet. 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 Beth Anderson (born 3 January 1950 is an American neo-romantic Composer. Wendell Berry (born August 5, 1934, Henry County Kentucky) is an American Man of letters, academic cultural and Frank Bidart (born 1939 in Bakersfield California) is an American academic and award-winning poet Bruce Bond is a poet editor for American Literary Review and an English professor at the University of North Texas. Works Madonna anno domini (Louisiana State University Press 1997 68 pp William A ("Billy" Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet. Collins Carl Dennis Susan Dickman Rita Dove

Stephen Dunn Stuart Dybek Charles Fort James Galvin Amy Gerstler Louise Glück Michael Goldman Ray Gonzalez Linda Gregg Mark Halliday Michael S. Harper Matthea Harvey George V. Higgins Edward Hirsch Tony Hoagland

Richard Howard Rodney Jones Joy Katz Brigit Pegeen Kelly Galway Kinnell Carolyn Kizer Jennifer L. Carl Dennis (born September 17, 1939) an American poet and educator wrote Practical Gods, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, USA is an American Poet and Author. Stephen Dunn (b 1939 New York City) is an American Poet. Dunn has written fourteen collections of Poetry, and has won the Pulitzer Prize Stuart Dybek (born 1942 is an American writer Personal life Dybek was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Chicago's Little Village Charles Hoy Fort ( 6 August, 1874 &ndash 3 May, 1932) was a Dutch-American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena James Galvin can refer to Jim Galvin (baseball (1907-1969 Major League Baseball player Pud Galvin (1856 - 1902 Major League baseball Amy Gerstler (born in 1956 is an American Poet. Her books of poetry include Ghost Girl (2004 Medicine (2000 - finalist for the Phi Louise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American Poet. Michael Goldman (born 1955 is an American Politician of the Charter Party of Cincinnati Ohio. Ramón Gonzalez is a Professional wrestler who has wrestled in Mexico, Japan, as well as with the XWF in the United States, and Linda Alouise Gregg (born September 9 1942 in Suffern, New York) is an award-winning American poet. Mark Halliday (born 1949 is a noted American poet Life Halliday earned his B Michael Steven Harper (born March 18, 1938) is an American poet from Brooklyn who has published ten books of poetry Matthea Harvey (born September 3, 1973) is a contemporary American poet. George V Higgins ( 13 November 1939 – 6 November 1999) was a United States Author, Lawyer, newspaper columnist Edward Hirsch (born January 20, 1950) an American Poet and Academic who wrote a best seller about reading poetry Anthony Dey Hoagland (born November 19 1953 is an American Poet and Writer. Richard Howard (born 13 October 1929) is a distinguished American Poet, Literary critic, Essayist Teacher, and Rodney Jones is an American Poet and professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Brigit Pegeen Kelly (born 1951 is an award-winning American poet 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 Carolyn Ashley Kizer (born December 10 1925) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism Knox Kenneth Koch John Koethe Ted Kooser Philip Levine J. D. McClatchy W. S. Merwin Stanley Moss Heather Moss

Paul Muldoon Peggy Munson Marilyn Nelson Daniel Nester Naomi Shihab Nye Ishle Yi Park Robert Pinsky Kevin Prufer Ed Roberson Vijay Seshadri Myra Shapiro Alan Shapiro Bruce Smith Charlie Smith Maura Stanton

Ruth Stone James Tate William Tremblay Natasha Trethewey David Wagoner Ronald Wallace Lewis Warsh Susan Wheeler Richard Wilbur C. K. Williams Terence Winch David Wojahn Robert Wrigley Anna Ziegler Ahmos Zu-Bolton II

Other

• Wisława Szymborska: Rymowanki dla dużych dzieci ("Rhymes for Big Kids"), Poland

Awards and honors

Australia

• C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Emma Lew, Anything the Landlord Touches
• Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize: Mangroves by Laurie Duggan
• Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Jill Jones, Screens Jets Heaven

Canada

• Gerald Lampert Award
• Archibald Lampman Award
• Atlantic Poetry Prize
• Giller Prize: M.G. Vassanji - The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
• See 2003 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of the winners of those awards. Kenneth Koch ( 27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet playwright and professor active from the 1950s until Ted Kooser (b April 25, 1939, Ames Iowa) is an American Poet who was the thirteenth Poet Laureate of the United States Philip Levine may refer to Philip Levine (poet (b 1928 American anarchist poet & professor of English Philip Levine (physician (1900-1987 JD "Sandy" McClatchy (1945- is an American Poet, Literary critic, and editor of the Yale Review. William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is an American poet Stanley Moss (born June 21, 1925) is an American poet publisher and art dealer Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951 is a writer academic and educator as well as Pulitzer Prize -winning poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland Daniel Murlin Nester (born February 29, 1968 in Portsmouth, Virginia) known as Daniel Nester, is a writer editor and poet Naomi Shihab Nye (born March 12, 1952) is a poet, songwriter and a novelist Robert Pinsky (born October 20 1940) is an American Poet, Essayist, literary critic, and Translator. Kevin D Prufer (born 1969 is an American academic, editor, Essayist, and Poet. Vijay Seshadri is a Brooklyn New York -based Poet, Essayist, and Literary critic of significant repute Bruce Bernard Smith (born June 18, 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia) is a former American football player for the Buffalo Bills Charles or Charlie Smith may refer to Basketball Charles Cornelius Smith (born 1975 University of New Mexico and Portland Trail Blazers Ruth Stone (born June 8, 1915, in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American Poet, recipient of the 2002 National Book Award (for James Tate is a human name and may refer to James "Honest Dick" Tate (born 1831 State Treasurer of Kentucky James Hugh Joseph William Tremblay is an American Poet, Novelist, and Professor. Natasha Trethewey (born 1966) is an American poet, who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection Native Guard Ronald Wallace (1911-2006 was Professor of Biblical Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary Career Overview Brora 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 Susan Wheeler (July 16 1955- is an educator and award-winning Poet whose poems have frequently appeared in anthologies Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921) is an American Poet. Charles Kenneth Williams (b November 4 1936, Newark New Jersey) is an American poet David Wojahn (b 1953 is a major American poet who teaches poetry in the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. Robert Wrigley is a contemporary American poet His poetry often takes place in and draws meaning from the natural world 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 José Emilio Pacheco (born June 30, 1939 in Mexico City) is a Mexican Poet, Essayist, Translator, Novelist 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 Emma Lew (born 1962 is a contemporary Australian Poet. Born in Melbourne, Emma Lew studied arts at Melbourne University and worked as a The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne 's The Age newspaper Laurence James Duggan (born 1949 is an Australian Poet, Editor, and Translator. 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 Jill Marie Jones (born 196? is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was a Backing vocalist for Teena Marie and Prince 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 Scotiabank Giller Prize is an award that goes to the author of a Canadian Novel or Short story Fiction collection published in Moyez Gulamhussein Vassanji, CM (born 30 May 1950) is a Canadian Novelist and editor. The 2003 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on November 12.
• Griffin Poetry Prize Canada: Margaret Avison, Concrete and Wild Carrot; International, in the English Language: Paul Muldoon, Moy sand and gravel
• Pat Lowther Award
• Prix Alain-Grandbois
• Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award

New Zealand

• Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement:
• Montana New Zealand Book Awards First-book award for poetry: Kay McKenzie Cooke, Feeding the Dogs, University of Otago Press

United Kingdom

• Cholmondeley Award: Ciaran Carson, Michael Donaghy, Lavinia Greenlaw, Jackie Kay
• Eric Gregory Award: Jen Hadfield, Zoe Brigley, Paul Batchelor, Olivia Cole, Sasha Dugdale, Anna Woodford
• Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Ciaran Carson, Breaking News (The Gallery Press); Best First Collection): A. B. Jackson, Fire Stations (Anvil Press)
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: U. A. Fanthorpe
• T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Don Paterson, Landing Light
• Whitbread Award for poetry: Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

United States

• Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize awarded to David Shumate for High Water Mark
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, W.S. Merwin
• Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry, Julie Sheehan for “Brown-headed Cow Birds”
• Bollingen Prize for Poetry, Adrienne Rich
• Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Brian Teare, The Room Where I Was Born
• Frost Medal: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
• National Book Award for poetry: C.K. Williams, The Singing
• Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Louise Glück appointed
• Pulitzer Prize for poetry (United States): Paul Muldoon, Moy Sand and Gravel
• Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award: George T. The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada 's most generous poetry award. Margaret Avison OC ( April 23 1918 &ndash July 31 2007) was a Canadian poet. Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951 is a writer academic and educator as well as Pulitzer Prize -winning poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland 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. Ciarán Carson (born 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Poet and Novelist. Michael Donaghy ( May 24 1954 &ndash September 16 2004) was a Poet and Musician, born in New York. Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962 is an English poet and novelist She was born in London, where she still lives currently working as Professor of Creative Writing at Jackie Kay MBE (born 1961 is a Scottish Poet and Novelist Biography Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh in The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission Olivia Cole (born November 26 1942) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actress. The Forward Poetry Prizes were created in 1991 The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry Ciarán Carson (born 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Poet and Novelist. The Scottish poet Andrew Buchanan Jackson was born on 19 June 1965 in Glasgow. 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 Ursula Askham Fanthorpe (born 1929 in Kent) is a significant English Poet. 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" Don Paterson, OBE, FRSL (born 1963 is a Scottish poet writer and musician The Costa Book Awards are among the United Kingdom 's most prestigious literary awards Mark Haddon (born on September 26, 1962 in Northampton) is a British Novelist and Poet, best known for his 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a 2003 Novel by British writer Mark Haddon. 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 Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is an American poet 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 Bollingen Prize, which is presently awarded every two years by Beinecke Library of Yale University, is a prestigious literary honor bestowed on an American Poet Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist. 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 Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born Lawrence Ferling on March 24, 1919) is an American Poet and painter, and the co-founder of The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Charles Kenneth Williams (b November 4 1936, Newark New Jersey) is an American poet The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35000 a year Louise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American Poet. The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951 is a writer academic and educator as well as Pulitzer Prize -winning poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland The Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award is awarded to scholars who have made a lasting contribution to the art and science of versification Wright
• Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Linda Pastan
• Wallace Stevens Award: Richard Wilbur
• William Carlos Williams Award: Gary Young, No Other Life, Judge: Angela Jackson
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Li-Young Lee

Deaths

• September 3 – Alan Dugan (born 1923), American poet
• November 3 – Rasul Gamzatov, Avarian/Soviet/Russian poet, called the "People's poet of Dagestan" (aged 80)
• November 27 – Talal al-Rasheed, Saudi poet (aged 41?)
• December 12 – Fadwa Toukan, 86, Palestinian poet
• December 23 – John Newlove (born 1923), Canadian poet
• Date not known – Heinz Piontek (born 1925), German^[4]

Notes

1. ^ [1]Knowles, Joe, "Poets Against the War", In These Times, February 14, 2003, accessed January 25, 2007
2. ^ Poetry International Web - Pam Brown
3. ^ [2]Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
4. ^ Hofmann, Michael, editor, Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology, Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006

• [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

The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation; the Foundation also publishes ''Poetry''. Linda Pastan is an American Poet of Jewish background She was born in the Bronx in 1932. The Wallace Stevens Award is a major annual American literary award for mastery of poetry in the English language Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921) is an American Poet. 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 Gary Young ( May 3, 1953) was the first drummer of the 90s seminal alternative band Pavement. The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship" was the first award of its kind in the United States Li-Young Lee (李立揚 Pinyin: Lǐ Lìyáng (born August 19, 1957) is an American Poet. The following is a list of notable deaths in 2003. Names are listed by date of death not the date it was announced Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius 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 Events In Paris Basil Bunting meets Ezra Pound, whose poems will have a strong influence on Bunting throughout his career The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov ( Avar: Расул ХIамзатов; Расу́л Гамза́тович Гамза́тов was probably the most famous poet writing Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Arabic literature ( Arabic: الأدب العربي Al-Adab Al-Arabi) is the writing produced both Prose and Poetry, by speakers Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Fadwa Touqan (فدوي طوقان also transliterated as Fadwa Tuqan, Fadwa Tuqant Fadwa Touquan and Fadwa Arabic literature ( Arabic: الأدب العربي Al-Adab Al-Arabi) is the writing produced both Prose and Poetry, by speakers Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city John Newlove ( June 13, 1938 - December 23, 2003) was a Canadian Poet who was considered to be one of the dominant Events In Paris Basil Bunting meets Ezra Pound, whose poems will have a strong influence on Bunting throughout his career Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written Events T S Eliot joins the publishing house of Faber & Gwyer leaves Lloyds bank German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 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. 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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