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Poetry International Festival 2009 Help PIW Links All International Articles All Poets on PIW All Poetry Clips Newslog Archive All Editorials All Audio Files Recent Articles Poem of the Week STRANGER IN MY MEMORY Liana Mejía Clip of the Month THE WAR WORKS HARD (poetry clip) Dunya Mikhail Newslog Feb 2, 2010 Omar al-Farra in Paris Jan 29, 2010 Carol Ann Duffy about UK rock band Arctic Monkeys Jan 29, 2010 Poetry and Haiti Jan 27, 2010 Dutch and Flemish Poetry Day prizes awarded Jan 21, 2010 New website: iPoetry	Newslog Archive: 2010 Omar al-Farra in Paris February 2, 2010 Carol Ann Duffy about UK rock band Arctic Monkeys January 29, 2010 Poetry and Haiti January 29, 2010 Dutch and Flemish Poetry Day prizes awarded January 27, 2010 Jaipur Literature Festival 2010 January 21, 2010 New website: iPoetry January 21, 2010 Philip Gross wins TS Eliot Prize January 19, 2010 Poetry back in NY transit January 15, 2010 Womens’ success in Million's Poet TV contest January 15, 2010 Japan celebrates ‘Utakai Hajime’ January 14, 2010 A preview of the TS Eliot Prize shortlisted poets January 12, 2010 Christopher Reid wins Costa Book of the Year Award January 5, 2010 2009 Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo sentenced to 11 years in prison December 30, 2009 Dilip Chitre passes away December 18, 2009 Best Canadian poetry of the year December 10, 2009 British poet laureate attacks Afghanistan war in Christmas poem December 7, 2009 An Arundel Tomb December 1, 2009 Interview with Hans Magnus Enzensberger December 1, 2009 Randall Couch wins the 2009 Corneliu M Popescu Prize for Poetry in Translation November 23, 2009 Andrew Motion to chair 2010 Man Booker Prize November 19, 2009 Poetry Hearings 2009 November 10, 2009 The Fifth Annual Berlin Festival of Poetry in English New translations of Hiromi Ito's poems to be published November 3, 2009 StAnza's Distant Voices festival programme complete November 2, 2009 Plans are now complete for Distant Voices, the new digital event being held on 14 November by StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival. Third issue of Horizon Review online October 21, 2009 Areté, Craig Raine's literary magazine, celebrates 10th anniversary October 21, 2009 New director for Edinburgh International Book Festival October 13, 2009 New English-language translations of Rilke October 13, 2009 Herta Müller Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature October 8, 2009 The Poetry Society's Knitted Poem Unveiled October 8, 2009 Don Paterson wins the Forward Prize October 8, 2009 Paul Laurence Dunbar: African-American poet remembered September 29, 2009 Poets House in NYC moves location September 29, 2009 Roman house where Keats died attracts tourists August 26, 2009 Scottish poet creates website about dying villages August 26, 2009 An interview with Roger McGough August 26, 2009 Submissions call for Troubador Poetry Prize 2009 August 13, 2009 An annual UK poetry prize is calling for submissions. One of the judges, Maura Dooley, was a guest at the 40th Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam in June. Poet and writer Aeronwy Thomas Ellis dies August 10, 2009 No one who met the writer Aeronwy Thomas Ellis, who has died of leukaemia at the age of 66, could ever quite forget that she was the daughter of two very public characters, the poet Dylan Thomas and h... Forward prize shortlist announced July 24, 2009 Organisers of the Forward prize, one of the UK’s most important poetry prizes, have hailed the strength of the contemporary scene, with a record number of submissions that were whittled down to three ... Egyptian court frees poet July 22, 2009 An Egyptian court has overturned a three-year jail sentence given to a poet for insulting the president. Knit a Poem for the Poetry Society's Centenary July 22, 2009 Celebrate the Poetry Society's centenary by helping to create the world's first giant knitted poem. First Michael Marks awards for poetry pamphlets June 26, 2009 The inaugural awards ceremony of a major new prize for UK poets and their publishers was held on Wednesday 24 June. The first UK Poetry Pamphlet Awards highlights the importance of the pamphlet form i... StAnza gets set to launch its Virtual Poetry Festival June 5, 2009 StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is to stage a brand-new poetry event this autumn: a one-day ‘virtual’ poetry festival, which will use the latest digital technology to link up poets fr... Carol Rumens on W.H. Auden’s newly discovered poems June 2, 2009 Newly uncovered translations by W.H. Auden of Soviet propaganda are interesting, but they are not poetry, argues Carol Rumens. Poetry International Festival poets to read at the Ortel Dunya Festival May 28, 2009 As a preview to the 40th Poetry International Festival, which begins on 13 June, there will be a Poetry International event at the Ortel Dunya Festival in Rotterdam on Sunday 31 May. Ruth Padel: Oxford poetry smear campaign could have been a conspiracy May 26, 2009 The saga of the Oxford professorship of poetry plunged on today as Ruth Padel, who resigned from the post on Monday, conjured a conspiracy theory, which she said could have been intended to ruin her p... Derek Walcott withdraws candidacy for Oxford poetry professor May 12, 2009 Nobel prize winner Derek Walcott has withdrawn from the race to become Oxford's professor of poetry following an anonymous letter campaign. Carol Ann Duffy becomes first woman poet laureate in UK May 2, 2009 At last: 341 years after Charles II named John Dryden the first poet laureate, a woman has been appointed to the most prominent literary position in Britain. Martin Bril dies, aged 49 April 23, 2009 Nachoem M. Wijnberg wins VSB Poetry Prize April 13, 2009 Nick Laird follows Seamus Heaney in Faber Prize win April 1, 2009 British poet Nick Laird’s second collection, On Purpose, has been awarded the Geoffrey Faber memorial prize, an annual award given to verse and prose in alternate years in honour of the founder of Fab... PIW editor and poets shortlisted for Australian poetry prize March 27, 2009 Australian Association for Literary Translation launches new online journal March 26, 2009 The AALITRA Review A Journal of Literary Translation and Creative Rewriting Norwegian poet Triztan Vindtorn dies March 9, 2009 Burning Burns at StAnza 2009 March 2, 2009 The launch of StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival on 18 March is set to be an inflammatory affair. On the 10th anniversary of the festival, Alastair Reid set fire to ‘Scotland’ (his poem,... English PEN launches Atlas of World Literature February 9, 2009 Monday 9 February 2009 marks the official launch of a major new initiative from English PEN, the founding centre of the worldwide writers’ association. The PEN Atlas of World Literature is a unique on... Ramsey Nasr voted the Netherlands’ new national poet February 1, 2009 On 28 January, on the eve of the National Day of Poetry of the Netherlands and Flanders, it was announced that 35-year-old Ramsey Nasr had won the public vote to become Dichter des Vaderlands – the ti... Oxford University searches for new professor of poetry January 22, 2009 Oxford University today launches the search for its next professor of poetry, as current incumbent Christopher Ricks - the literary critic known for his writings on the poetry of Bob Dylan - comes to ... Obama’s Inauguration Day Poem January 20, 2009 It must rank as the grandest poetry gig on earth, with a potential audience of billions. It may also terrify the lucky – or unlucky – author into terminal blandness or toe-curling bombast. In spite of... Mick Imlah dies, aged 52 January 13, 2009 The Scottish poet Mick Imlah, whose volume of poetry, The Lost Leader, won the 2008 Forward prize for best collection and was shortlisted for this year’s TS Eliot prize, has died, aged 52. Jen Hadfield wins the TS Eliot prize January 13, 2009 A relative newcomer to poetry who has been widely praised for her passion and awareness of the natural world has won one of the genre's grandest awards – the TS Eliot prize for poetry. Elizabeth Alexander to deliver poem at Barack Obama’s inauguration January 12, 2009 When Barack Obama takes office on 20 January, Yale professor Elizabeth Alexander will not be a bystander. The inaugural committee asked her to write and deliver a poem at the inauguration ceremony. On... Turkey restores citizenship of poet Nazim Hikmet January 6, 2009 Turkey restored the citizenship of its most famous poet Monday in a symbolic step meant to show it was addressing criticism of its human rights record in hopes of joining the European Union. Turkey... Danish poet Inger Christensen dies January 5, 2009 Poet Inger Christensen, considered one of Denmark's greatest authors and long mentioned among probable candidates for a Nobel Literature prize, has died at the age of 73. 2008 English poet Adrian Mitchell dies, aged 76 December 26, 2008 The English poet and playwright, Adrian Mitchell, has died of heart failure at the age of 76. A natural pacifist, in his many public performances in Britain and around the world he shifted English poe... Hans Verhagen wins the PC Hooft Prize December 18, 2008 Last week, the PC Hooft Prize for Literature for 2009 was awarded to 69-year-old Dutch poet Hans Verhagen, who is featured on the PIW site. According to the jury report, he received the honour for his... Nick Laird on why religions are poems December 2, 2008 The poet Nick Laird reflects on the relationship between religion and poetry. National Book Awards poetry prize awarded to Mark Doty November 24, 2008 The winner of the National Book Award in poetry is American poet Mark Doty for Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems (HarperCollins). The National Book Awards were established in the USA in 1950 and a... August Kleinzahler wins 2008 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry November 24, 2008 The American poet August Kleinzahler, author of eight collections of poetry, has been awarded the 2008 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. The Lannan Literary Awards and Fellowships were established in ... Robert Burns poems to be Twittered November 2, 2008 To mark the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Scottish poet Robert Burns' birthday, his poems and songs will be transmitted daily to PCs and mobile phones worldwide using the online network Twitter. ... Jordanian poet arrested for insulting Islam October 31, 2008 Jordanian police arrested a local writer for incorporating verses of the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book, into his love poetry, a judicial official said. The poet, Islam Samhan, published his collect... Mick Imlah wins 2008 Forward prize October 9, 2008 Twenty years after his first poetry collection Birthmarks was published to critical acclaim, Scottish poet Mick Imlah has won the £10,000 Forward prize for best collection with his second, The Lost Le... Worldwide reading in memory of Mahmoud Darwish on 5 October 2008 October 3, 2008 The Berlin International Literature Festival is appealing for a worldwide reading of Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry on 5 October 2008. The activities accompanying this event are designed not only to honour ... Poetry dominates TLS translation prizes 2008 October 1, 2008 Five of the seven winners of this year’s Times Literary Supplement translation prizes have translated work by poets, from Spain’s Golden Age to modern-day Palestine. The most eye-catching title on the... National mourning in Palestine following death of poet Mahmoud Darwish August 12, 2008 The hugely popular Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died, aged 67, after complications following heart surgery in the US. As candlelit vigils were held across Ramallah, Palestinian president Mahmo... Belgian's Nobel Candidate Dies March 21, 2008 Hugo Claus, one of the greatest Belgian writers and poets of his generation, has died aged 78. Police Brutality at South African poetry festival March 18, 2008 During recent raids at the University of Stellenbosch, patrons, including Belgian poet Dirk van Bastelaere and his wife, and Tommy Wieringa from the Netherlands, were assaulted by members of the South... Poetry Idol March 4, 2008 The art of Nabati poetry in the Middle East has found new life thanks to the hit TV series Million’s Poet, which is watched by 70 million viewers. Poet finals contestant Mahdi al-Wayli said the new se... Robert Anker - new Amsterdam city poet March 1, 2008 Robert Anker has been named the successor to the 2007 Amsterdam city poet, Adriaan Jaeggi. PIW launches Second Life pilot project January 21, 2008 Poetry International Web is launching a Second Life pilot project to coincide with Poetry Day in the Netherlands and Flanders. Two short films of the poets Mark Boog and Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer reading... Death of Spanish poet Angel Gonzalez in Madrid January 21, 2008 Ángel González died on 12th January in Madrid after an illness. He was 82. The high esteem in which he is held in Spain is evident from the number of pages El Pais devoted to his life. Maori poet Hone Tuwhare dies January 17, 2008 Hone Tuwhare, New Zealand's most distinguished Maori writer, has died aged 86. 2007 Poetry International Survey December 2, 2007 PIW is currently running a survey of its readers. So far almost four hundred people have responded. The feedback will be used to make improvements to the site such as adding more space for discussion,... Sargon Boulus dies October 31, 2007 Sargon Boulus, who performed in June at the Poetry International festival in Rotterdam has died at the age of 63. Peter Cole wins MacArthur fellowship October 22, 2007 Translator Peter Cole, whose work has appeared on Poetry International Web, has won a prestigious MacArthur fellowship worth half a million dollars. The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowsh... Popescu Prize shortlist announced August 30, 2007 The Corneliu M Popescu Prize for European Poetry Translation has once again exceeded all expectations, with just under 80 collections being submitted. The standard of entries was so high that judges A... Join the Space Poem Chain August 1, 2007 The Space Poem Chain, a multi-authored poem originating in Japan from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is an attempt to create a cooperative space through words and the universe, transcending b... Australian poet, Noel Rowe dies July 28, 2007 Sydney poet, Noel Rowe died on July 11th after a long illness. The poet, who had previously been a Roman Catholic priest, was Senior Lecturer in Australian Literature at the University of Sydney. News from the UK July 1, 2007 A round-up of UK poetry news 160: Texting and Poetry June 14, 2007 160 is a new form of poetry based on SMS messaging (texting). Every poem consists of exactly 160 characters, including spaces: the maximum length of one SMS message (at least in western languages). 16... Miriam Van hee wins Poesias European Poetry Prize May 13, 2007 The international poetry world has discovered Miriam Van hee, one of the authors the VFL has supported and promoted abroad in recent years. This week she won the European poetry prize, POESIAS, for th... VSB Prize goes to Tomas Lieske April 29, 2007 Tomas Lieske has been awarded the important Dutch VSB poetry prize for his collection, Hoe je geliefde te kerkennen (How to recognize love). Juan Manuel Roca wins important prize April 1, 2007 Juan Manuel Roca, often regarded as the best known Colombian living poet and 2006 winner of the Colombian national poetry prize, was recently awarded the Cuban Casa de las Américas prize, granted to o... Auden remembered on centenary of birth February 28, 2007 W H Auden’s centenary on February 21, 2007, was marked by a number of small celebrations rather than a big fanfare in Britain, the country of his birth. Seamus Heaney wins TS Eliot poetry prize January 17, 2007 Irish poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has been named winner of the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry, collecting a cheque for £10,000. 2006 Ghalib remembered on 210th birth anniversary December 29, 2006 NEW DELHI: Urdu poets from India and Pakistan have come together here for a three-day festival to honour renowned Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib. Mario Cesariny, surrealist poet dies November 29, 2006 Mario Cesariny, a surrealist poet and painter considered one of Portugal's most important cultural figures, died yesterday at his home. He was 83. New Film About Dylan Thomas November 19, 2006 Hollywood stars Keira Knightley and Lindsay Lohan will feature in a film depicting the tangled relationships surrounding Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Mapping the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry November 1, 2006 Programmed to coincide with Arundhathi Subramaniam's tour of England, the Poetry Society held an event on 18th October in London focussing on PIW magazine. The central discussion revolved around how ... The Poetry Society presents Poetry on Tour - Arundhathi Subramaniam October 17, 2006 Poetry International Web’s UK partner, the Poetry Society, have invited the editor of the India domain, poet and journalist, Arundhathi Subramaniam, on a national tour. Throughout October 2006, Arundh... Medellín Poetry Festival Honoured October 2, 2006 The Medellin International Poetry Festival shares this year's Swedish Right Livelihood Award with Indian rights activist, Ruth Manorama and Daniel Ellsberg, the former US Defence Department official ... Luís Quintais wins Luís Miguel Nava Prize September 4, 2006 Legendary Bangladeshi poet dies August 23, 2006 One of Bangladesh's most acclaimed poets, Shamsur Rahman, has died in Dhaka at the age of 77. New International Poetry Museum July 26, 2006 The International Poetry Museum, the first of its kind in the world, has established its headquarters in San Francisco by way of the National Poetry Association, to promote an active dedication to poe... New National Poet for Wales July 10, 2006 A professor of Welsh from Bangor University, Gywn Thomas has been named as the man to follow in the footsteps of Wales's first national poet, Gwyneth Lewis. Poet and writer Enzo Siciliano dies June 28, 2006 Experimental poet Sylvia Legris wins the Griffin prize June 28, 2006 C Buddingh’ prize goes to Willem Thies June 28, 2006 Poetry newslog - June 2006 June 15, 2006 Jerzy Ficowski, Poland’s borderland poet A toast to the happy couplet Poetry reading competition proves popular Some is quite good but is it literature? Twice Poet Laureate, Stanley Kunitz dies at... Poetry newslog May 2006 May 1, 2006 Sprache in Essenz Pulitzer Poetry VSB Prize to Boog Is your poem a winner? Adcock celebrated Poetry newslog April 2006 April 1, 2006 Pashtun poet’s lost verses Ian Hamilton Finlay, individualist artist and poet (1925-2006) Dominique de Villepin’s poetry held up as model Winner of Stephen Spender Poetry in translation prize final... Poetry newslog March 2006 March 1, 2006 Russian poet Gennady Aygi, 1934-2006 Antjie Krog accused of plagiarising Ted Hughes Poetry is good for your health, writes Christina Patterson Poetry newslog February 2006 February 1, 2006 Christopher Logue wins Whitbread prize Poet’s Home to Be Opened to Public The Emperor’s New Verses Poetry.org controversy H.C. ten Berge wins Dutch PC Hooft prize Poetry newslog January 2006 January 1, 2006 Christopher Logue wins Whitbread prize Poet’s Home to Be Opened to Public The Emperor’s New Verses Poetry.org controversy H.C. ten Berge wins Dutch PC Hooft prize 2005 Poetry newslog December 2005 December 1, 2005 Archive of poets’ voices Poetry newslog November 2005 November 1, 2005 Whitbread nominees TS Eliot shortlist Poetry newslog October 2005 October 1, 2005 Forward Prize to Harsent Poetry newslog September 2005 September 1, 2005 Popescu translation prize 2005 Poetry newslog August 2005 August 1, 2005 Dahlia Ravikovitch, 1936-2005 Poetry newslog July 2005 July 1, 2005 Forward shortlists Poetry newslog June 2005 June 1, 2005 Motion criticises curriculum Kat François wins World Slampionship New Sappho poem discovered Eugénio de Andrade, 1923-2005 Richard Eberhart, 1904-2005 Award for Kathleen Jamie Griffin Prize for ... Poetry newslog April 2005 April 1, 2005 Eppel anthology C.K. Williams wins Lilly Award American Life in Poetry Julia Darling, 1956-2005 Pete Doherty at poetry gala Verse for Charles and Camilla Poets respond to Astley Griffin shortl... Poetry newslog March 2005 March 1, 2005 Robert Creeley, 1926-2005 World Poetry Day Mario Luzi, 1914-2005 Poetry newslog February 2005 February 1, 2005 Shelley’s atheist letters found Surrealist Poetry generator Honorary doctorate for Zephaniah New Poetry Press Poetry newslog January 2005 January 1, 2005 TS Eliot Prize for Szirtes Symmons Roberts wins Whitbread poetry prize 2004 Poetry newslog November 2004 November 1, 2004 Whitbread shortlist TS Eliot shortlist Poetry newslog October 2004 October 1, 2004 Mahmoud Darwish wins €100,000 Prins Claus Prize Wallace Stevens Award for Strand Scotland’s national poet: Queen ‘incorrect’ Poetry guide St Andrews Poetry Foundation hands out awards Kathleen ... Poetry newslog August 2004 August 1, 2004 Czeslaw Milosz, 1911-2004 Kooser US poet laureate Dylan Thomas Prize Pound honoured with plaque Hundreds of Larkin poems found Donald Justice, 1925-2004 Owen Prize for Pinter Forward Prizes Poetry newslog July 2004 July 1, 2004 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, 1903-2004 Poetry newslog June 2004 June 1, 2004 Carl Rakosi, 1903-2004 Poetry International Festival Rotterdam International Poetry Festival Medellín poesiefestival berlin Griffin winners Dom Moraes, 1938-2004 New Generation Poets announced ... Poetry newslog May 2004 May 1, 2004 Poetry professorship for Christopher Ricks Poetry newslog April 2004 April 1, 2004 Nikos Stangos, 1936-2004 Thom Gunn, 1929-2004 Bryce wins National Poetry Competition Queen’s Gold Medal for Hugo Williams ‘Poets die younger’ Sa’di celebrations in Shiraz Poetry from new EU memb... Poetry newslog March 2004 March 1, 2004 Harrison wins Northern Rock Mass recital of Daffodil poem Walcott robbed Poetry sells Italian newspapers Natan Yonatan, 1923-2004 Lorca controversy continues Million copies of Pope anthology Co... Poetry newslog February 2004 February 1, 2004 Morgan Scottish poet laureate Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Poetry newslog January 2004 January 1, 2004 Second T S Eliot Prize for Paterson French prize for oeuvre Jacottet Paterson wins Whitbread 2003 Poetry newslog December 2003 December 1, 2003 Nooteboom wins P.C. Hooft Prize Rojas wins Cervantes Prize Spam poetry Saudi poet killed in ambush South African poet freed Poetry newslog November 2003 November 1, 2003 Zephaniah in OBE row Huge gathering of Fujian poets Canada launches Digital Library for blind Whitbread shortlist announced Day Lewis under MI5 surveillance Campaign to free boy imprisoned for wr... Poetry newslog October 2003 October 1, 2003 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Dylan Thomas 50th anniversary festival Shortlist TS Eliot Prize Larkin voted UK’s favourite poet Ciaran Carson wins Forward National Poetry Day UK Nobel winner translat... Poetry newslog September 2003 September 1, 2003 Constantine wins Popescu prize for translation Enzensberger Poetry Library launches digital magazines’ archive Poetry newslog August 2003 August 1, 2003 Gluck new U.S. poet laureate Haroldo de Campos, 1929-2003 Zheng Danyi’s poetry now available in English July 15, 2003 Wings of Summer, a bilingual selection of Zheng Danyi’s poetry from the years 1984-1997, is now available from Sixth Finger Press translated by Toronto-based literary translator Luo Hui. Contemporary Taiwanese poetry featured in Mañoa July 15, 2003 Mercury Rising: Contemporary Poetry from Taiwan has just been published by Mañoa Journal and UH Press. Guest editors Arthur Sze and Michelle Yeh have gathered nearly twenty of Taiwan's most in... Poetry newslog July 2003 July 1, 2003 Roberto Bolano, 1953-2003 Rare sonnet manuscripts on display in NY Library Billy Collins leads Forward list Motion offers funeral speech advice Kathleen Raine, 1908-2003 New Jersey abolishes poet... Who needs poetry festivals anyway? July 1, 2003 The recent Israeli poetry festival in Metulla provoked a sharp controversy questioning whether there is a need for such events at all, and about the very nature of poetry itself. Poetry newslog June 2003 June 1, 2003 Avison and Muldoon share Griffin Prize New poetry series on BBC3 De Villepin publishes new collection 'Eliot’s antisemitism still relevant' Chile’s ‘mother of nation’ scandal A. Roland Holst Grant for H.C. ten Berge May 19, 2003 Poet / novelist / translator H.C. ten Berge will receive the triennial A. Roland Holst Grant for poetry Tonnus Oosterhoff: VSB-prize for Poetry 2003 May 19, 2003 Tonnus Oosterhoff will receive the VSB-prize for poetry 2003 (€25.000,-), for his latest collection Wij zagen ons in een kleine groep mensen veranderen ('We saw us change into a small group of... Poetry newslog May 2003 May 1, 2003 ‘Plath no victim of Hughes’ City Lights Books turns 50 Larkin blues lyrics found Mansion of Yeats’s beloved to be sold Verse by Queen Elizabeth II Poetry magazine suing bank over Lilly bequest... Homage in Rabat to the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy April 17, 2003 A meeting took place Thursday evening (April 12, 2003) in Rabat in homage to the famous Greek poet Constantine cavafy, on the joint initiative of the Embassy of Greece at Morocco, the Hellenic Founda... The French Poet Jacques Ancet in Morocco April 17, 2003 Within the framework of its "Guest Poets program",and supported by the cultural service of the French embassy in Morocco and the ministry of culture , the House of poetry in Morocco received as a g... Poetry newslog April 2003 April 1, 2003 Hundreds of unknown MacDiarmid poems found Historic home of Dylan Thomas restored Muldoon wins Pulitzer Breton auction causes outcry New anti-war poem by poet laureate Rumsfeld a poet? Publication of Poetry Urgencies, followed by a selection of poems of Dominique de villepin March 23, 2003 Poetry Urgencies, followed by a selection of poems is Dominique de villepin's book recently published (2003) by the house poetry in Morocco. The poetry world day in Morocco March 23, 2003 Homage to the poetess Trina mercader in Tetuan on the occasion of the poetry world day March 23, 2003 The House of poetry in Morocco, in collaboration with the Cervantes institutes of Morocco, organized a meeting in homage to the Spanish poetess Trina Mercader. The meeting took place in the general Li... The prize for the first volume of poetry awarded to the young Moroccan poet Kamal akhlaki March 23, 2003 The prize for the first volume of poetry is awarded to the young Moroccan poet Kamal Akhlaki for his book More than a Mountain. The House of Poetry in Morocco celebrates the Poetry World Day March 23, 2003 Solidarity with Iraq at the heart of the celebration of the poetry world day in Casablanca March 22, 2003 The house of poetry in Morocco celebrated in Casablanca, the poetry world day under the sign: "A poetry world day against the war".The evening, which is dedicated to solidarity with the Iraqi people... The spring of poetry into the poetry world day March 21, 2003 Poetry newslog March 2003 March 1, 2003 Thom Gunn shares £40,000 award World's biggest poetry prize reveals shortlist New poetry prize cancels its inaugural award Remarque-Peace-Prize to Mahmud Darwish February 17, 2003 Reading celebrates Mang Ke's poetic achievement February 17, 2003 Mang Ke, pioneer co-editor of the Today! poetry magazine and one of China's best-known and influential poets from the late 1970s, has been feted in an event called "Sunflower in the light", ... New war poem by Seamus Heaney February 15, 2003 A new work against the war by Seamus Heaney is published for the first time in today’s Guardian. Poets for the war February 15, 2003 The Wall Street Journal has declared its own "Day of Poetry for the War". National day of poetry against the war February 12, 2003 The American "Poets against the war" grassroots movement has turned February 12 into a national day of protest. 100 poets against the war in its third edition February 10, 2003 100 Poets against the war, the internet poetry anthology collected and published in less than one week, has brought out a second and a third edition. Canada's poet laureate joins growing chorus of poets against war February 10, 2003 George Bowering, Canada’s official state poet, has contributed a poem to the Poets Against the War project. U.S. poet laureate speaks out against war February 10, 2003 American poet laureate Billy Collins has publicly declared his opposition against an attack on Iraq. British MP reads German poem in Tube station February 4, 2003 British MP Denis MacShane marked the 30 year anniversary of British membership of the European Union yesterday by reading a German poem in a London Underground station. Daughter attacks film about Plath in poem February 4, 2003 Poet and painter Frieda Hughes, the daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, has written a poem condemning a BBC-backed film about her mother. Irish poets and writers protest war February 4, 2003 Several of Ireland’s most famous poets and writers have teamed up for a public letter opposing war in Iraq. White House cancels poetry forum over fears of anti-war protest January 30, 2003 A poetry forum at the White House that was to be hosted by First Lady Laura Bush has been cancelled after some of the poets indicated they wanted to protest against the proposed attack on Iraq. Poetry "a huge contributor to Scottish economy" January 28, 2003 Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns, brings more than £157 million into the country each year, a BBC documentary reveals. Harivansh Rai Bachchan, 1907-2003 January 28, 2003 Harivansh Rai Bachchan, one of the greatest poets of the Hindi language, died on Saturday 18 January of respiratory problems at the age of 96. T.S. Eliot Prize for Oswald January 28, 2003 Alice Oswald has won this year’s T.S. Eliot Prize, worth £10,000, for her poem Dart. Pinter pens anti-war poem January 23, 2003 Following in the footsteps of British poet laureate Andrew Motion, distinguished playwright Harold Pinter has published a poem criticising the US for its warmongering. New history of twentieth-century Chinese poetry is published January 12, 2003 A new history of twentieth-century Chinese poetry entitled Zhongguo xinshi (China's New Poetry) has just been published by the Shanghai People's Arts Press. The Argana international poetry award January 10, 2003 The Argana international poetry Award was created in 2002 by the house of poetry in morocco as a sign of poetic friendship from Moroccan poets to one of their fellow poets around the world. The winner... Latest News January 9, 2003 Poet laureate writes anti-war poem Pope John Paul II to publish book of poetry New Jersey lawmakers vote to abolish poet laureate position Former poet laureate Troupe quits university job over cv c... Poet laureate writes anti-war poem January 9, 2003 British poet laureate Andrew Motion published a quatrain today in which he questions the motives behind a possible US-led invasion of Iraq. Pope John Paul II to publish book of poetry January 8, 2003 Pope John Paul II is to publish a book of poetry which is said to include his thoughts on the choosing of his successor. 2002 P.C. Hooft-prize 2003: H.H. ter Balkt December 20, 2002 H.H. ter Balkt (1938) has been awarded the most important Dutch literary prize, the P.C. Hooft-prize 2003. Ter Balkt initially published as 'Habakuk II De Balker'. Ter Balkt will receive the prize o... New Jersey lawmakers vote to abolish poet laureate position December 17, 2002 After unsuccessful attempts to fire Amiri Baraka as poet laureate of New Jersey, the Senate State Government Committee voted for a bill that will abolish the position altogether. Former poet laureate Troupe quits university job over cv controversy December 6, 2002 American poet Quincy Troupe last Tuesday announced he will resign as professor at the University of California, San Diego, over the cv discrepancies that also cost him his position as California’s fir... Release first album Chirikure December 1, 2002 Angel on a Stool Just Launched November 22, 2002 Wang Jiaxin, a well-known Beijing-based poet, has officially launched his most recent book. Renditions 58 Now Available November 22, 2002 The most recent issue of Renditions, the premier Chinese-English translation magazine, has just been published. Harvard reinvites Paulin for prestigious lecture November 21, 2002 One week after Harvard University cancelled a reading by Oxford poet Tom Paulin, because of complaints about the poet’s anti-zionist views, the English department voted to overturn the decision. Court battle over Lorca manuscript November 20, 2002 A prolonged court case over the ownership of the manuscript of Federico García Lorca’s Poeta en Nueva York has been decided in favour of an unknown Mexican actress. Guardian publishes new Larkin poem November 19, 2002 A recently discovered poem by Philip Larkin is published for the first time today in the British newspaper The Guardian. Guangzhou Poetry Reading Scheduled for 23 November November 19, 2002 According to a report from the Poemlife website, a poetry reading featuring a total of 20 poets will be held in the city of Guangzhou on 23 November. Heiress makes $ 100 million donation to Poetry magazine November 18, 2002 America’s most important poetry magazine has received a multimillion-dollar gift from the woman whose verse it repeatedly rejected. Harvard cancels Paulin lecture over poet’s anti-Israel views November 18, 2002 Harvard University’s prestigious Morris Gray Lecture, scheduled for last Thursday, has been cancelled after more than 100 students and faculty members protested Northern Irish poet Tom Paulin’s anti-z... Bowering becomes Canada’s first poet laureate November 13, 2002 Canada has chosen for its first official poet laureate an outspoken, irreverent critic of the high and mighty. 3rd international festival of poetry in Casablanca November 6, 2002 Following the initiative of the founding members, and having as objective the construction of a plural poetic Mediterranean in search of its roots and open onto the world, a meeting took place on the ... An Urgent Plea for Action November 6, 2002 Help Argentinian poet Juan Gelman find out about the fate of his daughter-in-law, who disappeared in Uruguay during the military dictatorship of the 1970s. Lite Verse November 6, 2002 Larkin notebook found Poet laureate's drug habit Poetry against depression Toilet paper literature French Poets Make Belated Translation Debut November 5, 2002 In a recent posting on the Poetry Life poetry site, it was announced that substantial collections of the work of three French poets had recently been published in China by Beiyue Arts and Literature P... Wolfgang Hilbig received the prestigious Büchnerpreis November 1, 2002 Wolfgang Hilbig, one of the most distinguished voice in the German speaking area over the past 25 years, yet also an author that has over and over again been underrated, on October the 26th 2002 he r... Son Naguib Surur forced into exile after posting poetry on web November 1, 2002 Egyptian webdesigner Shohdy Surur has been sentenced to one year in prison after publishing a controversial poem written by his late father, the notorious iconoclast, poet and playwright Naguib Surur. Chinese Poets Stage First Naked Happening November 1, 2002 A group of poets recently staged China's first-ever naked happening. The creation of the forum of poetry festivals November 1, 2002 One of the major events that took place during the 3rd international festival of poetry in Casablanca is the creation of a forum which aims at bringing together Mediterranean festivals. Yang Lian Set To Spook New Readers November 1, 2002 Yang Lian has published a new selected poems in English entitled Notes of a Blissful Ghost. 10. Open Mike November 1, 2002 Yang Lian's Yi Now Available in English November 1, 2002 Yang Lian's Yi, a vast poem in four sections reworking the esoteric Book of Changes, is now available in an attractive bilingual edition published by Green Integer as part of the Marjor...