Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). [edit] Events The Forward Book of Poetry, an annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication was selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year. Each year, 50 to 80 poems are selected.[1] [edit] 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: - Chris Mansell, Shining Like a Jinx
- Les Murray, Translations from the Natural World[2], winner of the 1993 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
- A. B. Paterson, A. B. Paterson, Selected Poems, edited by Les Murray, Collins/Angus & Robertson, 1992, 1996, posthumous[2]
- Harry Clifton, The Desert Route, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 9781852350925
- Sean Dunne, The Sheltered Nest, including "Sydney Place", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press,[5] ISBN 9781852350840
- Peter Fallon, Eye to Eye, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 9781852351007
- Fleur Adcock (New Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963), translation of Letters from Darkness: Poems, by Daniela Crasnaru, Oxford: Oxford University Press[6]
- Simon Armitage:
- George Mackay Brown:
- Brodgar Poems[8]
- The Lost Village[8]
- Stewart Brown, Caribbean Poetry Now, London: Edward Arnold (anthology)[9]
- Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns[8]
- Carol Ann Duffy:
- William and the Ex-Prime Minister, Anvil Press Poetry, a 16-page pamphlet, ISBN 978-0856462535[10]
- Editor, I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine, Viking (anthology)[11]
- Douglas Dunn, editor, Faber Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry, London: Faber and Faber (anthology)[9]
- Gavin Ewart, Like It Or Not[8]
- U. A. Fanthorpe, Neck-Verse[8]
- Thom Gunn:
- The Man With Night Sweats[8]
- Old Stories[8]
- Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon[8]
- Seamus Heaney:
- The Golden Bough, Bonnefant Press
- Sweeney's Flight (with Rachel Giese, photographer), Faber & Faber
- Adrian Henri, The Cerise Swimsuit[8]
- Ted Hughes, Rain-Charm for the Duchy[8]
- Elizabeth Jennings, Times and Seasons[8]
- P. J. Kavanagh, Collected Poems[8]
- James Kirkup, Shooting Stars[8]
- Derek Mahon, The Yaddo Letter. Gallery Press
- George MacBeth, The Patient[8]
- Roger McGough, Defying Gravity[8]
- Kenneth Millard, Edwardian Poetry, scholarship[12]
- Peter Porter, The Chair of Babel[8]
- Kathleen Raine, Living With Mystery[8]
- Peter Reading:
- Peter Redgrove, Under the Reservoir[8]
- Jeremy Reed, Black Sugar, illustrated by Jean Cocteau[8]
- William Scammell, Bleeding Heart Yard[8]
- Jo Shapcott, Phrase Book[8]
- Penelope Shuttle, Taxing the Rain[8]
- Jon Silkin, The Lens-Breakers[8]
- Michael Spiller (academic), The Development of the Sonnet: an Introduction, London: Routledge (scholarship)[9]
- David Storey, Stoey's Lives[8]
- R.S. Thomas, Mass for Hard Times[8]
- Charles Tomlinson, The Door in the Wall[8]
- Benjamin Zephaniah, City Psalms[8]
- Sherman Alexie, The Business of Fancy Dancing[13]
- John Ashbery, Hotel Lautréamont
- Jack Gilbert, The Great Fires
- Anthony Kellman, editor, Crossing Water: Contemporary Poetry of the English-Speaking Caribbean, Greenfield Center, New York: Greenfield Review Press (anthology)[9]
- N. Scott Momaday, In the Presence of the Sun, combination of poetry and nonfiction[13]
- Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems
- Simon Ortiz, Woven Stone, combination of poetry and nonfiction[13]
- Grace Paley, New and Collected Poems
- Carl Phillips, In the Blood[14]
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg, A Gilded Lapse of Time
- Patti Smith, Woolgathering
- James Wright, Above the River: Complete Poems, introduction by Donald Hall (posthumous)
- Michelle Yeh, editor and translator, Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry, Yale University Press
[edit] Poets included in The Best American Poetry 1992 These 75 poets are included in The Best American Poetry 1992 edited by David Lehman, with guest editor Charles Simic: - Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, editor, The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets, Delhi: Oxford University Press, India
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, The Astrakhan Cloak, including "Caitlin", Oldcastle: The Gallery Press[5]
- Andries Walter Oliphant, editor, Essential Things: An Anthology of New South African Poetry, Johannesburg, South Africa: Congress of South African Writers [9] ISBN 9781874879084, South Africa
[edit] Works published in other languages Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: [edit] Awards and honors - Cholmondeley Award: Allen Curnow, Donald Davie, Carol Ann Duffy, Roger Woddis
- Eric Gregory Award: Jill Dawson, Hugh Dunkerley, Christopher Greenhalgh, Marita Maddah, Stuart Paterson, Stuart Pickford
- Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Thom Gunn, The Man with Night Sweats (Faber and Faber)
- Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Simon Armitage, Kid (Faber and Faber)
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Kathleen Raine
- Whitbread Award for poetry: Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon
[edit] Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - February 16 – George MacBeth, 60 (born 1932), Scottish poet and novelist, of motor neuron disease
- February 18 – Robert Gittings, 81 (born 1911), English poet and biographer
- April 11 – Eve Merriam, (née Moskowitz), 75, American poet, playwright and teacher, of cancer
- May 12 – Nikos Gatsos, Greek
- November 17 – Audre Lorde (aka Gamba Adisa), 58, a writer, poet and political activist, of liver cancer
- November 19 – Kenneth Burke, a major American literary theorist and philosopher
[edit] See also [edit] References - ^ [1]Sofer, Dalia, ""Best" Anthologies: A Global Trend", an article in Poets & Writers magazine, March 2003, accessed April 14, 2007
- ^ a b [2]Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007
- ^ "Douglas Barbour" web page at the "writing canada into the millennium project" website, accessed April 23, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "The Works of George Woodcock" at the Anarchy Archives website, which states: "This list is based on The Record of George Woodcock (issued for his eightieth birthday) and Ivan Avakumovic's bibliography in A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock, edited by W.H. New, 1978, with additions to bring it up to date"; accessed April 24, 2008
- ^ a b Crotty, Patrick, Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology, Belfast, The Blackstaff Press Ltd., 1995, ISBN 0856405612
- ^ a b Web page titled "Fleur Adcock: New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Auckland Library website, accessed April 26, 2008
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, pp. 75-76, "Janet Charman" article
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ a b c d e "Select General Bibliography for Representative Poetry On-Line" web page for Representative Poetry On-Line website of the University of Toronto, retrieved January 1, 2009
- ^ Amazon.co web page, retrieved May 4, 2009
- ^ Griffin, Gabriele, editor, "Duffy, Carol Ann", article, Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing, Routledge, 2002, ISBN 9780415159845, retrieved via Google Books, May 4, 2009
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "English Poetry" article, "History and Criticism" section, p. 353
- ^ a b c Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer, The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature, p 29, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 9780521822831, retrieved February 9, 2009
- ^ McClatchy, J. D., editor, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, second edition, Vintage Books (Random House), 2003
- ^ Simon Patten, "Han Dong", article, Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2009
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