Events
Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Randall Maggs, Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems (Brick Books) ISBN 978-1894078627
- Nancy Holmes, Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems, Wilfrid Laurier University Press ISBN 978-1554580330
- David Silverberg, editor, Mic Check: An Anthology Of Canadian Spoken Word Poetry, Quattro Books, ISBN 978-0978280659
The year's guest editor, who chose 25 poems for inclusion, was Paula Green. This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order 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. Events March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. The year 2005 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2006 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2007 in literature involves some significant new books Events None at present Books Literature The Painter of Battles 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 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. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. For the film see 2010 The Year We Make Contact. For the book see 2010 Odyssey Two. 2011 ( MMXI) will be a Common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Randall Maggs MA Ph D is a Canadian poet and professor of English Literature at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College of Memorial University, in Nancy Holmes (born February 9, 1959) is a Canadian Poet and Educator. David Silverberg is a Washington DC-based writer and editor He is the founding editor of the magazines HSToday, Homeland Defense Journal and Military Information 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 Best New Zealand Poems series, begun in 2001 is an annual online selection of poems chosen by guest editors Paula Green (born September 18, 1927) is an American advertising executive best known for writing the lyrics to the "Look for the Union Label" song The list appeared at the series website in February 2008. [1]
- Johanna Aitchison
- Angela Andrews
- Serie (Cherie) Barford
- Sarah Jane Barnett
- Jenny Bornholdt
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- Dora Malech
- Alice Miller
- Emma Neale
- Vincent O’Sullivan
- Vivienne Plumb
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- Rae Armantrout, Complete Early Poems, (Green Integer) [3]
- Mary Jo Bang, Elegy, Graywolf Press
- Frank Bidart, Watching the Spring Festival (Macmillan/Farrar, Strauss and Giroux), ISBN 9780374286033
- Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems, purportedly the "fifth and final" posthumous collection
- Robert Creeley, Selected Poems, 1945-2005, edited by Benjamin Friedlander, University of California Press
- Mark Doty:
- Theories and Apparitions, London: Jonathan Cape[4]
- Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems, New York, HarperCollins[4]
- Jorie Graham, Sea Change Ecco/HarperCollins
- Geoffrey Hill, A Treatise of Civil Power, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0300131499
- John Hollander, A Draft of Light, Knopf (in May), his 19th book of poems
- Ted Kooser, Valentines, University of Nebraska Press
- David Lehman, editor, The Best American Erotic Poems: From 1800 to the Present (anthology), Scribner
- Jackson Mac Low, Thing of Beauty: New and Selected Works (edited by Anne Tardos), (University of California Press)
- George Oppen, Selected Prose, Daybooks, and Papers (edited by Stephen Cope), (University of California Press) (publication was 2007, but not available until 2008)
- Grace Paley, Fidelity (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), posthumous
- Aram Saroyan, Complete Minimal Poems, Ugly Duckling Presse ISBN 978-1933254258
- Leslie Scalapino, It’s go in horizontal: Selected Poems, 1974-2006, [University of California Press)
- Francis X. 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 Andrew Johnston may refer to Andrew Johnston (American actor Andrew Johnston (Australian actor Andrew Johnston (comedian People called Alice Miller: Alice Miller (psychologist (b 1923 Polish-born Swiss psychologist Alice Miller (golfer (b Christian Karlson Stead, ONZ, CBE, (born October 17 1932) is a New Zealand writer whose works include novels poetry short stories Robert Sullivan can refer to Robert Baldwin Sullivan, Canadian lawyer judge and politician who became the 2nd Mayor of Toronto Robert Sullivan Alison Wong (born 1960 is a New Zealand Poet of Chinese Heritage. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942 is an Irish poet born in Cork (city. The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages one in Irish and the other in English. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day Sean O'Brien (born 19 December 1952 in London is a British Poet, Critic, Playwright, broadcaster, Anthologist Andrew Marvell ( 31 March 1621 &ndash 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, and the son of a Church of Constantine P Cavafy, also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes (Greek Κωνσταντίνος Π The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Rae Armantrout (born 13 April 1947) is an American poet generally associated with the Language Poets. Frank Bidart (born 1939 in Bakersfield California) is an American academic and award-winning poet Henry Charles Bukowski ( August 16 1920 – March 9 1994) was a German American Poet, Novelist, and Robert Creeley ( May 21, 1926 &ndash March 30 2005) was an American Poet and Author of more than sixty books University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a Publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in Academic Mark Doty (born August 10, 1953 in Maryville, Tennessee) is an American Poet and memoirist Jorie Graham (born May 9, 1950) is an American Poet and the editor of numerous volumes of For the British aeronautical engineer and professor see Geoffrey T Yale University Press is a book Publisher founded in 1908. It became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but remained John Hollander (born October 28, 1929 in New York City) is an American Poet and literary Critic. Ted Kooser (b April 25, 1939, Ames Iowa) is an American Poet who was the thirteenth Poet Laureate of the United States David Lehman (born 1948 in New York City is the series editor for The Best American Poetry series and a Poet. Jackson Mac Low ( September 12, 1922 &ndash December 8, 2004) was an American Poet, Performance artist, Composer Anne Tardos is a poet visual artist and composer born in Cannes, France George Oppen ( April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984) was an American poet best known as one of the members of the Objectivist Grace Paley ( December 11 1922 – August 22 2007) was an American Short story writer poet and Political Aram Saroyan (born September 25, 1943) is an American Poet, Novelist, Biographer, Memoirist and Playwright Leslie Scalapino (b July 25, 1947) is a United States poet, experimental prose writer Playwright, Essayist, and editor Walker, When Winter Come: The Ascension of York, University of Kentucky Press
- Mark Yakich, The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine, Penguin
Anthologies in the United States
- Tina Chang and Nathalie Handal, editors, Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond,W. Mark Yakich is an author and professor in the Department of English at Loyola University. Tina Chang is an American Poet, teacher and editor She was born in 1969 and raised in New York City. Nathalie Handal (نتالي حنظل born July 29, 1969) is a Poet, Writer, Playwright and literary researcher of Middle W. Norton & Company, ISBN 9780393332384
- Leslie Pockell and Celia Johnson, editors, 100 Poems to Lift Your Spirits, Grand Central Publishing, ISBN 9780446177955
- Reginald Shepherd, editor, Lyric Postmodernisms: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetries, Counterpath Press, ISBN 9781933996066
- Jason Shinder, John Lithgow, Billy Collins, editors, The Poem I Turn To: Actors and Directors Present Poetry That Inspires Them, ISBN 9781402205026
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
- Michael Almereyda, editor, Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and about Mayakovsky (Macmillan/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), ISBN 9780374281359
- Robert Frost, The Collected Prose of Robert Frost, edited by Mark Richardson; Frost was reluctant to publish his collected prose and even said he lost his notes to the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures he delivered at Harvard in 1936 (Harvard University Press)
- Michael Heller, Speaking the Estranged: Essays on the Work of George Oppen, Cambridge UK: Salt Publishing
- Reginald Shepherd, Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry, University of Michigan Press
- Jan Ziolkowski and Bridget K. John Arthur Lithgow (ˈlɪθɡoʊ̪ born October 19, 1945) is an American Actor perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dr William A ("Billy" Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet. Michael Almereyda (born 1960 is an American Film director. His most well known work is Hamlet ( 2000) starring Ethan Hawke. Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский ( &ndash April 14, 1930) was a Russian poet and Farrar Straus and Giroux is an American book Publishing company founded in 1946 by Roger W Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. The Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry at Harvard University was established in 1925 as an annual lectureship in "poetry in the broadest sense" and named Events James Laughlin founds New Directions Publishers in New York which published many modern poets for the first time Michael Heller ( May 11, 1937 &mdash) is an American poet, Essayist and critic Salt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. Balint, editors, A Garland of Satire, Wisdom, and History: Latin Verse from Twelfth-Century France (Carmina Houghtoniensia), Harvard University Press, ISBN 0976547279 ISBN 9780976547273
Other in English
Works published in other languages
Awards and honors
- Lucille Medwick Memorial Award: Christina Pugh, Judge: Timothy Donnelly; finalist: Sally Ball
- Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award: Natasha Sajé, Judge: Dean Young; finalists: Kevin Prufer & James Richardson
- Louise Louis/Emily F. Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942 is an Irish poet born in Cork (city. The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages one in Irish and the other in English. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day 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 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 Canadian poetry is Poetry written in Canada, by Canadians There are three distinct branches of Canadian poetry French-Canadian poetry (mostly written 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 Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada 's most generous poetry award. The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada 's most generous poetry award. 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. The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission The Forward Poetry Prizes were created in 1991 The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry 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" 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 Established in 1975 the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize is (currently a $25000 award recognizing the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Origin The New Criterion was founded in 1982 by The New York Times art critic Hilton Kramer. The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author Robert L Hass (b March 1, 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet Philip Schultz (b 1945 in Rochester New York is an American poet and the founder/director of The Writers Studio, a private school for fiction and poetry writing based in The Wallace Stevens Award is a major annual American literary award for mastery of poetry in the English language The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets including Witter Bynner. The Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement Michael Steven Harper (born March 18, 1938) is an American poet from Brooklyn who has published ten books of poetry The Shelley Memorial Award of more than $3500 given out by the Poetry Society of America was established by the will of the late Mary P Lyn Hejinian (born May 17, 1941) is a United States Poet, essayist translator and publisher C D Wright (born 1949) is a US poet Carolyn D Wright was born in Mountain Home Arkansas to a chancery judge and a court reporter The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award is given once a year to a member of the Poetry Society of America for a poem "inspired by Dickinson" of no more than 30 lines Donald Revell (b 1954 Bronx, New York) is and American poet and Translator. G Wayne Miller (born June 12 1954 is an American writer and filmmaker from a suburb of Boston. Dean Young is the name of several notable individuals Dean Young (poet, a poet Dean Young (rugby league, a rugby league footballer Bourne Student Poetry Award: Carey Powers, Judge: David Roderick; finalists: Willa Granger & Philip Sparks
- George Bogin Memorial Award: Theresa Sotto, Judge: by Prageeta Sharma
- Robert H. Winner Memorial Award: Jocelyn Emerson, Judge: by Annie Finch; finalists: Rachel Conrad & Marsha Pomerantz
Deaths
- January 21 – Burton Hatlen, 71, American literary scholar, founding member of the National Poetry Foundation, mentor and teacher to Stephen King, who promoted the work of the Objectivist poets [5] [6]
- February 13 – Raúl Salinas, 73, American poet, complications of liver cancer. Annie Finch (born 1956 is an American Poet, librettist and Critic, translator and editor of poetry Brian Henry is a United States poet He lives in Virginia. Education MFA Program for Poets & Writers, University of Massachusetts Norma Cole (born May 12, 1945) is a contemporary American poet, Visual artist, and frequent Translator from the French The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America is given "for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either Burning Deck is an influential small press specializing in the publication of experimental poetry and prose Thylias Moss (b 1954 in Ohio) is an American Poet, Writer, Experimental filmmaker, Sound artist and Playwright 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 Aram Saroyan (born September 25, 1943) is an American Poet, Novelist, Biographer, Memoirist and Playwright Ron Silliman (born August 5, 1946 in Pasco Washington) is a contemporary American poet. Eileen Myles (born 1949 Cambridge Massachusetts) is an American poet Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Burton Norval Hatlen ( April 9, 1936 Harlen worked closely with Carroll F The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Scholarly method &mdash or as it is more commonly called scholarship &mdash is the body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as The National Poetry Foundation (NPF is a book publisher founded in 1971 by Carroll F MENTOR / The National Mentoring Partnership is an advocate and resource for Mentoring in the United States. In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation Modernists who emerged in the 1930s Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong [7]
- March 16 – Jonathan Williams, American poet, publisher and founder of The Jargon Society
- April 3 – Andrew Crozier, English poet with connections to American poetry, who edited volumes by American poet Carl Rakosi [8]
- April 17 – Aimé Césaire, 94, French Martiniquan poet and politician. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Jonathan Williams ( March 8, 1929 - March 16, 2008) was an American poet, publisher essayist and photographer The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view The Jargon Society is an independent press founded by the American poet Jonathan Williams. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Andrew Thomas Knights Crozier ( July 26, 1943 &ndash April 3, 2008) was a Poet associated with the British Poetry Revival 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 Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Aimé Fernand David Césaire (26 June 1913 &ndash 17 April 2008 was a Afro-[[Martinique Martinican]] Francophone Poet, Author and Politician This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Martinique is an Island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, having a land area of 1128 km² A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person [9]
- April 24 – Jason Shinder, 53, American Poet and Editor [10]
Notes
- ^ Web page titled "Best New Zealand Poetry 2007 / Introduction" at the Best New Zealand Poetry website, accessed April 25, 2008
- ^ a b Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" at Poetry International website, accessed May 3, 2008
- ^ Early collections, from 1978's Extremities to 1995's Made to Seem collected here
- ^ a b Web page titled "Mark Doty Books" at Mark Doty website, accessed May 5, 2008
- ^ UM scholar Hatlen, mentor to Stephen King, dies at 71
- ^ Burton Hatlen 1936 — 2008 A "cyber-tombeau" at Silliman's Blog by poet Ron Silliman includes comments, tributes, and links
- ^ Raúl Salinas, poet, teacher and activist, dies: Austin resident and bookstore owner gave voice to Chicano struggle.
- ^ After Rakosi's Selected Poems, published in 1941, Rakosi dedicated himself to social work and apparently neither read nor wrote any poetry at all. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to The Poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their Poetry while living in that country Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common In instrumental music tombeau signifies a musical "tombstone" (French le tombeau = tomb Ron Silliman (born August 5, 1946 in Pasco Washington) is a contemporary American poet. Events September 3 &mdash 19-year-old John Gillespie Magee Jr A letter from Crozier to Rakosi asking about his early poetry was the trigger that started Rakosi writing again. His first book in 26 years, Amulet was published by New Directions in 1967 and his Collected Poems in 1986 by the National Poetry Foundation. New Directions Publishing Corp was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin, then a Harvard University sophomore Events Cecil Day-Lewis is selected as the new Poet Laureate of the UK Events New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry is founded in Chicago Illinois. The National Poetry Foundation (NPF is a book publisher founded in 1971 by Carroll F
- ^ Aimé Césaire, Martinique poet, has died
- ^ Service for Shinder
See also
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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