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Poetry newslog April 2004
January 18, 2006
Nikos Stangos, 1936-2004
Greek editor and poet Nikos Stangos has died of cancer at the age of 67. A renowned poet in Greece, he was also “one of the outstanding figures of art publishing in the English-speaking world,” writes The Guardian.
April 27, 2004
Thom Gunn, 1929-2004
English poet Thom Gunn died last Sunday at the age of 74. The “relationship – balance rather than conflict – between the body’s hedonism and the mind’s discipline is a central, enduring theme in the work of one of the late twentieth century’s finest poets,” writes The Guardian in this obituary.
April 24, 2004
Bryce wins National Poetry Competition
Derry-born poet Colette Bryce has won the British National Poetry Competition 2003 for her poem ‘The Full Indian Rope Trick’. The poet, beating more than 9,000 other entrants, according to this BBC report, will receive a £5,000 cheque for her winning effort.
April 23, 2004
Queen’s Gold Medal for Hugo Williams
Hugo Williams has been awarded theQueen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, The Guardian announced today. Williams receives the honour for his Collected Poems (2002). The Queen's Gold Medal is awarded for a book of verse published by a poet from the United Kingdom or a Commonwealth realm.
April 22, 2004
‘Poets die younger’
According to a new study of California State University, poets die younger than novelists, playwrights or other writers, the BBC reports. Dr James Kaufman of California State studied 1,987 dead writers from all over the world, and found poets died “significantly younger”. He also claims that “female poets are much more likely to suffer from mental illness than any other kind of writer and more likely than other eminent women.” Mr Kaufman has dubbed this ‘the Sylvia Plath Effect’.
April 21, 2004
Sa’di celebrations in Shiraz
Sa’di enthusiasts assembled at the mausoleum of the great 13th-century Persian poet in Shiraz last night to shower flowers on his grave, the Tehran Times reports. Foreign guests from India, Jordan, Turkey, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Syria and Bosnia were said to have attended the ceremony.According to the Sa’di Foundation, ceremonies honoring Sa’di will be held in over 40 different countries, as well as in Shiraz and other Iranian cities, this year. April 20 is Sa’di National Day in Iran.
Poetry from new EU members
Next Saturday, posters of 10 poems by poets from the new European Union countries will be on display at a grand open day of the Foreign Office in London, celebrating the accession of 10 states to the EU on May 1, writes The Guardian. The posters will also be hung in waiting rooms of the British National Health Service. The Guardian has published a selection of the chosen poems.
April 14, 2004
Thomas’s love letter sold
Dylan Thomas’s earliest surviving love letter to his future wife, Caitlin Macnamara, sold for $22,800 at Sotheby’s in New York, The Guardian reports. A hand-written manuscript of ‘Fern Hill’ fetched $37,200. Most of the Thomas items were sold to private collectors, Sotheby’s said.
Hughes-Baskin letters in British Library
The British Library has acquired an archive of 450 items relating to Ted Hughes’s creative collaboration with American sculptor, illustrator and printer Leonard Baskin, The Guardian writes. Their relationship spanned forty years, from 1958 until Hughes’s death in 1998. Their best-known collaborative work was on the Crow poems.
April 5, 2004
Pulitzer Prize poetry
The Pulitzer Prize 2003 for poetry (in the category Letters, Drama and Music) has been awarded to Franz Wright for his collection Walking to Martha's Vineyard, reports the New York Times.
April 2, 2004
Ted Walker, 1934-2004
Poet, dramatist and author Ted Walker has died at the age 69, The Guardian reports. Walker, considered one of the foremost English poets of his generation, started off as a nature poet, winning major awards in his twenties. He went on to write plays and stories, but after a hiatus of 15 years returned to poetry, most recently in his collection Mangoes On The Moon (1999).
April 1, 2004
US National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month in the United States, with readings taking place all over the country. The Academy of American Poets provides information on the events.
Griffin shortlist
The shortlist for the world’s most lucrative international poetry award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, has been announced. The yearly prize, worth 80,000 Canadian dollars, awards books of poetry published in English (including translations) from any country in the world. The winner will be announced on June 3.
Nikos Stangos, 1936-2004
Thom Gunn, 1929-2004
Bryce wins National Poetry Competition
Queen’s Gold Medal for Hugo Williams
‘Poets die younger’
Sa’di celebrations in Shiraz
Poetry from new EU members
Thomas’s love letter sold
Hughes-Baskin letters in British Library
Pulitzer Prize poetry
Ted Walker, 1934-2004
US National Poetry Month
Griffin shortlist
April 30, 2004Nikos Stangos, 1936-2004
Greek editor and poet Nikos Stangos has died of cancer at the age of 67. A renowned poet in Greece, he was also “one of the outstanding figures of art publishing in the English-speaking world,” writes The Guardian.
April 27, 2004
Thom Gunn, 1929-2004
English poet Thom Gunn died last Sunday at the age of 74. The “relationship – balance rather than conflict – between the body’s hedonism and the mind’s discipline is a central, enduring theme in the work of one of the late twentieth century’s finest poets,” writes The Guardian in this obituary.
April 24, 2004
Bryce wins National Poetry Competition
Derry-born poet Colette Bryce has won the British National Poetry Competition 2003 for her poem ‘The Full Indian Rope Trick’. The poet, beating more than 9,000 other entrants, according to this BBC report, will receive a £5,000 cheque for her winning effort.
April 23, 2004
Queen’s Gold Medal for Hugo Williams
Hugo Williams has been awarded theQueen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, The Guardian announced today. Williams receives the honour for his Collected Poems (2002). The Queen's Gold Medal is awarded for a book of verse published by a poet from the United Kingdom or a Commonwealth realm.
April 22, 2004
‘Poets die younger’
According to a new study of California State University, poets die younger than novelists, playwrights or other writers, the BBC reports. Dr James Kaufman of California State studied 1,987 dead writers from all over the world, and found poets died “significantly younger”. He also claims that “female poets are much more likely to suffer from mental illness than any other kind of writer and more likely than other eminent women.” Mr Kaufman has dubbed this ‘the Sylvia Plath Effect’.
April 21, 2004
Sa’di celebrations in Shiraz
Sa’di enthusiasts assembled at the mausoleum of the great 13th-century Persian poet in Shiraz last night to shower flowers on his grave, the Tehran Times reports. Foreign guests from India, Jordan, Turkey, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Syria and Bosnia were said to have attended the ceremony.According to the Sa’di Foundation, ceremonies honoring Sa’di will be held in over 40 different countries, as well as in Shiraz and other Iranian cities, this year. April 20 is Sa’di National Day in Iran.
Poetry from new EU members
Next Saturday, posters of 10 poems by poets from the new European Union countries will be on display at a grand open day of the Foreign Office in London, celebrating the accession of 10 states to the EU on May 1, writes The Guardian. The posters will also be hung in waiting rooms of the British National Health Service. The Guardian has published a selection of the chosen poems.
April 14, 2004
Thomas’s love letter sold
Dylan Thomas’s earliest surviving love letter to his future wife, Caitlin Macnamara, sold for $22,800 at Sotheby’s in New York, The Guardian reports. A hand-written manuscript of ‘Fern Hill’ fetched $37,200. Most of the Thomas items were sold to private collectors, Sotheby’s said.
Hughes-Baskin letters in British Library
The British Library has acquired an archive of 450 items relating to Ted Hughes’s creative collaboration with American sculptor, illustrator and printer Leonard Baskin, The Guardian writes. Their relationship spanned forty years, from 1958 until Hughes’s death in 1998. Their best-known collaborative work was on the Crow poems.
April 5, 2004
Pulitzer Prize poetry
The Pulitzer Prize 2003 for poetry (in the category Letters, Drama and Music) has been awarded to Franz Wright for his collection Walking to Martha's Vineyard, reports the New York Times.
April 2, 2004
Ted Walker, 1934-2004
Poet, dramatist and author Ted Walker has died at the age 69, The Guardian reports. Walker, considered one of the foremost English poets of his generation, started off as a nature poet, winning major awards in his twenties. He went on to write plays and stories, but after a hiatus of 15 years returned to poetry, most recently in his collection Mangoes On The Moon (1999).
April 1, 2004
US National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month in the United States, with readings taking place all over the country. The Academy of American Poets provides information on the events.
Griffin shortlist
The shortlist for the world’s most lucrative international poetry award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, has been announced. The yearly prize, worth 80,000 Canadian dollars, awards books of poetry published in English (including translations) from any country in the world. The winner will be announced on June 3.
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