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2011 in poetry

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List of years in poetry (table)
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

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Celebrated Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer (right) signs Vecka nr.II, a reflection of his poem "Galleriet," an artist book by multi-award Iraqi-Swedish Modhir Ahmed (left)

Works published in English

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Australia

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Canada

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India, in English

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  • Vivek Narayanan, Universal Beach, 80 pages, ingirumimusnocteetconsumimurigni (SPD, dist.), ISBN 978-1-934639-10-8

Ireland

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New Zealand

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Poets in Best New Zealand Poems

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Poems from these 25 poets were selected by Chris Price for Best New Zealand Poems 2010, published online this year:

South Africa

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United Kingdom

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Anthologies in the United Kingdom

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United States

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Anthologies in the United States

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Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

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Poets in The Best American Poetry 2011

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These poets appeared in The Best American Poetry 2011. David Lehman, general editor, and Kevin Young, guest editor (who selected the poetry):[16]

Works published in other languages

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Denmark

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France

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Germany

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Ireland

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Poland

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Other languages

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Bengali

Ukrainian

  • Les Wicks, Shadows of the Read (Krok)
  • "AU/UA: Contemporary Poetry of Ukraine and Australia" (Krok) Meuse Press

Urdu

Awards and honors by country

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Australia awards and honors

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Canada awards and honors

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New Zealand awards and honors

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United Kingdom awards and honors

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United States awards and honors

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From the Poetry Society of America

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From the Poetry Society of Virginia Student Poetry Contest

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2011 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Category 8: Virginia Student Prize :: Judge: Dr. Kate Simpson, Winchester, VA

  • 1st Place – Jake Robinson of Virginia Beach, VA for the poem "Makings of Men"
  • 2nd Place – Mikal Cardine of Midland, VA for the poem "Remember"
  • 3rd Place – Kira Tomlin of Front Royal, VA for the poem "Caught In Silence"
  • 1st Honorable Mention – Elliott Warren of Richmond, VA for the poem "Time Does Not Heal"
  • 2nd Honorable Mention – Franklin Ewing of Richmond, VA for the poem "Against Kosovel"
  • 3rd Honorable Mention – Andre Aganbi of Chester, VA for the poem "Classic Scene"

2011 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Category 7: College/University :: Judge: Bob Kelly, Newport News, VA

  • 1st Place Ishaway Friestad of Norfolk, VA for the poem "Super Nova"
  • 3rd Place Lauren "Wren" Brown of Springfield, VA for the poem "Spiral"

2011 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Category 6: Grades 11 & 12 :: Judge: Nancy Powell, Hampton, VA

  • 1st Place Franklin Ewing of Richmond, VA for the poem "Think"
  • 2nd Place Bridget Jamison of Vienna, VA for the poem "The Dance"
  • 3rd Place Stephen Wood of Richmond, VA for the poem "On The Rechristening of High Fructose Corn Syrup"

2011 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Category 5: Grades 9 & 10:: Judge: Pete Freas, Chesapeake, VA

  • 1st Place Hannah Wilson of Oak Park, IL for the poem “I came from a mother...”
  • 2nd Place Hannah Srajer of Oak Park, IL for the poem "Crusade"
  • 2nd Place Olivia O'Sullivan of Oak Park, IL for the poem “weekday drinking...”
  • 3rd Place Natalie Richardson of Oak Park, IL for the poem “his curious fingers...”
  • 3rd Place Yuliya Semibratova of Oak Park, IL for the poem “not red, nor white, nor blue...”
  • 1st Honorable Mention Rory Dunn of Fredericksburg, VA for the poem "The Feeling"

2011 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Category 4: Grades 7 & 8 :: Judge: ijil Rainbow Hawk Giver, Norfolk, VA

  • 1st Place Tess Hinchman of West Bath, ME for the poem "March 15"
  • 2nd Place Sam Herter of Brunswick, ME for the poem “Fears: Age 7”
  • 3rd Place Lilly Richardson of Whitefield, ME for the poem “Do You Remember?”
  • 1st Honorable Mention Sophia Carbonneau of Alna, ME for the poem "This Is Just To Say"
  • 1st Honorable Mention Sabrina Sammel of Stafford, VA for the poem "Silence"
  • 2nd Honorable Mention Morganne Elkins of Edgecomb, ME for the poem "Don"
  • 2nd Honorable Mention Caleb Rinderer of Newport News, VA for the poem "Country Daybreak"
  • 3rd Honorable Mention Rex Reilly of Miami Beach, FL for the poem "Chocolate"

Deaths

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Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Gil Scott Heron on stage in front of a packed house at the Regency Ballroom, Friday, October 3, 2009, in San Francisco

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Liz Lochhead confirmed as new Scots Makar". BBC News. 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  2. ^ "Contemporary Poetics Research Centre: Christian Bök – The Xenotext: A Progress Report". Bbk.ac.uk. 2011-05-05. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  3. ^ "The Xenotext Experiment". Law.ed.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  4. ^ Bök, Christian (2011-04-03). "The Xenotext Works:". Harriet the Blog. The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  5. ^ "Bahrain woman gets year in jail for critical poems". Yahoo! News. News.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2011-06-25. [dead link]
  6. ^ McGrath, Charles (August 9, 2011). "Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate". The New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  7. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 – Prize Announcement". Nobelprize.org. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  8. ^ Hass, Robert (November 19, 2011). "Poet-Bashing Police". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  9. ^ Jesse Kornbluth: The Police Riot at Berkeley: If They'll Beat a Poet Laureate, Will They Kill a Student?
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  11. ^ "Ted Hughes Poets' Corner memorial near TS Eliot". BBC News. 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  12. ^ "Alice Oswald withdraws from TS Eliot prize in protest at sponsor Aurum", Alison Flood, The Guardian, 6 December 2011
  13. ^ "TS Eliot prize: Second poet withdraws in sponsor protest" 7 December 2011 The Guardian
  14. ^ "William's words of wisdom". The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  15. ^ Sansom, Ian (21 April 2012). "David Park". The Guardian Review. London. pp. 12–13.
  16. ^ "The Best American Poetry Series | Home Page". Bestamericanpoetry.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  17. ^ Ó Muirí, Pól (2012-01-14). "Art in the form of Artefact". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  18. ^ "Starrett poetry prize winner announced". University Times. Vol. 44, no. 9. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  19. ^ "The Bollingen Prize for Poetry 2011 Winner". Beinecke.library.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  20. ^ "Laura Kasischke Wins NBCC Award : Harriet Staff : Harriet the Blog". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  21. ^ "David Ferry Awarded 2011 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize". Poetry Foundation. April 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  22. ^ "The Poetry Society of Virginia website". Poetrysocietyofvirginia.org. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  23. ^ "Mozambican painter Malangatana dies in Portugal". Monsters and Critics. 2011-01-05. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  24. ^ "María Elena Walsh dies at age 80". BuenosAiresHerald.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  25. ^ "Juarez killings activist Chavez murdered in Mexico". BBC News. January 12, 2011.
  26. ^ "Four Minutes to Midnight". LOKi design. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  27. ^ Stephen Kessler (2011-01-24). "F. A. Nettelbeck, Outlaw Poet – Santa Cruz News". News.santacruz.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  28. ^ "Medjunarodni Radio Srbija – Magazin | Umro pesnik Novica Tadić – Umro pesnik Novica Tadić Oko nas nedelja, 23 januar 2011". Glassrbije.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  29. ^ Page, Benedicte (January 26, 2011). "Poet and diarist RF Langley dies". guardian.co.uk. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  30. ^ "Edouard Glissant Obituary". The Guardian. February 13, 2011.
  31. ^ "Franco-Egyptian poet Andree Chedid dies at 90". BBC News. February 8, 2011.
  32. ^ "Helsingin Sanomat – International Edition – Culture". Hs.fi. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  33. ^ "Haveeru Online – Famed Maldivian poet Faiza passes away". Haveeru.com.mv. 2011-02-25. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
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  35. ^ Martin, Douglas (March 5, 2011). "John Haines, a Poet of the Wild, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  36. ^ "State poet Kloefkorn dies at 78". Omaha.com. 2011-05-20. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  37. ^ Margalit Fox (June 4, 2011). "Edwin Honig, a Poet, Professor and Translator, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  38. ^ "Gil Scott-Heron, Spoken-Word Musician, Dies at 62". The Associated Press. May 28, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  39. ^ "Poet Gunned Down in North Miami". cbs miami.com. CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
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  41. ^ "Robert Kroetsch, acclaimed Canadian author, dies in Alberta crash". The Globe and Mail, June 22, 2011.
  42. ^ "Poet Samuel Menashe has died". The Los Angeles Times. August 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
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  45. ^ "Writer Susan Fromberg Schaeffer has died - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. August 29, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
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  47. ^ Corriere del Veneto (2011-10-18). "E' morto il poeta Andrea Zanzotto Il Veneto piange il suo maestro – Corriere del Veneto". Corrieredelveneto.corriere.it. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  48. ^ "With Great Respect: Theodore Enslin, 1925–2011 : Harriet Staff : Harriet the Blog". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  49. ^ "George Whitman, 1913–2011 : Harriet Staff : Harriet the Blog". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  50. ^ "Typograms & Ptydepe: Remembering Vaclav Havel : Harriet Staff : Harriet the Blog". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
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