Today at My Poetic Side we bring you the sad news that the literary world has lost another poet, Richard Wilbur passed away at the weekend. Two Times Pulitzer Prize Winner Richard Wilbur Passes Away Richard Wilbur, a translator and acclaimed American poet, who had a reputation as one of the finest poets of the 20th century passed away on Saturday 14th October ...
We start this week on My Poetic Side with two stories from the UK, the news that the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere is hoping to make improvements in time for the 250th Anniversary of Wordworth’s birth, and a story of three violins made to commemorate World War one poets. Wordsworth Trust Plans Ahead April 2020 will mark the 250th Anniversary of the birth of ...
In our final news round-up of the week, we bring you an update on the story of Jill Bialosky, the poet accused of plagiarism, a Syrian Poet who was a close contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the winner of the Nigerian Prize for Literature. Writers Offer Support to Jill Bialosky We recently brought you the story of Jill Bialosky, the poet ...
In today’s round-up we bring you the PEN International Writer of Courage, a poetry project launched by Amnesty International and the poet who is included on the TIMES magazines 46 women who are changing the world list. PEN International Writer of Courage Earlier this year Michael Longley, a poet in Northern Ireland won the PEN Pinter Prize, on Tuesday this week he announced Mahvash ...
In today’s round-up we bring you stories about World Mental Health Day, the Lenore Marshal Poetry Prize, and Tony Walsh aka Longfella helping a local company celebrate with a poem Neil Hilborn’s OCD Yesterday marked World Mental Health Day 2017, and it somehow seems fitting that one of the most watched poets in the world, Neil Hilborn was recently interviewed about his poem OCD. The ...
