2007 in poetry
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[edit] Events
- March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. Named after the famed 10th century classical Arab poet, Al-Mutanabbi, it was an established street for bookselling for hundreds of years and the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community. On March 8, to remember the tragic event, Baghdad poets presented readings on the remains of the street. [1] This was followed by various poetry readings around the United States commemorating the bombing of the historic center of the literary and intellectual community of Baghdad, many of the readings took place in the final weeks of August 2007. [2]
- April 17: Nikki Giovanni, a professor of English at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the U.S. state of Virginia, both spoke and recited poetry at the campus convocation commemorating the Virginia Tech massacre of the day before. Giovanni taught the Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho in a poetry class. She had previously approached the department chair to have Cho taken out of her class.[3] "We are the Hokies! We will prevail! We will prevail! We are Virginia Tech!" Giovanni said, bringing the audience to its feet and into a spontaneous cheer. Giovanni closed the ceremony with a chant poem, intoning, "We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on. We are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech... We do not understand this tragedy... No one deserves a tragedy."[3]
- August 9: Bangladeshi poet Taslima Nasreen was attacked at a book signing in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh by a crowd of protesters who shouted for her death.[4] The attackers consisted of lawmakers and members of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party who objected to her writings on religion and oppression of women. After the attack, India criminally charged Nasreen with "hurting Muslim feelings", punishable by up to three years in jail.[5]
- The New Yorker magazine announced that longtime poetry editor Alice Quinn was leaving and, as of November, Paul Muldoon, an Irish native and U.S. citizen, would be taking over what The Chronicle of Higher Education called "one of the most powerful positions in American poetry".[6]
- The Eagles set "An Old-Fashioned Song", a poem by John Hollander, to music (four-part harmony with guitar chords, but mostly singing it a cappella), named it "No More Walks in the Wood" after its first line. They released it on the album, "Long Road Out of Eden". The band added no words to the 21-line poem, and there are no choruses.[7]
[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:
[edit] Australia
- Les Murray, Selected Poems (Black Inc.) ISBN 9781863954044
[edit] Australian anthologies
- Peter Rose, editor, Best of Australian Poetry (Black Inc) ISBN-13 9781863954174
[edit] Poets in Best Australian Poetry 2007
The Best Australian Poetry 2007 (ISBN 9780702236075), by series editors Bronwyn Lea and Martin Duwell; with 2007 guest editor John Tranter (University of Queensland Press), published work by these 40 poets:
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[edit] Canada
- Don Domanski, All Our Wonder Unavenged, Brick Books, ISBN 978-1-894078-58-6, winner of the Governor General's Book Award
- George Murray The Rush to Here, ISBN 0-8897-1229-8
- Anne Simpson Quick, ISBN 0-7710-8091-3
[edit] Ireland
- Pat Boran, New and Selected Poems (Dedalus Press), Ireland[8]
- Paul Durcan, The Laughter of Mothers (Harvill Secker)
[edit] New Zealand
- Janet Charman, Cold Snack, Auckland: Auckland University Press[9]
- Andrew Johnston, Sol
- Michele Leggott, Journey to Portugal (Holloway Press) a collection of poems written during a 2004 trip to Portugal and inspired by Fernando Pessoa, Portugal’s great Modernist poet. Illustrated by Gretchen Albrecht.
[edit] Poets in Best New Zealand Poems
These poets wrote the 25 poems selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2006, published this year:
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[edit] United Kingdom
- Simon Armitage, translator, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation, Faber and Faber
- W. H. Auden, Collected Poems, edited by Edward Mendelson (Modern Library) (Anglo-American poet), posthumous
- Dale Craske Remedy The Remedy With New Improved Remedy, Faber
- Ian Duhig, The Speed of Dark (Picador), on the short list for the T.S. Eliot Prize
- Alan Gillis, Hawks and Doves (Gallery), on the short list for the T.S. Eliot Prize
- Sophie Hannah, Pessimism for Beginners (Carcanet), on the short list for the T.S. Eliot Prize
- Seamus Heaney: Something to Write Home About, Nicholson and Bass
- Paul Henry, Ingrid’s Husband, Seren
- Mimi Khalvati, The Meanest Flower (Carcanet), on the short list for the T.S. Eliot Prize
- Nick Laird, On Purpose (Faber & Faber)
- Frances Leviston, Public Dream (Picador), on the short list for the T.S. Eliot Prize
- Sarah Maguire, The Pomegranates of Kandahar (Chatto), on the short list for the T.S. Eliot Prize
- Edwin Morgan, A Book of Lives (Carcanet), on the short list for the T.S. Eliot Prize
- Daljit Nagra, Look We Have Coming to Dover!, Faber and Faber
- Sean O'Brien, The Drowned Book, Picador, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize
- Fiona Sampson, Common Prayer (Carcanet), on the short list for the T.S. Eliot Prize
- Matthew Sweeney, Black Moon (Jonathan Cape), on the short list for the T.S. Eliot Prize
[edit] United States
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[edit] Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
- Edward Dorn, Ed Dorn Live: Lectures, Interviews, and Outtakes (University of Michigan Press)
- Robert Faggen, editor, The Notebooks of Robert Frost, Harvard University Press
- Sam Hamill, Avocations: On Poets and Poetry, Red Hen
- James Longenbach, The Art of the Poetic Line, Graywolf Press, ISBN-10: 1555974953 ISBN-13: 978-1555974954
- Janet Malcolm, Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice, about Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas (Yale University Press), biography
- Karen Marguerite Moloney, Seamus Heaney and the Emblems of Hope, ISBN 978-0-8262-1744-8
- A. David Moody, Ezra Pound: Poet I: The Young Genius 1885-1920
- Mark Scroggins, The Poem of a Life: A Biography of Louis Zukofsky
[edit] Anthologies in the United States
- Allison Hedge Coke, editor - To Topos/Oregon State University Ahani: Indigenous American Poetry
- Julia Kasdorf and Michael Tyrell, editors, Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn, anthology (New York University)
- David Lehman, general editor, Heather McHugh, 2007 editor, The Best American Poetry 2007 Scribner ISBN 0743299736
- Kei Miller, New Caribbean Poetry, including poems by Christian Campbell, Loretta Collins, Delores Gauntlett, Shara McCallum, Marilene Phipps, Jennifer Rahim, Tanya Shirley, and Ian Strachan; Carcanet
- Claudia Rankine and Lisa Sewell, editors, American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics, featuring the work of 13 poets: Joshua Clover, Stacy Doris, Peter Gizzi, Kenneth Goldsmith, Myung Mi Kim, Mark Levine, Tracie Morris, Mark Nowak, D.A. Powell, Juliana Spahr, Karen Volkman, Susan Wheeler, and Kevin Young; accompanied by an audio CD of readings from each poet; Wesleyan University Press, ISBN 9780819567284
- Daniel Tobin, editor, The Book of Irish American Poetry: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present, University of Notre Dame Press
- Natasha Trethewey, editor, Jeb Livingood, series editor, Best New Poets 2007: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers (Samovar Press)
[edit] Poets in The Best American Poetry 2007
These poets appeared in The Best American Poetry 2007, with David Lehman, general editor, and Heather McHugh, guest editor (who selected the poetry) (Scribner ISBN 0743299736):
[edit] Other in English
- Breyten Breytenbach, Windcatcher: New and Selected Poems, 1964-2006, Harcourt (South African)
- Patrick Cotter general editor, Colm Breathnach and Maurice Riordan 2007 editors, The Best of Irish Poetry 2007 designed to be the first of an annual series.
[edit] Works published in other languages
- Dimitris P. Kraniotis, Dunes, published in Bucharest (Romania), ISBN 978-973-8430-44-0 (bilingual edition, French and Romanian translation of selected poems), Greece
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry:
- Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize: The Goldfinches of Baghdad by Robert Adamson
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry:
[edit] Canada
- Atlantic Poetry Prize:
- Griffin Poetry Prize (Canada): Don McKay, Strike/Slip
- Griffin Poetry Prize (International, in the English Language): Charles Wright, Scar Tissue; and **"Lifetime Recognition Award" (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Tomas Tranströmer
- Pat Lowther Award: Sina Queyras, Lemon Hound
- Prix Alain-Grandbois:
- Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award: Vicki Goodfellow Duke, The Year We Quit Believing
[edit] New Zealand
- Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement: Dick Scott, Bill Manhire and Fiona Farrell
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards (poetry category): Janet Frame, for The Goose Bath
[edit] United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Judith Kazantzis, Robert Nye, Penelope Shuttle
- Eric Gregory Award: Rachel Curzon, Miriam Gamble, Michael McKimm, Helen Mort, Jack Underwood
- Forward Poetry Prizes:
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- Best collection: Sean O'Brien, for The Drowned Book
- Best first collection: Daljit Nagra, for Look We Have Coming To Dover!
- Best single poem: Alice Oswald, for "Dunt"
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: James Fenton
- T. S. Eliot Prize: Sean O'Brien, The Drowned Book
[edit] United States
- Bollingen Prize: Frank Bidart
- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Alice Notley, for Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970–2005
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for poetry: Stanley Plumly, Old Heart: Poems (W. W. Norton)
- National Book Award for Poetry: Robert Hass
- The New Criterion Poetry Prize: J. Allyn Rosser, for Foiled Again
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (United States): Natasha Trethewey, for Native Guard
- Wallace Stevens Award: Charles Simic [10]
[edit] From the Poetry Society of America
- Frost Medal: John Hollander
- Shelley Memorial Award: Kimiko Hahn; Judges: Major Jackson, Maurya Simon, and George Stanley
- Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award: James Richardson; Judge: Matthea Harvey
- Cecil Hemley Memorial Award: Yerra Sugarman; Judge: Michael Palmer
- Lyric Poetry Award: Ed Skoog; Judge: Srikanth Reddy
- Lucille Medwick Memorial Award: Wayne Miller; Judge: Tracy K. Smith
- Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award: Rusty Morrison; Judge: Susan Howe
- Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award: Laura Ruffino; Judge: Thomas Sayers Ellis
- George Bogin Memorial Award: Wayne Miller; Judge: Eleni Sikelianos
- Robert H. Winner Memorial Award: Charlene Fix; finalists: Eva Heisler, Rick Hilles
- Norma Farber First Book Award: Kate Colby, Fruitlands Litmus Press; Judge: Rosmarie Waldrop
- William Carlos Williams Award: Matthew Zapruder, The Pijamaist, Copper Canyon Press; finalists: Liam Rector, Elaine Terranova; Judge: Tony Hoagland
[edit] Deaths
- February 14 – Emmett Williams, 81, American poet, known for among other reasons, his collaborations with Daniel Spoerri and Claus Bremer in the Darmstadt circle of concrete poetry, dynamic theater, etc., from 1957 to 1959. [11]
- March 19:
- Shimon Tzabar, 80, Israeli artist, author, poet and former Haaretz columnist, pneumonia[12]
- Robert Dickson, 62, Canadian professor, award-winning Franco-Ontarian writer and poet, cancer[13]
- March 20 – Rita Joe, 75, Canadian Mi'kmaq poet, of Parkinson's disease.[14]
- May 25 – Len Roberts, 60, American poet, professor [15]
- May 30 – William M. Meredith, 88, American, poet, professor [16]
- May 31 – Sarah Hannah, 40, American poet, professor [17]
- June 7:; Michael Hamburger, 83, German poet, translator [18]
- June 20 – Nazik al-Malaika, 85, Iraqi poet [19]
- June 21 – Mary Ellen Solt, 86, American poet, critic [20]
- June 25 – Rahim al-Maliki, 39, Iraqi poet [21]
- June 27 – Dragutin Tadijanovic, 102, Croatian poet [22]
- July 1 – Mong Tuyet, 93, Vietnamese poet [23]
- July 2:
- Philip Booth, 81, American poet, professor, [24]
- Sandy Crimmins, 55, American poet, performance artist,[25]
- July 7 – Dmitri Prigov, 66, Russian poet, artist, [26]
- July 18 – Sekou Sundiata, 58, American poet, performance artist, [27]
- July 31 – Margaret Avison, 89, Canadian poet [28]
- August 15:
- Liam Rector, 57, American poet, professor, critic, [29]
- Khalid Alig, 82, Indian poet, journalist, [30]
- August 22 – Grace Paley, 84, American poet, short story writer, activist [31]
- September 12 – Bill Griffiths, 59, British poet, widely published in the United States
- October 21 – R. B. Kitaj, 74, American-born artist, a friend of poets, via his portraits of poets Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, Charles Olson & others [32]
- November 17? – Landis Everson, 81, American poet, had a loose affiliation with the Berkeley Renaissance via his association with Jack Spicer's circle of poets. Everson's work was "rediscovered" only a few years before his death.
- November 17:
- Siv Cedering, 68, Swedish-American poet, painter, sculptor, illustrator, and author, of pancreatic cancer
- Meg Campbell (born 1937), New Zealand poet and wife of Alistair Campbell
- December 30 – Rosemary C. Wilkinson, American poet, Honorary President of the World Academy of Arts and Culture (WAAC).
[edit] Notes
- ^ Iraq's Cultural Curators Defy Sectarian Unrest
- ^ ::Arc Poetry::Portage link::Mutanabbi Street Memorial Reading::
- ^ a b Police: Cho taken to mental health center in 2005
- ^ Taslima Nasreen, Poet, Attacked in India: Men Attack Her; Other Men Try to Sheild (sic) Her
- ^ CBC.ca Arts - India to charge writer Nasreen with 'hurting Muslim feelings'
- ^ [1]Howard, Jennifer, "New Gatekeeper of Poetry at 'The New Yorker' Will Be Princeton Professor" item on the "News blog" of The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 21, 2007, accessed October 6, 2007
- ^ Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe, "Venerable Poet's Words To a Pop Music Beat", article, The New York Times, Connecticut and the Region section, February 10, 2008, p 6
- ^ "Publications" Web page at Pat Boran's Web site, accessed May 2
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article
- ^ CHARLES SIMIC RECEIVES THE WALLACE STEVENS AWARD Press release from Academy of American Poets (August 2, 2007)
- ^ UBUWEB Historical: Emmett Williams, USA | 1925-2007
- ^ Shimon Tzabar, 81, dies in London - Haaretz - Israel News
- ^ Robert Dickson n'est plus
- ^ globeandmail.com: Arts
- ^ [2]
- ^ Pulitzer Prize-winning Connecticut poet dies - Boston.com
- ^ Sarah Hannah, 40; teacher, poet known for incisiveness, fervence - The Boston Globe
- ^ "Remembering Poet and Translator Michael Hamburger - Forward.com"
- ^ [3]
- ^ San Jose Mercury News - Mary Ellen Solt, 86, poet
- ^ Blast Kills Iraqi Peace Poet
- ^ Javno - Croatia
- ^ VietNamNet - Talented female poet dies
- ^ Poet Philip Booth dies at 81
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]
- ^ [6]
- ^ CBC.ca Arts - Canadian poet Margaret Avison dies at 89
- ^ Top N.Y. Poet Kills Self
- ^ Veteran poet Khalid Alig passes away -DAWN - Top Stories; August 16, 2007
- ^ Acclaimed Writer Grace Paley Dies at 84 - washingtonpost.com
- ^ "He was a friend of poets..." from poet Pierre Joris's weblog
