Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
January – The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Cultural Foundation, founded by the Kyoto, Japan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, opens the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Hall of Fame, dedicated to the anthology of 100 poems by 100 poets compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235. The popularity of the anthology endures, and a Japanese card game, Uta-garuta, uses cards with the poems printed on it.Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Arashiyama. Accessed 2009-03-17. Archived 2009-05-16. March 29 – The Grolier Poetry Bookshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is sold. May – The Poetry Out Loud recitation contest is created this year by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation in the United States to increase awareness in the art of performing poetry, with a top prize a $20,000 scholarship. State finalists perform in Washington, D.C. during the second week of the month. July 14 Kazakh poet Aron Atabek is arrested after riot police and bulldozers arrive at the shanty town of Shanyrak, Kazakhstan for its demolition. Atabek is sentenced to 18 years in prison for alleged offences relating to the clash this day between protesters and police. The Times Literary Supplement reports on the discovery of a missing copy of Shelley's Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things, an 1811 pamphlet containing a 172-line poem which criticizes war, politics and religion; although published anonymously, the poem is thought to have contributed to the rebel poet's expulsion from the University of Oxford (which acquires the unique copy of the pamphlet in 2015). August 15 – The existence of two early poems by Ted Hughes, written into a school exercise book, is announced; one an early version of "Song" which appeared in his first collection. November 1 – A Sylvia Plath sonnet from her college years is discovered and first published by Blackbird, an online literary journal run by the English Department at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. November 10 – A new series, "The Best of Irish Poetry" is launched by Southword Editions in Ireland with the 80-page The Best of Irish Poetry 2007 The project is under the direction of Patrick Cotter, with Colm Breathnach as Irish-language editor and Maurice Riordan as English-language (or Hiberno-English) editor. "Quite often readers abroad are presented with a selection of Irish poets restricted to those who are first published in the USA or the UK," Cotter wrote. "This annual series will present a more general selection generated by more informed pundits."Poetry International Web – New Irish Anthology Series Launched "New Irish Anthology Series Launched", post dated December 1, 2006 at the Poetry International Web site. Retrieved December 18, 2006. November – The most influential American poets of all time are Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens and Sylvia Plath, according to Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry magazine. Wiman names the poets in a sidebar article to a December The Atlantic Monthly cover story about the "100 Most Influential Americans" — no poet makes it on that larger list.Wiman, Christian, "An Expert's Opinion: Influential Poets", The Atlantic Monthly, December 2006, released in November, page 75 French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. It is reportedly the longest modern hand-written poem in the world. BLATT, an English-language literary magazine and publishing imprint is started in Prague, Czech Republic. Pakistani poet Ahmed Faraz, who writes in Urdu, returns one of his country's highest civilian honors, the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, out of disgust with President Pervez Musharraf's government. The prize had been awarded to the poet in 2004 for his literary achievements. "My conscience will not forgive me if I remained a silent spectator of the sad happenings around us", he said. "The least I can do is to let the dictatorship know where it stands in the eyes of the concerned citizens, whose fundamental rights have been usurped."Pandya, Haresh, "Ahmed Faraz, Outspoken Urdu Poet, Dies at 77", obituary, The New York Times, September 1, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
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 See also 2006 in Australian literature Robert Adamson The Goldfinches of Baghdad Ken Babstock, Airstream Land Yacht (Black Inc.), Laurie Duggan, The Passenger, winner of the 2007 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award; St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press Stephen Edgar, Other Summers, 108 pp; named a "Book of the Year" by The Age; Melbourne: Black Pepper, Brook Emery, At a Slight Angle: And Other Poems, Picaro Press."At a slight angle : and other poems / by Brook Emery", National Library of Australia. Robert Gray, Nameless Earth Jennifer Harrison: Folly & Grief (Black Pepper) Dennis Haskell, All the Time in the World Judy Johnson, Jack S. K. Kelen, Earthly Delights Chris Mansell, Love poems (Kardoorair, Armidale) Graeme Miles, Phosphorescence Les Murray, The Biplane Houses"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, 2007, online version retrieved January 15, 2009 Dorothy Porter, The Best Australian Poems 2006 (Black, Inc.), Mark Reid, A Difficult Faith Thomas Shapcott, The City of Empty Rooms Craig Sherborne, Necessary Evil, Black Inc., John Tranter, Urban Myths: 210 Poems rob walker, "micromacro" Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Then Simon West, First Names Fay Zwicky, Picnic
Canada Margaret Avison, Momentary Dark Elizabeth Bachinsky, Home of Sudden Service Ven Begamudré, The Lightness Which Is Our World, Seen from Afar Earle Birney, One Muddy Hand: Selected Poems, Sam Solecki ed. Posthumous. Dionne Brand, Inventory George Elliott Clarke, Black, Vancouver: Polestar, Wayne Clifford, The Book of Were Leonard Cohen, Book of Longing Jon Paul Fiorentino, The Theory of the Loser Class (Coach House Books) Maxine Gadd, Backup to Babylon Matthew Holmes, Hitch, a first volume Anita Lahey, Out to Dry in Cape Breton Elizabeth Mayne, A Passionate Continuity Don McKay: Strike/Slip winner of the 2007 Canadian Griffin Poetry PrizeCelebrated Canadian poet Don McKay wins $50,000 Griffin Prize – Arts & Entertainment – CBC News"Celebrated Canadian poet Don McKay wins $50,000 Griffin Prize" Canadian Press article, at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Web site, June 7, 2007 accessed October 8, 2007 and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize Field Marks: The Poetry of Don McKay edited by Méira Cook Garry Thomas Morse, Transversals for Orpheus Michael Ondaatje, The Story, Toronto: House of Anansi, Web page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943– )" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed May 7, 2008 P. K. Page, Hand Luggage: A Memoir in Verse Sina Queyras, Lemon Hound (Coach House Books) Angela Rawlings, Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists (Coach House Books) Raymond Souster: Down to Earth Battered Silicon Dispatch Box."Notes on Life and Works ," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. Wondrous Wobbly World: Poems for the New Millennium. Uptown Downtown Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. Nathalie Stephens, Touch to Affliction (Coach House Books) Sharon Thesen, The Good Bacteria
India, in English Keki Daruwalla, Collected poems, 1970–2005 ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi and New York City : Penguin BooksSearch results page, WorldCat website. Retrieved August 10, 2010. Anjum Hasan, Street on the Hill ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi. Meena Kandasamy, Touch ( Poetry in English ), Mumbai : Peacock BooksWeb page titled "Meena Kandasamy" , Poetry International website. Retrieved July 15, 2010. Suniti Namjoshi, Sycorax: New Fables and Poems ( Poetry in English ), Penguin India, New Delhi, 2006. Web page titled "Suniti Namjoshi" , Poetry International website. Retrieved July 28, 2010. Robin Ngangom, The Desire of Roots( Poetry in English ), Cuttack : ChandrabhagaWeb page titled "Robin Ngangom" , Poetry International website. Retrieved July 27, 2010. E.V. Ramakrishnan, Terms of Seeing: New and Selected Poems, ( Poetry in English ), New Delhi: Konark Publishers, ,Web page titled "E.V. Ramakrishnan" , Poetry International website. Retrieved July 8, 2010. Udaya Narayana Singh, Second Person Singular, translated from the original Maithili of the author's Madhyampurush Ekvachan by the author and Rizio Yohanan Raj; New Delhi : KathaWeb page title "Udaya Narayana Singh" , at the Poetry International website. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
Ireland Vona Groarke, Juniper Street, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, Ireland Seamus Heaney, District and Circle, Faber & Faber; Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Maurice Riordan and Colm Breathnach, editors, Best of Irish Poetry 2007 selections from 50 Irish poets, including Eavan Boland, Seamus Heaney, Thomas McCarthy, Paul Muldoon, Paul Durcan, Eamon Grennan, Vona Groarke, Thomas Kinsella, Michael Longley, Dorothy Molloy, Gerry Murphy, Katie Donovan, Matthew Sweeney, Derek Mahon, Gabriel Rosenstock, Louis De Paor, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (Southward Editions) (anthology) Ireland (published November 2006) Justin Quinn, Waves and Trees, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press
New Zealand Airini Beautrais Secret Heart, Victoria University Press Glenn Colquhoun, Playing God Janet Frame, The Goose Bath, posthumous Bill Manhire, Lifted Cilla McQueen, A Wind Harp (compact disc)Cilla McQueen – NZ Literature File – LEARN – The University Of Auckland Library Alison Wong, Cup, Publisher: Steele Roberts
Poets in Best New Zealand Poems Poems from these 25 poets were selected by John Newton for Best New Zealand Poems 2015, published online this year:
Michele Amas Angela Andrews Stu Bagby Jenny Bornholdt James Brown
Janet Charman Geoff Cochrane Mary Cresswell Wystan Curnow Stephanie de Montalk
Fiona Farrell Bernadette Hall Anne Kennedy Michele Leggott Anna Livesey
Karlo Mila James Norcliffe Gregory O'Brien Vivienne Plumb Anna Smaill
Elizabeth Smither Robert Sullivan Brian Turner Ian Wedde Sonja Yelich
United Kingdom Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray, The Lost Happy Endings, Penguin James Fenton: Selected Poems (2006) PenguinJames Fenton Website: Books Written by James Fenton Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site. Retrieved October 11, 2007. Editor, The New Faber Book of Love Poems (anthology) John Haynes (poet), Letter to Patience, a book-length poem in iambic pentameter, in the form of a letter from a Nigerian father in Britain to his friend back in Nigeria; winner of the Costa Book Award Seamus Heaney, District and Circle, Faber & Faber; Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Allison Hedge Coke – Blood Run, Salt Publications Geoffrey Hill: Without Title Derek Mahon, Adaptations (A collection of versions, rather than translations proper, from poets such as Pasolini, Juvenal, Bertolt Brecht, Valery, Baudelaire, Rilke, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.) Gallery Press Roger Moulson, Waiting for the Night-Rowers, Enitharmon Press, winner of the 2006 Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize Sean O'Brien, Inferno: a verse version of Dante's Inferno (Picador) Robin Robertson, Swithering, winner of the 2006 Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection, shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize Claire Tomalin, Thomas Hardy, Penguin Press, one of The New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year" for 2007 (biography) Hugo Williams, Dear Room, (Faber and Faber)
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