2005 in poetry

none Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 2005 poetry literature Events October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK. The British event, Howl for Now, was accompanied by a book of essays of the same name, edited by Simon Warner, reflecting on the piece's enduring power and influence. Maurice Riordan, Irish poet living in London, named poetry editor of Poetry London 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 2005 in Australian literature David Brooks, Walking to Point Clear. Blackheath: Brandl & Schlesinger Pam Brown, Ken Bolton, and Laurie Duggan, Let's Get Lost, Sydney: Vagabond Laurie Duggan, Compared to What: Selected Poems 1971–2003, Exeter: Shearsman Alan Gould, The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973–2003 John Kinsella, The New Arcadia, winner of the 2006 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award; W.W. Norton; Australian living in and published in the United States Jennifer Maiden, Friendly Fire Giramondo, 1-920882-12-X Chris Mansell, Mortifications & Lies (Kardoorair, Armidale) 0-908244-60-6 Les Murray: Hell and After, Four early English-language poets of Australia, Carcanet Editor, Best Australian Poems 2004, Melbourne, Black Inc. Philip Salom, The Well Mouth, Fremantle Arts Centre, 978-1-921064-24-1 Jaya Savige, Latecomers Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Universe Looks Down, Brandl & Schlesinger, 1-876040-74-2 Canada Shannon Bramer, The Refrigerator Memory (Coach House Books) 978-1-55245-154-0 Stephen Cain, American Standard/Canada Dry (Coach House Books) 978-1-55245-152-6 Margaret Christakos: Sooner (Coach House Books) 978-1-55245-159-5 Retreat Diary (Toronto: Book Thug) Brian Joseph Davis, Portable Altamont (Coach House Books) 978-1-55245-161-8 George Elliott Clarke, Illuminated Verses. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 1-55130-280-2 Anne Compton, Processional Sylvia Legris, Nerve Squall, winner of 2006 Pat Lowther Award, winner of the 2006 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize, shortlisted for Saskatchewan Book Award (Coach House Books) 978-1-55245-160-1 Michael Palmer, Company of Moths, shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize (2006) John Pass, Stumbling in the Bloom (0-88982-201-8), Governor General's Award 2006. James Reaney, Souwesto Home. Stan Dragland, ed. (Brick Books) Sherwin Tija, The World is a Heartbreaker (Coach House Books), 978-1-55245-153-3 India, in English Meena Alexander, editor, Indian Love Poems (poetry in English), Everyman's Library/Knopf, anthology, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States"Meena Alexander", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. Dilip Chitre, Post Climactic Love Poem (poetry in English), a single, long poem; London and New Delhi: Aark Arts;"Dilip Chitre", Poetry International, retrieved September 9, 2015. Jayanta Mahapatra, Random Descent( Poetry in English ), Third Eye Communications,Ramnarayan, Gowri, "In Conversation: Brutal landscape" in the Sunday "Literary review" section of The Hindu, dated October 2, 2005, accessed October 16, 2007. Jerry Pinto and Arundhathi Subramaniam, Confronting Love, contemporary Indian love poetry in English; Penguin India, 0-14-303264-X"Jerry Pinto", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. K. Siva Reddy, Mohana! Oh Mohana! and Other Poems, translated from the original Telugu by M. Sridhar and Alladi Uma, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 81-260-2162-4."K. Siva Reddy", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. Melanie Silgardo and Eunice de Souza, editors, The Puffin Book of Poetry for Children, New Delhi: Puffin Books, 0-14-333596-0"Eunice de Souza", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. Eunice de Souza, editor, Early Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology: 1829–1947, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 0-19-565616-4. Arundhathi Subramaniam, Where I Live, Mumbai: Allied, 81-7764-738-5; Indian, English-language"Arundhathi Subramaniam", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. Arundhathi Subramaniam, co-editor, Confronting Love, Delhi: Penguin India, 0-14-303264-X; an anthology of contemporary love poetry Ireland Sara Berkeley, Strawberry Thief, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, 978-1-85235-389-6 Ciaran Carson (translator), The Midnight Court (Cúirt An Mhéan Oíche), an 18th-century poem by Brian Merriman, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, 978-1-85235-386-5 Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: Verbale by Michele Ranchetti, translated by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and others, Dublin: Instituto Italiano di Cultura"Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin", Poetry International, accessed September 5, 2015. After the Raising of Lazarus: Poems Translated from the Romanian by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, poems by Ileana Mălăncioiu, Cork: Southword Editions Seán Dunne, Collected, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, 978-1-85235-395-7 Thomas McCarthy, Merchant Prince, Anvil Press, London, Irish work published in the United Kingdom"Thomas McCarthy", Poetry International, accessed September 5, 2015. Immanuel Mifsud, translated by Maurice Riordan, Confidential Reports, Maltese poet published in Ireland, Southword Editions Justin Quinn, American Errancy: Empire, Sublimity and Modern Poetry, University College of Dublin Press (scholarship) Gabriel Rosenstock, I Met A Man ... Doghouse Books, 0-9546487-9-X New Zealand Raewyn Alexander: It's a Secret: Selected Poems (Auckland: Brightsparkbooks)"Raewyn Alexander / New Zealand Literature File" https://web.archive.org/web/20040811073753/http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/alexander.htm 2004-08-11 , University of Auckland Library, accessed April 30, 2008. Writing Poetry: Fireworks, Clay & Architecture (Auckland: Brightsparkbooks) Stu Bagby, As it was in the beginning (Steele Roberts Publications Ltd) Wystan Curnow, Modern Colours (Jack Books) Stephanie de Montalk, Cover Stories (Victoria University Press) Anne Kennedy, Time of the Giants (Auckland University Press) Michele Leggott, Milk & Honey, Auckland: Auckland University Press Bill Manhire, Lifted, New Zealand Cilla McQueen, Fire-penny, Otago University PressCilla McQueen – NZ Literature File – LEARN – The University Of Auckland Library https://web.archive.org/web/20060306024955/http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/mcqueen.htm March 6, 2006 Karlo Mila, Dream Fish Floating (Huia Publishers) James Norcliffe, Along Blueskin Road (Canterbury University Press) Gregory O'Brien, Afternoon of An Evening Train (Victoria University Press) Vivienne Plumb, Scarab: A Poetic Documentary (Seraph Press) Anna Smaill, The Violinist in Spring (Victoria University Press) Robert Sullivan, Voice Carried My Family (Auckland University Press) Ian Wedde, Three Regrets and a Hymn to Beauty (Auckland University Press) Kate Camp, Beauty Sleep, (Victoria University Press) Poets in Best New Zealand Poems Poems from these 25 poets, selected by Emma Neale were included in Best New Zealand Poems 2004, published online this year: Tusiata Avia Hinemoana Baker Diane Brown James Brown Geoff Cochrane Linda Connell Wystan Curnow Anne French Paula Green David Howard Andrew Johnston Tim Jones Anne Kennedy Tze Ming Mok Peter Olds Vincent O'Sullivan Vivienne Plumb Richard Reeve Elizabeth Smither Kendrick Smithyman C. K. Stead Brian Turner Sue Wootton Sonja Yelich Ashleigh Young United Kingdom Maurice Bowra (died 1971), New Bats in Old Belfries Carol Ann Duffy: Another Night Before Christmas (illustrated by Marc Boutavant), John Murray (children's poetry).Amazon.co web page, retrieved May 4, 2009. Rapture, Picador"Carol Ann Duffy" https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015842/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth104 2007-10-01 , Contemporary Poets, British Council, retrieved May 4, 2009. John Heath-Stubbs, Pigs Might Fly Jackie Kay, Life Mask Tim Kendall, Strange Land Nick Laird, To a Fault, Northern Ireland-born poet José Letria, The Moon Has Written You a Poem, children's poetry translated and adapted by Irish expatriate poet Maurice Riordan from the original Portuguese and published in the UK, WingedChariot Press, Tunbridge Wells, Kent Derek Mahon, Harbour Lights. Gallery Press Thomas McCarthy, Merchant Prince, London; Anvil Press, Irish work published in the United Kingdom Brian Merriman: The Midnight Court (translation by Ciarán Carson of Cúirt an Mhéan Oíche), Gallery Press; Wake Forest University Press, 2006, posthumous Pete Morgan, August LightSalter, Miles, "Pete Morgan obituary: Elegant, original poet much admired by his contemporaries", July 15, The Guardian, retrieved August 7, 2010. 1-904614-23-X Alice Oswald, Woods etc., Faber and Faber, 0-571-21852-0 Anthologies in the United Kingdom Alice Oswald, The Thunder Mutters: 101 Poems for the Planet (editor), Faber and Faber, 0-571-21854-7 Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Kadija Sesay, Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa (flipped eye), anthology with a foreword by Saro-Wiwa's son, Ken Wiwa, including poems by Mutabaruka, Sharan Strange, Chris Abani, Jayne Cortez, Kwame Dawes, Amiri Baraka, Kamau Braithwaite; and poems in Catalan, Scots, Creole, Castilian paying tribute to Khana, Saro-Wiwa's mother tongue. Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom Elaine Feinstein, Anna of all the Russias: A life of Anna Akhmatova, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005 (0-297-64309-6); N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 (1-4000-4089-2) United States Elizabeth Alexander, American Sublime"Elizabeth Alexander", Poetry Foundation, accessed September 5, 2015. Meena Alexander, editor, Indian Love Poems, Everyman's Library/Knopf, anthology, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States John Ashbery, Where Shall I Wander Bei Dao, Midnight's Gate translation by Matthew Fryslie, edited by Christopher Mattison (New Directions), 0-8112-1584-9 Ted Berrigan, Collected Poems (University of California Press), edited by his widow Alice Notley and sons Anselm and Edmund Berrigan, posthumous Frank Bidart, Star Dust, one of The New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year""100 Notable Books of the Year", New York Times Book Review, December 4, 2005. Oscar Brown Jr., What It Is: Poems and Opinions of Oscar Brown Jr. (Oyster Knife Publishing) Charles Bukowski, The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems (Ecco) Ana Castillo, Watercolor Women/Opaque Men in Verse (Curbstone Press) Adrian Castro, Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time (Coffee House Press) Dan Chiasson, Natural History: Poems, one of The New York Times "100 Notable books of the year" Henri Cole, Vingt-Deux Poèmes(Yvon Lambert, Paris) Billy Collins, The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems (0-375-50382-X) Mark Doty, School of the Arts, HarperCollins Forrest Gander, Eye Against Eye (New Directions) Jorie Graham, Overlord: Poems, one of The New York Times "100 Notable books of the year" Suheir Hammad, ZaatarDiva Allison Hedge Coke, Off-Season City Pipe Coffee House Press Michael Hofmann, translator, Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems by Durs Grünbein, German, Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux John Hollander, editor, Poems Bewitched and Haunted Paul Hoover, Poems in Spanish (Omnidawn Publishing) June Jordan, Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan (Copper Canyon Press), posthumous Ted Kooser, Delights and Shadows (Copper Canyon Press) Stanley Kunitz, The Collected Poems (W. W. Norton) Laurie Lamon, The Fork Without Hunger, CavanKerry Press James McMichael, Capacity, a book-length poem and finalist for the 2006 National Book Award for Poetry W. S. Merwin: Migration: New and Selected Poems, awarded the National Book Award for Poetry this year; Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press"W. S. Merwin (1927– )", Poetry Foundation, retrieved June 8, 2010. Present Company, Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press Translator: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a New Verse Translation, New York: Knopf W. K. Lawrence, State of Love and Trust David Lehman, editor, Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present (Scribner), an anthology William Logan, The Whispering Gallery Richard Loranger, Poems for Teeth (We Press) Claire Lux and John Most, Atelier (AQP Collective) W. S. Merwin, Migration: New and Selected Poems, one of The New York Times "100 Notable books of the year" Ange Mlinko, Starred Wire (Coffee House Press, 2005), winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series Rusty Morrison, Whethering, University Press of Colorado, January, 978-1-885635-07-5 Sharon Olds, Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980–2002 (Knopf) Jason Shinder, editor, The Poem That Changed America: "Howl" Fifty Years Later, essays on the impact of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" on American literature and culture; Farrar, Straus and Giroux Patti Smith, Auguries of Innocence Tony Tost, World Jelly Brian Turner, Here, Bullet (Alice James Books), war poetry Richard Wilbur, Collected Poems, 1943–2004 (Harvest Books), one of The New York Times "100 Notable books of the year" Marvin X, Land of My Daughters: Poems 1995–2005 (Black Bird Press) Jesse Lee Kercheval, Chartreuse (Hollyridge Press) Poets whose works appeared in The Best American Poetry 2005 The 75 poets included in The Best American Poetry 2005, edited by David Lehman, co-edited this year by Paul Muldoon: A. R. Ammons John Ashbery Maureen Bloomfield Catherine Bowman Stephanie Brown Charles Bukowski Elena Karina Byrne Victoria Chang Shanna Compton James Cummins Jamey Dunham Stephen Dunn Karl Elder Lynn Emanuel Elaine Equi Clayton Eshleman Andrew Feld Beth Ann Fennelly Edward Field Richard Garcia Amy Gerstler Leonard Gontarek Jessica Goodheart George Green Arielle Greenberg Marilyn Hacker Matthea Harvey Stacey Harwood Terrance Hayes Samuel Hazo Anthony Hecht Jennifer Michael Hecht Lyn Hejinian Ruth Herschberger Jane Hirshfield Tony Hoagland Vicki Hudspith Donald Justice Mary Karr Garret Keizer Brigit Pegeen Kelly Galway Kinnell Rachel Loden Sarah Manguso Heather McHugh D. Nurske Steve Orlen Eugene Ostashevsky Linda Pastan Adrienne Rich James Richardson Mary Ruefle Kay Ryan Jerome Sala Mary Jo Salter Christine Scanlon Jason Schneiderman Julie Sheehan Charles Simic Louis Simpson W. D. Snodgrass Gary Snyder Maura Stanton Dorothea Tanning James Tate Chase Twichell David Wagoner Rosanna Warren Marlys West Susan Wheeler Richard Wilbur Cecilia Woloch Charles Wright Mattew Yeager Kevin Young Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States Anthony Holden, The Wit in the Dungeon: The Remarkable Life of Leigh Hunt — Poet, Revolutionary, and the Last of the Romantics"Literature" article, with numerous pages by different authors on literature in various nations and languages, Britannica Book of the Year 2006, published by Encyclopædia Britannica, 2008, online version retrieved January 15, 2009. Works published in other languages Brazil Ricardo Domeneck, Carta aos anfíbios, Rio de Janeiro: Bem-Te-Vi Miguel Sanches Neto, Venho de um país obscuro e outros poemas Marco Vasques, Sístole, Rio de Janeiro: Bem-Te-Vi Chile Sergio Badilla Castillo, Transrealistic Poems and Some Gospels. 2005. Aura Latina. Santiago/Stockholm. India Listed in alphabetical order by first name: Anamika, Khurduri Hatheliyan, Delhi: Radhakrishna Prakashan; Hindi-language"Anamika", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. Basudev Sunani, Karadi Haata, Nuapada: Eeshan-Ankit Prakashani; Oraya-language"Basudev Sunani", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. Debashis Chanda, editor, Visual Rhapsody, an anthology including poems by Mithu Sen, New Delhi: Niyogi Offset; Bengali-language"Mithu Sen", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. K. Satchidanandan, Ghazalukal, Geetangal ("Ghazals and Geets"); Malayalam-languageResume for K. Satchidanandan titled "K. Satchidanandan/Bio data: Highlights", National Translation Mission, retrieved July 11, 2010. K. Siva Reddy, Atanu-Charitra, Hyderabad: Jhari Poetry Circle; Telugu-language Mallika Sengupta, Shreshtha Kabita, Dey's Publishers; Bengali-language"Mallika Sengupta", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. Namdeo Dhasal, Mee Marale Sooryachya Rathache Ghode Saat, Marathi-language"Namdeo Dhasal", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. S. Joseph, Identity Card, Kottayam: DC Books, 81-264-1125-2; Malayalam-language"S. Joseph" https://web.archive.org/web/20120406234647/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=17767 April 6, 2012 , Poetry International website, retrieved August 3, 2010. Tarannum Riyaz, Purani Kitabon ki Khushboo, New Delhi: Modern Publishing House; Urdu-language"Tarannum Riyaz", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. Udaya Narayana Singh, Madhyampurush Ekvachan, New Delhi: Vani Prakashan; Maithili-language"Udaya Narayana Singh", Poetry International, retrieved September 5, 2015. Bangladesh Rahman Henry, Tomake Basona Kori, A Book of Poetry in Bengali, BALAKA, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Rahman Henry, Khunjhara Nodi ("The River that Bleeds"), A Book of Poetry in Bengali, BALAKA, Chittagong, Bangladesh.http://theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/others/it/38322-three-poems.html Three poems 2011-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110830220210/http://theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/others/it/38322-three-poems.html 2011-08-30 dead Poland Tomasz Różycki, translator, Rzut kośćmi nigdy nie zniesie przypadku, translated from the original French of Stéphane Mallarmé, Kraków: Korporacja Ha!Arthttps://archive.today/20130416122445/http://www.culture.pl/web/english/resources-literature-full-page/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/eAN5/content/tomasz-rozycki "Tomasz Różycki", at Culture.pl, retrieved March 1, 2010. Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, Dzieje rodzin polskich"Eugene Tkaczyszyn-Dycki (1962)" https://web.archive.org/web/20091008102449/http://www.biuroliterackie.pl/autorzy/autorzy.php?site=700&kto=tkaczyszyn-dycki October 8, 2009 , Biuro Literackie literary agency, retrieved February 25, 2010. Adam Zagajewski, Anteny, Kraków: a5Zagajewski Adam" https://web.archive.org/web/20110718062356/http://www.instytutksiazki.pl/pl,ik,site,8,5,2.php 2011-07-18 , Instytut Ksiazki website (in Polish), "Bibliografia: Poezja:" section, retrieved February 19, 2010. Wisława Szymborska, Dwukropek ("Colon") Other languages Nicole Brossard, editor, Anthologie: De la poésie des femmes au Québec des origines à nos jours, Rémue-Ménage, France Dmitry Bykov, Boris Pasternak, published by Molodaya Gvardiya, received the "National Bestseller Prize", biography, Russia Abdellatif Laabi, Écris la vie, La Différence, coll. Clepsydre, Paris, Prix Alain Bosquet 2006, Moroccan author writing in French and published in France Pavel Nastin, Yazyk Zhestov ("Sign Language"); Russia"Yazyk Zhestov" https://web.archive.org/web/20121004044409/http://www.pen.org/author.php/prmAID/1059/prmID/1984 2012-10-04 , PEN World Voices Festival website, retrieved August 5, 2010. Rami Saari, Ha-shogun Ha-xamishi ("The Fifth Shogun"), Israel"Rami Saari" https://web.archive.org/web/20080107213001/http://www.library.osu.edu/sites/users/galron.1/00198.php January 7, 2008 , Modern Hebrew Literature Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon, 2007. Awards and honors International Nobel prize: Harold Pinter Golden Wreath of Poetry: William S. Merwin (United States)http://www.svp.org.mk/en/awards.html Recipients of the Golden wreath Award Struga Poetry Evenings 17 November 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120818162500/http://www.svp.org.mk/en/awards.html 18 August 2012 Australia C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: M. T. C. Cronin, <More or Less Than> 1–100 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Samuel Wagan Watson, Smoke Encrypted Whispers Canada Archibald Lampman Award: Stephen Brockwell, Fruitfly Geographic Atlantic Poetry Prize: David Helwig, The Year One Gerald Lampert Award: Ray Hsu, Anthropy Governor General's Literary Awards: Anne Compton, Processional (English); Jean-Marc Desgent, Vingtièmes siècles (French) Griffin Poetry Prize: Canadian: Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida Griffin Poetry Prize: International, in the English Language: Charles Simic, Selected Poems: 1963–2003 Pat Lowther Award: Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida Prix Alain-Grandbois: Robert Melançon, Le Paradis des apparences Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: Jan Zwicky, Robinson's Crossing Prix Émile-Nelligan: Renée Gagnon, Des fois que je tombe New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement: Montana New Zealand Book Awards First-book award for poetry Poetry: Sonja Yelich, Clung, Auckland University Press NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: Sonja Yelich, Clung. Auckland University Press United Kingdom Cholmondeley Award: Jane Duran, Christopher Logue, M. R. Peacocke, Neil Rollinson Eric Gregory Award: Melanie Challenger, Carolyn Jess, Luke Kennard, Jaim Smith Forward Poetry Prize: Best Collection: David Harsent, Legion (Faber & Faber) Best First Collection: Helen Farish, Intimates (Jonathan Cape) T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Carol Ann Duffy, Rapture Whitbread Award for poetry (United Kingdom): Christopher Logue, Cold Calls Shortlisted: David Harsent, Legion, Richard Price, Lucky Day, Jane Yeh, Marabou United States Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry – B. H. Fairchild Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize awarded to Rick Hilles for Brother Salvage: Poems AML Award for poetry to Lance Larsen for In All Their Animal Brilliance Arthur Rense Prize awarded to Daniel Hoffman by the American Academy of Arts and Letters Bollingen Prize for Poetry, Jay Wright Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Susanna Childress Winner, Jagged with Love California Poet Laureate: Al Young, appointed Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards: David Hernandez, Always Danger Discovery/The Nation Award: Eduardo C. Corral Frost Medal: Marie Ponsot National Book Award for Poetry: W. S. Merwin: Migration: New and Selected Poems North Carolina Poet Laureate: Kathryn Stripling Byer appointed. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Ted Kooser, Delights & Shadows (1-55659-201-9) Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award: Marina Tarlinskaya Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: C. K. Williams Wallace Stevens Award: Gerald Stern Whiting Awards: Thomas Sayers Ellis, Ilya Kaminsky, John Keene, Dana Levin, Spencer Reece, Tracy K. Smith Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Claudia Rankine Deaths thumb|right|150px|Dane Zajc, Slovenian poet Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 21: Theun de Vries, 97 born 1907 Dutch writer and poetJanuary 31: Makarand Dave, 82 born 1922 Indian Gujarati-language poet, writer and editorFebruary 25: Phoebe Hesketh born 1909 British March 6: Sadako Kurihara 栗原貞子 born 1913 Japanese poet who survived the Hiroshima nuclear holocaust there and became known for her poems about her cityMarch 7: Philip Lamantia born 1927 AmericanMarch 29: Miltos Sachtouris born 1919 GreekMarch 30: Robert Creeley, 78 born 1926 AmericanApril 14 Julia Darling, 48 born 1956 English poet, novelist and playwright, of breast cancerJune 9: Hovis Presley born 1960 EnglishJune 13: Eugénio de Andrade born 1923 Portuguese lyric poetJune 23: Manolis Anagnostakis born 1925 Greek poetJune 28: Philip Hobsbaum, 72 born 1932 Scot poet and criticJuly 4: Lorenzo Thomas born 1944 American poet, critic, essayist; Umbra Workshop founding memberJuly 7: Gustaf Sobin born 1935 AmericanAugust 6: Vizma Belsevica born 1931 leading post-war Latvian poetAugust 21: Dahlia Ravikovitch born 1936 IsraeliAugust 31: Amrita Pritam born 1919leading Punjab poet in India who wrote in HindiSeptember 16: Stanley Burnshaw born 1906 American poet and novelistOctober 20: Dane Zajc born 1929 Slovenian poetNovember 1: Michael Thwaitesborn 1915AustralianDate not known: Charles Naylor not known American, partner of novelist Thomas DischMartin, Douglas, "Thomas Disch, Novelist, Dies at 68", obituary, The New York Times, July 8, 2008, retrieved December 11, 2008. 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