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

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Events

* January 5 – The Turkish government announces it will posthumously restore the citizenship it had stripped from influential poet

Nâzım Hikmet Mehmed Nâzım Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), Note: 403 Forbidden error received 10 October 2022. commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (), was a Turkish-Polish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was ...

, a Marxist who died in

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

as an exile in the Soviet Union. * January 20 – Poet Elizabeth Alexander reads " Praise Song for the Day" at presidential inauguration of President

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

. * February 9 – Eritrean poet and broadcaster Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu is arbitrarily arrested and begins 6 years imprisonment without trial. * March 16 –

Nicholas Hughes Nicholas Farrar Hughes (January 17, 1962 – March 16, 2009) was an English-American fisheries biologist known as an expert in stream salmonid ecology.Ted Hughes Edward James "Ted" Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest wri ...

(British poet laureate 1984–98) and

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, '' Th ...

, who famously committed suicide in

when her son was a year old, hangs himself in his home in Alaska. He had suffered from depression. * May 1 –

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

is appointed

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom The British Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom, currently on the advice of the prime minister. The role does not entail any specific duties, but there is an expectation that the holder will writ ...

, the first woman appointed to the position in its 341-year history, a position that has been held by, among others,

John Dryden '' John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the per ...

(whom Charles II named the first official poet laureate ),

Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication ''Lyrical Ballads'' (1798). Wordsworth's '' ...

and Cecil Day-Lewis. Duffy is also the first

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and the first openly

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occupant of the post. * May 5 – Posthumous publication of

J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...

's narrative poem ''

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún ''The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún'' is a book containing two narrative poems and related texts composed by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and HarperCollins on 5 May 2009. The two poems that mak ...

'' in

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based on the 13th century ''

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'' and probably written in the 1930s. * May 16 & May 25 –

Ruth Padel Ruth Sophia Padel FRSL FZS is a British poet, novelist and non-fiction author, known for her poetic explorations of migration, both animal and human, and her involvement with classical music, wildlife conservation and Greece, ancient and modern. ...

becomes the first female ever elected Professor of Poetry at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

but resigns nine days later after she is alleged to have been involved in what some sources refer to as a smear campaign against Derek Walcott, her leading rival for the post. * July 30 – ''

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'', a poem by

, the

, is read on the

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programme ''

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''. Commissioned by the BBC to mark the deaths of

Henry Allingham Henry William Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009) was an English supercentenarian. He is the longest-lived man ever recorded from the United Kingdom, a First World War veteran, and, for one month, the verified oldest living man in the wo ...

and

Harry Patch Henry John Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009), dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was an English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World War from ...

, two of the last three surviving British veterans of the

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, it is read on the day of Allingham's funeral. * September 18 – The film '' Bright Star'', about John Keats and his relationship with Fanny Brawne, is released in the United States, and on November 6 in the United Kingdom. The film's title is a reference to a sonnet by Keats, " Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art", written at the time of the love affair.

Jane Campion Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a tot ...

directed the movie. * ''

A Room and a Half ''Room and a Half'' ( Russian: ''Полторы комнаты, или сентиментальное путешествие на родину'') is a 2009 Russian biographical film. It won three Nika Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Kh ...

'', a Russian film directed by Andrey Khrzhanovsky and based on the life of

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– American poet Joseph Brodsky, is released. It is distributed in the United States in 2010.

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 Best Australian Poems'', Black Inc., , anthology including works by Ivy Alvarez,

Judith Beveridge Judith Beveridge (born 1956) is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Biography Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. She ...

, Sarah K. Bell, Jen Jewel Brown, Anne Elvey,

Lisa Gorton Lisa Gorton (born 1972) is an Australian poet, novelist, literary editor and essayist. She is the author of three award-winning poetry collections: ''Press Release'', ''Hotel Hyperion'' '','' and ''Empirical''. Her novel ''The Life of Houses,'' ...

, Clive James, Les Murray, Dorothy Porter, Peter Porter,

Thomas Shapcott Thomas William Shapcott (born 21 March 1935) is an Australian poet, novelist, playwright, editor, librettist, short story writer and teacher. Biography Thomas William Shapcott was born in Ipswich, Queensland, and attended the Ipswich Grammar ...

, Alex Skovron, John Tranter, and Chris Wallace-Crabbe. * Stephen Edgar, ''Other Summers'', 109 pp; Melbourne:

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, *

Jennifer Harrison Jennifer Harrison (born 1955) is a contemporary Australian poet. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Born in Liverpool, Sydney, Harrison studied medicine and then specialised in psychiatry. Since her first volume of poetry, ''M ...

and

Kate Waterhouse Kate Waterhouse (born 7 December 1983) is a model and journalist, and the daughter of horse trainer Gai Waterhouse and bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse. Early life Waterhouse was born in 1983 and grew up around Australia’s racing industry. Her ...

, editors, ''Motherlode: Australian Women's Poetry 1986 – 2008'', 120 poets represented, 342 pp, Glebe, New South Wales: Puncher and Wattmann, , anthology * Emma Jones, ''The Striped World'', winner of the 2009 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award; Faber and Faber * Martin Langford: ** editor, ''Harbour City Poems: Sydney in Verse 1788–2008'', Glebe, New South Wales: Puncher and Wattmann, , anthology ** ''The Human Project: New and Selected Poems'' * John Kinsella, ''The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry'', Penguin Group (Australia) * Les Murray, ''Killing the Black Dog'', Black Inc., * Dorothy Porter, ''The Bee Hut'', Black Inc., * Nathan Shepherdson, ''Apples With Human Skin'', St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, *

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 ...

, guest editor, ''The Best Australian Poetry 2009'', University of Queensland Press, * Les Wicks ''The Ambrosiacs'' ( Island Press (Australia)) ** editor, ''Guide to Sydney Beaches'' Meuse Press

Canada

Margaret Avison Margaret Avison, (April 23, 1918 – July 31, 2007) was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize.Michael Gnarowski,Avison, Margaret" ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Edmonton: Hurtig ...

, ''Listening: The Last Poems'', posthumously published''Britannica (2010)'', "English: Canada" *

Robert Bringhurst Robert Bringhurst Appointments to the Order of Canada (2013). (born 16 October 1946) is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He has translated substantial works from Haida and Navajo and from classical Greek and Arabic. He wrote ''The Eleme ...

, ''Selected Poems'' * Jan Conn, ''Botero's Beautiful Horses'', Brick Books * Barry Dempster, ''Love Outlandish'', Brick Books * Kate Eichhorn and Heather Milne, editors, ''Prismatic Publics: Innovative Canadian Women's Poetry and Poetics'', Coach House Books, ; an anthology of 15 poets:

Nicole Brossard Nicole Brossard (born November 27, 1943) is a leading French-Canadian formalist poet and novelist. Her work is known for exploration of feminist themes and for challenging masculine-oriented language and points of view in French literature. Sh ...

, Margaret Christakos, Susan Holbrook, Dorothy Trujillo Lusk, Karen Mac Cormack, Daphne Marlatt,

Erín Moure Erín Moure (born 1955 in Calgary, Alberta) Erín Moure is a Canadian poet and translator with 18 books of poetry, a coauthored book of poetry, a volume of essays, a book of articles on translation, a poetics, and two memoirs; she has translated ...

, M. NourbeSe Philip, Sina Queyras, Lisa Robertson, Gail Scott, Nathalie Stephens, Catriona Strang, Rita Wong, and Rachel Zolf * Kim Goldberg, ''Red Zone'', Pig Squash Press * Chris Hutchinson, ''Other People's Lives'', Brick Books *

Adeena Karasick Adeena Karasick (born June 1, 1965) is a Canadian poet, performance artist, and essayist. Born in Winnipeg of Russian Jewish heritage, she has authored several books of poetry and poetic theory, as well as a series of parodic videopoems, such as ...

, ''Amuse Bouche'' *

Douglas Lochhead Douglas Grant Lochhead (pronounced ''Lock''-heed) FRSC (March 25, 1922 – March 15, 2011) was a Canadian poet, academic librarian, bibliographer and university professor who published more than 30 collections of poetry over five decades, from 19 ...

, ''Looking into Trees'' * Jeanette Lynes, ''The New Blue Distance'' *

Susan Musgrave Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Canadian parents, and currently lives in British Columbia, dividing her time between Sidney and Haida Gwaii. She has been n ...

, ''When the World Is Not Our Home: Selected Poems, 1985–2000'' *

Soraya Peerbaye Soraya Peerbaye is a Canadians, Canadian writer."Pulled punches". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 30, 2001. She was a shortlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2010 for her poetry collection ''Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarcti ...

, ''Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names'' * Marguerite Pigeon, ''Inventory'' * Sina Queyras, ''Expressway'', Coach House Books *

James Reaney James Crerar Reaney, (September 1, 1926 – June 11, 2008) was a Canadian poet, playwright, librettist, and professor, "whose works transform small-town Ontario life into the realm of dream and symbol." Reaney won Canada's highest literary a ...

, ''The Essential James Reaney''. Brian Bartlett, ed., Porcupine's Quill * Laisha Rosnau, ''Lousy Explorers'', Nightwood Editions * Stephen Rowe, ''Never More There'', Nightwood Editions * Carolyn Smart, ''Hooked'', Brick Books * Carmine Starnino, ''This Way Out'', Gaspereau Press *

Fred Wah Frederick James Wah, OC, (born January 23, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, scholar and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Life Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, but grew up in the interior (West Kootenay) of British Columbi ...

, ''Is a Door'' *

David Zieroth Dale Zieroth (born November 7, 1946, in Neepawa, Manitoba)Anju Makhija Anju Makhija is an Indian poet, playwright, translator and columnist. She has won several national and international awards for her poetry in English. Biography Anju Makhija was born in Pune and spent several years in Canada. She has a master's ...

, E V Ramakrishan, editors, ''We Speak in Changing Languages: Indian Women Poets 1990–2007'', anthology, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi * Anthony Theodore, ''The Song of My Dance and Dance of My Dreams'', *

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

, editor, ''Hot is the Moon: Poems and Stories of Women in Kannada, Tamil, Konkani And Tulu'', anthology in various languages, with translations into English; Mumbai: Sparrow * Eunice de Souza, ''A Necklace of Skulls, Collected Poems'' ( Poetry in

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 ...

), New Delhi: Penguin * Uddipana Goswami, ''We Called the River Red'' ( Poetry in

), Authorspress * Yash Sharma, ''Tale of a Virgin River'', translated into English by Anil Sehgal from the original

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; released with a CD of six songs composed and sung by the poet's daughter, Seema Anil Sehgal, a prominent singer; published in Singapore

Ireland

* Michael Coady, ''Going by Water'', Oldcastle, County Meath: Gallery Press * Ray Givans, ''Tolstoy in Love'', 82 pages, * Kerry Hardie, ''Only This Room'', Oldcastle, County Meath: Gallery Press * Ron Houchin, ''Museum Crows'', 84 pages, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare: Salmon Press, * Dorothy Molloy, ''Long-distance Swimmer'', 60 pages, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare: Salmon Press, , posthumously published (died 2004) *

Paul Muldoon Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951) is an Irish poet. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he is currently both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 University P ...

, ''Wayside Shrines'', 40 pages, Oldcastle, County Meath: Gallery Press, * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, ''The Sun-fish'', Oldcastle, County Meath: Gallery Press *

Matthew Sweeney Matthew Gerard Sweeney (6 October 1952 – 5 August 2018) was an Irish poet. His work has been translated into Dutch, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Latvian, Mexican Spanish, Romanian, Slovakian and German. According to the poet Gerard Smyth: "I ...

, ''Best of Irish Poetry 2010'', Southword Editions, including work by

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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 ...

, Michael McKimm,

Leanne O'Sullivan Leanne O'Sullivan is a poet from the Beara Peninsula in Cork, Ireland. She is the author of three collections of poetry. Writing career O'Sullivan's first collection of poetry, ''Waiting for my Clothes'' (2004), was published by Bloodaxe Book ...

, Leontia Flynn,

Eva Bourke Eva Bourke (born 1946) is a German-born Irish poet. Biography Bourke was born in Germany but has lived for much of her life in Galway, Ireland. She studied German Literature and History of Art at the University of Munich. Towards the end of the ...

and Kerry Hardie * Peggy O'Brien, ''Frog Spotting'', 87 pages, Dedalus Press, *

Stephen Roger Powers Stephen Roger Powers (born May 19, 1974) is an American poet, writer, and comedian. He is currently Professor of English at Gordon State College (Georgia). Biography Stephen Roger Powers was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from Univers ...

, ''The Follower's Tale'', 100 pages, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare: Salmon Press, * Gabriel Rosenstock, ''Uttering Her Name'', 126 pages, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare: Salmon Press, * A.E. Stringer, ''Human Costume'', 100 pages, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare: Salmon Press, *

Enda Wyley Enda Wyley is an Irish writer of poetry and children's literature. Life Enda Wyley was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin in 1966 and lives in Dublin. She was awarded a B.Ed. by the Marino Institute of Education, Dublin and then worked ...

, ''To Wake to This'', Dedalus Press,

New Zealand

* Stephanie de Montalk, ''Vivid Familiar'', Victoria University Press * Jessica Le Bas ''Walking to Africa'', Auckland University Press *

Tusiata Avia Donna Tusiata Avia (born 1966) is a New Zealand poet and children's author. Background Avia was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her father is Samoan and her mother is Palagi (New Zealand European). Avia graduated from the Univ ...

, ''Bloodclot'', Victoria University Press

Poets in ''Best New Zealand Poems''

Poems from these 25 poets were selected by James Brown for '' Best New Zealand Poems 2008'', published online this year: * Johanna Aitchison *

Hinemoana Baker Hinemoana Baker (born 1968) is a New Zealand poet, musician and recording artist, teacher of creative writing and broadcaster. Biography Baker was born in Christchurch in 1968 and grew up in Whakatane and Nelson, and descends from the Ng� ...

* Emma Barnes * David Beach *

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 ...

Jenny Bornholdt Jennifer Mary Bornholdt (born 1 November 1960) is a New Zealand poet and anthologist. Biography Born in Lower Hutt, Bornholdt received a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Diploma in Journalism. She studied poetry with Bill Manhire ...

* Amy Brown * Cliff Fell * Joan Fleming * Bernadette Hall *

Sam Hunt Sam Lowry Hunt (born December 8, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Cedartown, Georgia, Hunt played football in his high school and college years and once attempted to pursue a professional sports career before signing with MCA ...

Lynn Jenner Lynn Jenner is a poet and essayist from New Zealand. Background Jenner was born in Hāwera, Taranaki. She worked as an educational psychologist and counsellor until 2003. She began studying writing at Whitireia Polytechnic and completed an M ...

* Michele Leggott * Jean McCormack * Emma Neale * Gregory O'Brien * Bob Orr * Chris Orsman * Richard Reeve * Sam Sampson *

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* Tim Upperton * Richard von Sturmer * Tom Weston * Sonja Yelich

United Kingdom

* James Byrne, ''Blood/Sugar'', * Caroline Grigson, editor, ''The Life and Poems of Anne Hunter: Haydn's Tuneful Voice'' (Hunter,

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–

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, wrote lyrics to much of Haydn's music)

Liverpool University Press Liverpool University Press (LUP), founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. As the press of the University of Liverpool, it specialises in modern languages, li ...

(Liverpool English Texts and Studies) * Brian Henry, ''Quarantine::Contagion'', * Luke Kennard, ''The Migraine Hotel'', Salt, 96 pages, * Herbert Lomas, ''A Casual Knack of Living: Collected Poems'', contains all nine of the author's previous poetry books and one previously unpublished book of poems; 428 pages, * Sean O'Brien, ''Night Train'' (with artist Birtley Aris), Flambard Press *

, ''Darwin: A Life in Poems'', the author is his great-granddaughter''Britannica (2010)'' "English: United Kingdom" * Christopher Reid, ''

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'' ( 2009 Costa Book Awards book of the year) * Matthew Welton, ''We needed coffee but...'', 96 pages, Carcanet Press,

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

* Gerard Carruthers, editor, ''Scottish Poems'' * Fiona Sampson, editor, ''A Century of

Poetry Review ''Poetry Review'' is the magazine of The Poetry Society, edited by the poet Emily Berry. Founded in 1912, shortly after the establishment of the Society, previous editors have included poets Muriel Spark, Adrian Henri, Andrew Motion and Maurice R ...

'', Carcanet Press,

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom

* Zachary Leader, editor, ''The Movement Reconsidered: Essays on Larkin, Amis, Gunn, and Their Contemporaries'', Oxford University Press (April 2009) * ''Contemporary Poetry: Poets and Poetry since 1990'' (Cambridge Contexts in Literature) Cambridge University Press, 1st edition

United States

Sherman Alexie Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Spokane- Coeur d'Alene-Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from se ...

, ''Face'', the author's first collection in nine years, Hanging Loose Press (April)Web page title
"Spring 2009 Hardcovers: Poetry"
at ''Publishers Weekly'' website, retrieved March 12, 2009 *

Miguel Algarín Miguel Algarín Jr. (11 September 1941 – 30 November 2020) was a Puerto Rican poet, writer, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café, and a Rutgers University professor of English. Early years Algarín was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and ...

, ''Survival Supervivencia'', essays and poems''Britannica (2010)'', "English: United States" * Simone dos Anjos, ''Comedies'', Iowa City, Iowa: Cosa Nostra Editions * Philip Appleman, ''Karma, Dharma, Pudding & Pie'' Quantuck Lane Press (April) * Rae Armantrout, ''

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'', winner of the

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for Poetry;

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

Renée Ashley Renée Ashley is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and educator. Presently on the faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University and an editor of ''The Literary Review'', Ashley is the author of five collections of poetry, two chapbooks and a ...

, ''Basic Heart'' * Anny Ballardini, ''Ghost Dance in 33 Movements'' Otoliths, * Richard Bauch, ''These Extremes'' *

David Biespiel David Biespiel is an American poet, memoirist, and critic born in 1964 and raised in the Meyerland section of Houston, Texas. He is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland, Oregon and Poet-in-Residence at Oregon State ...

, ''The Book of Men and Women'' * Jules Boykoff, ''Hegemonic Love Potion'', Factory School, Brooklyn, New York * Joel Brouwer, ''And So'', Four Way, Web page title
"Fiction Book Reviews"
dated March 16, 2009, at ''Publishers Weekly'' website, retrieved March 24, 2009 * Louis Cabri, ''that can’t'', Nomados, Vancouver * Gabrielle Calvocoressi, ''Apocalyptic Swing'' (August), Persea *

C. P. Cavafy Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης ; April 29 (April 17, Old Style, OS), 1863 – April 29, 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy (), ...

, translated from the

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by Daniel Mendelsohn: ** ''Collected Poems'', Knopf, ** ''The Unfinished Poems'', C.P. Cavafy, 30 poems, left in various stages of completion by Cavafy when he died in 1933, discovered in the Cavafy Archive in the 1960s by George Savidis, the poet's editor, and published in a scholarly Greek edition by Renata Lavagnini in 1994; Knopf, *

Kelly Cherry Kelly Cherry (December 21, 1940 – March 18, 2022) was a novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary critic Florence Earle Coates Florence Van Leer Earle Nicholson Coates (July 1, 1850 – April 6, 1927) was an American poet, whose prolific output was published in many literary magazines, some of it set to music. She was mentored by the English poet Matthew Arnold, with wh ...

(1850–1927), ''Victi Resurgunt''. Published posthumously. A 26-page pamphlet of fifteen "fugitive" patriotic and war poems written by Mrs. Coates. The poems were originally published in various periodicals and texts between the years 1915 and 1922, and have been compiled and organized into pamphlet format. * Arda Collins, ''It Is Daylight'',

Louise Glück Louise Elisabeth Glück ( ; born April 22, 1943) is an American poet and essayist. She won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, whose judges praised "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal". H ...

's sixth pick as judge of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition; Yale University Press, (April) * Ben Doller, (né Doyle), ''FAQ'', Ahsahta, *

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

, ''Sonata Mulattica'', Norton, (April) *

Brett Evans Brett Evans (born 8 March 1982 in Johannesburg, Gauteng) is a South African footballer who played for Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town. Evans was a founding member of Ajax Cape Town and played for Ajax for the whole of his 13-year ca ...

, ''Slosh Models'', Brooklyn: Factory School *

Sarah Gambito Sarah Gambito is an American poet and professor. She is the author of three collections of poetry, ''Loves You'' (Persea Books, 2019), ''Delivered'' (Persea Books, 2009), and ''Matadora'' (Alice James Books, 2004). Her first collection, ''Matadora ...

, ''Delivered'' (Persea), * Peter Ganick, ''arranger'', White Sky Books, Puhos, Finland * Molly Gaudry, ''We Take Me Apart: A Novel(la) n verse', Mud Luscious 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 as ...

, ''The Dance Most of All'', Knopf, (April) *

Jim Harrison James Harrison (December 11, 1937 – March 26, 2016) was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He was a prolific and versatile writer publishing over three dozen books in several genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s ...

, ''In Search of Small Gods'', Copper Canyon Press (April) * Michael Heller, ''Eschaton'', Jersey City, New Jersey: Talisman House * Leland Hickman, ''Tiresias: The Collected Poems of Leland Hickman'', edited by Stephen Motika (Preface by Dennis Phillips and Afterwords by Bill Mohr), Nightboat Books *

Ernest Hilbert Ernest Hilbert (born 1970) is an American poet, critic, opera librettist, and editor. Biography Ernest Hilbert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and grew up in South Jersey. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's ...

, ''Sixty Sonnets'', Los Angeles: Red Hen. *

Geoffrey Hill Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL (18 June 1932 – 30 June 2016) was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University. Hill has been considered to be ...

, ''Selected Poems'', Yale University Press, ; including "Mercian Hymns" * Lucy Ives, ''My Thousand Novel'', Iowa City, Iowa: Cosa Nostra Editions * Stuart Taylor James, ''Heart Well Worn: The LWAs'', 143 pages, PublishAmerica, Baltimore, MD, * Marilyn Kallet, ''Packing Light'' * Erica Kaufman, ''Censory Impulse'', Factory School, Brooklyn, New York * Jesse Lee Kercheval, ''Cinema Muto'' * Burt Kimmelman, ''As If Free'', Talisman, Jersey City, New Jersey * Natalie Knight, ''Archipelagos'', Punch Press, Buffalo * Jennifer Kronovet, ''Awayward'', debut book of poetry, selected by

Jean Valentine __NOTOC__ Jean Valentine (April 27, 1934December 29, 2020) was an American poet and the New York State Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. Her poetry collection, ''Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003'', was awarded the 2004 N ...

for BOA's A. Poulin Jr. prize; BOA, * Matthew Landis, ''Like a Moth From His Death Mouth'', privately printed, Philadelphia *

Timothy Liu Timothy Liu (born 1965 in San Jose, California) is an American poet and the author of such books as ''Bending the Mind Around the Dream's Blown Fuse'', ''For Dust Thou Art'', ''Of Thee I Sing'', ''Hard Evidence'', ''Say Goodnight'', ''Burnt Offeri ...

, ''Bending the Mind Around the Dream's Blown Fuse'', Talisman House, Jersey City, New Jersey *

Lewis MacAdams Lewis MacAdams (October 12, 1944 – April 21, 2020) was an American poet, journalist, political activist, and filmmaker.Randall Mann, ''Breakfast with Thom Gunn'', University of Chicago Press, * Clay Matthews, ''Runoff'', BlazeVOX, Buffalo, New York * Campbell McGrath, ''Shannon'', about the youngest member of the

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gr ...

* Barry McKinnon, ''In the Millennium'', New Star Books, Vancouver BC / Point Roberts, Washington *

Deborah Meadows Deborah Meadows (born 1956) is an American poet and playwright and essayist. Life Meadows has published more than ten books of poetry, as well as essays, plays, and lithographs. She was nominated for Los Angeles Poet Laureate in 2014. From a w ...

, ''Goodbye Tissues'', Shearsman Books, Exeter, UK * Didi Menendez, ''For Love of an Armadillo'', GOSS 183:: Casa Menendez, Bloomington, Illinois *

Sheila Murphy Sheila E. Murphy (born 1951 in Mishawaka, Indiana) is an American text and visual poet who has been writing and publishing since 1978. She is the recipient of the Gertrude Stein Award for her book ''Letters to Unfinished J''. Green Integer Press ...

& , ''How to Spell the Sound of Everything'', Xerox Sutra Editions, West Lima, Wisconsin *

Marilyn Nelson Marilyn Nelson (born April 26, 1946) is an American poet, translator, and children's book author. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, and the former poet laureate of Connecticut, She is a winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetr ...

– '' Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story Of The Greatest All-Girl Swing Band In The World'' *

Mary Oliver Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work is inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong passion for solitary ...

, ''Evidence'', 44 poems, Beacon Press (April) * Simon Pettet, ''Hearth'', Talisman House, Jersey City, New Jersey * D. A. Powell, ''Chronic'', Graywolf Press, winner of the 2010 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award * Hilda Raz, ''What Happens'' *

Kit Robinson Kit Robinson (born May 17, 1949) is an American poet, translator, writer and musician. An early member of the San Francisco Language poets circle, he has published 28 books of poetry. Life and work Born in Evanston, Illinois, Robinson graduated ...

, ''The Messianic Trees: Selected Poems, 1976–2003'', Adventures in Poetry, Princeton, New Jersey * Ce Rosenow, ''Pacific'', Mountain Gate Press, Hillsboro, Oregon *

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 ...

, ''Poems 1959–2009'', Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (April) * Mohammad Shaheen, translation from the original

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

of the late

Mahmoud Darwish Mahmoud Darwish ( ar, محمود درويش, Maḥmūd Darwīsh, 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine ...

, ''Almond Blossoms and Beyond'', Interlink (March) * Frank Sherlock, ''Over Here'', Factory School, Brooklyn, New York *

Louis Simpson Louis Aston Marantz Simpson (March 27, 1923 – September 14, 2012) was an American poet born in Jamaica. He won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work ''At the End of the Open Road''. Life and career Simpson was born in Jamaica, the so ...

, ''Struggling Times.'' Rochester, New York: BOA Editions. . This is the Jamaica-born Simpson's 18th collection. * Logan Ryan Smith, ''Tracks'', Ypolita Press, San Francisco, California *

Elizabeth Swados Elizabeth Swados (February 5, 1951 – January 5, 2016) was an American writer, composer, musician, and theatre director. Swados received Tony Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Origin ...

, ''The One and Only Human Galaxy'', Hanging Loose Press (April) *

Eleanor Ross Taylor Eleanor Ross Taylor (June 30, 1920 – December 30, 2011) was an American poet who published six collections of verse from 1960 to 2009. This reference gives Taylor's birthdate. Her work received little recognition until 1998, but thereafter re ...

, ''Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems'' * Simon Thompson, ''Why Does It Feel So Late?'', New Star Books, Vancouver BC / Point Roberts, Washington * Sotère Torregian, ''Envoy'', (preface by

Andrew Joron Andrew Joron (born March 6, 1955) is an American writer of experimental poetry, speculative fiction, and lyrical and critical essays. He began by writing science fiction poetry. Joron's later poetry, combining scientific and philosophical ideas w ...

), Punch Press, Buffalo, New York * Pamela Ushuk, ''Crazy Love'' *

, ''The False Laws of Narrative: The Poetry of Fred Wah'', selected with an introduction by Louis Cabri; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada *

Anne Waldman Anne Waldman (born April 2, 1945) is an American poet. Since the 1960s, Waldman has been an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry community as a writer, performer, collaborator, professor, editor, scholar, and cultural/political activ ...

, ''Manatee/ Humanity'', Penguin, book-length poem taking its form and concerns from a Tibetan Buddhist ritual and from the poet's close encounter with a Manatee * Keith Waldrop: ** Translator from the original French of

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited ...

, ''Paris Spleen: Little Poems in Prose'', Wesleyan University Press (May) ** ''Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy'', University of California Press, Waldrop has long been a major force in American avant-garde poetics, and this substantial new volume is big news indeed. Comprising three sequences—each almost a book in itself—plus an epilogue, and received the National Book Award (see below) * Peter Waterhouse, ''Language Death Night Outside: Poem / Novel'', translated by

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

; Burning Deck, Providence, Rhode Island * Emily Wilson, ''Micrographia'', title from Robert Hooke's 1665 scientific study of the natural world through a microscope; University of Iowa Press,

Anthologies in the United States

David Lehman David Lehman (born June 11, 1948David Lehman
at poets.org) is an American poet, non-fiction writer, and li ...

, general editor,

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 ...

, editor, ''The Best American Poetry 2009'' (September 2009) *

David Yezzi David Dalton Yezzi (born 1966) is an American poet, editor, actor, and professor. He currently teaches poetry in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. Life Yezzi was born in Albany, New YorkHonor Moore, ''Poems from the Women's Movement'' (April), work from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Library of America * Miekal And, editor, "Anthology Spidertangle", representative work of more than 50 visual poets, , Xexoxial Editions

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

* ''International Who's Who in Poetry 2009'', Routledge, *

Pierre Joris Pierre Joris (born July 14, 1946) is a Luxembourg-American poet, essayist, translator, and anthologist. He has moved between Europe, North Africa & the US for 55 years, publishing over 80 books of poetry, essays, translations & anthologies — mo ...

, ''Justifying the Margins'', Salt Publishing, Cambridge, UK; essays, criticism via poetics *

Poets in ''The Best American Poetry 2009''

These poets appeared in '' The Best American Poetry 2009'', with

David Lehman David Lehman (born June 11, 1948David Lehman
at poets.org) is an American poet, non-fiction writer, and li ...

, general editor, and

, guest editor (who selected the poetry): * John Ashbery * Caleb Barber * Mark Bibbins * Bruce Bond *

Marianne Boruch Marianne Boruch (born June 19, 1950) is an American poet whose published work also includes essays on poetry, sometimes in relation to other fields (music, visual art, ornithology, medicine, aviation, etc.) and a memoir about a hitchhiking trip t ...

* Fleda Brown * Catherine Carter * Suzanne Cleary *

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

* Rob Cook * James Cummins *

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 an ...

* Denise Duhamel * Alice Friman * Margaret Gibson * Douglas Goetsch *

Albert Goldbarth Albert Goldbarth (born January 31, 1948) is an American poet. He has won the National Book Critics Circle award for "Saving Lives" (2001) and "Heaven and Earth: A Cosmology" (1991), the only poet to receive the honor two times. He also won the Mar ...

* Barbara Goldberg * Michael J. Grabell *

Debora Greger Debora Greger (born 1949) is an American poet as well as a visual artist. She was raised in Richland, Washington. She attended the University of Washington and then the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She then went on to hold fellowships at the Fine Art ...

* Jennifer Grotz * Barbara Hamby * Sarah Hannah * Jerry Harp *

* Dolores Hayden *

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 September 2014, he was one of 21 recipient ...

* K. A. Hay *

Bob Hicok Bob Hicok (born 1960 Grand Ledge, Michigan) is an American poet. Life Hicok is a professor of creative writing at Virginia Tech. He is from Michigan and before teaching owned and ran a successful automotive die design business. He formerly taught ...

Daniel Hoffman Daniel Gerard Hoffman (April 3, 1923 – March 30, 2013) was an American poet, essayist, and academic. He was appointed the twenty-second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1973. Early life and education Hoffman w ...

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, w ...

* P. Hurshell * Michael Johnson * Tina Kelley * Maud Kelly * Lance Larsen * Phillis Levin * Philip Levine * Sarah Lindsay *

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 fourtee ...

Joanie Mackowski Joanie V. Mackowski (born 1963, in Illinois) is an American poet. Life Mackowski grew up in Connecticut. She graduated from Wesleyan University, the University of Washington, and was a Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University. She earned a ...

* Christine Marshall * Cleopatra Mathis * J.D. McClatchy *

W. S. Merwin William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose, and produced many works in translation. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thema ...

* Jude Nutter *

Sharon Olds Sharon Olds (born November 12, 1942) is an American poet. Olds won the first San Francisco Poetry Center Award in 1980, the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.

* Linda Pastan * Kevin Prufer * Susan Blackwell Ramsey * Keith Ratzlaff *

Adrienne Rich Adrienne Cecile Rich ( ; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "the ...

* James Richardson *

Pattiann Rogers Pattiann Rogers (born 1940) is an American poet, and a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. In 2018, she was awarded a special John Burroughs Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Nature Poetry. Life Pattiann Rogers is an American po ...

* Gibbons Ruark * John Rybicki * Betsy Sholl * Martha Silano * Mitch Sisskind *

Tom Sleigh Tom Sleigh () is an American poet, dramatist, essayist and academic, who lives in New York City. He has published nine books of original poetry, one full-length translation of Euripides' '' Herakles'' and two books of essays. His most recent books ...

* Vincent Stanley * Pamela Sutton * Alexandra Teague * Craig Morgan Teicher *

Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection ''Native Guard'', and she is a former Poet L ...

* Derek Walcott *

Jeanne Murray Walker Jeanne Murray Walker (born May 27, 1944) is an American poet and playwright. Life Jeanne Murray was born on May 27, 1944 in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, the daughter of John Gerald and Erna Murray. In 1965, she won the Atlantic Monthly Award for ...

Ronald Wallace Ronald Wallace (1911–2006) was a theologian and Professor of Biblical Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary. He was also a member of the Torrance family of theologians. Career overview * Brora, Minister without Charge * 1940 Minister, Po ...

* Charles Harper Webb * Lisa Williams *

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

* Debbie Yee * Kevin Young * Matthew Zapruder

Works published in other languages

French language

France

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massac ...

, ''Poésies complètes'', translated from the original English by Françoise Delphy; Flammarion * Patrice Delbourg, editor, ''L'année poétique 2009'' ("Poetry Year 2000"), French-language poetry published in the past 12 months, Publisher: Seghers; . an anthology *

Dominique Sorrente Dominique Sorrente is a French poet. He was elected laureate by the Marseille Academy in 1983, and Guy Levis Mano laureate in 1984. Biography Dominique Sorrente was born in Nevers (Nièvre) in 1953. He spent his childhood in various cities a ...

, ''Pays sous les continents, un itinéraire poétique 1978–2008'', MLD * Jean Max Tixier, ''Chants de l'évidence'', publisher: Autres Temps,

French poetry in Canada

Normand de Bellefeuille Normand de Bellefeuille (born 31 December 1949, in Montreal) is a Quebecois poet, writer, literary critic, and essayist. He is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, winning at the 2000 Governor General's Awa ...

, ''Mon nom'', Publisher: Éditions du Noroît; ; a finalist for the Governor General's Awards in French poetryWeb page title
"Canada Council for the Arts announces the finalists for the 2009 Governor General's Literary Awards"
, a news release dated October 14, 2009, retrieved January 29, 2010 * René Lapierre, ''Traité de physique'', Publisher: Les Herbes rouges; ; a finalist for the Governor General's Awards in French poetry * Hélène Monette, ''Thérèse pour joie et orchestre'', Publisher: Les Éditions du Boréal; ; a finalist for the Governor General's Awards in French poetry * Philippe More, ''Brouillons pour un siècle abstrait'', Publisher: Poètes de brousse; ; a finalist for the Governor General's Awards in French poetry * André Roy, Montreal, ''Les espions de Dieu'', Publisher: Les Herbes rouges; ; a finalist for the Governor General's Awards in French poetry

French poetry in Switzerland

Markus Hediger Markus Hediger (born 31 March 1959) is a Swiss writer and translator. Life Markus Hediger was born in Zürich and brought up in Reinach, Aargau. From 1980 to 1990 he studied French literature, literary criticism and Italian literature at Unive ...

, ''En deçà de la lumière'', Publisher: Éditions de l'Aire;

German

* Christoph Buchwald, series editor, and Uljana Wolf, guest editor, ''Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2009'' ("Yearbook of Poetry 2009"), including poems by Christian Ide Hintze,

Herta Müller Herta Müller (; born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf (german: Nitzkydorf, link=no), Timiș County in Romania, her native language is G ...

, Harald Hartung,

Marcel Beyer Marcel Beyer (born 23 November 1965) is a German writer. Life Marcel Beyer was born in Tailfingen, Württemberg, and grew up in Kiel and Neuss. From 1987 to 1991 he studied German language and literature, English studies and literary studies ...

; Frankfurt: Fischer (S.), 254 pages, , an anthology * Christoph Janacs, ''Die Zärtlichkeit von Stacheln''; Salzburg: Tandem Edition * Daniel Falb, ''Bancor'', Kookbooks, 64 pages, *

Monika Rinck Monika Rinck (born 29 April 1969 in Zweibrücken) is a German writer. Life and work After graduating from high school, Monika Rinck studied religious studies, history, and comparative literature in Bochum, Berlin and Yale. She writes poetry, pro ...

(author, illustrator) and Andreas Töpfer (illustrator), ''Helle Verwirrung/Rincks Ding- und Tierleben: Gedichte & Zeichnungen'' ("Bright confusion/Rinck thing and animal life: Poems & Drawings"), Kookbooks, 200 pages, * Andre Rudolph (author) and Annette Kühn (illustrator), ''Fluglärm über den Palästen unsrer Restinnerlichkeit'', Luxbooks, 130 pages, * Uljana Wolf, ''falsche freunde: Prosa-Gedichte'' ("false friends: Prose Poems"), Kookbooks, 85 pages,

Greece

* Phoebe Giannisi, ''Homerika'', publisher: Kedros Editions"News"
Web page at the Greek Poetry Now website, retrieved January 29,m 2010 * Christoph Janacs, ''Zärtlichkeit mit Stacheln. Gedichte zu Adalbert Stifter'' ("The Tenderness of Quills: Poems by Adalbert Stifter"), Salzburg: Edition Tandem, 88 pages, * Giorgos Lillis, ''Bounds of the Labyrinth'', publisher: Kedros Editions * Yiannis Stigas, '' Isopalo Travma '' ("An Even Wound"), publisher: Kedros Editions * ''Noveltly Within or Beyond Language'', an anthology of young Greek poets, Athens: Gavriilidis Editions * Christos Chrysoopoulos (Χρήστος Χρυσόοπουλος), ''Η άλλη Λώρα'' ("Another Laura"), criticism; Athens: Kastaniotis

India

Listed in alphabetical order by first name: * Bharat Majhi, ''Dho'', Bhubaneswar: Timepass,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, Oriya-language * K. Siva Reddy, ''Aame Evaraite Matram'', Hyderabad: Palapitta Prachuranalu, Telugu-languageWeb page title
"K. Siva Reddy"
at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010 * Pratyush Guleri, editor and translator, ''Urvar Pradesh'', New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, , anthology of poems translated from the original Himachali into

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

* S. Joseph, ''Uppante Kooval Varakkunnu'', winner of a Thiruvananthapuram Book Fair award for one of the ten best books of this year; Kottayam: DC Books, ;

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

-language * Teji Grover and Rustam Singh, ''Teji aur Rustam Ki Kavitaen'', selected poems of both poets, New Delhi: Harper Collins, ,

-language * Venkatapu Satyam, translator, ''Antarjanam'', translated into

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

from the original Telugu of K. Siva Reddy; Bangalore: Kannada Prakashana Wisława Szymborska 2009

Nepal

Poland

* Juliusz Erazm Bolek, ''Sens-or'' *

Tadeusz Dąbrowski Tadeusz Dąbrowski (born 1979) is a Polish poet, essayist, and critic. He is also the editor of the literary bimonthly ''Topos'' and co-editor of the poetry podcast on Radio Gdańsk. He was (2012-2019) the art director of the European Poet of Fr ...

, ''Czarny kwadrat'', winner of the 2009 Koscielski Foundation Prize (popularly known in Poland as the ''nagrodą Kościelskich'', or "Koscielski award") for works by Polish writers under 40 years old * Jerzy Jarniewicz, ''Makijaż'' (''Make-up'') Wrocław: Biuro Literackie *

Ryszard Krynicki Ryszard Krynicki (Polish: ; born 28 June 1943) is a Polish poet and translator, member of the Polish "New Wave" Movement. He is regarded as one of the most prominent post-war contemporary Polish poets. In 2015, he was awarded the Zbigniew Herber ...

, ''Wiersze wybrane''; Kraków: Wydawnictwo a5Web pages titled "Krynicki Ryszard" (bot
English version
an
Polish version
), at the Institute Książki ("Book Institute") website, "Bibliography: Poetry" section, retrieved February 26, 2010 * Piotr Sommer, ''Rano na ziemi'' *

Wisława Szymborska Maria Wisława Anna SzymborskaVioletta Szosta gazeta.pl, 9 February 2012. ostęp 2012-02-11 (; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent ( ...

, ''Tutaj'' ("Here") * Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, ''Rzeczywiste i nierzeczywiste staje się jednym ciałem.111 wierszy'' *

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

, '' Unseen Hand'' (''Niewidzialna ręka''), Kraków: ZnakWeb page title
Zagajewski Adam"
, at the Instytut Książki website , "Bibliografia: Poezja:" section, retrieved February 19, 2010

Portuguese language

* Rosa Lia Dinelle, ''Enquanto os sinos plangem'', poems in many different styles;

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

''Britannica (2010)'', "Portuguese: Brazil" * Carlos Newton Júnior, editor, ''O cangaço na poesia brasileira'', anthology;

* Arménio Vieira, ''O poema, a viagem, o sonho'',

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

Russia

Books of poetry were published this year by Igor Bulatovsky, Ilya Kucherov, Dmitry Grigoryev, Natalya Chernykh, Aleksey Porvin, Boris Khersonsky, Aleksandr Mironov, Gali-Dana Singer and Vadim Mesyats''Britannica (2010)'', "Russian"

Other languages

Antonio Gamoneda Antonio Gamoneda Lobón (born 30 May 1931) is a Spanish poet, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2006. Biography Antonio Gamoneda was born in Oviedo, Asturias, on 30 May 1931. His father, also named Antonio, was a modernist poet who published ...

, ''Extravío en la luz'' ("Lost in the light"), Madrid: Casariego, six previously unpublished poems, ,

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

Jorge Volpi Jorge Volpi (full name Jorge Volpi Escalante, born July 10, 1968) is a Mexican novelist and essayist, best known for his novels such as ''In Search of Klingsor ( En busca de Klingsor)''. Trained as a lawyer, he gained notice in the 1990s wi ...

, ''Oscuro bosque oscuro'', novel in free verse, Spanish poetry-language,

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

* Rahman Henry, ''Traansundoree'' ( A Book of Poems), Bhashachitra,

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

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. *

Toyo Shibata was a bestselling Japanese poet; her first anthology ''Kujikenaide'' (″Don't lose heart″), published in 2009, sold 1.58 million copies. In comparison, poetry book sales of 10,000 are considered successful in Japan. Her anthology also topped Ja ...

– ''Kujikenaide'' (″Don't lose heart″), Japan

Awards and honors

Awards announced this year:

International

* Golden Wreath of Poetry:

Tomaž Šalamun Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941 – December 27, 2014) was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central EuropeColm Tóibín (2004The comet's trail Guardian and an internationally acclaimed absurdist. Martín ...

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Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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Australia awards and honors

* C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: * Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry:

Canada awards and honors

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 Th ...

David O'Meara David O'Meara (born Pembroke, Ontario) is a Life He was raised in Pembroke, Ontario. He lives in Sandy Hill, Ottawa, where he tends bar at The Manx Pub. He is known as the Awkward Brother of Canadian Poetry. O'Meara was a judge for the 2012 ...

, ''Noble Gas, Penny Black'' *

Gerald Lampert Award The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually 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 Gerald Lampert (c. 1924 - April 29, 1978) w ...

: Katia Grubisic, ''what if red ran out'' *

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. ...

: Canadian:

A. F. Moritz Albert Frank Moritz (born April 15, 1947) is a United States-born Canadian poet, teacher, and scholar. Born in Niles, Ohio, Moritz was educated at Marquette University. Since 1975, he has made his home in Toronto, Ontario where he has worked vari ...

, for ''The Sentinel'' ** Others on the shortlist: Kevin Connolly, ''Revolver'';

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

, ''Crabwise to the Hounds'' *

: International, in the English Language: C.D. Wright, ''Rising, Falling, Hovering'' ** Others on the shortlist:

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

, ''The Lost Leader'';

Derek Mahon Derek Mahon (23 November 1941 – 1 October 2020) was an Irish poet. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland but lived in a number of cities around the world. At his death it was noted that his, "influence in the Irish poetry community, lit ...

, ''Life on Earth''; Dean Young, ''Primitive Mentor'' *

Governor General's Award for English language poetry This is a list of recipients and nominees of the Governor General's Awards award for English-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English language poetry or drama was divided.David Zieroth Dale Zieroth (born November 7, 1946, in Neepawa, Manitoba)David McFadden, ''Be Calm, Honey'', Philip Kevin Paul, ''Little Hunger''; Sina Queyras, ''Expressway''; Carmine Starnino, ''This Way Out'' *

Governor General's Award for French language poetry This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama was divided. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s ...

: Hélène Monette, ''Thérèse pour joie et orchestre'' ** Others on the shortlist:

, ''Mon nom''; René Lapierre, ''Traité de physique''; Philippe More, ''Brouillons pour un siècle abstrait'';

André Roy André Roy (born February 8, 1975) is an American-born Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Roy was born in Port Chester, New York. As a youth, he played in the 1989 Queb ...

, ''Les espions de Dieu'' * Pat Lowther Award: Alice Major, ''The Office Tower Tales'' *

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

Monique Deland Monique Deland (born July 6, 1958) is a Quebec, Quebecer poet. She is a recipient of the Grand Prix de Poésie Le Noroît (1993), Prix Émile-Nelligan (1995), Prix Alain-Grandbois (2009), Prix Félix-Antoine-Savard (2010), and the Grand Prix Quebec ...

, ''Miniatures, balles perdues et autres désordres'' *

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. ...

: Daphne Marlatt, ''The Given'' *

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 1 ...

: François Turcot, ''Cette maison n'est pas la mienne''

India awards and honors

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

: Kailash Vajpayee for ''Hawa Mein Hastakshar'' (Hindi)

New Zealand awards and honors

* Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement (poetry): Brian Turner * Montana New Zealand Book Awards: ** Poetry category winner:

, ''The Rocky Shore'' ** NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: ''Everything Talks'' by Sam Sampson (

Auckland University Press Auckland University Press is a New Zealand publisher that produces creative and scholarly work for a general audience. Founded in 1966 and formally recognised as Auckland University Press in 1972, it is an independent publisher based within The ...

)

United Kingdom awards and honors

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

Bernard O'Donoghue Bernard O'Donoghue FRSL (born 1945) is a contemporary Irish poet and academic. Early life and education Bernard O'Donoghue was born on 14 December 1945 in Cullen, County Cork, Ireland, where he lived on a farm. “My father was a terrible and ...

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 Poe ...

, Fiona Sampson,

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

* Costa Award (formerly "Whitbread Awards") for poetry: ** Shortlist: *

David Cohen Prize The David Cohen Prize for Literature (est. 1993) is a British literary award given to a writer, novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist or dramatist in recognition of an entire body of work, written in the English language. The prize is funde ...

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.

* English Association's Fellows' Poetry Prizes: * Eric Gregory Award (for a collection of poems by a poet under the age of 30):

Liz Berry Liz Berry (born 1980) is a British poet. She has published two pamphlets and one full-length poetry collection. Her poetry collection, ''Black Country'', was named poetry book of the year by several publications, including ''The Guardian''. E ...

, James Brookes, Swithun Cooper, Alex McRae, Sam Riviere *

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

: **Best Collection:

Don Paterson Donald Paterson (born 1963) is a Scottish poet, writer and musician. Background Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1963. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 1990 and his poem "A Private Bottling" won the Arvon Foundation International ...

, ''Rain'' ***Shortlist: Peter Porter; Christopher Reid, ''A Scattering'' **Best First Collection: ***Shortlist: * Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for poetry: **Shortlist: * Manchester Poetry Prize: *

Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets are annual awards for pamphlets published in the UK. The awards aim to promote the pamphlet form and to enable poets and publishers to develop and continue creating. Since their inception, they have gro ...

(first award): Elizabeth Burns, ''The Shortest Days'' * National Poet of Wales: * National Poetry Competition 2008: * T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Jen Hadfield, ''Nigh-No-Place'' **Shortlist (announced in November 2008): * ''The Times''/Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation:

United States awards and honors

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

awarded to Bobby C. Rogers for ''Paper Anniversary'' *

AML Award The AML Awards are given annually by the Association for Mormon Letters (AML) to the best work "by, for, and about Mormons." They are juried awards, chosen by a panel of judges. Citations for many of the awards can be found on the AML website. T ...

for poetry to Lance Larsen for ''Backyard Alchemy'' * O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize:

Juliana Spahr Juliana Spahr (born 1966) is an American poet, critic, and editor. She is the recipient of the 2009 Hardison Poetry Prize awarded by the Folger Shakespeare Library to honor a U.S. poet whose art and teaching demonstrate great imagination and d ...

O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize: Juliana Spahr
Judges:

Claudia Rankine Claudia Rankine (; born September 4, 1963) is an American poet, essayist, playwright and the editor of several anthologies. She is the author of five volumes of poetry, two plays and various essays. Her book of poetry, '' Citizen: An American L ...

and Joshua Weiner *

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

Linda Gregg Linda Alouise Gregg (September 9, 1942 – March 20, 2019) was an American poet. Biography She was born in Suffern, New York. Ms. Gregg grew up on the other side of the country, in Marin County, California. She received both her Bachelor of A ...

Los Angeles Times Book Prize Since 1980, the ''Los Angeles Times'' has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes currently have nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller ...

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'', '' ...

, ''Practical Water'' (Wesleyan University Press) *

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

for Poetry: Keith Waldrop for ''Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy'' *

'' ** Finalists:

, ''A Village Life'', D.A. Powell, ''Chronic'',

''Captive Voices'', Rachel Zucker, ''Museum of Accidents'' * ''

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'' Poetry Prize: William Virgil Davis for ''Landscape and Journey'' *

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

Marilyn Hacker Marilyn Hacker (born November 27, 1942) is an American poet, translator and critic. She is Professor of English emerita at the City College of New York. Her books of poetry include ''Presentation Piece'' (1974), which won the National Book Award, ...

for her translation from the French of ''King of a Hundred Horsemen'' by Marie Étienne *

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published ...

(United States): W.S. Merwin for ''The Shadow of Sirius''Web page title
"The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners/Poetry"
Pulitzer Prixe website, retrieved June 8, 2010 ** Finalists:

Frank Bidart Frank Bidart (born May 27, 1939) 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 1957, he began to s ...

, ''Watching the Spring Festival,'' and

Ruth Stone Ruth Stone (June 8, 1915 – November 19, 2011) was an award-winning American poet. Life and poetry Stone was born in Roanoke, Virginia and lived there until age 6, when her family moved back to her parents' hometown of Indianapolis, Indian ...

, ''What Love Comes To: New & Selected Poems'' * Randall Jarrell Award in Poetry Criticism: Ange Mlinko *

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

Fanny Howe Fanny Howe (born October 15, 1940 in Buffalo, New York) is an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Howe has written more than 20 books of poetry and prose. Her major works include poetry such as ''One Crossed Out'', ''Gone'', and ''S ...

Fanny Howe and Ange Mlinko Receive Major Literary Awards from Poetry Foundation
Howe received $100,000 *

Wallace Stevens Award 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 ...

Whiting Awards The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and ...

Jericho Brown Jericho Brown (born April 14, 1976) is an American poet and writer. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Brown has worked as an educator at institutions such as University of Houston, San Diego State University, and Emory University. His poe ...

, Jay Hopler, Joan Kane

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 ...

: X.J. Kennedy *

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

: Ron Padgett and Gary Young; Judges: John Koethe and Christopher Buckley *

Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award is given once a year to a member of the Poetry Society of America "to honor the memory and poetry of Emily Dickinson, for a poem inspired by Dickinson though not necessarily in her style.""PSA Annual Awa ...

: Richard Robbins; Judge: Graham Foust Dycki

* Lyric Poetry Award: Susan Kinsolving; Judge: Lucie Brock-Broido * Lucille Medwick Memorial Award: Wayne Miller; Judge: Elizabeth Alexander; finalist: * Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award:

Melissa Kwasny Melissa is a female given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". ''Melissa'' also refers to the plant ''Me ...

; Judge:

Ed Roberson Ed Roberson (born 1939) is an American poet. Life Roberson was born and raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970, and later completed graduate work at Goddard College. He then served as a faculty member in th ...

; finalists: * Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award: Grace Dunhame; Judge:

Matthew Rohrer Matthew Rohrer (born 1970) is an American poet. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rohrer was raised in Oklahoma. He earned a BA from the University of Michigan (where he won a Hopwood Award for poetry) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry f ...

; finalists: * George Bogin Memorial Award: Rusty Morrison; Judge: John Yau * Robert H. Winner Memorial Award: Eliot Khalil Wilson; Judge:

Henri Cole Henri Cole (born 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 an Amer ...

; finalists: * Cecil Hemley Memorial Award:

; Judge:

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 art ...

* Norma Farber First Book Award:

Richard Deming Richard Deming is the Director of Creative Writing and a Senior Lecturer in English at Yale University, where he has taught since 2002. An American poet, theorist, and art critic, he is the author of five books: three books of criticism – ''Lis ...

for ''Let's Not Call It Consequence''; Judge:

Martha Ronk Martha Clare Ronk (born 1940 Cleveland, Ohio) is an American poet. Life She graduated from Wellesley College, and Yale University with a Ph.D. She taught at Colorado University and Otis College of Art and Design, and Naropa University Summer Wr ...

William Carlos Williams Award The William Carlos Williams Award is given out by the Poetry Society of America for a poetry book published by a small press, non-profit, or university press. The award is endowed by the family and friends of Geraldine Clinton Little, a poet an ...

for ''All of It Singing''; Judge:

James Longenbach James Longenbach (Sept. 17, 1959 – July 29, 2022) was an Americans, American critic and poet. His early critical work focused on modernist poetry, namely that of Ezra Pound, W.B. Yeats, and Wallace Stevens, but came to include contemporary poetr ...

; finalists:

From the Poetry Society of Virginia Student Poetry Contest

2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-3 Category – Grades 5 & 6 *1st place Eloise H. Kelley, Edgecomb, Maine for the poem "One Unique World" *2nd place Eliza D’Anieri, Edgecomb, Maine for the poem "Piano Images" *3rd place Cullan Kerner, Winchester, Virginia for the poem "Benched" *1st Honorable Mention Graydon Nuk, Edgecomb, Maine for the poem "The Bike" *2nd Honorable Mention Josephine Norris Cotton, Edgecomb, Maine for the poem "A Cat's Personality" *3rd Honorable Mention Sophia Rose Carbonneau, Edgecomb, Maine for the poem "Florida's Smiles" 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-4 Category – Grades 7 & 8 *1st place Nate Friant, Harbor, Maine for the poem "November Jay" *2nd place Ashley Harris, Mt. Kisco, NY for the poem "Lines" *3rd place Emma Moorhead, Bath, Maine for the poem "My Crayola" *1st Honorable Mention Lia Russell, Richmond, Virginia for the poem "Dogwood" *2nd Honorable Mention Amelia Neilson, Arrowsic, Maine for the poem "Harvested" 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-5 Category – Grades 9 & 10 *1st place Cassandra Gergely, Owings, Maryland for the poem "Sun Dreams" *2nd place Kelsey Tripp, Roanoke, Virginia for the poem "Clarity" *3rd place Aleck Berry, Williamsburg, Virginia for the poem "Golden Fried Love" 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-6 Category – Grades 11 & 12 *1st place Duncan Lyle, Manakin Sabot, Virginia for the poem "Smoking is not allowed in School" *2nd place Bianca LaBarbena, Edison, New Jersey for the poem "Haven" *3rd place Keenan Nathaniel Thompson, Richmond, Virginia for the poem "Sunflower Angel" *1st Honorable Mention Brown Farinholt, Richmond, Virginia for the poem "Your Temple" *2nd Honorable Mention Kara Wang, Saratoga, California for the poem "Longing" 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-7 Category – Community College *1st place Tyler Iseley, Newport News, Virginia for the poem "Warrior" *2nd place Linda Arnott, Tucson, Arizona for the poem "The Corpse" 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-8 Category – Undergraduate College *1st place Nathan W. Friedman, Roanoke, Virginia for the poem "Like Clara Bow" *2nd place Nicole Fegeas, Warrenton, Virginia for the poem "Semantics" *3rd place Audrey Walls, Richmond, Virginia for the poem "Piedmont Station" 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Poetry Society Prize *1st place Abbie Hinchman, Edgecomb, Maine for the poem "Where My Poems Hide" *2nd place Sophia Rose Carbonneau, Edgecomb, Maine for the poem "How to be in a Play" *3rd place Maura Eileen Anderson, Edgecomb, Maine for the poem "Late Night Wing: An Alphabet Poem" *1st Honorable Mention Daniel Mayer, Walpole, Maine for the poem "My Ascent and Descent" *2nd Honorable Mention Jacob Maxmin, Nobleboro, Maine for the poem "Holiday Helpers" *3rd Honorable Mention Virginia Hindman, Edgecomb, Maine for the poem "Ignorance" 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Jenkins Prize *1st place Kelsey Tripp, Roanoke, Virginia for the poem "Suppressed Voice" *2nd place Mikal Cardine, Warrington, Virginia for the poem "Lost" *3rd place Robyn Walters, Yorktown, Virginia for the poem "For the Love of Book" 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Virginia Student Prize *1st place Brown Farinholt, Richmond, Virginia for the poem "Henrietta's" *2nd place Mikal Cardine, Warrington, Virginia for the poem "Lonely" *3rd place Michelle Moses, Virginia Beach, Virginia for the poem "Novelty Love" *1st Honorable Mention Sam Perry, Dillwyn, Virginia for the poem "The Musician" *2nd Honorable Mention Philip Halsey, Richmond, Virginia for the poem "Spoiled" *3rd Honorable Mention Peter Chiappa, Yorktown, Virginia for the poem "Sonnet 31"

Awards and honors elsewhere

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

: ** Gdynia Literary Prize, for poetry: Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, ''Piosenka o zależnościach i uzależnieniach'' (

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) **

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

for literature: Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, ''Piosenka o zależnościach i uzależnieniach'' *

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

Camões Prize The Camões Prize (Portuguese, ''Prémio Camões'', ), named after Luís de Camões, is the most important prize for literature in the Portuguese language. It is awarded annually by the Portuguese ''Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bi ...

: Arménio Vieira *

Cervantes Prize The Miguel de Cervantes Prize ( es, Premio de Literatura en Lengua Castellana Miguel de Cervantes) is awarded annually to honour the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. History The prize was established in 1975 ...

: José Emilio Pacheco,

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in poetry" article: * January 2 – Inger Christensen, 73 (born 1935),

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poet, writer, novelist, essayist and children's book author * January 4 –

Gert Jonke Gert Jonke (8 February 1946 – 4 January 2009) was an Austrian poet, playwright and novelist. Life Jonke was born and educated in Klagenfurt, Austria. He attended the Gymnasium (university preparatory school) and the Conservatory. After h ...

, 62, (born 1946),

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poet, novelist playwright and screenwriter, of cancer * January 10 – Mario Augusto Rodriguez Velez, 92 (born

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journalist, essayist, dramatist, poet and storyteller, of a heart ailment (surname: Rodriguez Velez) * January 11 – Milan Rufus, 80 (born

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), Slovak poet and academic * January 12 –

, 52 (born

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poet * January 13 – W. D. Snodgrass, 83 (born

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), American poet and academic * January 15 –

Maurice Chappaz Maurice Chappaz (21 December 1916, in Lausanne – 15 January 2009, in Martigny) was a French-language Swiss poet and writer. He published more than 40 books and won several literary awards, including his country's most notable award, the Gran ...

, 92 (born

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), Swiss, French-language poet, writer and translator * January 18 –

Grigore Vieru Grigore Vieru (; 14 February 1935, Pererîta, Hotin County, Kingdom of Romania – 18 January 2009, Chișinău, Moldova, Republic of Moldova) was a Moldovans, Moldavian poet, writer and unification of Moldova and Romania, unionist advocate. Known ...

, 73 (born 1935), a Moldovan poet writing in

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, strong promoter of the Romanian language in Moldova; died from a car accident * January 27 – John Updike, 76 (born

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hiro ...

), American novelist, short story writer, essayist, poet and writer * January 30 –

James Schevill James Erwin Schevill (June 10, 1920 – January 30, 2009) was an American poet, critic, playwright and professor at San Francisco State University and Brown University, and the recipient of Guggenheim and Ford Foundation fellowships. Summa ...

, 88 (born 1920), American poet, critic, playwright and professor at San Francisco State and Brown University * February 4 – Arnljot Eggen, (born

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 ...

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

poet, playwright and author of children's books * February 5 – Subedar Mahmoodmiya Mohammad Imam, popularly known as "Asim Randeri", 104 (born

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library syst ...

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...

-language ghazal poet * February 9: **

Kazys Bradūnas Kazys Bradūnas (11 February 1917 – 9 February 2009) was a Lithuanian émigré poet and editor. He was born in Kiršai, in the Lithuania District of Ober Ost, a territory occupied by the German Empire. He graduated from Vilnius University ...

, 91, Lithuanian poet and editor ** Don Maclennan, 80 (born

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

), English-born South African poet, critic and academic * February 13 – Bahtiyar Vahabzade (born

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Itali ...

), Azerbaijani poet,

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

* February 20 –

Christopher Nolan Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American filmmaker. Known for his lucrative Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, Nolan is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. His films have grossed $5&nb ...

, 43 (born 1965),

poet and author * February 23 –

Peter Wild Peter T. Wild (April 25, 1940 – February 23, 2009) was a poet, historian, and professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, he grew up in and graduated from high school in Easthampto ...

, 68, (born

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * Januar ...

), American poet and historian, professor at the

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. T ...

in Tucson * February 25 – Bill Holm, 65 (born

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...

), American poet, writer and academic, from complications of pneumonia * March 4 –

Triztán Vindtorn Triztán Vindtorn (31 July 1942 – 4 March 2009), born Kjell Erik Larsen, was a Norwegian poet and performance artist from Drammen. He made his literary debut with the poetry collection ''Sentrifuge'' in 1970. His latest collections were ''Jeg ka ...

(born

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...

poet and performance artist * March 12 – Blanca Varela, 82 (born

Peruvian Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest of Peru, Spanish conquest in th ...

poet * March 13 –

James Purdy James Otis Purdy (July 17, 1914 March 13, 2009) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright who, from his debut in 1956, published over a dozen novels, and many collections of poetry, short stories, and plays. His work ha ...

, 94, (born

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

), American novelist, poet and playwright * March 14 – Gwendoline Konie, 70 (born 1938), Zambian poet and politician * March 17 – Jane Mayhall, 90, (born 1918), American poet and novelist * April 3 – Alexei Parshchikov, 54,(born 1954),

poet, critic and translator * April 8 – Henri Meschonnic, 77, (born

), French poet, linguist, translator and theoretician * April 10 – Deborah Digges (born

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

), American poet and academic * April 12 –

Franklin Rosemont Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009) was an American poet, artist, historian, street speaker, and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group. Over four decades, Franklin produced a body of work, of declarations, manifestos, poetry, collage, hidden hi ...

(born

), American Surrealist poet, labor historian and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group * April 13 –

Stefan Brecht Stefan Sebastian Brecht (November 3, 1924 – April 13, 2009) was a German-born American poet, critic and scholar of theatre. Life and career The son of playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht and actress Helene Weigel, Stefan Brecht was born in Ber ...

(born

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...

), 84,

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

-born American poet, critic and scholar of theater; son of Bertolt Brecht and

Helene Weigel Helene Weigel (; 12 May 19006 May 1971) was a German actress and artistic director. She was the second wife of Bertolt Brecht and was married to him from 1930 until his death in 1956. Together they had two children. Personal life Weigel was bo ...

* April 28 – U. A. Fanthorpe (born

), 79,

poet * April 29, but date uncertain – Craig Arnold (born

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

), 41, American poet, fell climbing a volcano in Japan while collecting material for his next book. * May 1 –3 – Bantu Mwaura, 40, Kenyan human-rights activist, actor, director, poet and storyteller who wrote poetry in English, Swahili and Gikuyu * May 7 –

Robin Blaser Robin Francis Blaser (May 18, 1925 – May 7, 2009) was an author and poet in both the United States and Canada. Personal background Born in Denver, Colorado, Blaser grew up in Idaho, and came to Berkeley, California, in 1944. There he met Jack ...

, (born

), 83, American-born

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poet,

winner * May 10 –

James Kirkup James Harold Kirkup, FRSL (23 April 1918 – 10 May 2009) was an English poet, translator and travel writer. He wrote over 45 books, including autobiographies, novels and plays. He wrote under many pen-names including James Falconer, Aditya Jha ...

, 91,

poet, translator and travel writer, from a stroke * May 17 –

Mario Benedetti Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being publish ...

, 88 (born 1920),

Uruguayan Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

, poet, author and journalist * May 22 – Alexander Mezhirov, 86 (born

poet, translator and criticУмер поэт-фронтовик Александр Межиров
(Google translation: "He died the poet-veteran Alexander Mezhirov"), May 22, 2009, ITAR/TASS news report, retrieved May 27, 2009 * May 26 – Doris Mühringer, 88 (born 1920),

poet, short story writer and children's writer * May 31 –

Kamala Das Kamala Surayya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam from Kerala, India. Her popularity ...

, 75 (born

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 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...

short-story writer and poet who wrote in English and

* June 3 –

David Bromige David Mansfield Bromige (October 22, 1933 – June 3, 2009) was a Canadians, Canadian-American poet who resided in northern California from 1962 onward. Bromige published thirty books, many so different from one another as to appear to be t ...

, 75 (born 1933), English-born Canadian poet who resided in

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

, winner of the Pushcart Prize. * June 8: ** Harold Norse, 92 (born

), American poet and memoirist. Considered among Beat poets. **

Habib Tanvir Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009) was one of the most popular Indian Urdu, Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. He was the writer of plays such as, ''Agra Bazar'' (1954) and '' Charandas Chor'' (1975). A pi ...

, 85 (born

), popular

playwright, theatre director, poet and actor * June 24 –

Steven Wells Steven Wells (10 May 1960 – 24 June 2009) was a British journalist, author, comedian and punk poet born in Swindon, Wiltshire. He was best known for ranting poetry and his provocative, unapologetic music journalism. In June 2006, he wrote in t ...

, 49 (born

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

music critic, journalist, screenwriter, poet, novelist, film producer and publisher * July 3 –

Alauddin Al-Azad Alauddin Al-Azad (6 May 1932 – 3 July 2009) was a modern Bangladeshi author, novelist, and poet. Early life and education Azad was born in Dhaka. He Passed Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate in 1947 and 1949 ...

, 77 (born

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 ...

novelist, writer, poet, literary critic and academic * August 6 – Wahyu Sulaiman Rendra, born Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, popularly known as W. S. Rendra and also known as "Si Burung Merak" and "The Peacock", 74 (born 1935), Indonesian poet * August 8 – Alfonso Calderón, 78 (born

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 b ...

), Chilean poet, writer, memoirist and poetry anthologist * August 16 – Alistair Campbell, 84 (born

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

poet, writer and editor, and once the husband of fellow poet

Fleur Adcock Fleur Adcock (born 10 February 1934) is a New Zealand poet and editor, of English and Northern Irish ancestry, who has lived much of her life in England. She is well-represented in New Zealand poetry anthologies, was awarded an honorary doc ...

* August 19: ** Dic Jones, 75, Welsh poet ** Lina Kasdagli (also spelled "Lina Kasdaglē"), 88 (born 1912),

poet and translator * August 27 –

Sergey Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (russian: link=no, Серге́й Влади́мирович Михалко́в; 27 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables. He wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russ ...

, 96 (born

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ...

writer and poet, co-author of the lyrics of the ''

National Anthem of the Soviet Union The "State Anthem of the Soviet Union" was the national anthem of the Soviet Union and the regional anthem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1944 to 1991, replacing "The Internationale". Its original lyrics were written b ...

'' and ''

National Anthem of Russia The "State Anthem of the Russian Federation" is the national anthem of Russia. It uses the same melody as the " State Anthem of the Soviet Union", composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and new lyrics by Sergey Mikhalkov, who had collaborated wit ...

'' * September 3 – Christine D'Haen, 85,

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

poet * September 11: ** Sarane Alexandrian, 82, French art historian, philosopher and poet **

Jim Carroll James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work '' The Basketball Diaries'', which inspired a 1995 film of ...

, 59 (born 1949), American poet, author and musician. * September 15 – Wayne Brown, 65 (born

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

), Trinidadian writer and poet * September 27 – Gaya Prasad Tiwari, 89,

poet in

and twice winner of the Hindi Sahitya Akademi Award, died after being hit by a train as he was crossing the tracks (hard of hearing, he apparently did not hear the train coming) * September 30 –

Rafael Arozarena Rafael Arozarena (April 4, 1923 – September 30, 2009) was a Spanish poet and novelist, born in Tenerife, Canary Islands. He studied medicine and after that he started writing books, because writing was what he liked the most and what he usually ...

, 86,

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

writer and poet. * October 1 – Cintio Vitier, 88,

Cuban Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban citizen, a perso ...

* October 18 –

Lenore Kandel Lenore Kandel (January 14, 1932 in New York City – October 18, 2009 in San Francisco, California) was an American poet, affiliated with the Beat Generation and Hippie counterculture. Biography Her first works of poetry were the chapbooks '' ...

, 77, American, died of

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...

* November 1 – Alda Merini, 78,

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

. * November 15 – Anna Mendelssohn, 61,

poet and political activist, brain tumour * December 10 –

Dilip Chitre Dilip Purushottam Chitre (17 September 1938 – 10 December 2009) was one of the foremost Indian poets and critics to emerge in the post Independence India. Apart from being a notable bilingual writer, writing in Marathi language, Marathi and En ...

, 71 (born 1938), Indian writer who wrote in Marathi and English. He was also a painter and filmmaker. His ''Ekun Kavita'' or Collected Poems were published in the 1990s. His most famous translation is of the celebrated 17th century Marathi bhakti poet

Tukaram Sant Tukaram Maharaj (Marathi pronunciation: ̪ukaːɾam was a 17th-century Marathi poet, Hindu ''sant'' (saint), popularly known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, Tukoba in Maharashtra. He was a Sant of Varkari sampradaya (Marathi-Vaishnav tradition) ...

. * December 20 –

Vera Rich Vera Rich (born Faith Elizabeth Rich, 24 April 1936 – 20 December 2009) was a British poet, journalist, historian, and translator from Belarusian and Ukrainian. Biography Born in London in April 1936, she studied at St Hilda's College of th ...

, 73 (born

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

poet, journalist, historian, and translator * December 24 – Jim Chastain, 46 (born

American poet The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q * George Quasha (born 1942) R S T U–V ...

, * December 24/25? – Rachel Wetzsteon, 42 (born

, poetry editor of

The New Republic ''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hu ...

at the time of her death, from suicide * December 26 –

Dennis Brutus Dennis Vincent Brutus (28 November 1924 – 26 December 2009) was a South African activist, educator, journalist and poet best known for his campaign to have South Africa banned from the Olympic Games due to its racial policy of apartheid. ...

, 85 (born

), South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist. He was imprisoned and incarcerated in the cell next to Nelson Mandela's on

Robben Island Robben Island ( af, Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals (''robben''), hence the Dutch/Afrik ...

from 1963 to 1965. * December 30 –

Ruth Lilly Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ar ...

, 94, American philanthropist ( Eli Lilly and Company), established $100,000

and donated $200 million to

Poetry magazine ''Poetry'' (founded as ''Poetry: A Magazine of Verse'') has been published in Chicago since 1912. It is one of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking world. Founded by Harriet Monroe, it is now published by the Poetry Foundati ...

Ruth Lilly 1915 – 2009
This "cyber-

tombeau A tombeau (plural tombeaux) is a musical composition (earlier, in the early 16th century, a poem) commemorating the death of a notable individual. The term derives from the French word for "tomb" or "tombstone". The vast majority of tombeaux date ...

" at ''Silliman's Blog'' by poet

Ron Silliman Ron Silliman (born August 5, 1946) is an American poet. He has written and edited over 30 books, and has had his poetry and criticism translated into 12 languages. He is often associated with language poetry. Between 1979 and 2004, Silliman wr ...

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* ''Britannica Book of the Year 2010'' (events of 2009), published by the Encyclopædia Britannica, online edition (subscription required), "Literature/Year in Review 2009" section {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 In Poetry 2000s in poetry

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Works published in English

Australia

Canada

Ireland

New Zealand

Poets in ''Best New Zealand Poems''

United Kingdom

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom

United States

Anthologies in the United States

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

Poets in ''The Best American Poetry 2009''

Works published in other languages

French language

France

French poetry in Canada

French poetry in Switzerland

German

Greece

India

Nepal

Poland

Portuguese language

Russia

Other languages

Awards and honors

International

Australia awards and honors

Canada awards and honors

India awards and honors

New Zealand awards and honors

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From the Poetry Society of Virginia Student Poetry Contest

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