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January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on th ...

– A Chinese court sentences poet and political dissident

Zhu Yufu Zhu Yufu (), born 13 February 1953 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, is a political dissident. In 1998, he was one of the founders of the unrecognized Democracy Party of China (DPC). He also founded the "Opposition Party" magazine, carrying articles a ...

to a seven-year prison term for "inciting subversion of state power". During Yufu's trial hearing, prosecutors have cited a poem and messages he had sent on the internet. *

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I and Pope Pope John XII, John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1258 – Siege of Baghdad (1258), Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Kh ...

– In a ceremony at the

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Washington, D.C.), NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president ...

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 ...

is awarded the

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and

Rita Dove Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as United States Poet Laureate, Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have bee ...

awarded the

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. The honors are bestowed to 15 artists in all by President

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. O ...

. *

April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 &nd ...

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Günter Grass Günter Wilhelm Grass (; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gda ...

's poem "

What Must Be Said "What Must Be Said" () is a 2012 prose poem by the German writer Günter Grass, recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.Eli Yishai Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai (; born 26 December 1962) is an Israeli politician. A former leader of Shas, he represented the party in the Knesset from 1996 until 2015, also holding several ministerial posts, including being Deputy Prime Minister, Minist ...

, the Israeli Minister for the Interior, declares Grass ''

persona non grata In diplomacy, a ' (PNG) is a foreign diplomat that is asked by the host country to be recalled to their home country. If the person is not recalled as requested, the host state may refuse to recognize the person concerned as a member of the diplo ...

''. *

June 7 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire). * 879 – Pope John VIII recognises the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state. * 1002 – He ...

–

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 ...

is chosen by the

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to be the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate. *

November 29 Events Pre-1600 * 528 – Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice. * 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert ...

– A

Qatari Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the ...

poet, Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami, age 36, is sentenced to life imprisonment for "comments said to be critical of the Qatari leadership," and "attempts to destabilise the country." In February 2013, his sentence is reduced to 15 years in prison. *''Poetry of the Taliban'', an anthology translated from

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, is published in English.

Works published in English

Australia

Les Wicks Les Wicks (born 15 June 1955) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has published more than fifteen books of poetry. Early life and education Wicks grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. He studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Asian ...

- ''Barking Wings '' (PressPress)

Canada

Barry McKinnon Barry Benjamin McKinnon (1944 – October 30, 2023) was a Canadian poet. Born in Calgary, Alberta, he taught English and Creative Writing at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, British Columbia, one of the original 19 faculty appointed ...

, ''Into the Blind World'', above/ground press, *rob mclennan, ''Sextet: six poems from Songs for little sleep'', above/ground press, * Lisa Robertson, ''Nilling: Prose,'' Toronto: BookThug *

Robert Bringhurst Robert Bringhurst Appointments to the Order of Canada (2013). (born 1946) is a CanadianWong (1999). poet, typographer and author. He has translated substantial works from Haida and Navajo and from classical Greek and Arabic. He wrote ''The El ...

, ''Selected Poems'', Copper Canyon Press,

India, in English

Ireland

New Zealand

* Helen Heath, ''Graft'', Victoria University Press

Poets in ''Best New Zealand Poems''

Poems from these 25 poets were selected by Bernadette Hall for '' Best New Zealand Poems 2011'', published online this year: * John Adams *

Tusiata Avia Donna Tusiata Avia (born 1966) is a New Zealand poet and children's author. She has been recognised for her work through receiving a 2020 Birthday Honours (New Zealand), 2020 Queen's Birthday Honour and in 2021 her collection ''The Savage Colo ...

Hera Lindsay Bird Hera Lindsay Bird (born 31 December 1987) is a New Zealand poet. Life and career Hera Lindsay Bird was born and raised in Thames in the North Island of New Zealand. She attended Victoria University of Wellington and then received her Master's d ...

Peter Bland Peter Bland (born 12 May 1934 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) is a British-New Zealand poet and actor. Life He emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 20 and graduated from the Victoria University of Wellington. He worked as a radio producer f ...

* Rachel Bush * Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle * Joan Fleming * Janis Freegard * Rhian Gallagher * Rob Hack * Dinah Hawken *

Anna Jackson Anna Jackson (born 1967) is a New Zealand poet, fiction and non-fiction writer and an academic. Biography Jackson grew up in Auckland and now lives in Wellington. She has an MA from the University of Auckland and a DPhil from Oxford University ...

* Brent Kininmont * Michele Leggott * Helen Lehndorf * Kate McKinstry *

Bill Manhire William Manhire (born 27 December 1946) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, emeritus professor, and New Zealand's inaugural Poet Laureate (1997–1998). He founded New Zealand's first creative writing course at Victoria University of We ...

* Harvey Molloy * James Norcliffe * Rachel O'Neill * Marty Smith * Rānui Taiapa * Tim Upperton * Louise Wallace * Douglas Write

United Kingdom

*Sean Borodale, '' Bee Journal'', Jonathan Cape *

Basil Bunting Basil Cheesman Bunting (1 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of '' Briggflatts'' in 1966, generally regarded as one of the major achievements of the modernist traditi ...

, ''Bunting's Persia: Translations by Basil Bunting'', edited by Don Share, Flood Editions *Ben Parker, ''The Escape Artists'', Tall Lighthouse *

Andy Croft Andy Croft (born 1956) is an English writer, editor, poet and publisher based in North East England."About the Contributors", in Edward J. Carvalho (ed.), ''Acknowledged Legislator: Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martín Espada''. Rowman & ...

, ''Nineteen Forty-Eight'', Five Leaves *

Kathleen Jamie Kathleen Jamie FRSL (born 13 May 1962) is a Scottish poet and essayist. In 2021 she became Scotland's fourth Makar. Life and work Kathleen Jamie is a poet and essayist. Raised in Currie, near Edinburgh, she studied philosophy at the University ...

, ''The Overhaul'',

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

poet *Ralph Pordzik, ''Night Passage Across the Sea. A Dramatic Duologue'', International Poetry Editions *Robert Sheppard, ''The Only Life, Knives Forks & Spoons'', Le Willows * Dennis B. Wilson, ''Elegy of a Common Soldier, and Other Poems'', Kultura

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Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom

United States

Paige Ackerson-Kiely Paige Ackerson-Kiely was born in October 1975 in Biddeford, Maine. She is a modern poet and also works for the Poetry Journal ''Handsome''. She currently lives in Peekskill, New York. Education Paige Ackerson-Kiely received a BA in Asian Stud ...

– ''My Love is a Dead Arctic Explorer'', 128 pages, Ahsahta Press, *John Allman, Algorithms, Clear Sound / Quale Press, Niantic, CT *Kris Bigalk – ''Repeat the Flesh in Numbers'', NYQ Books, *

Richard Blanco Richard Blanco (born February 15, 1968) is an American poet, public speaker, author, playwright, and civil engineer. He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem " One Today" for Barack Oba ...

, ''Looking for the Gulf Motel'', University of Pittsburgh Press, *

Marilyn Buck Marilyn Jean Buck (December 13, 1947–August 3, 2010) was an American Marxist, feminist poet, and anti-war, anti-imperialist, and anti-racist activist, who was imprisoned for her participation in the 1979 prison escape of Assata Shakur, the ...

– ''Inside/Out: Selected Poems'', foreword by David Meltzer, City Lights Books *Joseph Campana – ''Natural Selections'', Iowa *

Jared Carter Jared Carter may refer to: * Jared Carter (Latter Day Saints) (1801–1849), an early missionary in the Latter Day Saint movement *Jared Carter (poet) Jared Carter (born January 10, 1939) is an American poet and editor. Life Carter was born in a ...

– ''A Dance in the Street'', 112 pages, Wind Publications, . *Heather Christle – ''What Is Amazing'', Wesleyan, *Laura Cronk – ''Having Been an Accomplice: Poems'', Persea Books * Michael Collier – ''An Individual History: Poems'', W. W. Norton, *Martha Collins – ''White Papers'', University of Pittsburgh Press, *CA Conrad – ''A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics'', 240 pages, Wave Press, *

Eduardo C. Corral Eduardo C. Corral is an American poet and Associate Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. His first collection, ''Slow Lightning'', published by Yale University Press, was the winner of the 2011 Yale Younger Series Poets awa ...

– ''Slow Lightning'', Yale University Press, *Brent Cunningham – ''Journey to the Sun'', 120 pages, Atelos, * Jazzy Danziger – ''Darkroom'', University of Wisconsin Press, *

Natalie Diaz Natalie Diaz (born September 4, 1978) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Mojave American poet, language activist, former professional basketball player, and educator. She is enrolled in the Gila River Indian Community and identifies as Akimel O'odham. ...

– ''When My Brother Was an Aztec'', Copper Canyon Press, *

Matthew Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chinese Elm ''Ulmus parvifolia'' Christianity * Matthew the Apostle, one of ...

and

Michael Dickman Michael Dickman is an American poet born August 20, 1975, in Portland, Oregon. His work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''The American Poetry Review'', ''Field'', ''Tin House'', and ''Narrative Magazine''. Michael Dickman currently teaches a ...

– ''50 American plays: poems'', Copper Canyon Press *Joseph Donahue – ''Dissolves (Terra Lucida IV-VIII)'', 160 pages, Talisman House Publishers, *

Thom Donovan Thom Donovan (born Thomas Joseph Donovan; July 24, 1974, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and writer. His first novel ''The Twin Affair'' was published by Pegasus on September 28, 2023. Donovan has release ...

– ''The Hole'', 163 pages, Displaced Press, * Norman Fischer – ''Conflict'', 84 pages, Chax Press, *

Jack Gilbert Jack Gilbert (February 18, 1925 – November 13, 2012) was an American poet. Gilbert was acquainted with Jack Spicer and Allen Ginsberg, both prominent figureheads of the Beat Movement, but is not considered a Beat Poet; he described himself a ...

– ''Collected Poems'', Knopf, *Nathalie Handal – ''Poet in Andalucía'', University of Pittsburgh Press, *

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 ...

– ''The Book of a Thousand Eyes'', 350 pages, Omnidawn Publishing, *Sørina Higgins – ''Caduceus'', 100 pages, Word Tech Communications / David Robert Books, *

Cathy Park Hong Cathy Park Hong is an American poet, writer, and professor who has published three volumes of poetry. Much of her work includes mixed language and serialized narrative. She was named on the Time 100, 2021 ''Time'' 100 list for her writings and ad ...

– ''Engine Empire'', Norton * Paul Hoover – ''Desolation: Souvenir'', 96 pages, Omnidawn Publishing, *

Mitch Cullin Mitch Cullin (born March 23, 1968) is an American writer. He is the author of seven novels, and one short story collection. He currently resides in Arcadia, California and Tokyo, Japan with his partner and frequent collaborator Peter I. Chang. Hi ...

– ''The House of Special Purpose'', illustrated by Peter I. Chang *Alice Jones – ''Plunge'', Apogee Press *

Lenore Kandel Lenore Kandel (January 14, 1932, New York City – October 18, 2009, San Francisco, California) was an American poet, affiliated with the Beat Generation and Hippie counterculture. Biography Although Kandel was born in New York, her family l ...

– ''Collected Poems of Lenore Kandel'', North Atlantic Books *James Browning Kepple ''Thus Virginia Passes'' Pretend Genius Press *Rebecca Lindenberg – ''Love, An Index'', McSweeney's *

Liu Xiaobo Liu Xiaobo (; 28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese literary criticism, literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end Ch ...

– ''June Fourth Elegies''; trans. from the Chinese by Jeffrey Yang, Graywolf Press, *Magus Magnus - ''The Re-echoes'', 99 pages, Furniture Press Books *Sean Labrador Y Manzano, ''The Gulag Arkipelago'', Tinfish Press *Filip Marinovich, ''And if You Don’t Go Crazy, I’ll Meet You Here Tomorrow'', Ugly Duckling Press, *

Campbell McGrath Campbell John McGrath (born January 26, 1962) is an American poet. He is the author of twelve full-length collections of poetry, including ''Seven Notebooks'' (Ecco Press, 2008), ''Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition'' (Ecco Press, 20 ...

– ''In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys: Poems'', Ecco * Joyelle McSweeney – ''Percussion Grenade: Poems & Plays'', 96 pages, Fence Books, *

Rusty Morrison Rusty Morrison (born July 12, 1956) is an American poet and publisher. She received a BA in English from Mills College in Oakland, California, an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California, and a ...

– ''After Urgency'', 88 pages, Tupelo Press, *David Mutschlecner – ''Enigma and Light'', Ahsahta Press, *

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 ...

– ''Snowflake; Different Streets'', Wave Press Eileen Myles by David Shankbone

*Kelli Anne Noftle – ''I Was There for Your Somniloquy'', 72 pages, Omnidawn Publishing, *Travis Ortiz – ''variously, not then'', Tuumba Press, *G.M. Palmer – ''With Rough Gods'', Jagged Door Press, *Carlo Parcelli – ''The Canaanite Gospel: A Meditation on Empire: 88 Monologues'', Country Valley Press / Flashpøint, *

Lucia Perillo Lucia Maria Perillo (September 30, 1958 – October 16, 2016) was an American poet. In 2000, Perillo was recognized with a "genius grant" as part of the MacArthur Fellows Program. Life and career Perillo was born in Manhattan on September 30, 19 ...

– ''On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths'', Copper Canyon Press *

Stanley Plumly Stanley Plumly (May 23, 1939 – April 11, 2019) was an American poet and the director of University of Maryland, College Park's creative writing program. Biography Plumly was born in Barnesville, Ohio in a working class family with a farmla ...

– ''Orphan Hours: Poems'', W. W. Norton, *

D. A. Powell Douglas A. Powell (born May 16, 1963) is an American poet. Life and career Powell lived in various places growing up, then graduated high school from Lindhurst High School in Olivehurst, California. He then worked in a number of jobs before even ...

– ''Useless Landscape, or a Guide for Boys'', Graywolf Press, *

Bin Ramke Lloyd Binford Ramke (born 19 February 1947 in Port Neches, Texas) is an American poet and editor. Life He graduated from Louisiana State University, from University of New Orleans, and from Ohio University with a Ph.D. He taught at Columbus Coll ...

– ''Aerial'', 136 pages, Omnidawn Publishing, *

Paisley Rekdal Paisley Rekdal is an American poet and former Poet Laureate of Utah. She is the author of a book of essays, ''The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting In,'' the memoir ''Intimate,'' and six books of poetry. For her work, she ...

– ''Animal Eye'', University of Pittsburgh Press, * Michael Ryan – ''This Morning'', Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, * David St. John – ''The Auroras: New Poems'', Harper, * Tomaz Salamun – ''On the Tracks of Wild Game'', 108 pages, Ugly Duckling Presse, *Mark Scroggins – ''Red Arcadia'', 80 pages, Shearsman Books, *

W.G. Sebald Winfried Georg Sebald (18 May 1944 – 14 December 2001), known as W. G. Sebald or (as he preferred) Max Sebald, was a German writer and academic. At the time of his death at the age of 57, he was according to ''The New Yorker'' ”widely recog ...

– ''Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems 1964–2001'', Random House, *

Jane Shore Elizabeth "Jane" Shore (née Lambert; 1445 – c. 1527) was one of the many mistresses of King Edward IV of England. She became the best known in history by being later accused of conspiracy by the future King Richard III and compelled to do p ...

– ''That Said: New and Selected Poems'', Houghton Mifflin Harcourt *Jared Smith – ''The Collected Poems of Jared Smith: 1971–2011'', 600 pages, NYQ Books, * A.E. Stallings – ''Olives'', TriQuarterly * Jordan Stempleman – ''No, Not Today'', 72 pages, Magic Helicopter Press, *

Dejan Stojanović Dejan Stojanović ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Стојановић, ; born 11 March 1959) is a Serbian American poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist. His poetry is characterized by a recognizable system of thought, an ...

- '' Circling: 1978-1987;'' translated from the Serbian by Dejan Stojanović, ebook, New Avenue Books *

- '' The Creator;'' translated from the Serbian by Dejan Stojanović, ebook, New Avenue Books *

- '' The Shape;'' translated from the Serbian by Dejan Stojanović, ebook, New Avenue Books *

- '' The Sign and Its Children;'' translated from the Serbian by Dejan Stojanović, ebook, New Avenue Books *

Cole Swensen Cole Swensen (born 1955, in Kentfield, California) is an American poet, translator, editor, copywriter, and professor. Swensen was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of more than ten poetry collections and as many translations ...

– ''Gravesend'', University of California Press, *

Stacy Szymaszek Stacy Szymaszek (born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American poet, professor, and former arts administrator. She was the executive director of the Poetry Project at St Mark's church in New York City from 2007 to 2018 and worked at Woodland Patte ...

- ''Austerity Measures,'' Fewer & Further Press, Wendell, MA * James Tate – ''The Eternal Ones of the Dream: Selected Poems 1990–2010'', Ecco, *

Rodrigo Toscano Rodrigo Toscano (born 1964 in San Diego) is an Hispano Americano poet and labor and environmental activist. He has worked with the Labor Institute since 2000 as a director of national projects. He is also a lifelong amateur classical pianist. Li ...

– ''Deck of Deeds'', 128 pages, Counterpath Press, *

Ko Un Ko Un (; born 1 August 1933) is a South Korean poet whose works have been translated and published in more than fifteen countries. He had been imprisoned many times due to his role in the campaign for Korean democracy and was later mentioned in ...

– ''This Side of Time: Poems by Ko Un'' (translated from the Korean by Clare You and Richard Silberg), 128 pages, White Pine Press, *Chris Vitiello, ''Obedience'', 98 pages, Ahsahta 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 ...

– ''After the Point of No Return'', Copper Canyon Press, *

Lew Welch Lewis Barrett Welch Jr. (August 16, 1926 – May 23, 1971) was an American poet associated with the Beat generation literary movement. Welch published and performed widely during the 1960s. He taught a poetry workshop as part of the University o ...

– ''Ring of Bone: Collected Poems'', City Lights Books, *

Marjorie Welish Marjorie Welish ( ; born June 2, 1944) is an American poet, artist, and art critic. Welish is a graduate of Columbia University and received her M.F.A. degree from Vermont College and Norwich University. She also studied at the Art Students Lea ...

– ''In the Futurity Lounge / Asylum for Indeterminacy'', 112 pages, Coffee House Press, *William L. Wright – ''Guardian of the Inkwell'', 365 pages, * Gary Young – ''Even So: New and Selected Poems'', 229 pages, White Pine Press,

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Peter Cole Peter Cole (born 1957) is a MacArthur-winning poet and translator who lives in Jerusalem and New Haven. Cole was born in 1957 in Paterson, New Jersey. He attended Williams College and Hampshire College, and moved to Jerusalem in 1981. He has been ...

and Aminadav Dykman, editors. ''Poetry of Kabbalah: Mystical Verse from the Jewish Tradition'', Yale University Press, *Ryan G. Van Cleave, editor. ''City of the Big Shoulders: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry'', Iowa, . Includes: Rane Arroyo, Marvin Bell, Allen Braden, John Bradley, Curtis L. Crisler, Mary Cross, James D’Agostino,

Stuart Dybek Stuart Dybek (born April 10, 1942) is an American writer of fiction and poetry. Biography Dybek, a second-generation Polish American, was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Chicago's Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods in the 1950s ...

, Susan Elbe, Dina Elenbogen,

Martín Espada Martín Espada (born 1957) is a Puerto Rican-American poet, and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches poetry. Puerto Rico has frequently been featured as a theme in his poems. Life and career Espada was born ...

, Beth Ann Fennelly, Bob Hicok,

Edward Hirsch Edward M. Hirsch (born January 20, 1950) is an American poet and critic who wrote a national bestseller about reading poetry. He has published nine books of poems, including ''The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems'' (2010), which brings toget ...

, Philip Jenks & Simone Muench, Thomas L. Johnson, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Viola Lee, Francesco Levato,

, Paul Martínez Pompa,

Adrian Matejka Adrian Matejka is an American poet and author of ''The Devil's Garden'' and ''Mixology''. His most decorated work is ''The Big Smoke'', which won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was nominated for the National Book Award for Poetry and the Pulit ...

, Erika Mikkalo, Julie Parson Nesbitt, Johanny Vázquez Paz, James Plath, Christina Pugh, Maya Quintero, Robyn Schiff, Patricia Smith, Tony Trigilio, Alpay Ulku, Judith Valente, Nicole Walker, Ellen Wehle, Brenda Yates *Cary Nelson, editor. ''The Oxford Handbook of Modern and Contemporary American Poetry'', Oxford University Press, . Includes essays by

Rachel Blau DuPlessis Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born December 14, 1941) is an American poet and essayist, known as a feminist critic and scholar with a special interest in modernist and contemporary poetry. Her work has been widely anthologized. Early life DuPlessis w ...

, Robert Dale Parker, Melissa Girard, John Marsh, Linda A. Kinnahan, Peter Nicholls, Charles Altieri, Edward Brunner, Tim Newcomb, Susan Rosenbaum, Mike Chasar, Philip Metres, Karen Jackson Ford, Josephine Park, Walter Kalaidjian, Jahan Ramazani, Michael Thurston, Al Filreis, Lytle Shaw, Mark W. Van Wienen, Michael Davidson, Lynn Keller, Timothy Yu, James Smethurst,

Adalaide Morris Adalaide Morris (Dee) (1898–1983) was an American critic for modern poetry including information art, counter mapping, documentary, and digital works. As well as a scholar, she was an artist. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1898 and ...

*Charles Henry Rowell, editor. ''Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry'', W.W. Norton, .More than 70 poets are represented in this anthology of African-American poetry since the 1960s *Joshua Corey and G.C. Waldrep, editors – ''The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral'', Ahsahta Press. – Contributors: Emily Abendroth, Will Alexander,

Rae Armantrout Rae Armantrout (born April 13, 1947) is an American poet generally associated with the Language poets. She has published more than two dozen books, including both poetry and prose. Armantrout was awarded the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Aw ...

, Eric Baus, Dan Beachy-Quick, John Beer,

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (; born October 5, 1947, in Beijing, China) is a contemporary poet. Winner of two American Book Awards, her work is often associated with the Language School, the poetry of the New York School, phenomenology, and visual a ...

, Sherwin Bitsui,

Kamau Brathwaite Edward Kamau Brathwaite, CHB (; 11 May 1930 – 4 February 2020), was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon.Staff (2011)"Kamau Brathwaite." New York University, Department of Co ...

, Susan Briante, Oni Buchanan, Heather Christle, Stephen Collis, Jack Collom, Phil Cordelli, T. Zachary Cotler, Brent Cunningham, Christopher Dewdney, Timothy Donnelly, Michael Dumanis, Camille Dungy, Marcella Durand, Lisa Fishman, Rob Fitterman,

Forrest Gander Forrest Gander (born January 21, 1956) is an American poet, translator, essayist, and novelist. The A.K. Seaver Professor Emeritus of Literary Arts & Comparative Literature at Brown University, Gander won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2019 for ...

Merrill Gilfillan Merrill Daniel Gilfillan (born 14 May 1945) is an American writer of poetry, short fiction, and essays. Life and work Gilfillan was born and raised in Mount Gilead, Ohio, where his outdoorsman father (Merrill C. Gilfillan) worked as a naturalist ...

, C. S. Giscombe,

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 ...

, Jody Gladding, Johannes Göransson, Chris Green, Arielle Greenberg, Richard Greenfield, Sarah Gridley, e. tracy grinnell,

Gabriel Gudding Gabriel Gudding is an American poet, essayist, and translator. Life Gudding attended The Evergreen State College, an experimental school in Olympia, Washington, Purdue University and Cornell University. He is Professor of English in the English ...

, Joshua Harmon, Nathan Hauke, Lyn Hejinian, Mary Hickman,

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'', ' ...

, Kevin Holden, Paul Hoover, Erika Howsare & Kate Schapira, Brenda Iijima, Sally Keith, Karla Kelsey, Amy King, Melissa Kwasny, Brian Laidlaw, Maryrose Larkin, Ann Lauterbach, Karen An-hwei Lee,

Paul Legault Paul Legault ( ; born June 25, 1985) is a Canadian-American poet. Life Legault was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and raised in Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Southern California, where he obtained a BFA in screenwriting, and the Univ ...

, Sylvia Legris, Dana Levin, Eric Linsker, Alessandra Lynch, J. Michael Martinez, Nicole Mauro, Aaron McCollough, Joyelle McSweeney, K. Silem Mohammad, Laura Moriarty,

, Erin Mouré,

Jennifer Moxley Jennifer Moxley (born 12 May 1964) is an American poet, editor, and translator (French) who was born in San Diego, California. She got her GED at 16, took college courses while working in her father's shop, spent a year as an au pair in Paris at ag ...

, Laura Mullen, Melanie Noel, Kathryn Nuernberger, Peter O'Leary, Patrick Pritchett, Bin Ramke,

Stephen Ratcliffe Stephen Ratcliffe (born July 7, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a contemporary U.S. poet and critic who has published a number of books of poetry and three books of criticism. He lives in Bolinas, CA and is the publisher of Avenue B Press. H ...

, Matt Reeck, Marthe Reed, Evelyn Reilly, Karen Rigby,

Ed Roberson Charles Edwin (Ed) Roberson (born December 26, 1939) is a distinguished American poet, celebrated for his unique diction and intricacy in exploring the natural and cultural worlds. His poetic voice is informed by a background in science and visual ...

, Lisa Robertson,

Elizabeth Robinson Elizabeth Robinson (born 1961, Denver, Colorado) is an American poet and professor, author of twelve collections of poetry, most recently ''Counterpart'' (Ahsahta Press, 2012), "Three Novels" (Omnidawn, 2011) "Also Known A," (Apogee, 2009), and ' ...

, Craig Santos Perez,

Leslie Scalapino Leslie Scalapino (July 25, 1944 – May 28, 2010) was an American poet, experimental prose writer, playwright, essayist, and editor, sometimes grouped in with the Language poets, though she felt closely tied to the Beat poets. Writes Hejinian: ...

, Standard Schaefer, Brandon Shimoda, Eleni Sikelianos, Jonathan Skinner, Gustaf Sobin,

Juliana Spahr Juliana Spahr (born 1966) is an Americans, American poet, literary criticism, critic, and editing, editor. She is the recipient of the 2009 O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize, Hardison Poetry Prize awarded by the Folger Shakespeare Library to honor ...

, Jane Sprague, Fenn Stewart, Adam Strauss, Mathias Svalina, Arthur Sze, John Taggart, Michelle Taransky, Brian Teare,

Tony Tost Tony Tost (born 1975) is an American film director, poet, critic and screenwriter. He is the creator, executive producer, and showrunner of ''Damnation'', a neo-western period drama about the labor wars in America during the 1930s that aired on US ...

, Jasmine Dreame Wagner, Cathy Wagner,

Elizabeth Willis Elizabeth Willis (born April 28, 1961, Bahrain) is an American poet and literary critic. She currently serves as Professor of Poetry at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Willis has won several awards for her poetry including the National Poetry Serie ...

, Jane Wong, and C. D. Wright

Nonfiction, criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

* Dan Beachy-Quick - ''Wonderful Investigations: Essays, Meditations, Tales'', Milkweed Editions *

– ''Purple Passages: Pound, Eliot, Zukofsky, Olson, Creeley and the Ends of Patriarchal Poetry'', University of Iowa Press. *

Lisa Jarnot Isaac Jarnot (born 1967) is an American poet. He was born in Buffalo, New York and studied literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In 1994 he received an MFA in creative writing from Brown University. He has lived in San Franc ...

– ''Robert Duncan: The Ambassador from Venus: A Biography'', University of California Press. *

Kenneth Rexroth Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth (December 22, 1905 – June 6, 1982) was an American poet, translator, and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement. Althoug ...

– ''In the Sierra: Mountain Writings'',

New Directions Publishing New Directions Publishing Corp. is an independent book publishing company that was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin (1914–1997) and incorporated in 1964. Its offices are located at 80 Eighth Avenue in New York City. History New Directions ...

. * Dale M Smith – ''Poets Beyond the Barricade: Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Dissent after 1960'', University of Alabama Press. *

John Yau John Yau (born June 5, 1950) is an American poet and critic who lives in New York City. He received his B.A. from Bard College in 1972 and his M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in 1978. He has published over 50 books of poetry, artists' books, ficti ...

– ''Further Adventures in Monochrome'',

Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit small press, founded in 1972 by Sam Hamill, Tree Swenson, Bill O'Daly, and Jim Gautney, specializing exclusively in the publication of poetry. It is located in Port Townsend, Washington. Copper C ...

Poets in ''The Best American Poetry 2012''

The following poets appeared in ''The Best American Poetry 2012''.

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 ...

, general editor, and

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 ...

, guest editor (who selected the poetry): *

Sherman Alexie Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up ...

*Karen Leona Anderson *

*Julianna Baggot *David Baker *Rick Barot *Reginald Dwayne Betts *

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 ...

*Bruce Bond *Stephanie Brown *

Anne Carson Anne Patricia Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor. Trained at the University of Toronto, Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across ...

*Jennifer Chang *Joseph Chapman *Heather Christle *

Henri Cole Henri Cole (born May 9, 1956) is an American poet, who has published many collections of poetry and a memoir. His books have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Arabic. Biography Henri Cole was born in Fukuoka, Japan, to a ...

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 ...

*Peter Cooley *

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 ...

Stephen Dunn Stephen Elliot Dunn (June 24, 1939June 24, 2021) was an American poet and educator who authored twenty-one collections of poetry. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 2000 collection, ''Different Hours,'' and received an Academy Award i ...

Elaine Equi Elaine Equi (born 1953) is an American poet. Equi was born in Oak Park, Illinois and grew up in the Chicago area. Both her parents emigrated from Italy in the 1920s. Since 1988 she has lived in New York City with her husband, poet Jerome Sala. Sh ...

*Robert Gibb *Kathleen Graber *Amy Glynn Greacen *James Allen Hall *

Terrance Hayes Terrance Hayes (born November 18, 1971) is an American poet and educator who has published seven poetry collections. His 2010 collection, ''Lighthead'', won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2010. In 2014, he received a MacArthur Fellowship ...

Steven Heighton Steven Heighton (August 14, 1961 – April 19, 2022) was a Canadian fiction writer, poet, and singer-songwriter. He is the author of eighteen books, including three short story collections, four novels, and seven poetry collections.

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 ...

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, ...

Marie Howe Marie Howe (born 1950) is an American poet. Howe served as Poets Laureate of New York, New York Poet Laureate from 2012–2016. She is currently a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and Poet-in-Residence at Cathedral of St. John the Di ...

*Amorak Huey *Jenny Johnson *

Lawrence Joseph Lawrence Joseph (born 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American poet, writer, essayist, critic, lawyer, and professor of law. Early life and education Lawrence Joseph was born in 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. Joseph's grandparents, Lebanese Mar ...

*Fady Joudah *Joy Katz *James Kimbrell *Noelle Kocot *

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 ...

*Sarah Lindsay *Amit Majmudar *David Mason *Kerrin McCadden *Honor Moore *Michael Morse *

Carol Muske-Dukes Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor, and the former poet laureate of California (2008–2011). Her most recent book of poetry, ''Sparrow'' (Random House, 2003), chr ...

*Angelo Nikolopoulos *

Mary Oliver Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in th ...

*Steve Orlen *

Alicia Ostriker Alicia Suskin Ostriker (born November 11, 1937) is an American poet and scholar who writes Jewish feminist poetry.Powell C.S. (1994) ''Profile: Jeremiah and Alicia Ostriker – A Marriage of Science and Art'', Scientific American 271(3), 28- ...

Eric Pankey Eric Pankey (born 1959 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American poet and artist. He is married to the poet Jennifer Atkinson (born 1955). Pankey's poetry has moved from the literal and narrative as in _Heartwood,_ towards the suggestiveness of ...

Robert Pinsky Robert Pinsky (born October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. He was the first United States Poet Laureate to serve three terms. Recognized worldwide, Pinsky's work has earned numerous accolades. Pinsky ...

*Dean Rader *Spencer Reece *Paisley Rekdal *

Mary Ruefle Mary Ruefle (born 1952) is an American poet, essayist, and professor. She has published many collections of poetry, the most recent of which, ''Dunce'' (Wave Books, 2019), was longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry and a finalist for th ...

*Don Russ *

Kay Ryan Kay Ryan (born September 21, 1945) is an American poet and educator. She has published seven volumes of poetry and an anthology of selected and new poems. From 2008 to 2010 she was the sixteenth United States Poet Laureate. In 2011 she was named ...

Mary Jo Salter Mary Jo Salter (born August 15, 1954) is an American poet, a co-editor of The '' Norton Anthology of Poetry'' and a professor in the Writing Seminars program at Johns Hopkins University. Life Salter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was ...

Lynne Sharon Schwartz Lynne Sharon Schwartz (born March 19, 1939) is an American prose and poetry writer. Biography Schwartz grew up in Brooklyn, the second of three children of Jack M. Sharon, a lawyer and accountant, and Sarah Slatus Sharon; she married Harry Schwar ...

Frederick Seidel Frederick Seidel (born February 19, 1936) is an American poet. Biography Seidel was born to a family of Russian Jewish descent in St. Louis, Missouri in 1936. His family owned Seidel Coal and Coke, which supplied coal to the brewing industry in St ...

Brenda Shaughnessy Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970) is an Asian American poet most known for her poetry books ''Our Andromeda'' and ''So Much Synth''. Her book, ''Our Andromeda'', was named a Library Journal "Book of the Year," one of '' The New York Times's'' "100 Be ...

*Peter Jay Shippy * Tracy K. Smith *Bruce Snider *

Mark Strand Mark Strand (April 11, 1934 – November 29, 2014) was a Canadian-born American poet, essayist and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990 and received the Wallace Stevens Award in 2004 ...

*Larissa Szporluk *Daniel Tobin *

Susan Wheeler Susan Wheeler (born July 16, 1955) is an educator and award-winning poet whose poems have frequently appeared in anthologies. She is currently Professor Emerita at Princeton University. She has also taught at University of Iowa, NYU, Rutgers, ...

Franz Wright Franz Wright (March 18, 1953 – May 14, 2015) was an American poet. He and his father James Wright are the only parent/child pair to have won the Pulitzer Prize in the same category. Life and career Wright was born in Vienna, Austria. He gradua ...

*David Yezzi *Dean Young *Kevin Young

Works published in other languages

Denmark

French language

France

=Anthologies in France

Germany

Poland

Jerzy Jarniewicz Jerzy Jarniewicz (Polish pronunciation: ; born 4 May 1958) is a Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist. He was awarded the 2022 Nike Award, the most important distinction in Polish literature as well as the Medal for Merit to Cult ...

– ''Na dzień dzisiejszy i chwilę obecną'' (Biuro Literackie) * Jerzy Kronhold – ''Epitafium dla Lucy'' (Zeszyty Literackie) * Piotr Matywiecki – ''Widownia'' (

Wydawnictwo Literackie Wydawnictwo Literackie (abbreviated WL, lit. "Literary Press") is a Kraków-based Polish publishing house, which has been referred to as one of Poland's "most respected". Company history Since its foundation in 1953, Wydawnictwo Literackie has ...

) * Anna Piwkowska – ''Lustrzanka'' (Zeszyty Literackie) * Krystyna Rodowska – ''Wiersze przesiane 1968–2011'' (Podkarpacki Instytut Książki i Marketingu)

Other languages

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 ...

: * Rahman Henry – ''Brojosundoeer Kotha'' (February 2012) Collection of Poems. * Rahman Henry – ''Kobitar Tribhuban'' (February 2012) a collection of Translated poems.× Ukrainian :

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi Mehr Lal Soni (9 February 1913 – 19 August 1986), better known as Zia Fatehabadi, was an Indian Urdu ghazal and nazm writer. He was a disciple (shaagird) of Syed Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui Seemab Akbarabadi (1882–1951), who was a disciple ...

– ''The Qat'aat o Rubaiyat of Zia Fatehabadi'' (May 2012) with translation from Urdu to English in free verse.

Awards and honors by country

Awards announced this year:

International

Australia awards and honors

Canada awards and honors

Archibald Lampman Award The Archibald Lampman Award is an annual Canadian literary award, created by Blaine Marchand, and presented by the literary magazine '' Arc'', for the year's best work of poetry by a writer living in the National Capital Region. The award is p ...

: Michael Blouin, ''Wore Down Trust'' * Atlantic Poetry Prize:

Susan Goyette Susan (Sue) Goyette (born 4 April 1964 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian poet and novelist. Biography Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Goyette grew up in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, on Montreal's south shore. Her first poetry book, ''The True Na ...

, ''Outskirts'' *

2012 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2012 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 11, and the winners were announced on November 13. English French References External linksGovernor General's Awards {{GovernorGener ...

Julie Bruck Julie Bruck is a Canadian-American poet who won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry in 2012 for her collection ''Monkey Ranch''.Ann Ireland"The Cloven Lychee Nut: Poems & Interview with Julie Bruck" ''Numéro Cinq'', October ...

, ''Monkey Ranch'' (English);

Maude Smith Gagnon Maude Smith Gagnon (born 1980) is a Québec poet. She was born in the Basse-Côte-Nord region of Québec and studied at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her first collection of poetry ''Une tonne d’air'' was awarded the Prix Émile-Nel ...

, ''Un drap. Une place.'' (French) *

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: Ken Babstock, ''Methodist Hatchet'' **International, in the English Language:

David Harsent David Harsent (born in Devon in 1942) is an English poet who for some time earned his living as a TV scriptwriter and crime novelist. Background During his early career he was part of a circle of poets centred on Ian Hamilton and forming somet ...

, ''Night'' **Lifetime Recognition Award:

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish Irish poetry, poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is ''Death of a Naturalist'' (1966), his first m ...

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 ...

: Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang, ''Sweet Devilry'' *

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 ...

, ''Outskirts'' *

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

: Antoine Boisclair, ''Le bruissement des possibles'' *

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 ...

: John Pass, ''Crawlspace'' *

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 ...

: Mario Brassard, ''Le livre clairière''

France awards and honors

*Prix Goncourt de la Poésie:

New Zealand awards and honors

* New Zealand Post Book Awards ** Poetry Award winner: Rhian Gallagher, Shift. Auckland University Press ** NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: John Adams, ''Briefcase'', Auckland University Press

United Kingdom awards and honors

* Cholmondeley Award: Christine Evans (poet), Christine Evans, Peter Riley, Robin Robertson * Whitbread Awards, Costa Award (formerly "Whitbread Awards") for poetry:

, ''The Overhaul'' ** Shortlist: Sean Borodale, ''Bee Journal''; *Julia Copus, ''The World's Two Smallest Humans''; Selima Hill, ''People Who Like Meatballs'' * English Association's Fellows' Poetry Prizes: * Eric Gregory Award (for a collection of poems by a poet under the age of 30): Sophie Baker, Joey Connolly, Holly Corfield Carr, Caleb Klaces, Rachael Nicholas, Phoebe Power, Jon Stone (poet), Jon Stone * Forward Poetry Prize: **Best Collection: Jorie Graham, ''PLACE'' ***Shortlist: **Best First Collection: Sam Riviere, ''81 Austerities'' ***Shortlist: **Best Poem: Denise Riley, "A Part Song" ***Shortlist: * Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for poetry: **Shortlist: * Manchester Poetry Prize: * National Poet of Wales: * National Poetry Competition 2011: * T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Sharon Olds, ''Stag's Leap'' She is the first American to win this award. **Shortlist (announced in November 2012): T. S. Eliot Prize#Shortlists, 2012 Short List * ''The Times''/Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation:

United States awards and honors

* Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: to Kasey Jueds for ''Keeper'' * AML Award for Poetry awarded to Karen Kelsay for ''Amytis Leaves Her Garden'' * The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards, Kate Tufts Discovery Award: Katherine Larson — ''Radial Symmetry'' * Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award: Timothy Donnelly — ''The Cloud Corporation'' * 24th Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award: ** Gay Poetry: Tim Dlugos (David Trinidad, ed.), ''A Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos'' ** Lesbian Poetry: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, ''Love Cake'' * Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: David Wojahn for ''World Tree'' * Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize awarded to Dan Vera for ''The Guide to Imaginary Monuments'' and William Archila for ''The Gravedigger's Archeology'' * National Book Award for Poetry: David Ferry (poet), David Ferry for ''Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations'' * National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry:

for ''Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys'' **The NBCC shortlist in poetry included – David Ferry (poet), David Ferry for ''Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations'' (University of Chicago Press);

for ''On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths'' (Copper Canyon Press); Allan Peterson for ''Fragile Acts'' (McSweeney's Books); and A. E. Stallings for ''Olives'' (Triquarterly) * ''The New Criterion'' Poetry Prize: George Green for ''Lord Byron's Foot'' * North Carolina Poet Laureate: Joseph Bathanti appointed. * PEN Award for Poetry in Translation: Jen Hofer for ''Negro Marfil/Ivory Black'' by Myriam Moscona * PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry: Toi Derricotte * Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (United States): to Tracy K. Smith for ''Life on Mars'' **Finalists for Pulitzer:

for ''Core Samples from the World,'' and Ron Padgett for ''How Long''. – (selected by the Jury: Philip Schultz, Arthur Sze, and Jean Valentine) * List of winners of the Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards, Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award: Jennifer Scappettone for ''Locomotrix: Selected Poetry and Prose'' by Amelia Rosselli * Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: W. S. Di Piero * Wallace Stevens Award: Gary Snyder * Whiting Awards: Ciaran Berry, Atsuro Riley

From the Poetry Society of America

* Frost Medal: Marilyn Nelson * Shelley Memorial Award: – Judges: * Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award: – Judge: * Lyric Poetry Award: – Judge: * Lucille Medwick Memorial Award: – Judge: ; finalist: * Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award: – Judge: ; finalists: * Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award: – Judge: ; finalists: * George Bogin Memorial Award: – Judge: * Robert H. Winner Memorial Award: – Judge: ; finalists: * Cecil Hemley Memorial Award: – Judge: * Norma Farber First Book Award: – Judge: * William Carlos Williams Award: Bruce Smith (poet), Bruce Smith for ''Devotions'', Judge: Elizabeth Macklin – ; finalists:

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: *January 6 – Basil Payne, 88 (born 1923 in poetry, 1923), Irish poet. *January 31 – Stacy Doris, 48 (born 1962 in poetry, 1962), U.S. poet and translator. *February 1 – Wisława Szymborska, 88 (born 1923 in poetry, 1923), Polish poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1996). *February 4 – Irene McKinney, 72 (born 1939 in poetry, 1939), American poet who was the Poet Laureate of West Virginia since 1994 *February 6 – Colleen Thibaudeau, 86 (born 1925 in poetry, 1925), a Canadian poet who published her first volume of poetry in 1965. The Canadian Encyclopedia praised her poetry for celebrating “the extraordinary nature of ordinary life by combining the everyday with the otherworldly.” *February 13: **Akhlaq Mohammed Khan, 75 (born 1936 in poetry, 1936), Indian poet, lyricist and academic, lung cancer. **Fred Moramarco, 73 (born 1938 in poetry, 1938), U.S. poet and academic and founding editor, ''Poetry International'', SDSU Press. *February 21 – Barney Rosset, 89 (born 1922 in poetry, 1922), American publisher (Grove Press) and free speech advocate. *February 23 – Joydeb Basu, 49 (born 1929 in poetry, 1929), Indian poet, heart attack. *March 2 – James A. "Jim" Hazard, 76 (born ?), U.S. (Indiana-born) poet, journalist, teacher, and musician *March 4 – Felícia Fuster, 91, Catalan painter and poet *March 8 – Elio Pagliarani, 84, Italian poet and literary critic *March 9 – Leonard Cirino (born 1943 in poetry, 1943), U.S. poet and the author of twenty other chapbooks and fourteen full-length collections of poetry since 1987 from numerous small presses *March 16 – , 87 (born 1924 in poetry, 1924), also known as ''Ryūmei Yoshimoto'', was a Japanese poet, literary critic, and philosopher from Tokyo. He is the father of Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto and of cartoonist Yoiko Haruno. *March 21: **Tonino Guerra, 92 (born 1920 in poetry, 1920), an Italian concentration camp survivor, poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors of the world **Derick Thomson, 90, Scottish poet *March 26 – Sadaharu Motohashi, 91, Japanese haiku poet (reference is in Japanese) *March 27 – Adrienne Rich, 82 (born 1929 in poetry, 1929), National Book Award-winning poet *March 30 – Emrys Roberts (poet), Emrys Roberts, 82, Welsh poet and author *April 1 – Chūichi Mukawa, 92, Japanese tanka poet (Waseda University) (reference is in Japanese) *April 6 – Reed Whittemore, 92, American poet *April 12: **Mohit Chattopadhyay, 77, Indian playwright, dramatist, and poet **Steinbjørn B. Jacobsen, 74, Faroese poet and writer *April 17 – Nityananda Mohapatra, 99, Indian politician, poet and journalist *May 19 – Heiichi Sugiyama, 97 (born 1914 in poetry, 1914), Japanese poet and film critic *June 27: **Rosemary Dobson, 92, Australian poet **Peter Steele (poet), Peter Steele, 72, Australian poet and academic *October 29 – J. Bernlef, 75, Dutch poet, novelist and translator *November 4 – Anne-Marie Albiach, 75, French poet who influenced a generation of American poets that came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Acclaimed for her own poetry and translations of American poetry including Louis Zukofsky. *November 11 –

, 87, American poet who received the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award. *December 3 – Amir Mahmud Anvar, Iranian literary academic and poet (born 1945 in poetry, 1945) *December 28 – Jayne Cortez, 78 (born 1934 in poetry, 1934) African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist"Jayne Cortez," poets.org
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