Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Events

* May 23 –

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

poet Tony Walsh reads his 2013 poem "This is the place" to the crowds gathered in

Albert Square, Manchester Albert Square is a public square in the centre of Manchester, England. It is dominated by its largest building, the Grade I listed Manchester Town Hall, a Victorian Gothic building by Alfred Waterhouse. Other smaller buildings from the same pe ...

for a public vigil following this week's

Manchester Arena bombing On 22 May 2017, an Islamist extremist suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving the Manchester Arena following a concert by American pop singer Ariana Grande. Twenty-three people were killed, including ...

. *

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

–

-resident writer Ben Okri publishes his poem
Grenfell Tower, June 2017
in the ''

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nik ...

'' following this month's

Grenfell Tower fire On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. 72 people died, two later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escapin ...

in London.

Anniversaries

March 1 Events Pre-1600 *509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first Roman triumph, triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor ...

– Centenary of the birth of the American poet

Robert Lowell Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the ''Mayflower''. His family, past and present, were important subjects i ...

Selection of works published in English

Australia

* Michael Farrell, ''I Love Poetry'' *

Alan Wearne Alan Wearne (born 23 July 1948) is an Australian poet. Early life and education Alan Wearne was born on 23 July 1948 and grew up in Melbourne. He studied history at Monash University, where he met the poets Laurie Duggan and John A. Scott. H ...

, ''These Things Are Real'' * Fiona Wright, ''Domestic Interior''

Canada

Billy-Ray Belcourt Billy-Ray Belcourt is a poet, scholar, and author from the Driftpile Cree Nation. Belcourt's works encompass a variety of topics and themes, including decolonial love, grief, intimacy and queer sexuality, and the role of Indigenous women in so ...

, ''This Wound Is a World'' *

Lorna Crozier Lorna Crozier, OC (born 24 May 1948) is a Canadian poet who holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria. She has authored fifteen books and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011. She is credited as ...

, ''What the Soul Doesn't Want'' * Nora Gould, ''Selah'' *

Aisha Sasha John Aisha Sasha John (born 16 September 1980) is a Canadian poet, artist, and singing dancer. Life John was born in Montreal, Canada, and studied at the University of Toronto and University of Guelph. Her first collection of poems, ''The Shining M ...

, ''I have to live'' *

Benjamin Hertwig Benjamin Hertwig is a Canadian poet, whose debut poetry collection ''Slow War'' was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2017 Governor General's Awards. A former member of the Canadian Armed Fo ...

, ''Slow War'' *

Donato Mancini Donato Mancini is a Canadian poet.

, ''Same Diff'' *

Julia McCarthy Julia McCarthy (1964-2021) was a Canadian poet.

, ''All the Names Between'' *

Joshua Whitehead Joshua Whitehead is a Canadian First Nations, two spirit poet and novelist. An Oji-Cree member of the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba,Airini Beautrais Airini Jane Beautrais (born 1982) is a poet and short-story writer from New Zealand. Background Beautrais was born in 1982 and grew up in Auckland and Whanganui. She studied creative writing and ecological science at the Victoria University o ...

, ''Flow: Whanganui River Poems'', Victoria University Press * Kate Camp,'' The Internet of Things'', Victoria University Press *

Paula Green Paula Green (September 18, 1927 – December 4, 2015) was an American advertising executive, best known for writing the lyrics to the "Look for the Union Label" song for ILGWU and the Avis motto "We Try Harder". Green was one of the pionee ...

, ''New York Pocket Book'', Seraph Press

Poets in ''Best New Zealand Poems''

These poets wrote the 25 poems selected for '' Best New Zealand Poems 2016'' (guest editor was Jenny Bornholdt), published this year: *

Nick Ascroft Nick Ascroft (born 1973) is a New Zealand poet and writer. Life Nick Ascroft was born in Oamaru, New Zealand in 1973. In his career of writing, his poetry has been featured widely in both New Zealand and international journals. Ascroft's publis ...

* Tusiata Avia *

Airini Beautrais Airini Jane Beautrais (born 1982) is a poet and short-story writer from New Zealand. Background Beautrais was born in 1982 and grew up in Auckland and Whanganui. She studied creative writing and ecological science at the Victoria University o ...

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 ...

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...

Rachel Bush Rachel Bush (26 December 1941 — 23 March 2016) was a New Zealand poet and teacher. Her work was widely published in books, anthologies and literary magazines. Biography Bush was born in 1941 in Christchurch and grew up in Hāwera. She taught ...

* John Dennison * Ish Doney *

Lynley Edmeades Lynley Edmeades is a New Zealand poet, academic and editor. She has published two poetry collections and held a number of writers' residencies. she is the editor of the New Zealand literary journal ''Landfall''. Biography Edmeades was born i ...

* Rata Gordon *

Bernadette Hall Bernadette Hall (born 1945) is a New Zealand playwright and poet. Biography Hall was born in 1945 in Alexandra, New Zealand. She was raised in what she describes as "a small-city Catholic community that was proud, theatrical and pretty much e ...

* Scott Hamilton *

Adrienne Jansen Adrienne Jansen is a New Zealand creative writing teacher, editor and a writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. She has worked closely with immigrants, and her writing often relates to the migrant experience. Biography Adrienne Jansen was ...

* Andrew Johnston *

Anna Livesey Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

* Bill Manhire * Leslie McKay * Bill Nelson *

Claire Orchard Clair or Claire may refer to: *Claire (given name), a list of people with the name Claire *Clair (surname) Places Canada * Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska * Clair Parish, New Brunswick * Pointe-Claire, Que ...

* Vincent O’Sullivan *

Kerrin P. Sharpe Kerrin is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Kerrin Harrison (born 1964), New Zealand badminton player * Kerrin Hayes (born 1951), Australian rules footballer *Kerrin Lee-Gartner (born 1966), Canadian ...

Marty Smith Marty Smith (November 26, 1956 – April 27, 2020) was an American professional motocross racer. He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1974 to 1981, most prominently as a member of the Honda factory racing team with whom he won t ...

* Oscar Upperton * Tim Upperton *

Ashleigh Young Ashleigh Young (born 1983) is a poet, essayist, editor and creative writing teacher. She received the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in 2017 for her second book, a collection of personal essays titled ''Can You Tolerate This?'' which also won ...

United Kingdom

England

* Megan Beech, ''You Sad Feminist'' *

Emily Berry Emily Berry (born 1981) is an English poet and writer. Emily Berry was born and raised in London and studied English literature at Leeds University, and Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College. She is currently completing a PhD in C ...

, ''Stranger, Baby'' * Kayo Chingonyi, ''Kumukanda'' *

Helen Dunmore Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 December 1952 – 5 June 2017) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. Her best known works include the novels ''Zennor in Darkness'', '' A Spell of Winter'' and ''The Siege'', and her last ...

(d. June 5), ''

Inside the Wave ''Inside the Wave'' is Helen Dunmore's last poetry collection, about impending death, published shortly before her death. In the 2017 Costa Book Awards it won the Poetry Award and the Book of the Year Award. Book Helen Dunmore (1952–2017) p ...

'' *

Michael Longley Michael Longley, (born 27 July 1939, Belfast, Northern Ireland), is an Anglo-Irish poet. Life and career One of twin boys, Michael Longley was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to English parents, Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast A ...

, ''Angel Hill'' (Northern Irish poet published in England) * Robert Macfarlane, ''The Lost Words: A Spell Book'' (illustrated by Jackie Morris) *

Hollie McNish Hollie McNish is a poet and author based between Cambridge and Glasgow. She has published four collections of poetry: ''Papers'' (2012), ''Cherry Pie'' (2015), ''Why I Ride'' (2015), ''Plum'' (2017) and one poetic memoir on politics and parenthoo ...

, ''Plum'' * Sinéad Morrissey, ''On Balance'' (Northern Irish poet published in England) * Richard Osmond, ''Useful Verses''

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom

United States

''Alphabetical listing by author name'' *

Clark Coolidge Clark Coolidge (born February 26, 1939) is an American poet. Background As a teenager, Coolidge attended Classical High School in Providence, Rhode Island. Coolidge attended Brown University, where his father taught in the music department. After ...

, ''Selected Poems: 1962-1985'', Station Hill Press *

Shara McCallum Shara McCallum is an American poet. She was awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.Madwoman Madwoman may refer to: *a woman who is insane *Madwoman (book), ''Madwoman'' (book), a poetry collection by Shara McCallum *''Madwoman: A Contemporary Opera'', by Mem Nahadr *"Mad Woman", a 2020 song by Taylor Swift from ''Folklore'' {{Disambiguati ...

'',

Alice James Books Alice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington. History and mission "Alice James Books was founded as a co-operative press in Cambridge, MA in 197 ...

* Morgan Parker, ''There are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé'',

Tin House Books ''Tin House'' is an American book publisher based in Portland, Oregon, and New York City. Portland publisher Win McCormack originally conceived the idea for a literary magazine called ''Tin House'' in the summer of 1998. He enlisted Holly MacArt ...

Anthologies in the United States

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

Poets in ''The Best American Poetry 2017''

Awards and honors by country

*See also:

List of poetry awards Major international awards * Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings * Bridges of Struga (for a debuting author at Struga Poetry Evenings) * Griffin Poetry Prize (The international prize) * International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medi ...

Awards announced this year:

International

Struga Poetry Evenings Struga Poetry Evenings (SPE) ( mk, Струшки вечери на поезијата, СВП; tr. ''Struški večeri na poezijata'', ''SVP'') is an international poetry festival held annually in Struga, North Macedonia. During the several dec ...

Golden Wreath Laureate:

Australia awards and honors

C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry The Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry, formerly known as the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has an enumeration of 25,000. The winner of this category prize vies w ...

: *

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.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 a ...

Stephen Brockwell Stephen Brockwell is a Canadian poet. Life Brockwell lives and works in Ottawa. He is editor, with Rob Mclennan, of Poetics.ca. He has a daughter and runs his own technical consulting business (B.I.T.C.) from his home. Awards * 2005 Archibald ...

, ''All of Us Reticent, Here, Together'' *

Atlantic Poetry Prize The J.M. Abraham Poetry Award, formerly known as the Atlantic Poetry Prize, is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival, to the best work of poetry published by a writer from the Atlantic provinces. Winne ...

: Jennifer Houle, ''The Back Channels'' *

2017 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2017 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 4, 2017,

: Richard Harrison, ''On Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the Flood'' (English),

Louise Dupré Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist. The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in li ...

, ''La Main hantée'' (French) *

Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...

: **Canada:

Jordan Abel Jordan Abel is a Nisga'a poet who lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Life and work Abel, a Nisga'a poet, was born in British Columbia. Formerly a doctoral student at Simon Fraser University in the Department of English, he is current ...

, ''Injun'' **International:

Alice Oswald Alice Priscilla Lyle Oswald (née Keen; born 31 August 1966) is a British poet from Reading, Berkshire. Her work won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2002 and the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2017. In September 2017, she was named as BBC Radio 4's second Poet ...

, ''Falling Awake'' **Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees): Frank Bidart *

Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize The Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize is a Canadian literary award. Presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada and the Latner Family Foundation, the award presents $25,000 annually to a Canadian poet who has published at least three collections, to ...

Louise Bernice Halfe Louise Bernice Halfe, is a Cree poet and social worker from Canada. Halfe's Cree name is Sky Dancer. At the age of seven, she was forced to attend Blue Quills Residential School in St. Paul, Alberta. Halfe signed with Coteau Books in 1994 and has ...

* Gerald Lampert Award: Ingrid Ruthig, ''This Being'' *

Pat Lowther Award The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.Sue Sinclair Sue Sinclair is a Canadian poet. She was raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador,Carey, Barbara (4 January 2009)Whirling dervish in verse ''Toronto Star'' and studied at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, graduated i ...

, ''Heaven's Thieves'' * Prix Alain-Grandbois: Marie-Célie Agnant, ''Femmes des terres brûlées'' *

Raymond Souster Award The Raymond Souster Award is a Canadian literary award, presented by the League of Canadian Poets to a book judged as the best work of poetry by a Canadian poet in the previous year."Local poet wins national prize". ''Telegraph-Journal'', June 12, 2 ...

, ''Burning in this Midnight Dream'' *

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 Poetry. ...

: Adèle Barclay, ''If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You'' * Prix Émile-Nelligan: François Guerrette, ''Constellation des grands brûlés''

France awards and honors

Prix Goncourt de la Poésie The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

New Zealand awards and honors

Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement is a New Zealand literary award established in 2003 by the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand), the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government. Each ...

: ** Fiction: Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler ** Nonfiction: Peter Simpson ** Poetry:

Montana New Zealand Book Awards The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder W ...

(poetry category):

United Kingdom awards and honors

* Cholmondeley Award:

Caroline Bergvall Caroline Bergvall (born 1962) is a French-Norwegian poet who has lived in England since 1989. Her work includes the adaption of Old English and Old Norse texts into audio text and sound art performances. Life and education Born in Hamburg, Germ ...

Sasha Dugdale Sasha Dugdale FRSL is a British poet, playwright and translator. She has written five poetry collections and is a translator of Russian literature. Biography Sasha Dugdale was born in 1974 in Sussex. Between 1995 and 2000, Dugdale work ...

, Philip Gross,

Paula Meehan Paula Meehan (born 1955) is an Irish poet and playwright. Life and work Paula Meehan was born in Dublin in 1955, the eldest of six children. She subsequently moved to London with her parents where she attended St. Elizabeth's Primary School ...

Costa Award The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, then ...

(formerly "Whitbread Awards") for poetry: ** Shortlist: Kayo Chingonyi, ''Kumukanda'';

(d. June 5), ''

'' (also overall Book of the Year winner); Sinéad Morrissey, ''On Balance''; Richard Osmond, ''Useful Verses'' * English Association's Fellows' Poetry Prizes: *

Eric Gregory Award The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by British poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets. In 2021, the seven ...

(for a collection of poems by a poet under the age of 30): * Forward Poetry Prize: **Best Collection: ***Shortlist: **Best First Collection: ***Shortlist: **Best Poem: ***Shortlist: * Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for poetry: **Shortlist: * Manchester Poetry Prize: * National Poet of Wales: * National Poetry Competition 2017: * Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Paul Muldoon *

T. S. Eliot Prize The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is a prize that was, for many years, awarded by the Poetry Book Society (UK) to "the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland" in any particular year. The Priz ...

(United Kingdom and Ireland): **Shortlist (announced in November 2017): 2017 Short List * ''The Times'' / Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation:

United States awards and honors

* Arab American Book Award (The George Ellenbogen Poetry Award): **Honorable Mentions: *

Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major 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, United States was initiated by ...

: * Anisfield-Wolf Book Award: * Best Translated Book Award (BTBA): *

Beatrice Hawley Award The Alice James Award, formerly the Beatrice Hawley Award, is given annually by Alice James Books. The award includes publication of a book-length poetry manuscript and a cash prize (currently $2,000). The award was established by the press in 1986 ...

from

: * Bollingen Prize: to Jean Valentine *

Jackson Poetry Prize Poets & Writers, Inc. is one of the largest nonprofit literary organizations in the United States serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The organization publishes a bi-monthly magazine called ''Poets & Writers Magazine'', ...

: to

Patricia Spears Jones Patricia Spears Jones (born 1951) is an American poet. She is the author of five books of poetry. Jones is the editor of "The Future Differently Imagined", an issue of ''About Place Journal'', the online publication of Black Earth Institute. Pre ...

**Judges: Henri Cole, Kwame Dawes, and

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 B.A. and M.T. (Master of Teaching) from the University of Virg ...

* Lambda Literary Award: ** Gay Poetry: ** Lesbian Poetry: *

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 outreach ...

: * Los Angeles Times Book Prize: **Finalists: *

National Book Award for Poetry The National Book Award for Poetry is one of five annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers".

(NBA): **NBA Finalists: **NBA Longlist: **NBA Judges: * National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry: * '' The New Criterion'' Poetry Prize: * Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (United States): to

Tyehimba Jess Tyehimba Jess (born 1965 in Detroit) is an American poet. His book '' Olio'' received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Biography Early life Tyehimba Jess was born Jesse S. Goodwin. He grew up in Detroit, where his father worked in that city's ...

for Olio **Finalists: ''XX'' by Campbell McGrath; ''Collected Poems: 1950-2012,'' by Adrienne Rich * Wallace Stevens Award: * Whiting Awards: * PEN Award for Poetry in Translation: * PEN Center USA 2017 Poetry Award: *

PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry The PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry is given biennially to an American poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents a notable and accomplished presence in American literature. The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by ...

: (Judges: ) * Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award: * Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: *

Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards are a pair of American prizes based at Claremont Graduate University. They are given to poets for their collections of poetry written in the English language, by a citizen or legal resident alien of the ...

: * Walt Whitman Prize – – Judge: * Yale Younger Series:

From the Poetry Society of America

Frost Medal The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the society have included such renowned poets as Witter Bynner, Ro ...

: to Susan Howe * Shelley Memorial Award: to

Gillian Conoley Gillian Conoley (born March 29, 1955) is an American poet. Conoley serves as a professor and poet-in-residence at Sonoma State University. Conoley is author of seven collections of poetry. Her work has been anthologized in Norton’s ''American ...

* Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award: * Lyric Poetry Award: * Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award: * Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award: * George Bogin Memorial Award: * Robert H. Winner Memorial Award: * Cecil Hemley Memorial Award: * Norma Farber First Book Award: * Lucille Medwick Memorial Award: * William Carlos Williams Award: (Judge: ) **Finalists for WCW Award:

Conferences and workshops by country

Australia

Canada

Mexico

New Zealand

United Kingdom

United States

Deaths

January – June

Birth years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article: *

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...

– John Berger, 90, English novelist, painter and art critic, and poet (b.

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

) *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

– Harry Mathews, 86, American novelist and poet (b.

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

) *

February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...

–

Thomas Lux Thomas Lux (December 10, 1946 – February 5, 2017) was an American poet who held the Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne, Jr. Chair in Poetry at the Georgia Institute of Technology and ran Georgia Tech's "Poetry @ Tech" program. He wrote fourteen ...

, 70, American poet and teacher (b.

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

) *

February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. *1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...

– Tom Raworth, 78, British poet, visual artist, publisher, and teacher (b.

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

) * March 10 –

Mari Evans Mari Evans (July 16, 1919 – March 10, 2017) was an African-American poet, writer, and dramatist associated with the Black Arts Movement. Evans received grants and awards including a lifetime achievement award from the Indianapolis Public Libra ...

, 93, American poet. (b.

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

) * March 16 –

Wojciech Młynarski Wojciech Młynarski (26 March 1941 – 15 March 2017) was a Polish poet, singer, songwriter, translator and director. A well-known figure on the Polish musical scene, he was most famous for his ballads and what is known as sung poetry, as well a ...

, 75, Polish poet, singer and songwriter (born

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

) * March 17 –

Derek Walcott Sir Derek Alton Walcott (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem ''Omeros'' (1990), which many critics view "as Walcot ...

, 87, Saint Lucian poet and playwright,

Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

in 1992 (b.

) *

March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthelr ...

–

Joanne Kyger Joanne Kyger (November 19, 1934 – March 22, 2017) was an American poet. The author of over 30 books of poetry and prose, Kyger was associated with the poets of the San Francisco Renaissance, the Beat Generation, Black Mountain, and the New ...

, 82, American poet who had ties to the poets of Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the

Beat generation The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized by Silent Generatio ...

, (b.

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

) *

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. *1081 – Alexios I Kom ...

– Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet, 84 (b.

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

) *

May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...

–

Denis Johnson Denis Hale Johnson (July 1, 1949 – May 24, 2017) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is perhaps best known for his debut short story collection, '' Jesus' Son'' (1992). His most successful novel, ''Tree of Smoke'' (2007) ...

, American poet (''The Incognito Lounge''), novelist (''

Tree of Smoke ''Tree of Smoke'' is a 2007 novel by American author Denis Johnson which won the National Book Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It is about a man named Skip Sands who joins the CIA in 1965, and begins working in Vietn ...

''), and short story writer ('' Jesus' Son''), 67 (b.

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

). *

June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...

–

, English poet, novelist and children's writer, 64 (born

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

) *

June 8 Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...

- Shinichiro Hagihara, Japanese tanka poet

July – December

November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...

–

Michelle Boisseau Michelle Boisseau (October 26, 1955 – November 15, 2017) was an American poet. Life and career Boisseau was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 26, 1955. She attended Ohio University, where she receiver a BA in 1977 and an MA in 1980, and th ...

, 62, American poet (b.

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

)

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