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[edit] Events
- William McGonagall
- Poet and Tragedian
- "I am your gracious Majesty
- ever faithful to Thee,
- William McGonagall, the Poor Poet,
- That lives in Dundee."
[edit] Works published in English
- Robert Adamson Black Water: Approaching Zukofsky
- Les Murray:
- Fredy Neptune, verse novel, winner of the 2005 Premio Mondello (in Italy)[1]
- New Selected Poems, Duffy & Snellgrove[1]
- Conscious and Verbal, Carcanet, Duffy & Snellgrove[1]
- Alistair Campbell, Gallipoli & Other Poems, Wellington: Wai-te-ata Press
- Janet Charman, Rapunzel Rapunzel, Auckland: Auckland University Press[3]
- Michele Leggott, As far as I can see, Auckland: Auckland University Press
- Robin Hyde, The book of Nadath, introduction and notes by Michele Leggott; Auckland: Auckland University Press, posthumous
- Bill Manhire, What to Call Your Child
- Sarah Quigley, Raewyn Alexander and Anna Jackson, AUP New Poets 1: Sarah Quigley, Raewyn Alexander and Anna Jackson, Auckland: Auckland University Press[4]
- Ciarán Carson: The Ballad of HMS Belfast: A Compendium of Belfast Poems, Picador
- Seamus Heaney:
- The Light of the Leaves, Bonnefant Press
- Translator: Beowulf, Faber & Faber
- Translator: Diary of One Who Vanished, a song cycle by Leoš Janáček of poems by Ozef Kalda, Faber & Faber
- John Heath-Stubbs, The Sound of Light
- Andrew Johnston (poet), The Open Window, Arc Publications, a New Zealand poet living in Paris, France
- Derek Mahon, Collected Poems. Gallery Press
- Peter Redgrove, Selected Poems
- Mary Jo Salter, A Kiss in Space, Knopf
- Marina Tsvetayeva, The Selected Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, translated by Elaine Feinstein, fifth edition, with new poems and a new introduction, Oxford University Press/Carcanet
- Hugo Williams, Billy's Rain, Faber and Faber
[edit] Anthologies in the United Kingdom
- John Ashbery, Girls on the Run, a book-length poem inspired by the work of artist Henry Darger
- Joseph Brodsky: Discovery, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux[5] Russian-American
- Riohard Caddel and Peter Quartermain, editors, Other: British and Irish Poetry since 1970 Wesleyan University Press
- Robert Dassanowsky, Telegrams from the Metropole. Selected Poems 1980-1998 ISBN 13 978-3-901993-02-2; ISBN 103-901993-02-9
- Ed Dorn and Gordon Brotherston, editors (and Brotherston, translator), Sun Unwound: Original Texts from Occupied America, North Atlantic Books[6] anthology
- Rita Dove, On the Bus with Rosa Parks (Norton); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
- Geoffrey Hill, The Triumph of Love (Houghton Mifflin); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
- John Hollander, Figurehead and Other Poems
- Fanny Howe, Forged
- William Logan, Night Battle
- Glyn Maxwell, The Breakage, (Houghton Mifflin); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
- W.S. Merwin, The River Sound: Poems (Knopf); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
- Eugenio Montale, Collected Poems: 1920-1954 (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); a New York Times "notable book of the year"; translated from Italian
- Mary Oliver, Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems
- Michael Palmer, The Danish Notebook (Avec Books); memoir/poetic essay
- Carl Rakosi, The Old Poet's Tale
- Kenneth Rexroth, Swords That Shall Not Strike: Poems of Protest and Rebellion (Glad Day; posthumous}
- Charles Simic, Jackstraws: Poems (Harcourt Brace); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
- Melvin B. Tolson, Harlem Gallery: And Other Poems (University Press of Virginia); a New York Times "notable book of the year"
- Rosmarie Waldrop, Reluctant Gravities (New Directions)
[edit] Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
Poems from these 75 poets are in The Best American Poetry 1999, edited by David Lehman, guest editor, Robert Bly:
[edit] Other in English
[edit] Works published in other languages
- Matilde Camus:
- Clamor del pensamiento ("Clamour of thought")
- Cancionero multicolor ("Multicolour collection of verses")
- La estrellita Giroldina ("Giroldina the star")
[edit] Other languages
[edit] Awards and honors
- Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement:
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards (no poetry winner this year) First-book award for poetry: Kate Camp, Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars, Victoria University Press
- Cholmondeley Award: Vicki Feaver, Geoffrey Hill, Elma Mitchell, Sheenagh Pugh
- Eric Gregory Award: Ross Cogan, Matthew Hollis, Helen Ivory, Andrew Pidoux, Owen Sheers, Dan Wyke
- Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Jo Shapcott, My Life Asleep (Oxford University Press)
- Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Nick Drake, The Man in the White Suit (Bloodaxe)
- Poet Laureate of Great Britain: Andrew Motion appointed
- Samuel Johnson Prize: Antony Beevor, Stalingrad
- T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Hugo Williams, Billy's Rain
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Seamus Heaney, Beowulf
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 – John Frederick Nims, United States
- February 22 – William Bronk, 81, United States
- May 10 – Shel Silverstein, 68, children's poet
- August 15 – Patricia Beer, 79, British poet and critic
- September 8 – Moondog, 83, street poet (aka Louis T. Hardin)
- October 9 – João Cabral de Melo Neto, 79, Brazilian poet and diplomat
- December 10 – Edward Dorn, 70, American poet associated with the Black Mountain poets
- date not known:
[edit] See also
- ^ a b c [1]Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed October 15, 2007
- ^ [2]Web page titled "Griffin Poetry Prize/ Canadian Shortlist" at the Griffen Poetry Award Web site, accessed October 6, 2007
- ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article
- ^ Web page titled "Raewyn Alexander / New Zealand Literature File" at the University of Aukland Library website, accessed April 30, 2008
- ^ [3] Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed October 18, 2007
- ^ Web page titled "Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved May 8, 2008
- ^ Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy" at the Poetry International Website, accessed May 2, 2008
