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2017 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *May 23 – English poet Tony Walsh reads his 2013 poem "This is the place" to the crowds gathered in Albert Square, Manchester for a public vigil following this week's Manchester Arena bombing. *June 23 – English-resident writer Ben Okri publishes his poemGrenfell Tower, June 2017 in the ''Financial Times'' following this month's Grenfell Tower fire in London. Anniversaries *March 1 – Centenary of the birth of the American poet Robert Lowell. Selection of works published in English Australia * Michael Farrell, ''I Love Poetry'' * Alan Wearne, ''These Things Are Real'' * Fiona Wright, ''Domestic Interior'' Canada *Billy-Ray Belcourt, ''This Wound Is a World'' *Lorna Crozier, ''What the Soul Doesn't Want'' * Nora Gould, ''Selah'' *Aisha Sasha John, ''I have to live'' * Benjamin Hertwig, ''Slow War'' *Donato Mancini, ''Same Diff'' *Julia McCart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Poetry
Irish poetry is poetry written by poets from Ireland. It is mainly written in Irish and English, though some is in Scottish Gaelic and some in Hiberno-Latin. The complex interplay between the two main traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English and Scottish Gaelic, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to categorise. The earliest surviving poems in Irish date back to the 6th century, while the first known poems in English from Ireland date to the 14th century. Although there has always been some cross-fertilization between the two language traditions, an English-language poetry that had absorbed themes and models from Irish did not finally emerge until the 19th century. This culminated in the work of the poets of the Irish Literary Revival in the late 19th and early 20th century. Towards the last quarter of the 20th century, modern Irish poetry tended to a wide range of diversity, from the poets of the Northern school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Crozier
Lorna Crozier, OC (born 24 May 1948) is a Canadian poet who holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria. She has authored fifteen books and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011. She is credited as Lorna Uher on some of her earlier books. Life Crozier was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1948. Crozier attended the University of Saskatchewan where she received her B.A. in 1969, and the University of Alberta where she received her M.A. in 1980. Before publishing her poems and stories, Crozier was a high school English teacher and guidance counsellor. During these years, her first poem was published in ''Grain'' magazine. She also taught creative writing at the Banff School of Fine Arts, the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts, and the Sechelt Summer Writing Festival. Crozier has served as the writer-in-residence at the Cypress Hills Community College in 1983, the Regina Public Library, and the University of Toronto in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tusiata Avia
Donna Tusiata Avia (born 1966) is a New Zealand poet and children's author. Background Avia was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her father is Samoan and her mother is Palagi (New Zealand European). Avia graduated from the University of Canterbury and in 2002 received an MA in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters. Career Avia's poetry explores Pasifika and cross-cultural themes, as well as the borders between traditional and contemporary life, and between place and the self. Avia has toured both nationally and internationally performing her solo show ''Wild Dogs Under My Skirt'' which premiered at the 2002 Dunedin Fringe Festival. She is a creative writing lecturer at the Manukau Institute of Technology. ''Wild Dogs Under My Skirt'' was presented by Auckland Arts Festival and Silo Theatre for Auckland Arts Festival in 2019 with an ensemble cast rather than as a solo. It went on to tour New Zealand receiving critical acclaim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Ascroft
Nick Ascroft (born 1973) is a New Zealand poet and writer. Life Nick Ascroft was born in Oamaru, New Zealand in 1973. In his career of writing, his poetry has been featured widely in both New Zealand and international journals. Ascroft's published poetry collections have been well received, and he has helped in editing New Zealand literary magazines ''Landfall'', ''Glottis: New Writing'' and ''takahē.'' Recently he has expanded into non-fiction, writing about football. Ascroft's poetic influences include song lyrics, Bruce Robinson's screenplay for '' Withnail & I'', the wordier skits of Monty Python, Peter Cook or Fry & Laurie, and Tina Fey. Away from writing, Ascroft enjoys competitive Scrabble, indoor soccer, and also identifies as a wikipedian. Ascroft describes the Scrabble urge and the sonnet-writing urge as similar, as they are both about the mathematical puzzle and that he is "genuinely delighted by language." Career Nick Ascroft's literary career began in the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Bornholdt
Jennifer Mary Bornholdt (born 1 November 1960) is a New Zealand poet and anthologist. Biography Born in Lower Hutt, Bornholdt received a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Diploma in Journalism. She studied poetry with Bill Manhire at Victoria University of Wellington in 1984. She is co-editor of ''My Heart Goes Swimming: New Zealand Love Poems'' and the Oxford ''Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English'', which won the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in 1997. In addition, Bornholdt won the 2002 Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship, was a recipient of one of the 2003 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Awards, and was named the fifth Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate in 2005. Her poems were selected for the Best New Zealand Poems series in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. In the 2014 New Year Honours, Bornholdt was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a poet. Books Poetry Bornholdt's poetry has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best New Zealand Poems Series
''Ōrongohau , Best New Zealand Poems'' is an annual online anthology of poems chosen by guest editors. The anthology began in 2001 and is published by the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. It is supported by a grant from Creative New Zealand. History In 2001, poet and professor Bill Manhire of the International Institute of Modern Letters founded ''Best New Zealand Poems''. The anthology is published online and features 25 poems from New Zealand poets, each year selected by a different guest editor. Journalist Philip Matthews has described it as "a reliable guide to local poetry". The first annual editor, Iain Sharp, wrote in his introduction to the 2001 selection that the site's approach was inspired by the ''The Best American Poetry'' series. He also noted that the poems must have been published that year either in magazines or books, and that in order to qualify as New Zealand poetry, a "steady association wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Green (poet)
Paula Joy Green (born 1955) is a New Zealand poet and children's author. Background Green was born in 1955, in Auckland. She attended the Kamo High School. In 2005 Green received her PhD in Italian, supervised by Bernadette Luciano, and was Literary Fellow at the University of Auckland. Green is married to the painter Michael Hight and currently lives in Auckland. Career Green has published several collections of her own poetry including: * ''Cookhouse'' (1997, Auckland University Press) * ''Chrome'' (2000, Auckland University Press) * ''Crosswind'' (2004, Auckland University Press) * ''Making Lists for Francis Hodgkins'' (2007, Auckland University Press) * ''Slip Stream'' (2010, Auckland University Press) * ''The Baker's Thumbprint'' (2013, Seraph Press) * ''New York Pocket Book'' (2017, Seraph Press) * "The Track" (2019, Seraph Press) Her books for children include: * ''Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo'' (2006, Auckland University Press), as editor, written in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Camp
Kate Camp (born 1972) is a New Zealand poet and author who currently resides in Wellington. Early life and education Camp was born in 1972 in Wellington, New Zealand. She has a BA in English from the Victoria University of Wellington. Career Poems by Camp have appeared in the ''Best New Zealand Poems'' series in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2012, and 2013. She has also been published in numerous literary magazines, including ''Landfall'', ''New Zealand Books'', ''New Zealand Listener'', ''Sport'', ''Takahe'', ''Brick'' (Canada), ''Akzente'' (Germany) and ''Qualm'' (England). Camp hosted a monthly radio segment, 'Kate's Klassics' on Kim Hill's radio show ''Saturday Morning'' on Radio New Zealand National. Camp currently works at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa as the head of marketing and communications. Awards At the 1999 Montana New Zealand Book Awards Camp's collection, ''Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars'', won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airini Beautrais
Airini Jane Beautrais (born 1982) is a poet and short-story writer from New Zealand. Background Beautrais was born in 1982 and grew up in Auckland and Whanganui. She studied creative writing and ecological science at the Victoria University of Wellington. In 2016 she received her PhD in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, under doctoral advisors Harry Ricketts and James Brown. , Beautrais lives in Whanganui with her two sons. Works Beautrais's writing draws on her personal experiences, and is often set in her hometown of Whanganui. Beautrais has published four collections of poetry with Victoria University Press: ''Secret Heart'' (2006); ''Western Line'' (2011); ''Dear Neil Roberts'' (VUP, 2014); and ''Flow: Whanganui River Poems'' (2017). In 2020 Victoria University Press published a collection of her short stories, titled ''Bug Week & Other Stories.'' The collection had taken her ten years to write, and she has said it was inspired by "th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Whitehead
Joshua Whitehead is a Canadian First Nations, two spirit poet and novelist. An Oji-Cree member of the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba,"Poet Joshua Whitehead redefines two-spirit identity in Full-Metal Indigiqueer" '''', December 17, 2017. he began publishing poetry while pursuing undergraduate studies at the University of Winnipeg< ...
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Julia McCarthy
Julia McCarthy (1964-2021) was a Canadian poet."Nova Scotia poet among Governor General's Literary Award finalists" '''', October 4, 2017. She was most noted for her 2017 collection ''All the Names Between'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donato Mancini
Donato Mancini is a Canadian poet."Mancini debuts as University of Windsor writer-in-residence" '''', September 28, 2017. He is most noted for his 2017 collection ''Same Diff'', which was a shortlisted finalist in 2018. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
