Our first news round-up of the week looks at an impressive collection linked to a poet acquired by an archive and a new Larkin-inspired exhibition. Works by Modernist Poet Acquired by German Archive A significant collection of manuscripts and letters that belonged to Rainer Maria Rilke, the modernist poet, has been given to the German Literature Archive (DLA), a public archive. The collection, which ...
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 ...
