2015 in poetry
- This article presents lists of historical events in poetry during 2015. For the historical context see Poetry in the early 21st century.
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Anniversaries
- January 4 – On this day 50 years ago, Anglo-American poet T. S. Eliot dies.
- April 23 – On this day 100 years ago, English poet Rupert Brooke dies on active service.
- June – In this month 100 years ago, T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is published.
Selection of works published in English
United Kingdom
England
- George the Poet, Search Party
- Clive James, Sentenced to Life
- Latest Readings
- Frances Leviston, Disinformation
- Sam Riviere, Kim Kardashian’s Marriage
Scotland
- Iain Banks, Poems. ISBN 1408705877
- Robin Fulton Macpherson, A Northern Habitat: Collected Poems 1960-2010
United States
- Rae Armantrout, Itself
- Fred Moten, The Little Edges
Awards and honors by Country
- See also: List of poetry awards
Awards announced this year:
International
Australia awards and honors
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry:
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry:
Canada awards and honors
- Archibald Lampman Award:
- Atlantic Poetry Prize:
- 2014 Governor General's Awards:
- Griffin Poetry Prize:
- Canada:
- International:
- Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees):
- Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize:
- Gerald Lampert Award:
- Pat Lowther Award:
- Prix Alain-Grandbois:
France awards and honors
- Prix Goncourt de la Poésie:
New Zealand awards and honors
- Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement:
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards (poetry category):
United Kingdom awards and honors
- Cholmondeley Award:
- Costa Award (formerly "Whitbread Awards") for poetry:
- Shortlist:
- English Association's Fellows' Poetry Prizes:
- Eric Gregory Award (for a collection of poems by a poet under the age of 30):
- Forward Poetry Prize:
- Best Collection:
- Shortlist:
- Best First Collection:
- Shortlist:
- Best Poem:
- Shortlist:
- Best Collection:
- Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for poetry:
- Shortlist:
- Manchester Poetry Prize:
- National Poet of Wales:
- National Poetry Competition 2015:
- T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland):
- Shortlist (announced in November 2015): 2015Short List
- The Times/Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation:
United States awards and honors
- Arab American Book Award (The George Ellenbogen Poetry Award):
- Honorable Mentions:
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize:
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award: Marilyn Chin for Hard Love Province
- Best Translated Book Award (BTBA):
- Beatrice Hawley Award from Alice James Books:
- Bollingen Prize: Nathaniel Mackey
- Jackson Poetry Prize:
- Judges:
- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize:
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize:
- Finalists:
- National Book Award for Poetry (NBA):
- NBA Finalists:
- NBA Longlist:
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry:
- The New Criterion Poetry Prize:
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (United States): Digest by Gregory Pardlo
- Finalists:
- Wallace Stevens Award:
- Whiting Writers' Award (in Poetry):
- PEN Award for Poetry in Translation: – Judge:
- PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry: (Judges: )
- Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award:
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize:
- Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award:
- Walt Whitman Prize – - Judge:
- Yale Younger Series:
From the Poetry Society of America
- Frost Medal:
- Shelley Memorial Award:
- Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award:
- Lyric Poetry Award:
- Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award:
- Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award:
- George Bogin Memorial Award:
- Robert H. Winner Memorial Award: '
- Cecil Hemley Memorial Award:
- Norma Farber First Book Award:
- Lucille Medwick Memorial Award:
- William Carlos Williams Award: (Judge: )
- Finalists for WCW Award:
Conferences and workshops by country
United States
- West Chester University Poetry Conference will take place at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania from June 2 to 6, 2015.[1]
Deaths
January – June
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 1 – Miller Williams, 84 (born 1930), American poet, maybe best known for reading the inaugural poem at US President Bill Clinton's second inauguration.[2][3]
- January 4 – Michele Serros, 48 (born 1966), American novelist and poet, who was a staff writer for the George Lopez Show.[4][5]
- January 29 – Rod McKuen, 81 (born 1933), American poet, singer and songwriter ("Jean", "Seasons in the Sun") who was one of the bestselling poets of the 1960s[6]
- February 14 – Philip Levine, 87 (born 1928), American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and a former Poet Laureate of the United States.[7][8]
- April 15 – Tomas Tranströmer, 83 (born 1931), Swedish poet and translator who gained significant recognition during his lifetime. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1990), and the Nobel Prize in Literature (2011).[9][10]
See also
Further reading
References
- ↑ WCU Poetry Conference
- ↑ Poet Miller Williams, 84, dies
- ↑ http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2015/01/blog-post_29.html?m=0
- ↑ Michele Serros, Who Wrote About Bicultural Life, Dies
- ↑ McKinnon, Lisa (January 5, 2015) 'Chicana Role Model' author, Oxnard native Serros succumbs to cancer at 48
- ↑ Rod McKuen, prolific songwriter and poet, dies at 81
- ↑ Former poet laureate Philip Levine, a champion of the working class, dies at 87
- ↑ Nobody Was Writing Poetry of This World Like Philip Levine (1928–2015) – from "Harriet the Blog" at The Poetry Foundation website.
- ↑ Sweden's Tomas Transtromer, Nobel prize-winning poet, dies at 83
- ↑ http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2015/03/blog-post_23.html?m=0
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