Cervantes Prize Winner Named/Scots Poet Honoured/Tribute To Niall McDevitt – Poetry News Roundup November 14th

 

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 ...

Wordsworth Rewrite/Ovid’s Trigger Warning – Poetry News Roundup November 9th

 

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 ...

Derek Walcott Prize/Scott’s Visitor Centre/Paul Kane Honoured – Poetry News Roundup November 7th

 

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 ...

Gerald Stern Dies Aged 97 – Poetry News November 2nd

 

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 ...

Trethewey To Attend Morton Marcus Memorial Reading/Culture Chief Addresses Banned Poetry – Poetry News Roundup October 31st

 

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 ...