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Events

* June 18 – Release in the United Kingdom of a new film, ''

The Edge of Love ''The Edge of Love'' is a 2008 British biographical romantic drama film directed by John Maybury and starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, and Matthew Rhys. The script was written by Knightley's mother, Sharman Macdonald. ...

'', concerning

Dylan Thomas Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems " Do not go gentle into that good night" and " And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" ''Un ...

' relationship with two women, starring

Keira Knightley Keira Christina Knightley ( ; born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films and Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters, particularly Historical drama, period dramas, she has received List of awards and no ...

Sienna Miller Sienna Rose Diana Miller (born 28 December 1981) is an American-British actress. Born in New York City and raised in London, she began her career as a photography model, appearing in the pages of Italian '' Vogue'' and for the 2003 Pirelli Cale ...

Cillian Murphy Cillian Murphy ( ; born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor. His works encompass both stage and screen, and his accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He made his professional debut in Enda Walsh's 1996 pl ...

and

Matthew Rhys Matthew Rhys Evans ( ; born 8 November 1974) is a Welsh actor. He gained recognition for playing Kevin Walker in the family drama series '' Brothers & Sisters'' (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in the spy drama series ''The Americans'' (2013 ...

(as Thomas)."Poetry in the News 2008"
web page at the Poetry Society website, retrieved November 30, 2008 * September – A United Kingdom examination board, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, asks schools to withdraw copies of its anthology which contain the poem, ''Education for Leisure'' by

Carol Ann Duffy Dame Carol Ann Duffy (born 23 December 1955) is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, and her term expired in 2019. She wa ...

after some teachers complained about the poem's reference to knives. Other teachers oppose the move, and Duffy responds with a new poem, ''Mrs Schofield's GCSE''. * December 15 – The

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begins awarding the May Sarton prize. Five "emerging poets" each year will receive a $2,000 honorarium and an opportunity to have their work published in the Academy's journal, ''

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'' (for winners, ''see'' "Awards and honors" section, ''below''). * Dennis Brutus is awarded the Lifetime Honorary Award by the South African Department of Arts and Culture for his lifelong dedication to African and world poetry and literary arts. Brutus was also an activist who was imprisoned and incarcerated in the cell next to

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( , ; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa f ...

's on

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from 1963 to 1965. * Complaints about

's poem " Education for Leisure" cause it to be withdrawn from the ''

AQA Anthology The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (the AQA) has produced Anthologies for GCSE English and English Literature studied in English schools. This follows on from AQA's predecessor organisations; Northern Examinations and Assessment Board ( ...

'' studied in English schools. * Dmitry Vodennikov wins a Russian poetry competition television show, "King of the Poets". * ''POETomu'' (a play on the English word "poet" and the

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

word ''poetomu'' ("because")), a glossy magazine about poetry, is founded in Russia.

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:

Australia

* Robert Adamson, ''The Golden Bird'', winner of the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry in the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, shortlisted for the 2009 ''Age'' Book of the Year Awards * Michael Brennan, ''Unanimous Night'' * David Brooks, ''The Balcony'', finalist for the 2008

Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry 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 length published in book form.Elizabeth Hodgson, ''Skin Painting'', winner of the 2007 David Unaipon Award; University of Queensland Press, *

Sarah Holland-Batt Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982) is a contemporary Australian poet, critic, and academic. Early life and education Born in Southport, Queensland, Sarah Holland-Batt grew up in Australia and Denver, Colorado. She was educated at the University o ...

, ''Aria'',

University of Queensland Press University of Queensland Press (UQP) is an Australian publishing house based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1948 as a traditional university press, UQP now publishes books for general readers across fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's ...

, winner of the Judith Wright Prize and the

Anne Elder Award The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry. It is awarded an ...

Yvette Holt Yvette Henry Holt is an Australian literary executive, multi-award-winning contemporary Australian Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal poet, essayist, researcher and editor. She heralds from the Bidjara (Warrego River), Bidjara, Yiman people, Yima ...

, ''Anonymous Premonition'', winner of the 2005 David Unaipon Award for an unpublished manuscript,

Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing The Victorian Premier's Prize for Indigenous Writing is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. The award commenced in 2004 and in 2012 the prize was valued at A$20,000. The winner of this category prize competes with th ...

(2008), and the Poets Union's

Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such ...

(2008) *

Clive James Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.W.W. Norton W. W. Norton & Company is an American publishing company based in New York City. Established in 1923, it has been owned wholly by its employees since the early 1960s. The company is known for its Norton Anthologies (particularly '' The Norton ...

* Carol Jenkins, ''Fishing in the Devonian'', Puncher & Wattmann * John Kinsella, ''Divine Comedy'', University of Queensland Press, * Anthony Lawrence, ''Bark'', University of Queensland Press, * Bronwyn Lea, ''The Other Way Out'', Giramondo Publishing *

David Malouf David George Joseph Malouf (; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and Libretto, librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University ...

, ''Revolving Days'', University of Queensland Press, * Peter Rose, ''The Best Australian Poems 2008'', including work from:

Dorothy Porter Dorothy Featherstone Porter (26 March 1954 – 10 December 2008) was an Australian poet. She was a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry. Early life Porter was born in Sydney. Her father was barrister ...

, Robert Adamson, Judith Beveridge,

Rosemary Dobson Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO (18 June 192027 June 2012) was an Australian poet, who was also an illustrator, editor and anthologist.Anderson (1996) She published fourteen volumes of poetry, was published in almost every annual volume of ''Au ...

, Laurie Duggan, Stephen Edgar,

Clive James Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.John Kinsella, Les Murray, Lisa Gorton, Geoffrey Lehmann, Tracy Ryan and Brenda Walker, Chris Wallace-Crabbe and Fay Zwicky; Black Inc.,

Canada

* Kyle Buckley, ''The Laundromat Essay'', a long poem (Coach House Books) * Margaret Christakos, ''What Stirs'', (Coach House Books) * Jen Currin, ''Hagiography'' (Coach House Books) *

Jeramy Dodds Jeramy Dodds (born 4 December 1974 in Ajax, Ontario) is a Canadians, Canadian poet. Born in Ajax, Ontario, Dodds grew up in Orono, Ontario. He studied English literature and anthropology at Trent University, medieval Icelandic studies at The U ...

, ''Crabwise to the Hounds'' (Coach House Books) "Some Favorite Books of 2008: Poetry Foundation Staff Picks"
entry, December 19, 2008, "Harriet" blog, Poetry Foundation website, retrieved December 31, 2008 * * Nancy Holmes, ''Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems'', Wilfrid Laurier University Press *

Randall Maggs Randall Maggs is a Canadian poet and former professor of English Literature at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College of Memorial University, in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. He is one of the organizers and now artistic director of the March Hare, the large ...

, ''Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems'' (Brick Books) *

George McWhirter George McWhirter (born September 26, 1939) is an Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver's first Poet Laureate. The son of a shipyard worker, George McWhirter was raised in a large extended family on the Shankill Road i ...

, ''The Anachronicles'' (Ronsdale Press) *

Joe Rosenblatt Joseph Rosenblatt (December 26, 1933 – March 11, 2019) was a Canadian poet who lived in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. He won Canada's Governor-General's Award and British Columbia's B.C. Book Prize for poetry.Jordan Scott, ''Blert'' (Coach House Books) * David Silverberg, editor, ''Mic Check: An Anthology Of Canadian Spoken Word Poetry'', Quattro Books, *

Todd Swift Stanley Todd Swift (born April 8, 1966), is a British-Canadian poet, screenwriter, university teacher, editor, critic, and publisher based in the United Kingdom. Background Swift was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and raised in Saint-Lambe ...

, ''Seaway: New and Selected Poems'' (Salmon Poetry) * R. M. Vaughan, ''Troubled'', (Coach House Books) * Zachariah Wells, editor, ''Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets'', (Biblioasis)

India, Indian poetry in English

* Antony Theodore, ''Divine Moments : Journey through the Year'', *

Arundhathi Subramaniam Arundhathi Subramaniam is an Indian poet and author, who has written about culture and spirituality. Life and career Subramaniam is a poet and writer based in Mumbai. She is the author of 13 books of poetry and prose. She has received the Ra ...

, translator, ''The Absent Traveller: Prākrit love poetry from the Gāthāsaptaśatī of Sātavāhana Hāla'', New Delhi: Penguin India, * Bibhu Padhi, poet, ''Going to the Temple'', * Eunice de Souza, editor, ''Both Sides of the Sky, Post-Independence Poetry in English,'' New Delhi: National Book Trust, *

Meena Alexander Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018) was an Indian American poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander later lived and worked in New York City, where she was a Distinguished ...

, ''Quickly Changing River'' (Poetry in English), Triquarterly Books, by an Indian writing living in and published in the

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Web page title
"Meena Alexander"
, Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010 *

Jeet Thayil Jeet Thayil (born 1959) is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. He is the author of several poetry collections, including ''These Errors Are Correct'' (2008), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award. His first novel, ''Narcopolis (book ...

: ** ''These Errors Are Correct,'' Delhi: Tranquebar Books (EastWest and Westland) ** Editor, ''The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets'', Bloodaxe, anthology of Indian poetry in English, published in the United KingdomScharf, Michael
"The Other Mother Tongue", book review, ''Boston Review'', May/June 2010 issue, retrieved July 19, 2010
*

Sujata Bhatt Sujata Bhatt (born 6 May 1956) is an acclaimed Indian poet known for her evocative and culturally rich works, has carved a unique niche in the world of literature through her exploration of identity, language, and cultural intricacies. Born in In ...

(2008). "Pure Lizard" (Poetry in English), Carcanet Press. Retrieved 2008-09-13.

Ireland

* Guzstáv Báger, ''Object Found'', translated by Thomas Kabdebo; Hungarian poet published in Ireland (Salmon Press) * Ciaran Berry, ''The Sphere of Birds'', Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, *

Dermot Bolger Dermot Bolger (born 1959) is an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and editor from Dublin, Ireland. Born in the Finglas suburb of Dublin in 1959, his older sister is the writer June Considine. Bolger's novels include ''Night Shift'' (1982), ''T ...

, ''External Affairs'', 80 pages, New Island Press, * Andrew Carpenter, editor, ''Thornfield: Poems by the Thornfield Poets'' (Salmon Press) (anthology) *

Ciarán Carson Ciaran Gerard Carson ( Irish: ''Ciarán Gearóid Mac Carráin''; 9 October 1948 – 6 October 2019) was a Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist. Early life and education Ciaran Carson was born on 9 October 1948 in Belfast into an Irish-s ...

: ** ''Collected Poems'', Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ** ''For All We Know'', Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, * Eileen Casey, ''Drinking the Colour Blue'' *

Gerald Dawe Gerald Dawe (22 April 1952 – 29 May 2024) was an Irish poet, academic and literary critic. Life and career Gerald Dawe was born in north Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up with his mother, sister, and grandmother. He lived mostly in the S ...

, ''Points West'', Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, * Frank Golden, ''In Daily Accord'' (Salmon Press) * Maurice Harmon, ''The Mischievous Boy and other poems'' (Salmon Press) * Anne Le Marquand Hartigan, ''To Keep the Light Burning: Reflections in Times of Loss'', poetry and prose (Salmon Poetry) * Kevin Higgins, ''Time Gentlemen, Please'' (Salmon Press) * Peter van de Kamp, ''In Train'', Dutch native living in Ireland (Salmon Press) * Caroline Lynch, ''Lost in the Gaeltacht'' (Salmon Press) * Alan Jude Moore, ''Lost Republics'' (Salmon Poetry) * Patrick Moran, ''Green'' (Salmon Press) * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: ''Selected Poems Gallery Press'', London: Oldcastle and Faber, Irish work published in the United KingdomWeb page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin"
at Poetry International website, accessed May 3, 2008 *

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (; born 1952) is a modern Irish poet whose works have been described as having a "major influence in revitalizing the Irish language in modern poetry". Biography Born in Lancashire, England, of Irish parents, she moved t ...

, ''The Fifty Minute Mermaid'', translated from Irish by

Paul Muldoon Paul Muldoon is an Irish poet. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he has been both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humani ...

, Gallery Press, *

Ulick O'Connor Ulick O'Connor ( ; 12 October 1928 – 7 October 2019) was an Irish writer, historian and critic. Early life Born in Rathgar, County Dublin, in 1928 to Matthew O'Connor, the Dean of the Royal College of Surgeons, O'Connor attended Garbally ...

, ''The Kiss: New and Selected Poems and Translations'' (Salmon Press) * Lorna Shaughnessy, ''Torching the Brown River'' (Salmon Press) * Eamon Wall, ''A Tour of Your Country'' Irish native living in the United States, published in Ireland (Salmon Press)

New Zealand

* Jenny Bornholdt, ''The Rocky Shore'', winner of the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry (announced September 2009)Web page titled "Literature/Year in Review 2009/English: Other Literature in English" at the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' website, retrieved February 22, 2010 * Kevin Ireland, ''How To Survive The Morning'', Cape Catley Ltd, *

C. K. Stead Christian Karlson "Karl" Stead (born 17 October 1932) is a New Zealand writer whose works include novels, poetry, short stories, and literary criticism. He is one of New Zealand's most well-known and internationally celebrated writers. Early l ...

, ''Collected Poems 1951–2006'', winner of the"reference and anthology" category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards (announced September 2009) *

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov ( ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Rus ...

(posthumous), edited by Brian Boyd (New Zealand academic) and Stanislav Shvabrin, ' 'Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry Selected and translated by Vladimir Nabokov' ', English translations of Russian poetry, presented next to the Russian originals, Harcourt (published in the United States) * Sam Sampson, ''Everything Talks'', Auckland University Press and Shearsman Books; winner of the 2009 New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry

Best New Zealand Poetry 2007

The year's guest editor, who chose 25 poems for inclusion, was Paula Green. The list appeared at the series website in February 2008. * Johanna Aitchison * Angela Andrews * Serie (Cherie) Barford * Sarah Jane Barnett * Jenny Bornholdt * Alistair Te Ariki Campbell * Janet Charman *

Geoff Cochrane Geoffrey O'Neill Cochrane (1951 – November 2022) was a New Zealand poet, novelist and short story writer. He published 19 collections of poetry, a novel and a collection of short fiction. Many of his works were set in or around his hometown o ...

* Fiona Farrell * Cliff Fell * Bernadette Hall * Anna Jackson * Andrew Johnston * Anne Kennedy * Jessica Le Bas * Dora Malech * Alice Miller * Emma Neale * Vincent O’Sullivan * Vivienne Plumb * Richard Reeve * Elizabeth Smither *

* Robert Sullivan * Alison Wong

United Kingdom

* Paul Thomas Abbott,

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( Clutag Press) * Moniza Alvi: ** ''Europa'', shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize; Bloodaxe BooksSearch results page
Bloodaxe Books + 2008
, Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010 ** ''Split World: Poems 1990–2005'', Bloodaxe Books * Annemarie Austin, ''Very: New and Selected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books, Bloodaxe Books * Mourid Barghouti, ''Midnight and Other Poems'', translated by Radwa Ashour, Palestinian poet published in the United Kingdom (Arc Publications), * Paul Batchelor, ''The Sinking Road'' * Marck L. Beggs, ''Catastrophic Chords'' (Salmon Poetry) * Robyn Bolam, ''New Wings'' * Zoë Brigley, ''The Secret'' * Constantine Cavafy, ''The Selected Poems of Cavafy'', translated from the original

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by Avi Sharon, Penguin Classic, *

Felix Dennis Felix Dennis (27 May 194722 June 2014) was an English publisher, poet, spoken-word performer, and philanthropist. His company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom. In more recent times, t ...

, ''Homeless in my Heart'', Ebury Press (Random House), * Menna Elfyn, ''Perfect Blemish'', translated by Elin Ap Hywel from the original Welsh; Bloodaxe Books *

Janet Frame Janet Paterson Frame (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author. She is internationally renowned for her work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous award ...

, ''Storms Will Tell: Selected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books; posthumously published * Anne Gorrick, ''Kyotologic'', Shearsman Books, ( American, published in the

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) * Chris Greenhalgh, ''The Invention of Zero'', Bloodaxe Books * Jane Griffiths, ''Another Country: New and Selected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books * Liam Guilar, ''Lady Godiva and Me'' (Nine Arches Press) *

Jen Hadfield Jen Hadfield (born 1978) is a British poet and visual artist. She has published four poetry collections. She won an Eric Gregory Award in 2003. Hadfield is the youngest female poet to be awarded the T. S. Eliot Prize, with her second collecti ...

, ''Nigh-no-place'', Bloodaxe Books * David Harsent, ''Selected Poems 1969–2005'', * Selima Hill: ** ''Gloria: Selected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books ** ''The Hat'', Bloodaxe Books *

Mick Imlah Michael Ogilvie Imlah (26 September 1956 – 12 January 2009), better known as Mick Imlah, was a Scottish poet and editor. Background Imlah was brought up in Milngavie near Glasgow, before moving to Beckenham, Kent, in 1966. He was educated at ...

, ''The Lost Leader'',

Faber and Faber Faber and Faber Limited, commonly known as Faber & Faber or simply Faber, is an independent publishing house in London. Published authors and poets include T. S. Eliot (an early Faber editor and director), W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Margaret S ...

, *

Clive James Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.Esther Jansma, ''What It Is'', edited and translated by Francis R. Jones from the original

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

, Bloodaxe Books * Daniel Kane, ''Ostentation of Peacocks'', (Egg Box Publishing) *

Jackie Kay Jacqueline Margaret Kay (born 9 November 1961) is a Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist, known for her works ''Other Lovers'' (1993), ''Trumpet'' (1998) and ''Red Dust Road'' (2011). Kay has won many awards, including the Somerset Maugham A ...

: ** ''Darling: New and Selected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books ** ''The Lamplighter'', Bloodaxe Books * Agnes Lehoczky, ''Budapest to Babel'', (Egg Box Publishing) * Ira Lightman, ''Duetcetera'' (Shearsman Books) * Jack Mapanje, ''Beasts of Nalunga'', Bloodaxe Books * Robert Minhinnick, ''King Driftwood'', Carcanet Welsh poet, writing in English *

Kenji Miyazawa was a Japanese novelist, poet, and children's literature writer from Hanamaki, Iwate, in the late Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was also known as an agricultural science teacher, vegetarian, cellist, devout Buddhist, and utopian social ...

, ''Strong in the Rain: Selected Poems'', translated from the original

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by Roger Pulvers, Bloodaxe Books * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: ''Selected Poems Gallery Press'', London: Oldcastle and Faber, Irish work published in the United Kingdom * Stephanie Norgate, ''Hidden River'', Bloodaxe Books *

Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye (; born March 12, 1952) is an Arab American poet, editor, songwriter, and novelist. Born to a Palestinian father and an American mother, she began composing her first poetry at the age of six. In total, she has published or con ...

, ''Tender Spot: Selected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books * Sean O'Brien, ''

Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell (; 31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth period he was a colleague and friend ...

: poems selected by Sean O'Brien'' (Poet to Poet series, Faber and Faber) * Julie O'Callaghan, ''Tell Me This Is Normal: New & Selected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books * Pamela Robertson-Pearse, editor, ''In Person: 30 Poets'', including two DVDs, , Bloodaxe Books * Anne Rouse, ''The Upshot: New and Selected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books * John Sears, ''Reading

George Szirtes George Szirtes (; born 29 November 1948) is a British poet and translator from the Hungarian language into English. Originally from Hungary, he has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life after coming to the country as a refugee at the ...

'', Bloodaxe Books * Yi Sha, ''Starve the Poets!'', edited and translated from the original Chinese by Simon Patton and Tao Naikan, Bloodaxe Books * Elena Shvarts, ''Birdsong on the Seabed'', edited and translated from the original

by Sasha Dugdale, Bloodaxe Books *

Pauline Stainer Pauline Anita Stainer (''née'' Rogers, born 5 March 1941) is an English poet. She was born Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. She left the city to study at St Anne's College, Oxford, where she took a degree in English. After Oxford she comp ...

, ''Crossing the Snowline'', Bloodaxe Books *

, ''New and Collected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books * Edward Thomas, ''The Annotated Collected Poems'', Bloodaxe Books *

Ruth Thompson Ruth Thompson (September 15, 1887 – April 5, 1970) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. A lawyer by profession, she served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1951 to 1957. Biography Early l ...

, ''The Flaggy Shore'', (bluechrome Publishing) Northern Irish poet published in United Kingdom * Tomas Venclova, ''The Junction'', translated from the original Lithuanian by Ellen Hinsey, Bloodaxe Books * Rab Wilson, ''Life Sentence: More Poems Chiefly in the Scots Dialect'' (Luath Press Ltd)

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

Lesley Duncan Lesley Anne Cox (née Duncan; 12 August 1943 – 12 March 2010) was an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work during the 1970s. She received much airplay on British radio stations such as BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, but never achi ...

, editor, ''100 Favourite Poems of the Day'' (Luath Press Ltd) * Mark Richardson, editor, ''The Big Green Poetry Machine Poems from Scotland'' (Young Writers) *

, editor, ''The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets'', Bloodaxe Books * ''Forward Book of Poetry 2009'' (published October 2008), Faber and Faber,

Criticism, biography and scholarship in the United Kingdom

* Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures: a series of talks by poets at the

University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick un ...

about the craft and practice of poetry, published by Bloodaxe Books: **

Maura Dooley Maura Dooley (born 18 May 1957) is a British poet and writer. She has published five collections of poetry and edited several anthologies. She is the winner of the Eric Gregory Award in 1987 and the Cholmondeley Award in 2016, and was shortli ...

, editor, ''Life Under Water'' **

Jane Hirshfield Jane Hirshfield (born February 24, 1953) is an American poet, essayist, and translator, known as "one of American poetry's central spokespersons for the biosphere" and recognized as "among the modern masters" who writes "some of the most import ...

, ''Hiddenness, Uncertainty, Surprise'' **

Jo Shapcott Jo Shapcott (born 24 March 1953 in London) is an English poet, editor and lecturer who has won the National Poetry Competition, the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Costa Book of the Year Award, a Forward Prizes for Poetry and the Cholmondele ...

, ''The Transformers: Newcastle'' * Josephine Nock-Hee Park, ''Apparitions of Asia: Modernist Form and Asian American Poetics'', Oxford University Press, scholarshipSearch results page
Oxford University Press + 2008
, Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010 * James Persoon and Robert R. Watson, editors, ''The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry, 1900 to the Present'' * Shira Wolosky, ''The Art of Poetry: How to Read a Poem'', Oxford University Press, scholarship

United States

, ''Quickly Changing River'', Triquarterly Books, by an Indian writing living in and published in the

* Rae Armantrout:'' Versed'' (Wesleyan, 2008) * Mary Jo Bang, ''Elegy'', Graywolf Press * Ed Barrett, ''Bosston'', Boston: Pressed Wafer, *

Frank Bidart Frank Bidart (born May 27, 1939, Bakersfield, CA) is an American academic and poet, and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Biography Bidart is a native of California and considered a career in acting or directing when he was young. In 19 ...

, '' Watching the Spring Festival'' (Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux), *

Charles Bukowski Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German Americans, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambien ...

, ''The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems'', purportedly the "fifth and final" posthumous collection * William Corbett, ''Opening Day'' (Hanging Loose Press, 2008) *

Robert Creeley Robert White Creeley (May 21, 1926 – March 30, 2005) was an American poet and author of more than 60 books. He is associated with the Black Mountain poets, although his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. Creeley was close with Charle ...

, ''Selected Poems, 1945–2005'', edited by Benjamin Friedlander,

University of California Press The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty ...

Mark Doty Mark Doty (born August 10, 1953) is an American poet and memoirist best known for his work ''My Alexandria.'' He was the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. Early life Mark Doty was born in Maryville, Tennessee, to Lawrence ...

: ** ''Theories and Apparitions'', London: Jonathan CapeWeb page title
"Mark Doty Books"
at Mark Doty website, accessed May 5, 2008 ** ''Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems'', New York, HarperCollins * Elvis Dino Esquivel, ''Sólo lloré en otoño'' (Spanish), Solar Empire Publishing, *

Reginald Gibbons Reginald Gibbons (born 1947) is an American poet, fiction writer, translator, and literary critic. He is the Frances Hooper Professor of Arts and Humanities, Emeritus, at Northwestern University. Gibbons has published numerous books, including 11 ...

, ''Creatures of a Day'',

Louisiana State University Press The Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) is a university press at Louisiana State University. Founded in 1935, it publishes works of scholarship as well as general interest books. LSU Press is a member of the Association of University Pres ...

, * Anne Gorrick, ''Kyotologic'', Shearsman Books, ( American, published in the

) *

Jorie Graham Jorie Graham (; born May 9, 1950) is an American poet. The Poetry Foundation called Graham "one of the most celebrated poets of the American post-war generation." She replaced poet Seamus Heaney as Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at H ...

, ''Sea Change'' Ecco/HarperCollins *

Geoffrey Hill Sir Geoffrey William Hill, Royal_Society_of_Literature#Fellowship, FRSL (18 June 1932 – 30 June 2016) was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston Uni ...

, ''A Treatise of Civil Power'',

Yale University Press Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University. It was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day and Clarence Day, grandsons of Benjamin Day, and became a department of Yale University in 1961, but it remains financially and ope ...

, *

John Hollander John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic. At the time of his death, he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, having previously taught at Connecticut College, Hunter C ...

, ''A Draft of Light'', Knopf (in May), his 19th book of poems *

Richard Howard Richard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022), adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz, was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a graduate of Columbia University, ...

, ''Without Saying'' (Turtle Point Press) * Kimberly Johnson, "A Metaphorical God" (Persea Books) * Devin Johnston, ''Sources'', (Turtle Point Press) * George Johnston, ''The Essential George Johnston'', selected by Robyn Sarah, The Porcupine's Quill, * August Kleinzahler, ' 'Sleeping It Off in Rapid City' ', Farrar, Straus and Giroux *

Ted Kooser Theodore J. Kooser (born April 25, 1939) is an American poet. He won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2005. He served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 to 2006. Kooser was one of the first poets laureate ...

, ''Valentines'', University of Nebraska Press *

David Lehman David Lehman (born June 11, 1948) is an American poet, non-fiction writer, and literary critic, and the founder and series editor for '' The Best American Poetry''. He was a writer and freelance journalist for fifteen years, writing for such pub ...

, editor, ''The Best American Erotic Poems: From 1800 to the Present'' (anthology), Scribner *

Sarah Lindsay Sarah Lindsay (born 1958) is an American poet from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In addition to writing the two chapbooks ''Bodies of Water'' and ''Insomniac's Lullabye'', Lindsay has authored two books in the Grove Press Poetry Series: ''Primate Behavior' ...

, ''Twigs and Knucklebones'', Copper Canyon Press * Magus Magnus, ''Verb Sap'', Narrow House *

Jackson Mac Low Jackson Mac Low (September 12, 1922 – December 8, 2004) was an American poet, performance artist, composer and playwright, known to most readers of poetry as a practitioner of systematic chance operations and other non-intentional compos ...

, ''Thing of Beauty: New and Selected Works'' (edited by Anne Tardos), (University of California Press) *

James Merrill James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1977 for '' Divine Comedies.'' His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyri ...

, ''Selected Poems'', edited by J. D. McClatchy and Stephen Yenser (Alfred A. Knopf) * W. S. Merwin, ''The Shadow of Sirius''; Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press; awarded the

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. The award came five years after the first Pulitzers were awarded in other categories; Joseph Pulitzer's will had not ment ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* Rusty Morrison, ''true keeps calm biding its story'', Small Press Distribution, . *

George Oppen George Oppen (April 24, 1908 – July 7, 1984) was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. He abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism and moved to Mexico in 1950 to avoid the attentions o ...

, ''Selected Prose, Daybooks, and Papers'' (edited by Stephen Cope), (University of California Press) (publication was 2007, but not available until 2008) * Peter Oresick, '' Warhol-o-rama'',

Carnegie Mellon University Press Carnegie Mellon University Press is a publisher that is part of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The press specializes in literary publishing, in particular, poetry. The press is cur ...

* Danielle Pafunda, ' 'My Zorba' ', Bloof Books * Grace Paley, ''Fidelity'' (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), posthumous *

Kenneth Patchen Kenneth Patchen (December 13, 1911January 8, 1972) was an American poet and novelist. He experimented with different forms of writing and incorporated painting, drawing, and jazz music into his works, which have been compared with those of Will ...

, ''The Walking-Away World'', New Directions, (posthumous) * Alan Michael Parker, ''Elephants & Butterflies'', BOA Editions, * Jacqueline Risset, ''Sleep's Powers'', translated from French by Jennifer Moxley, Ugly Duckling Presse * Aram Saroyan, ''Complete Minimal Poems'', Ugly Duckling Presse * Leslie Scalapino, ''It's go in horizontal: Selected Poems, 1974–2006'', (University of California Press) * Susan M. Schultz, ''Dementia Blog'', (Singing Horse Press) * Ron Silliman, ''The Alphabet'', University of Alabama Press, * Patricia Smith, ''Blood Dazzler'' *

Jack Spicer Jack Spicer (January 30, 1925 – August 17, 1965) was an American poet often identified with the San Francisco Renaissance. In 2009, ''My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer'' won the American Book Award for poetry. ...

, ''my vocabulary did this to me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer'', edited by

Peter Gizzi Peter Gizzi (born 1959 in Alma, Michigan) is an American poet, essayist, editor and teacher. He attended New York University, Brown University and the State University of New York at Buffalo. Life Gizzi was born in Alma, Michigan to an Italian ...

and Kevin Killian,

Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist. History and overview Founded (in its present form ...

, (posthumous) *

Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh), and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and ...

, ''Tender Buttons,'' introduction by

Steve McCaffery Steven McCaffery (born January 24, 1947) is a Canadian poet and scholar who was a professor at York University. He currently holds the David Gray Chair at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. McCaffery was born in Sheffie ...

, BookThug, Toronto * Richard Tayson, ''The World Underneath'' (Kent State University Press, ) *

David Wagoner David Russell Wagoner (June 5, 1926 – December 18, 2021) was an American poet, novelist, and educator. Biography David Russell Wagoner was born on June 5, 1926, in Massillon, Ohio. Raised in Whiting, Indiana, from the age of seven, Wagoner at ...

, ''A Map of the Night'' (University of Illinois Press, ) * Francis X. Walker, ''When Winter Come: The Ascension of York'', University of Kentucky Press *

John Witte the Oregon State Beavers John August Witte (January 29, 1933 – March 17, 1993) was an American professional football tackle who played one season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). He ...

, ''Second Nature'', University of Washington Press, * Mark Yakich, ''The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine'', Penguin

Anthologies in the United States

* Tina Chang and

Nathalie Handal Nathalie Handal is a poet, writer and professor, described as a “contemporary Orpheus.” A New Yorker and a quintessential global citizen, she has published 10 prize-winning books, including ''Life in a Country Album.'' She is praised for her ...

, editors, ''Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond'', W. W. Norton & Company, *

(posthumous), edited by Brian Boyd and Stanislav Shvabrin, ''Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry Selected and translated by Vladimir Nabokov'', English translations of Russian poetry, presented next to the Russian originals, Harcourt * Nguyen Do and Paul Hoover, editors, ''Black Dog, Black Night'', anthology of contemporary

Vietnamese poetry Vietnamese poetry originated in the form of folk poetry and proverbs. Vietnamese poetic structures include '' Lục bát'', '' Song thất lục bát'', and various styles shared with Classical Chinese poetry forms, such as are found in Tang po ...

from 21 poets, many of whom had never previously been translated into English; Milkweed * Leslie Pockell and Celia Johnson, editors, ''100 Poems to Lift Your Spirits'', Grand Central Publishing, * Reginald Shepherd, editor, ''Lyric Postmodernisms: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetries'', Counterpath Press, * Jason Shinder,

John Lithgow John Arthur Lithgow ( ; born , 1945) is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his John Lithgow filmography, diverse work on stage and screen. He has rece ...

Billy Collins William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016. Co ...

, editors, ''The Poem I Turn To: Actors and Directors Present Poetry That Inspires Them'', * Mark Strand and

Jeb Livingood Jeb Livingood is an American essayist, short story writer, editor, and academic. Life He graduated from the University of Virginia, American University, George Mason University, and University of Virginia, with an M.F.A. in 2000. He exhibited ...

, editors, ''Best New Poets 2008'', including work by Zach Savich, Heidi Poon, and Malachi Black *

Carolyne Wright Carolyne Wright (born in 1949, in Bellingham, Washington) is an American poet. Life She studied at Seattle University, New York University, and graduated from Syracuse University with master's and doctoral degrees. She has held visiting creative ...

, editor and translator, ''Majestic Nights: Love Poems of

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

Women'', Buffalo, New York: White Pine Press,

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

Michael Almereyda Michael Almereyda (born April 7, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He studied art history at Harvard University but dropped out after three years to pursue filmmaking. He acquired a Hollywood agent on the strengt ...

, editor, ''Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and about Mayakovsky'' (Macmillan/ Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), *

Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American Colloquialism, colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New E ...

, ''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 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 for the university's former professor of fine arts. Distinguished creative figur ...

he delivered at Harvard in

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

(Harvard University Press) *

Donald Hall Donald Andrew Hall Jr. (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an American poet, writer, editor, and literary critic. He was the author of more than 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and inc ...

, ''Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry'', Houghton Mifflin * Michael Heller, ''Speaking the Estranged: Essays on the Work of George Oppen'', Cambridge UK:

Salt Publishing Salt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched ''Salt Magazine'' in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry ...

* Michael Palmer, ''Active Boundaries: Selected Essays and Talks'', New Directions (New York, NY), 2008. * Reginald Shepherd, ''Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry'', University of Michigan Press * Jan Ziolkowski and Bridget K. Balint, editors, ''A Garland of Satire, Wisdom, and History: Latin Verse from Twelfth-Century France (Carmina Houghtoniensia)'', Harvard University Press,

Poets in ''The Best American Poetry 2008''

These poets appeared in '' The Best American Poetry 2008'', with

, general editor, and Charles Wright, guest editor (who selected the poetry) (Scribner ): * Tom Andrews * Ralph Angel * Rae Armantrout *

John Ashbery John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet and art critic. Ashbery is considered the most influential American poet of his time. Oxford University literary critic John Bayley wrote that Ashbery "sounded, in ...

* Joshua Beckman *

Marvin Bell Marvin Hartley Bell (August 3, 1937 – December 14, 2020) was an American poet and teacher who was the first Poet Laureate of the state of Iowa. Early life and education Bell was raised in Center Moriches on Long Island. He served in the ...

Charles Bernstein Charles Bernstein may refer to: * Charles Bernstein (composer) (born 1943), American composer of film and television scores * Charles Bernstein (poet) (born 1950), American poet, essayist, editor, and literary scholar {{hndis, Bernstein, Cha ...

* Ciaran Berry *

Robert Bly Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is '' Iron John: A Book About Men'' (1990), which spent 62 weeks on ...

* John Casteen * Laura Cronk * Kate Daniels *

Lydia Davis Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes very short stories. Davis has produced several new translations of French literary classics ...

Erica Dawson Erica Dawson is an American poet and professor. She is the author of three poetry collections. Biography Dawson grew up in Columbia, Maryland. After earning a B.A. degree at Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Poetry ...

* Cornelius Eady * Moira Egan * Peter Everwine * Carolyn Forche * Chris Forhan * John Gallaher * James Galvin * Louise Gluck *

Robert Hass Robert L. Hass (born March 1, 1941) is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He won the 2007 National Book AwardBob Hicok *

Brenda Hillman Brenda Hillman (born March 27, 1951, in Tucson, Arizona) is an American poet and translator. She is the author of ten collections of poetry: ''White Dress'', ''Fortress'', ''Death Tractates'', ''Bright Existence'', ''Loose Sugar'', ''Cascadia'', ' ...

* Tony Hoagland * Garrett Hongo *

* Mark Jarman * George Kalamars * Mary Karr *

Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin (June 6, 1925 – February 6, 2014) was an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982. Biography Early years Maxine Kumin was born Maxine Winokur on June ...

* Adrie Kusserow * Alex Lemon * Philip Levine * J.D. McClatchy * Davis McCombs * W. S. Merwin * Susan Mitchell *

* D. Nurkse * Debra Nystrom *

Meghan O'Rourke Meghan O'Rourke (born 1976) is an American nonfiction writer, poet and critic. Background and education O'Rourke was born on January 26, 1976, in Brooklyn, New York. The eldest of the three children of Paul and Barbara O'Rourke, she had two yo ...

Ron Padgett Ron Padgett (born June 17, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School (art), New York School. ''Great Balls of Fire'', Padgett's first full-length collection of poems, was published in 1969 ...

* Michael Palmer * D. A. Powell * Alberto Rios *

Tim Ross Timothy Jonathon Ross (nicknamed Rosso) is an Australian comedian, radio host, writer and television presenter. He began his career performing stand-up comedy with Merrick Watts as part of the duo Merrick and Rosso. He is now better known as t ...

* John Rybicki * Ira Sadoff * Sherod Santos * Frederick Seidel *

Charles Simic Dušan Simić ( sr-cyr, Душан Симић, ; May 9, 1938 – January 9, 2023), known as Charles Simic, was a Serbian American poet and poetry co-editor of ''The Paris Review''. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for '' The W ...

* R. T. Smith *

Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album '' Horses'' made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fu ...

* Dave Snyder * Lisa Ross Sparr * David St. John * Kathryn Starbuck * Alan Sullivan * Chad Sweeney *

Mary Szybist Mary Szybist (born 20 September 1970) is an American poet. She won the National Book Award for Poetry for her collection ''Incarnadine''. Life She grew up in Pennsylvania, earned her Bachelor of Arts, B.A. and M.T. (Master of Teaching) from the ...

* James Tate *

Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who served as United States Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection ''Native Guard'', and is a former Poet Laureate of Missi ...

* Lee Upton *

Dara Wier Dara Barrois/Dixon (Dara Wier) (born December 30, 1949) is an American poet and author. She has received awards from the Lannan Foundation, American Poetry Review, The Poetry Center Book Award, Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Ar ...

* C. K. Williams * Franz Wright * Lynn Xu *

C. Dale Young C. Dale Young (born April 18, 1969) is an American poet and writer, physician, editing, editor and educator of Asian and Latino descent. Life Young writes and publishes poetry and short stories, practices medicine full-time, and teaches in the W ...

* David Young * Dean Young * Kevin Young

Works published in other languages

French language

France

* Stéphane Bataillon, Sylvestre Clancier and Bruno Doucey, editors, ''Poésies de langue française: 144 poètes d'aujourd'hui autour du monde'' ("Poems in the French Language: 144 Contemporary Poets from Around the World"), Éditions Seghurs, , anthology *

Yves Bonnefoy Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016, Paris) was a French poet and art historian. He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of William Shakespeare which are considered among the best in French. He was a ...

, ''La Longue Chaîne de l'Ancre'' ("The Anchor's Long Chain"), publisher: Mercure de France *

Hélène Dorion Hélène Dorion, (born 21 April 1958) is a Canadians, Canadian poet, and writer. Life Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Dorion taught literature before heading Publisher Noroît from 1991 until 2000. She also conducted a series of audio recordings of ...

, ''Le Hublot des heures'', Paris, Éditions de La Différence;

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

poet published in France * Haïjin, translated from her

edition, ''Du rouge aux lèvres'' ("Red lips"), publisher: La Table Ronde, short poems to be read aloud in a single breath *

Philippe Jaccottet Philippe Jaccottet (; 30 June 1925 – 24 February 2021) was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator. Life and work After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived for several years in Paris. In 1953, he moved to the town of Grignan in ...

, ''Ce peu de bruits'' ("This Little Noise"), publisher: Gallimard *

Vénus Khoury-Ghata Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937 in Bsharri, Lebanon) is a Lebanese people in France, French-Lebanese poet and writer. Early life Venus Khoury-Ghata was born into a Maronites, Maronite family, the daughter of a French-speaking soldier and a peasa ...

, ''Les Obscurcis'', publisher: Mercure de France * Abdellatif Laabi, ''Tribulations d'un rêveur attitré'', coll. La Clepsydre, La Différence, Paris, Moroccan author writing French and published in France *

Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the Poetic realism, poetic ...

(illustrated with photography by Izis Bidermanas), ''Grand bal du printemps'', publisher: Le Cherche midi * Jean Max Tixier, ''Le grenier à sel'', publisher: Encres vives * Jean-Vincent Verdonnet, ''Mots en maraude'', illustrated by Marie-Claude Enevoldsen-Bussat, Publisher: Voix d'Encre

Canadian poetry in French

* Roger Des Roches, ''Dixhuitjuilletdeuxmillequatre'', winner of the Prix Chasse-Spleen''Britannica (2009)'', "French: Canada" *

, ''Le Hublot des heures'', Paris, Éditions de La Différence;

poet published in France

Germany

* Christoph Buchwald, series editor, and

Ulf Stolterfoht Ulf Stolterfoht (born 8 June 1963 in Stuttgart) is a German writer. Life and work Ulf Stolterfoht opted out of military service and performed civilian service instead, after which he studied German and Linguistics in Bochum und Tübingen. St ...

, guest editor, ''Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2008'' ("Yearbook of Poetry 2008"), Frankfurt: Fischer (S.), 215 pages, , anthology * Christoph Janacs: ** ''die Ungewissheit der Barke/la barca sin certidumbre'' ("The Uncertainty of the Boat"), publisher: Arovell ** ''Nachtwache'' ("Nightwatch"), Edition Thanhäuser, 37 poems; St. Georgs Presse * Bjoern Kuligk and Jan Wagner, editors, ''Lyrik von Jetzt 2'' ("Poetry of Now 2"), publisher: Berlin Verlag, featuring poetry by 50 authors born after 1969 (a follow-up volume to ''Lyrik von Jetzt'', published in

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

* Steffen Popp, ''Kolonie zur Sonne: Gedichte'' ("Colony to the Sun: Poems"), Kookbooks, 59 pages, * Sabine Scho: ** ''Album: Gedichte'' ("Album: Poems"), Kookbooks, 62 pages, ** ''Farben'' ("Colors"), Kookbooks, 78 pages, Pia-Tafdrup

Greece

Michael Longley Michael George Longley (27 July 1939 – 22 January 2025) was a Northern Irish poet. In his later years Longley observed: "It's a mystery where poems come from. If I knew where poems came from I would go there ... When I write a poem I am movi ...

, ''Το χταπόδι του Ομήρου'' ("The Octopus of Homer"), translated from the original English of the Irish author by Harris Vlavianos, Athens: Patakis * Katerina Iliopoulou, ''Asylum'', Melani editions * George Koropoulis (Γιώργος Κοροπούλης), ''Αντιύλη'' ("Antimatter'"), Athens: Upsilon * Dionysis Kapsalis (Διονύσης Καψάλης), ''Όλα τα δειλινά του κόσμου'' ("All the Sunsets in the World"), Athens: Agra * Stamatis Polenakis, ''Notre Dames'', publisher: Odos Panos Editions

India

Listed in alphabetical order by first name: * Bharat Majhi, ''Highware Kuhudi'', Bhubaneswar: Pakshighara Prakasani; Oriya * Jiban Narah, ''Momaideur Phulani'', Guwahati, Assam: Banalata; Assamese-language * K. Siva Reddy, ''Posaganivannee'', Hyderabad: Jhari Poetry Circle,

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

-language * P. P. Ramachandran, ''Kalamkaari'', Kottayam: DC Books;

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

* Raghavan Atholi, ''Chavumazhakal'', Kottayam: DC Books;

* Rituraj, ''Chuni Huin Kavitayen'',

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

-language * Sitanshu Yashaschandra, ''Vakhar'', Mumbai and Ahmedabad: R R Sheth & Co.; Gujarati * Teji Grover, ''Maitri'', Bikaner: Surya Prakashan Mandir,

-language

Iran

* Sarvenaz Heraner, ''Sarrizha-yi sukut'' (“Overflowing of Silence”)''Britannica'' (2009), "Persian" subsection * Mohammad Reza Shafi'i Kadkani, editor, ''Gozideh-ye Ghazaliyat-e Shams'' extensive, annotated selections from ''Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi'' ("The Collected Poems of Shams of Tabriz")by

Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi '' faqih'' (jurist), Maturidi theologian (''mutakallim''), and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empire ...

;

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

, published in Iran * Ru'ya Muqaddas, ''Ru'yaha-yi 'ashiqanah: 'ashiqanahha-yi Ru'ya'' ("Loverly Reveries: Love Songs of Ru'ya")

Poland

* Kazimierz Brakoniecki, ''Glosolalie'' *

Ryszard Kapuściński Ryszard Kapuściński (; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal jo ...

, ''Wiersze zebrane'', posthumously published * Ludwik Jerzy Kern, ''Litery cztery. Wiersze prawie wszystkie'' * Krzysztof Koehler, ''Porwanie Europy'' ("Kidnapping Europe") * Tadeusz Różewicz, ''Kup kota w worku'', Wrocław: Biuro LiterackieWeb pages titled "Tadeusz Rozewicz" (i
English
an
Polish
), at the Instytut Książki ("Books Institute") website, retrieved February 28, 2010 * Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, ''Piosenka o zależnościach i uzależnieniach'', winner of both the Gdynia Literary Prize, for poetry and the

Nike Award The Nike Literary Award (, pronounced ) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish and published the previous year. It is widely considered the most important award for Polish literatu ...

for literature in

Russia

* Yelena Fanailova, ''Baltisky dnevnik'' ("Baltic Diary")''Britannica'' (2009), "Russian" subsection * Yelena Shvarts, ''Collected Works'', Volumes 3 and 4 * Books of poetry were published by Mikhail Aizenberg, Vasily Borodin,

Natalya Gorbanevskaya Natalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya ( rus, Ната́лья Евге́ньевна Горбане́вская, p=nɐˈtalʲjə jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvnə ɡərbɐˈnʲefskəjə, a=Natal'ya Yevgen'yevna Gorbanyevskaya.ru.vorb.oga; 26 May 1936 – 29 No ...

, Alla Gorbunova, Vadim Mesyats, Andrey Rodionov and Aleksey Tsvetkov

Other languages

* Herberto Helder, ''A faca não corta o fogo: súmula e inédita'';

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

* Jang Jin-sung, ''I Am Selling My Daughter for 100 Won'' (내 딸을 백원에 팝니다),

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

* Tarawa Machi,

tanka is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Etymology Originally, in the time of the influential poetry anthology (latter half of the eighth century AD), the term ''tanka'' was used to disti ...

poet, translated into French by Yves-Marie Allioux, ''Salad Anniversary'' ("L'Anniversaire de la Salade"),

Éditions Philippe Picquier The Éditions Philippe Picquier are a French publishing house. It specializes in books coming from Far East, i.e., translated books coming from China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, India, Taiwan, and Pakistan. The house does not stick to a specific domain ...

* Pia Tafdrup, ''Boomerang'', Copenhagen: Gyldendal Publishers,

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

* Rahman Henry, ''Gottrobhumikaheen'', Bhasachitra,

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

; Shrestha Kabita, NODEE publishing and Media House,

* Ghassan Zaqtan, ''Like a Straw Bird it Follows Me'',

Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...

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Awards and honors

International

* Golden Wreath of Poetry: Fatos Arapi (

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

) * Beca Internacional Antonio Machado de creación poética: Subhro Bandopadhyay (

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

)

Australia awards and honors

* C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, ''The Golden Bird'' (Black Inc); finalists: Carol Jenkins – ''Fishing in the Devonian'' (Puncher and Wattman); Bronwyn Lea, ''The Other Way Out'' (Giramondo Publishing) *

Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry 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 length published in book form.Judith Wright Calanthe Award * Arts ACT Judith Wright Prize * Fellowship of Australian Writers

Canada awards and honors

* Lampman-Scott Award: Shane Rhodes, ''The Bindery'' *

Gerald Lampert Award The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert. Each winner receive ...

: Alex Boyd, ''Making Bones Walk'' *

Governor General's Awards The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the governor general of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...

: ** English language: Jacob Scheier, ''More to Keep Us Warm'' ** French language: Michel Pleau, ''La Lanteur du monde'' *

Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is a Canadian poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Before 2022, two separate awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. I ...

: Canadian:

Robin Blaser Robin Francis Blaser (May 18, 1925 – May 7, 2009) was an American-born Canadian playwright, poet, and translator. Personal background Born in Denver, Colorado, Blaser grew up in Idaho, and came to Berkeley, California, in 1944. There he met Ja ...

, ''The Holy Forest: Collected Poems'' *

: International, in the English Language:

, ''Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems'' (HarperCollins Publishers/Ecco) ** Others on the shortlist: David Harsent, ''Selected Poems 1969–2005'' (Faber); Elaine Equi, ''Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems'' (Coffee House Press);

Clayton Eshleman Clayton Eshleman (June 1, 1935 – January 29 or 30, 2021) was an American poet, translator and editor, noted in particular for his translations of César Vallejo and his studies of cave painting and the Paleolithic imagination. Eshleman's work ha ...

, translating from the Spanish by

César Vallejo César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators ...

, ''The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition'' (University of California Press) *

Pat Lowther Award The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual Canadian literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. The award was established in 1980 to honour poet Pat Lowther, who was murdered by ...

: Anne Simpson, ''Quick'' *

Prix Alain-Grandbois The Prix Alain-Grandbois or ''Alain Grandbois Prize'' is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry.

: Nathalie Stephens, ''...s'arrête? Je'' *

Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. One of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, the award was originally known as the B.C. Prize for Poet ...

: Rita Wong, ''Forage'' *

Prix Émile-Nelligan The Prix Émile-Nelligan is a literary award given annually by the Fondation Émile-Nelligan to a North American French language poet under the age of 35. It was named in honour of the Quebec poet Émile Nelligan and was first awarded in 1979, the ...

: Catherine Lalonde, ''Corps étranger''

India awards and honors

Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

: Jayant Parmer for ''Pencil Aur Doosri Nazmein'' (Urdu) *

Jnanpith Award The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian ...

: Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar)

New Zealand awards and honors

* Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement: * Montana New Zealand Book Awards (poetry categories): :: Poetry - Janet Charman, ''Cold Snack''. Auckland University Press :: Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry - Jessica Le Bas, ''Incognito''. Auckland University Press

United Kingdom awards and honors

Cholmondeley Award The Cholmondeley Awards ( ) are annual awards for poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Awards honour distinguished poets, from a fund endowed by the Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1966. Since 1991 the award has bee ...

John Burnside John Burnside (19 March 1955 – 29 May 2024) was a Scottish writer. He was one of four poets (with Ted Hughes, Sean O'Brien and Jason Allen-Paisant) to have won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for a single book – in th ...

, David Harsent, John Greening and Sarah Maguire * Costa Award (formerly "Whitbread Awards") for poetry: Jean Sprackland, ''Tilt'' (Cape) ** Shortlist (announced in November 2007): Ian Duhig, ''The Speed of Dark'', John Fuller, ''The Space of Joy'',

Daljit Nagra Daljit Nagra (born 1966) is a British poet whose debut collection, ''Look We Have Coming to Dover!'' was published by Faber in 2007. Nagra's poems relate to the experience of Indians born in the UK (especially Indian Sikhs), and often employ l ...

, ''Look We Have Coming to Dover!'' * English Association's Fellows' Poetry Prizes: Tony Flynn (first prize), Kim Rooney (second prize) and Peter Cash and Simon Jackson (joint third prize) *

Eric Gregory Award The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by United Kingdom poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets. Past winne ...

(for a collection of poems by a poet under the age of 30): Emily Berry, Rhiannon Hooson, James Midgley, Adam O'Riordan and

Heather Phillipson Heather Phillipson is a British artist working in a variety of media including video, sculpture, electronic music, large-scale installations, online works, text and drawing. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2022. Her work has been presen ...

Forward Poetry Prize The Forward Prizes for Poetry are major British awards for poetry, presented annually at a public ceremony in London. They were founded in 1992 by William Sieghart with the aim of celebrating excellence in poetry and increasing its audience. The ...

: **Best Collection: ***Shortlist:

, ''Pure Lizard'' (Carcanet); Jane Griffiths, ''Another Country'' (Bloodaxe);

, ''Nigh-No-Place'' (Bloodaxe);

, ''The Lost Leader'' (Faber), Jamie McKendrick, ''Crocodiles & Obelisks'' (Faber); and Catherine Smith, ''Lip'' (Smith/Doorstop) **Best First Collection: ***Shortlist: Simon Barraclough, Andrew Forster, Frances Leviston, Allison McVety, Stephanie Norgate and Kathryn Simmonds * Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for poetry: **Shortlist: Paul Batchelor, ''The Sinking Road'' (Bloodaxe Books); Ciaran Berry, ''The Sphere of Birds'' (Gallery Press); Adam Foulds, ''The Broken Word'' (Cape Poetry); Frances Leviston, ''Public Dream ''(Picador Poetry); Stephanie Norgate, ''Hidden River'' (Bloodaxe Books) * Manchester Poetry Prize: Lesley Saunders and Mandy Coe * National Poet of Wales:

Gillian Clarke Gillian Clarke (born 8 June 1937) is a Welsh poet and playwright, who also edits, broadcasts, lectures and translates from Welsh into English. She co-founded Tŷ Newydd, a writers' centre in North Wales. Life Gillian Clarke was born on 8 ...

succeeds Gwyn Thomas * National Poetry Competition : Christopher James for ''Farewell to Earth'' * T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Sean O'Brien ''The Drowned Book'' (Judges: Peter Porter, W. N. Herbert and

) **Shortlist (announced in November 2007): Ian Duhig, Alan Gillis, Sophie Hannah, Mimi Khalvati, Frances Leviston, Sarah Maguire, Edwin Morgan, Poetry Review's Fiona Sampson, and Matthew Sweeney * ''The Times''/Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation: * Wigtown Poetry Competition (Scotland's largest poetry prize): Jane Weir, first prize

United States awards and honors

Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major United States, American literary award for a first full-length book of poetry in the English language. This prize of the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Penn ...

awarded to Cheryl Dumesnil for ''In Praise of Falling'' *

prize for poetry: Arda Collins, Matthew Dickman, Dawn Lundy Martin,

, Matthew Zapruder; Judges (all fellows of the Academy):

Carl Phillips Carl Phillips (born 23 July 1959) is an American writer and poet. He is a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. In 2023, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his '' Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020.'' ...

, C. D. Wright, and

Adam Zagajewski Adam Zagajewski (21 June 1945 – 21 March 2021) was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and essayist. He was awarded the 2004 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award, the 2017 ...

* AML Award for poetry to Neil Aitken for ''The Lost Country of Sight'' and Warren Hatch for ''Mapping the Bones of the World'' *

Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize Competition is a wikt:biennial, biennial program of Letras Latinas in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Press. Founded in 2004, the Latino poetry competition seeks to publish the first collection of a ...

awarded to Paul Martínez Pompa for ''My Kill Adore Him'' *

Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outreac ...

: Henri Cole for ''Blackbird and Wolf'' *

National Book Award The National Book Awards (NBA) are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. ...

for Poetry:

for ''Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems'' * ''

The New Criterion ''The New Criterion'' is a New York–based monthly literary magazine and journal of artistic and cultural criticism, edited by Roger Kimball (editor and publisher) and James Panero (executive editor). It has sections for criticism of poetry ...

'' Poetry Prize: * The Poetry Center Book Award (2008): – Barbara Guest (awarded posthumously) for ''The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest'' (ed. Hadley Haden Guest, Wesleyan University Press); Judge: Eileen Tabios *

(United States):

Robert Hass Robert L. Hass (born March 1, 1941) is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He won the 2007 National Book AwardPhilip Schultz for ''Failure'' * Poet Laureate of Virginia: Claudia Emerson, two year appointment 2008 to 2010 * Wallace Stevens Award: Louise Gluck *

PEN Award for Poetry in Translation The PEN Award for Poetry in Translation is given by PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) to honor a poetry translation published in the preceding year. The award should not be confused with the PEN Translation Prize. The award is one of many ...

Rosmarie Waldrop Rosmarie Waldrop (born Rosmarie Sebald; August 24, 1935) is an American poet, novelist, translator, essayist and publisher. Born in Germany, she has lived in the United States since 1958 and has settled in Providence, Rhode Island since the late ...

for ''Lingos I – IX'' by

( Burning Deck, 2007) *

Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation, which also publishes ''Poetry'' magazine. The prize was established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly. It honors a living U.S. poet whose "lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordin ...

Gary Snyder Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate ...

Whiting Awards The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, ...

: Rick Hilles, Douglas Kearney, Julie Sheehan

From the Poetry Society of America

* Frost Medal: Michael S. Harper *

Shelley Memorial Award The Shelley Memorial Award of the Poetry Society of America, was established by the will of Mary P. Sears, and named after the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The prize is given to a living American poet selected with reference to genius and need, and is ...

: Ed Roberson, Judges:

Lyn Hejinian Lyn Hejinian ( ; May 17, 1941 – February 24, 2024) was an American poet, essayist, translator, and publisher. She is often associated with the Language poets and is known for her landmark work ''My Life'' (Sun & Moon (publisher), Sun & Moon, 198 ...

& C.D. Wright * Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award: Joanie Mackowski, Judge:

Donald Revell Donald Revell (born 1954 in Bronx, New York) is an American poet, essayist, translator and professor. Revell has won numerous honors and awards for his work, beginning with his first book, ''From the Abandoned Cities'', which was a National Poetr ...

* Lyric Poetry Award: Wayne Miller, Judge: Elizabeth Macklin * 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. Bourne Student Poetry Award: Carey Powers, Judge: David Roderick; finalists: Willa Granger & Philip Sparks * George Bogin Memorial Award: Theresa Sotto, Judge: by

Prageeta Sharma Prageeta Sharma (born 1972) is an American poet. She is the Henry G. Lee Professor of English at Pomona College. Life Sharma is the author of the poetry collections ''Grief Sequence'' ( Wave Books, 2019), ''Undergloom'' (Fence Books, 2013), ''In ...

* Robert H. Winner Memorial Award: Jocelyn Emerson, Judge: by

Annie Finch Annie Finch (born October 31, 1956) is an American poet, critic, editor, translator, playwright, and performer and the editor of the first major anthology of literature about abortion. Her poetry is known for its often incantatory use of rhythm, ...

; finalists: Rachel Conrad & Marsha Pomerantz * Cecil Hemley Memorial Award: Brian Henry, Judge: Norma Cole * Norma Farber First Book Award: Catherine Imbriglio for ''Parts of the Mass'', published by Burning Deck, Judge: Thylias Moss); finalist: Alena Hairston for ''The Logan Topographies'', published by Persea *

William Carlos Williams Award 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. The award is endowed by the family and friends of Geraldine Clinton Little, a poet an ...

: Aram Saroyan for ''Complete Minimal Poems'', published by Ugly Duckling Presse; Judge: Ron Silliman; finalists: Roberta Beary for ''The Unworn Necklace'', published by Snapshot Press; and

Eileen Myles Eileen Myles (born December 9, 1949) is an American poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. Novelist Dennis Cooper has des ...

for ''Sorry, Tree'', published by Wave Books

Other awards and honors

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Akutagawa Prize The is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes. History Th ...

for works published in the second half of 2007: Mieko Kawakami, ''Chichi to Ran'' (乳と卵) ("Of Breasts and Eggs")

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in poetry" article: * January 1 – Wanda Sieradzka de Ruig, 85, Polish

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(Polish) * January 3: ** Henri Chopin, 85, French poet ** Petru Dugulescu, 62,

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** John O'Donohue, 52, Irish

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(born

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), Swedish * January 5 –

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(born

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) English television producer and poet * January 12: **

Ángel González Muñiz Ángel González Muñiz (6 September 1925 – 12 January 2008) was a major Spanish poet of the twentieth century. Biography González was born in Oviedo. He took a law degree at the University of Oviedo and, in 1950, moved to Madrid to wo ...

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, 76,

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writer and poet * January 16 –

Hone Tuwhare Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tuwhare (21 October 1922 – 16 January 2008) was a noted Māori people, Māori New Zealand poet. He is closely associated with The Catlins in the Southland region of New Zealand, where he lived for the latter ...

, 85,

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* January 21 – Burton Hatlen, 71, American scholar, founding member of the National Poetry Foundation, mentor and teacher to Stephen King, who promoted the work of the Objectivist poets * February 7 – Frank Geerk (born 1946 in poetry, 1946), German poetry, German * February 13 – raúlrsalinas, 73, American Chicano poet, complications of liver cancer * February 28 – Max Nord (born 1916 in poetry, 1916))

* March 10 – Ana Kalandadze, 83, Georgia (country), Georgian * March 16 – Jonathan Williams (poet), Jonathan Williams, 79, American poet, publisher and founder of The Jargon Society * March 19 – Hugo Claus (born 1929 in poetry, 1929), Flemish literature, Flemish novelist, poet, playwright, painter, film director writing primarily in Dutch * March 23 – E. A. Markham, 68, Caribbean literature, Montserrat-born English poetry, British poet and writer

* March 26 – Robert Fagles, 74, American professor,

and

of ancient epics, prostate cancer

* April 3 – Andrew Crozier, 64, English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival, with connections to American poetry, who edited volumes by American poet Carl Rakosi After Rakosi's ''Selected Poems'', published in 1941 in poetry, 1941, Rakosi dedicated himself to social work and apparently neither read nor wrote any poetry at all. 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 Publishing, New Directions in 1967 in poetry, 1967 and his ''Collected Poems'' in 1986 in poetry, 1986 by the National Poetry Foundation; of a brain tumor, brain tumour

* April 13 – Robert Greacen, 87, Irish poe

* April 14 – Horst Bingel (born 1933 in poetry, 1933), German poetry, German writer, poet, graphic artist and publisher * April 15 – Parvin Dowlatabadi, 84, Persian poetry, Iranian children's author and poet, of myocardial infarction, heart attack]

* April 17: ** Aimé Césaire, 94, French-Caribbean literature, Martiniquan poet and politician ** April 17 – Werner Dürrson (born 1932 in poetry, 1932), German poetry, German ** Mikhail Tanich, 84,

poet, kidney problems * April 24 – Jason Shinder, 53 (born 1955 in poetry, 1955), American poet, editor, anthologist and teacher who founded the Y.M.C.A. National Writer's Voice program, one of the country's largest networks of literary-arts centers, at one time an assistant to Allen Ginsberg *May 1 – Alberto Estima de Oliveira, 74, Portuguese poetry, Portuguese poe

(Portuguese) * May 2 – Ilyas Malayev, 72, Uzbek poetry, Uzbek musician, wedding entertainer and poet. "His performances in stadiums drew tens of thousands of Uzbeks, and his appeal reached beyond his native republic", according to ''The New York Times''. * May 19 – Rimma Kazakova, 76,

. * May 25: ** George Garrett (poet), George Garrett, 78, American novelist and poet, cance

**Alejandro Romualdo, 82, Latin American poetry, Peruvian * May 29 – Paula Gunn Allen, 68, Native Americans in the United States, Native American poet, novelist, and activist, lung cancer * June 5: ** Angus Calder (born 1942 in poetry, 1942) Scottish academic, writer, historian, poet and literary editor ** Eugenio Montejo, 70,

poet, essayist and ambassador, of stomach cancer * June 8 – Peter Rühmkorf (born 1929 in poetry, 1929), German poetry, German writer and poet * June 11 – James Reaney (born 1926 in poetry, 1926)

poet, playwright and literary critic * June 16 – Aleda Shirley (born 1955 in poetry, 1955) American poet * June 29 – William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir, also known as "William Tweedsmuir" (born 1916 in poetry, 1916), an English peer and author of novels, short stories, memoirs and verse"Lord Tweedsmuir"
obituary, ''Daily Telegraph'', London, July 9, 2008, retrieved December 9, 2008 * July 4 – Thomas M. Disch, 68, American poet and novelist; suicide * July 16 – Richard Exner (born 1929 in poetry, 1929) German poetry, German and American poet, academic and translator who moved to the United States in 1950, then moved to Germany after his retirement * July 19 – Samudra Gupta (poet), Samudra Gupta, 62,

, gallbladder cancer]

* July 9 – Kilin (poet), Kilin, pen name of Mikiel Spiteri, 90, Maltese poetry, Maltese poet and novelist; fluent in six languages and published in English, Spanish and other languages * July 24 – Alain Suied, 51 (born 1951 in poetry, 1951), French poet, from cancer * August 9 – Mahmoud Darwish, 67,

poet; complications following heart surgery. * August 24 – Wei Wei (male writer), Wei Wei, 88, Chinese poet and writer, liver cancer * August 25 – Ahmed Faraz, pseudonym of Syed Ahmad Shah, 77 (born 1931 in poetry, 1931), Pakistani literature, Pakistani Urdu poetry, Urdu-language poet and son of Agha Syed Muhammad Shah Bark Kohati, a leading traditional poet, from kidney failure * August 28 – İlhan Berk, 89, Turkish poetry, Turkish * September 10 – Reginald Shepherd, 44, American poet, complications from colon cancer * September 15 – John Matshikiza, 53, South African poetry, South African actor, writer and poet; heart attack * September 20 – Duncan Glen, 75, English poetry, British poet, critic and literary historian * September 28 – Konstantin Pavlov, 75 (born 1933 in poetry, 1933), Bulgarian poetry, Bulgarian poet and screenwriter who was defiant against his country's communist regime; When censors prevented his works from being published officially in the country from 1966 to 1976, his popularity didn't wane, as Bulgarians clandestinely copied and read his poems. * September 29 – Hayden Carruth, 87, American poet and literary critic * September 30 – Christa Reinig (born 1926 in poetry, 1926), German poetry, German * October 6 – Paavo Haavikko, 77, Finland, Finnish

and playwright, after long illness * October 15 – Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, 94, Turkish poetry, Turkish poet; chronic renal failure * October 25 – Tahereh Saffarzadeh, 72, Persian poetry, Iranian poet and academic, cancer * November 5 -- James Liddy, 74, Irish American poet, cancer. * November 10 – Fries de Vries (1931–2008)

* November 15, – Donald Finkel, 79 (born 1929 in poetry, 1929), American poet, husband of poet and novelist Constance Urdang, complications from Alzheimer's disease * November 16 – Tibor Gyurkovics, 77, Hungarian poetry, Hungarian poet, writer and publicist * November 20 – Gyula Takáts, 97, Hungarian poetry, Hungarian poet, writer and translator * December 1 – Peter Maiwald (born 1946 in poetry, 1946) German poetry, German * December 2 – Ann Darr (born 1920 in poetry, 1920) American poet and World War II pilot. * December 5 – Altaf Nia, 44, Kashmiri literature, Kashmiri poet and academic * December 10 –

, 54, Australian poetry, Australian * December 14 – Tajal Bewas, pen name of Taj Mohammed Samoo, 70 (born 1938 in poetry, 1938), bucolic Sufi poet, novelist, short-story writer, teacher and Pakistani poetry, Pakistani government officialKhaskheli, Jan
id=151776 "Tajal Bewas passes away"
''The News'' of Karachi, Pakistan, December 14, 2008, retrieved same day * December 15 – Jwalamukhi (poet), Jwalamukhi (pen name of Akaram Veeravelli Raghavacharya), 71 (born 1938 in poetry, 1938), Indian poet and president of the India-China Friendship Association * December 20 – Adrian Mitchell, 74, (born 1934 in poetry, 1934), English poet, playwright, children's author, journalist and political activist, of heart failure * December 22"Remembering Pioneers Alan Lew and Nanao Sakaki"
web page at Shambhala Sunspace website, retrieved January 29, 2009 – Nanao Sakaki (born 1923 in poetry, 1923),

poet and leading personality of The Tribe (Buzoku), "the Tribe", a counter-cultural group * December 24 – Harold Pinter, 78 (born 1930 in poetry, 1930), English playwright, poet, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, human rights activist, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature

Notes

Sources

* ''Britannica Book of the Year 2009'' (events of 2008), published by the Encyclopædia Britannica, online edition (subscription required), "Literature/Year in Review 2008" section