Today's poetry news round-up looks at the Google Doodle for an Emirati poet and the winner of this year's Forward Poetry Prize. Google Doodle Created For Poet Ousha Al Suwaidi, who is an Emirati poet, has been honoured in Google Doodle format this week. The poet, who is commonly known as Ousha the Poet's full name is Ousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi. ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the 2022 shortlist for the European Poet of Freedom Award, the poet who has done so much to preserve the culture of Tibet and the neurodiverse Nanaimo poet's debut book. Bulgarian Poet Shortlisted for European Poet of Freedom Award Mirela Ivanova, a Bulgarian poet, is one of ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we bring you stories about the new Ireland Professor of Poetry, the auction of Bob Dylan’s love letters and the baby giraffe named after a poet. New Ireland Professor of Poetry Paul Muldoon, the poet from Co Armagh, has been named as the next Ireland Professor of Poetry. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Muldoon ...
This week, on My Poetic Side, we go over the National Book Award winner for 2022, the Baillie Gifford Prize winner, and cover the Poetry Foundation's Pegasus Awards. National Book Award for Poetry Winner 2022 “Punks: New & Selected Poems” by John Keene has been named the winner of this year’s National Book Award for Poetry. The award ceremony for the ...
Today we look at the poet"s tree that has been awarded a plaque, the new inductee to the American poets’ corner and the nominees for the 2022 National Book Awards. Ancient Tree With Links to Poet Awarded Plaque An ancient black mulberry tree located on the grounds of Keats House has been awarded a plaque marking it as part of ...
We begin another week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the winner of the Cervantes Prize, a Blue plaque for an Ulster Scots poet, and finally, the poet who will be honoured during the Irish Writers weekend. 2022 Winner of Cervantes Prize Named The Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas has been named this year’s winner of the Cervantes ...
Today"s poetry round-up looks at a modern-day rewrite of a Wordsworth poem and the latest translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. 21st Century Rewrite of Poem on exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere It is a little over 200 years since William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote about poverty in the Georgian era, and now a charity has created an ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we bring you the winner of the 2022 Derek Walcott Prize, the Sir Walter Scott-inspired visitors centre, and a US poet honoured by Australia. 2022 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry Winner Announced Saddiq Dzukogi, a member of staff based on the English Faculty at Mississippi State University, has been named as the third winner of ...
Today in our poetry news round-up, we take a look at the death of the prize-winning poet Gerald Stern. Prize Winning Lyrical Poet, Gerald Stern, Dies Aged 97 One of the most respected and loved poets in America has died at the age of 97. Gerald Stern was known for the spirited melancholy of his poetry, the earthy humour that ...
We begin the week with a look at this year's Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading and the poets who were banned from the 16th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature. Natasha Trethewey to be Guest of Honour at Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading The best-selling memoirist and acclaimed poet Natasha Trethewey has been invited to be the guest ...
