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2019 In Poetry
Major poetry related events which took place worldwide during 2019 are outlined below under different sections. This includes poetry books released during the year in different languages, major literary awards, poetry festivals and events, besides anniversaries and deaths of renowned poets etc. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, India or France). Events * October 25 – The 2019 Princeton poetry Festival is inaugurated at Lewis Center of Arts by Pulitzer prize winning poet Paul Muldoon. Selection of works published in English Australia * Charmaine Papertalk Green, ''Nganajungu Yagu'' * Gerald Murnane, ''Green Shadows and Other Poems'' Canada * Gwen Benaway, ''Holy Wild'' India * Antony Theodore, ''Jesus Christ in Love'' * Nikita Gill, ''Great Goddesses : Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters'' * Tapan Kumar Pradhan, ''I, She and the Sea'' * Tishani Doshi, ''Small Days and Nights'' New Zealand Pakista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Poetry
Indian poetry and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as Vedic Sanskrit, Classical Sanskrit, Tamil, Odia, Maithili, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese, Urdu, and Hindi. Poetry in foreign languages such as English also has a strong influence on Indian poetry. The poetry reflects diverse spiritual traditions within India. In particular, many Indian poets have been inspired by mystical experiences. Poetry is the oldest form of literature and has a rich written and oral tradition. Indian poetry awards There are very few literary awards in India for poetry alone. The prestigious awards like Jnanapeeth, Sahitya Akademi and Kalidas Samman etc. are given away to writers of both prose and poetry. Most of the awards have gone to novelists. Few poets have received these awards. Jnanpith Award The following poets have won the Jnanpith award for their poetry: Firaq Gorakhpuri for his ''Gul-e- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deryn Rees-Jones
Deryn Rees-Jones is an Anglo-Welsh poet, who lives and works in Liverpool. Although, Rees-Jones has spent much of her life in Liverpool, she spent much of her childhood in the family home of Eglwys-bach in North Wales. She considers herself a Welsh writer. Rees-Jones did doctoral research on women poets at Birkbeck College, and is now a Professor of Poetry at Liverpool University. She won an Eric Gregory Award in 1993, and an Arts Council of England Writer's Award in 1996. Works She has published three poetry books with Seren, ''The Memory Tray'' (1994), which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection; ''Signs Round a Dead Body'' (1998), a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation; and ''Quiver: A Murder Mystery'' (2004). A pamphlet, ''Falls and Finds'', appeared from Shoestring in 2008. She has also co-edited a book of essays, ''Contemporary Women’s Poetry: Reading/Writing/Practice'' (2001), with Alison Mark, and published a monograph, ''Carol Ann Duffy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Moten
Fred Moten (born 1962) is an American cultural theorist, poet, and scholar whose work explores critical theory, black studies, and performance studies. Moten is Professor of Performance Studies at New York University and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of California, Riverside; he previously taught at Duke University, Brown University, and the University of Iowa. His scholarly texts include '' The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study'' which was co-authored with Stefano Harney, ''In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition'', and ''The Universal Machine'' (Duke University Press, 2018). He has published numerous poetry collections, including ''The Little Edges'', ''The Feel Trio'', ''B Jenkins'', and ''Hughson’s Tavern''. In 2020, Moten was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for " eating new conceptual spaces to accommodate emerging forms of Black aesthetics, cultural production, and social life." Biography Fred Moten was born in Las Vegas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Mead
Jane Mead (August 13, 1958 – September 8, 2019) was an American poet and the author of five poetry collections. Her last volume was ''To the Wren: Collected & New Poems 1991-2019'' (Alice James Books, 2019). Her honors included fellowships from the Lannan and Guggenheim foundations and a Whiting Award. Her poems appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''Ploughshares'', ''Electronic Poetry Review'', ''The American Poetry Review'', ''The New York Times'', the ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', and ''The Antioch Review'' and in anthologies including ''The Best American Poetry 1990''. Born in Baltimore, Mead lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until she was twelve. Her father taught ichthyology at Harvard University. After Cambridge, she moved around a great deal with her mother and stepfather, who was a journalist, living in New Mexico, London, and Cambridge, England. She graduated from Vassar College and from Syracuse University and the University of Iowa. She taught an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell McGrath
Campbell McGrath (born 1962) is an American poet. He is the author of nine full-length collections of poetry, including ''Seven Notebooks'' ( Ecco Press, 2008), Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Ecco Press, 2009), and In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys (Ecco Press, 2012). Life McGrath was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Washington, D.C., where he attended Sidwell Friends School; among his classmates was the poet Elizabeth Alexander. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1984 and his MFA from Columbia University's creative writing program in 1988, where he was classmates with Rick Moody and Bruce Harris Craven. He currently lives in Miami Beach, Florida, and teaches creative writing at Florida International University, where his students have included Richard Blanco, Susan Briante, Jay Snodgrass and Emma Trelles. He is married to Elizabeth Lichtenstein, whom he met while he was an undergraduate; they have two sons. Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Gatwood Olivia Gatwood (born February 23, 1992) is a poet, writer, and educator on topics that include coming of age, feminism, gendered violence, & true crime. Early life and education Olivia Gatwood was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 23, 1992. Her mother, Jill, is a sex educator and H.I.V. epidemiologist and her father, Byron, is a middle school teacher. She spent three years in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago where she began writing poetry at age 11 at the suggestion of a librarian. Gatwood's continued interest in poetry stemmed from her use of the art form as an outlet for her emotions; in an interview she explained, "teenagers have a lot of feelings and thoughts, but are often told that there's no space for those things to exist. But spoken word is the exact opposite. The more you can express, the better." While still in high school, Gatwood led a collection of women who reported a local bakery to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for sexual harassm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] |