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Tran Te Hanh Dies at 88
July 16th, 2009 Poet Tran Te Hanh, one of the most prominent poets in Vietnam’s New Poetry Movement (1932 – 1945), passed away on July 16 in Hanoi at age of…
Phyllis Gotlieb Dies at 83
July 15th, 2009 Canadian poet and fiction writer Phyllis Gotlieb died on Tuesday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Gotlieb earned a Governor General’s Literary Award nomination in poetry in 1970 for Ordinary…
Iran to Host International Poetry Conference
July 14th, 2009 Iran will host a poetry conference, featuring 30 poets from 30 countries, starting October 19, 2009. The conference will feature readings and lectures, begin in Tehran, continue…
Duffy Funds Ted Hughes Prize
July 9th, 2009 The late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes is to be remembered in a poetry prize funded by the new holder of the post, Carol Ann Duffy. The 53-year-old…
Billy Collins: 87% of American Poetry Stinks
July 6th, 2009 The Rockwell County Herald Banner reports that in a reading and lecture given in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins voiced his opinion on…
Harold Norse Dies at 92
June 8th, 2009 Harold Norse, a San Francisco poet often associated with the Beats, has died at age 92. He was born July 6, 1916 in New York City and lived…
Ken Chen Wins Yale Series of Younger Poets
May 26th, 2009 Ken Chen, the executive director of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, won this year’s Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. The winning manuscript, Juvenilia, was selected by current…
Ruth Padel Forced to Resign
May 25th, 2009 Poet Ruth Padel, who just a nine days ago was selected as the first women to hold the post of Oxford University Professor of Poetry, has been forced to…
Mario Benedetti Dies at age 88
May 17th, 2009 Uruguayan writer and poet Mario Benedetti died on Sunday, May 17, 2009, while at his home in Montevdeo. The writer suffered from respiratory and intestinal problems and…
Smartish Pace on Poetry Daily
May 16th, 2009 Poetry Daily is featuring the following poems from Smartish Pace, Issue 16: James Richardson’s “Emergency Measures” on May 16, 2009.Alan Shapiro’s “Edenic Simile” on May 22, 2009. Thanks Diane…