In today’s poetry news round up we look at the Poetry Foundation’s recent cycle of grants, the D-Day poem that moved royals to tears and insects in Haiku. $1,530,000 Awarded by Poetry Foundation in Grants The Poetry Foundation has announced that this year a total of 54 different non-profit organisations have been awarded a split of the $1,530,000 grant funding ...
We begin the week with a look at the 159th anniversary of the birth of WB Yeats, the Chinese poets life in dance and the bronze winner of the INDIES 2023. 159th Anniversary of Birth of WB Yeats Celebrated 13th June will mark Yeats Day, the anniversary of the birth of the poet ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the shortlist for the Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry, the exhibition of art for Benjamin Zephaniah and the winner of the Pushcart Prize 2024. Shortlist for Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry 2024 Announced The shortlist for this year’s Sarah Maguire poetry prize has been announced, and includes the poets Sin Yong-Mok, ...
We begin the week with a look at the first publishing of Hyam Plutzik’s work in Spanish, the death of John Burnside and the winner of the Hay Festival Medal for Poetry. Bilingual Edition of Poetry Book Released for First Time Hyam Plutzik, the American poet, who died in 1962, was the son of Russian ...
Today in our poetry news round up we look at articles about the winner of the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award, An exhibition to honour Kazi Nazrul and Islam and Ada Limon’s new poetry anthology. 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature Winner Announced The Romanian poet Ana Blandiana has been named as this year’s winner of the Princess of ...
