The Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize was awarded by the

Poetry Society The Poetry Society is a membership organisation, open to all, whose stated aim is "to promote the study, use and enjoyment of poetry". The society was founded in London in February 1909 as the Poetry Recital Society, becoming the Poetry Society ...

of London for a collection of poetry. It is named after Alice Hunt Bartlett who was the American editor of the society's '' Poetry Review'' from 1923 to 1949. The prize was established in 1966.

Winners

* 1966: Gavin Bantock for ''Christ: A Poem in 26 parts'' and

Paul Roche Donald Robert Paul Roche (26 September 1916 – 30 October 2007) was a British poet, novelist, and professor of English, a critically acclaimed translator of Greek and Latin classics, notably the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristop ...

for ''All Things Considered'' * 1967:

Ted Walker Edward Joseph (Ted) Walker FRSL (28 November 1934 – 19 March 2004) was a prize-winning English poet, short story writer, travel writer, TV and radio dramatist and broadcaster. Early life Ted Walker was born in Lancing, West Sussex, the son of ...

for ''The Solitaires: Poems 1964-65'' * 1968: Gael Turnbull for ''A Trampoline: Poems 1952–64'' * 1969: Tom Raworth for ''The Relation Ship'' * 1970:

Leslie Norris George Leslie Norris (21 May 1921 – 6 April 2006), was a prize-winning Welsh poet and short story writer. He taught at academic institutions in Britain and the United States, including Brigham Young University. Norris is considered one of ...

for ''Ransoms'' * 1971:

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 ...

for ''Mercian Hymns'' * 1972: Paul Evans for ''February'' * 1973: Rodney Pybus for ''In Memoriam Milena'' * 1974:

Allen Fisher Allen Fisher (born 1944) is a poet, painter, publisher, teacher and performer associated with the British Poetry Revival. Fisher was born in London and started writing poetry in 1962. In the late 1960s, he was involved with Fluxshoe, the Unite ...

for ''Place'' and Bill Griffiths for ''War With Windsor'' * 1975: Elizabeth Ashworth for ''A New Confusion'' * 1976:

Lee Harwood Lee Harwood (6 June 1939 – 26 July 2015) was a poet associated with the British Poetry Revival. Life Travers Rafe Lee Harwood was born in Leicester to maths teacher Wilfred Travers Lee-Harwood and Grace Ladkin Harwood, who were then living ...

for ''HMS Little Fox'' and

Andrew Crozier Andrew Thomas Knights Crozier (26 July 1943 – 3 April 2008) was a poet associated with the British Poetry Revival. Life Crozier was educated at Dulwich College, and later Christ's College, Cambridge. His 1976 book ''Pleats'' won the Alice Hu ...

for ''Pleats'' * 1977:

Kit Wright Kit Wright (born 17 June 1944 in Crockham Hill, Kent) is the author of more than twenty-five books, for both adults and children, and the winner of awards including an Arts Council Writers' Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Hawthornd ...

for ''The Bear Looked Over the Mountain'' * 1978: John Montague for ''The Great Cloak'' * 1979: Simon Lowy for ''Melusine and the Negredo'' * 1980: John Whitworth for ''Unhistorical Fragments'' * 1981: Thomas McCarthy for ''The Sorrow Garden'' and

Carol Rumens Carol Rumens FRSL (born 10 December 1944) is a British poet. Life Carol Rumens was born in Forest Hill, South London. She won a scholarship to grammar school and later studied Philosophy at London University, but left before completing her ...

for ''Unplayed Music'' * 1982:

Medbh McGuckian Medbh McGuckian (born as Maeve McCaughan on 12 August 1950) is a poet from Northern Ireland. Biography She was born the third of six children as Maeve McCaughan to Hugh and Margaret McCaughan in North Belfast. Her father was a school headmaster ...

for ''Venus in the Rain and The Flower Master'' * 1983:

David Constantine David John Constantine (born 1944) is an English poet, author and translator. Background Born in Salford, Constantine read Modern Languages at Wadham College, Oxford, and was a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, until 2000, when he became ...

for ''Watching for Dolphins'' * 1984:

Alison Fell Alison Fell (born 1944 in Dumfries, Scotland) is a Scottish poet and novelist with a particular interest in women's roles and political victims. Her poems have appeared in many anthologies. Her children's books also pass on social messages. Lif ...

for ''Kisses for Mayakovsky'' and Paul Hyland for ''The Stubborn Forest'' * 1985: Vikram Seth for ''

The Humble Administrator's Garden ''The Humble Administrator's Garden'' is a collection of poetry written by Vikram Seth. It is his first collection, published in 1985. Sections The book has three sections, each containing works on a geography of Seth's life. The first section ...

'' and John Davies for ''The Visitor's Book'' * 1986:

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

for ''The Sea Skater'' * 1987:

Sujata Bhatt Sujata Bhatt (born 6 May 1956) is an Indian poet. Life and career Sujata Bhatt was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and brought up in Pune until 1968, when she immigrated to United States with her family. She has an MFA from the University of Iowa, a ...

for ''Brunizem''

References

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Winners

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