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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. History The award is named in honour of Canadian poet Archibald Lampman (1861–1899). Born in 1861, he graduated from Trinity College (Toronto) in 1882, then moved to Ottawa where he worked for the Post Office until his death in 1899. He is known for his ability to immerse metaphysics in the details of nature, which he observed while hiking round what was then the wilderness capital of a new country. His books include Among the Millet (1888), Lyrics of Earth (1895) and the posthumous Alcyone (1900). In 2007, the Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry merged with the Duncan Campbell Scott Foundation, creating the $1500 annual Lampman–Scott Award in honour of two great Confederation Poets. This partnership came to an end in 2010, and competition return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April 15–June 4 – 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing (China): Poets are active in the events (see '' Collection of June Fourth Poems''). * June 2 – ''Dead Poets Society'', a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain! My Captain!", is released in the United States * November 10 – ''My Left Foot'', a film about Christy Brown, the Irish poet, and based on his autobiography, is released 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 Clean Dark'' * Les Murray, ''The Idyll Wheel'' * Philip Salom: ''Barbecue of the Primitives''. (University of Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April – National Poetry Month established by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. * Summer/Autumn – Ledbury Poetry Festival established in England. * November 11 – A memorial to John Betjeman is unveiled in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey by Lady Wilson. 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 * Raewyn Alexander, ''Fat'', Auckland: PenguinWeb page titled "Raewyn Alexander / New Zealand Literature File" at the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *February 16 – It is announced that 300 poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge have been discovered. *February 17 – Sotheby's announce discovery of four Walt Whitman notebooks. *March 1 – The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea (Wales) is opened by Jimmy Carter. *May 26 – Cannes Film Festival première of movie ''Dead Man'', written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, about a man named William Blake on a trek through the American West who is taken as the resurrected Romantic poet by a character named Nobody. Works published 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 *Jennifer Harrison: ''Mosaics & Mirrors: Composite poems'' (Black Pepper) * Chris Mansell, ''Day Easy Sunlight Fine in Hot Collation'' (Penguin, Melbourne) * Chris Wallace-Crabb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Newlove (poet)
John Newlove (June 13, 1938 – December 23, 2003) was a Canadian poet who was considered to be one of the dominant voices of prairie poetry, though he lived most of his adult life in British Columbia and Ontario. Life Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Newlove lived in a variety of small Saskatchewan towns, in particular Kamsack. He attended the University of Saskatchewan for a year, worked briefly as a social worker, a teacher and at a radio station before embarking on a cross-Canada trip which eventually landed him in Vancouver, British Columbia. He came to prominence in the 1960s as various collections of his poetry were published to critical acclaim. He left Vancouver in May 1967 and took his family to Deep Springs College in California where composer friend Barney Childs was a professor. After several more moves, he and his family ended up in Toronto by 1970 where he worked as senior editor for McClelland and Stewart. It was during this period that he won the 1972 Governor Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * May 23 — C. P. Cavafy's poem "Ithaka" is read at the funeral of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by her longtime companion, Maurice Tempelsman. * October 6 — First annual National Poetry Day in the United Kingdom, established by William Sieghart. * October 31 (Halloween) — 15,000 copies of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" are distributed free at public libraries. In Austin, Texas, someone from the local coroner's office and someone from a local tax department gives a "death and taxes" reading of the poem. * Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million. * Wyn Cooper's "All I Wanna Do" is put to music by Sheryl Crow who makes it the United States' No. 1 hit rock tune. * Welsh poet Tony Curtis becomes Professor of Poetry at the University of Glamorgan. * '' Poetry Canada Review'' folds, the publication was founded in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Bluger
Marianne Bluger (August 28, 1945 – October 29, 2005) was a Canadian poet. She was a recipient of the Archibald Lampman Award. Life Bluger was born in Ottawa. She graduated with distinction from McGill University where she studied pre-medical subjects and philosophy as well as taking poetry courses with Louis Dudek. She later dropped out of medical school to marry a Zen Master Samu of Toronto. They had two children: Michael "Maji" Kim (b. 1969), and Micheline "Agi" Mallory (b. 1970). She married Larry Neily, in 1991. She was executive secretary – treasurer of the Canadian Writers' Foundation, from 1975 to 2000. She co-founded Christians Against Apartheid, and the Tabitha Foundation. Awards *Canada Council *1993 Lampman-Scott 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. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton. * March 31–April 3 — ''Writing from the New Coast: First Festival of Poetry'' held at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Many influential younger poets attend the conference. The final, two-volume issue of '' o•blék'' magazine this year will contain writing presented at the conference. * December 8 — Start of the University of Buffalo POETICS listserv, informally and variously known as UBPOETICS or the POETICS list, one of the oldest and most widely known mailing lists devoted to the discussion of contemporary North American poetry and poetics. In the early days of the list, membership, list discussions and even the existence of the list itself were kept private, and members were required not to discuss the conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *The Forward Prizes for Poetry in the U.K. are initiated and ''The Forward Book of Poetry'', an associated annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication is selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year. Each year, 50 to 80 poems are selected. *The first wall poems in Leiden are installed. 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 * Chris Mansell, ''Shining Like a Jinx'' * Les Murray, ''Translations from the Natural World'', Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whylah Falls
''Whylah Falls'' is a long narrative poem (or "verse novel") by George Elliott Clarke, published in book form in 1990. As with much of Clarke's work, the poem is inspired by the history and culture of the Black Canadian community in Nova Scotia, which he refers to as the "Africadian" community (a combination of the words "African" and " Acadian"). Clarke himself describes the work as a " blues spiritual about love and the pain of love". ''Whylah Falls'' tells the story of several pairs of black lovers in southwestern Nova Scotia in the 1930s, through dramatic monologues, songs, sermons, sonnets, newspaper snippets, recipes, haiku and free verse. It has also been released in audiobook form, with an original jazz score performed by Joe Sealy, Jamie Gattie and Steve Macdonald to accompany the reading. Clarke also adapted the poem into a stage play, which premiered in 1999. ''Whylah Falls'' was a winner of the Archibald Lampman Award for poetry. The book was also chosen for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Elliott Clarke
George Elliott Clarke, (born February 12, 1960) is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the 2016–2017 Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. His work is known largely for its use of a vast range of literary and artistic traditions (both "high" and "low"), its lush physicality and its bold political substance. One of Canada's most illustrious poets, Clarke is also known for chronicling the experience and history of the Black Canadian communities of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography that he has coined "Africadia". Life Clarke was born to William and Geraldine Clarke in Windsor, Nova Scotia, near the Black Loyalist community of Three Mile Plains, Nova Scotia, Three Mile Plains, and grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He graduated from Queen Elizabeth High School (Halifax), Queen Elizabeth High School in 1978. He earned a Bachelor of Arts, BA honours degree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Forward Poetry Prize created * Dana Gioia, writing in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' suggests (in an article titled "Can Poetry Matter?") that poets recite the works of other poets at public readings.Lehman, David, preface, ''The Best American Poetry 1992'', 1992 * Joseph Brodsky, the United States poet laureate, suggests in ''The New Republic'' that an anthology of American poetry be put beside the Bible and telephone directory in every hotel room in the country. 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 * Les Murray, ''The Rabbiter's Bounty'' Anthologies in Australia * Philip Mead and John Tranter, '' The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry'' a major anthology of Twentieth century poetry from that nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
