2017 in poetry

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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events[]

  • May 23 – English poet Tony Walsh reads his 2013 poem "This is the place" to the crowds gathered in Albert Square, Manchester for a public vigil following this week's Manchester Arena bombing.
  • June 23 – English-resident writer Ben Okri publishes his poem "Grenfell Tower, June 2017" in the Financial Times following this month's Grenfell Tower fire in London.

Anniversaries[]

  • March 1 – Centenary of the birth of the American poet Robert Lowell.

Selection of works published in English[]

Australia[]

  • Michael Farrell, I Love Poetry
  • Alan Wearne, These Things Are Real
  • Fiona Wright, Domestic Interior

Canada[]

Anthologies in Canada[]

New Zealand[]

  • Airini Beautrais, Flow: Whanganui River Poems, Victoria University Press
  • Kate Camp, The Internet of Things, Victoria University Press
  • Paula Green, New York Pocket Book, Seraph Press

Poets in Best New Zealand Poems[]

These poets wrote the 25 poems selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2016 (guest editor was Jenny Bornholdt), published this year:

United Kingdom[]

England[]

  • , You Sad Feminist
  • Emily Berry, Stranger, Baby
  • Kayo Chingonyi, Kumukanda
  • Helen Dunmore (d. June 5), Inside the Wave
  • Michael Longley, Angel Hill (Northern Irish poet published in England)
  • Robert Macfarlane, The Lost Words: A Spell Book (illustrated by Jackie Morris)
  • Hollie McNish, Plum
  • Sinéad Morrissey, On Balance (Northern Irish poet published in England)
  • , Useful Verses

Northern Ireland[]

Scotland[]

Anthologies in the United Kingdom[]

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom[]

United States[]

Alphabetical listing by author name

  • Clark Coolidge, Selected Poems: 1962-1985, Station Hill Press
  • Shara McCallum, Madwoman, Alice James Books
  • Morgan Parker, There are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé, Tin House Books

Anthologies in the United States[]

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States[]

Poets in The Best American Poetry 2017[]

Awards and honors by country[]

  • See also: List of poetry awards

Awards announced this year:

International[]

  • Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Laureate:

Australia awards and honors[]

Canada awards and honors[]

France awards and honors[]

New Zealand awards and honors[]

United Kingdom awards and honors[]

  • Cholmondeley Award: Caroline Bergvall, Sasha Dugdale, Philip Gross, Paula Meehan
  • Costa Award (formerly "Whitbread Awards") for poetry:
    • Shortlist: Kayo Chingonyi, Kumukanda; Helen Dunmore (d. June 5), Inside the Wave (also overall Book of the Year winner); Sinéad Morrissey, On Balance; Richard Osmond, Useful Verses
  • English Association's Fellows' Poetry Prizes:
  • Eric Gregory Award (for a collection of poems by a poet under the age of 30):
  • Forward Poetry Prize:
    • Best Collection:
      • Shortlist:
    • Best First Collection:
      • Shortlist:
    • Best Poem:
      • Shortlist:
  • Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for poetry:
    • Shortlist:
  • Manchester Poetry Prize:
  • National Poet of Wales:
  • National Poetry Competition 2017:
  • Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Paul Muldoon
  • T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland):
    • Shortlist (announced in November 2017): 2017 Short List
  • The Times / Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation:

United States awards and honors[]

From the Poetry Society of America[]

Conferences and workshops by country[]

Australia[]

Canada[]

Mexico[]

New Zealand[]

United Kingdom[]

United States[]

Deaths[]

January – June[]

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

  • January 2 – John Berger, 90, English novelist, painter and art critic, and poet (b. 1926)
  • January 25 – Harry Mathews, 86, American novelist and poet (b. 1930)[7]
  • February 5 – Thomas Lux, 70, American poet and teacher (b. 1946)
  • February 8 – Tom Raworth, 78, British poet, visual artist, publisher, and teacher (b. 1938)
  • March 10 – Mari Evans, 93, American poet.[8] (b. 1923)
  • March 16 – Wojciech Młynarski, 75, Polish poet, singer and songwriter (born 1941)[9]
  • March 17 – Derek Walcott, 87, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Laureate in 1992 (b. 1930)[10]
  • March 22 – Joanne Kyger, 82, American poet who had ties to the poets of Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Beat generation, (b. 1934)[11]
  • April 1 – Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet, 84 (b. 1933)[12]
  • May 24 – Denis Johnson, American poet (The Incognito Lounge), novelist (Tree of Smoke), and short story writer (Jesus' Son), 67 (b. 1947).
  • June 5 – Helen Dunmore, English poet, novelist and children's writer, 64 (born 1952)

July – December[]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2017-11-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Jackson Poetry Prize – Poets & Writers". www.pw.org. Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  4. ^ "Olio, by Tyehimba Jess (Wave Books)". www.pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  5. ^ "Announcing the 2017 Frost Medalist, Susan Howe - Poetry Society of America". www.poetrysociety.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  6. ^ "Gillian Conoley - Poetry Society of America". www.poetrysociety.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  7. ^ Review, The Paris. "Harry Mathews, 1930–2017". www.theparisreview.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  8. ^ "Late Indianapolis poet Mari Evans leaves legacy of social justice". Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  9. ^ Wojciech Młynarski nie żyje. Był legendą polskiej piosenki i kabaretu Archived 2017-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
  10. ^ Lea, Richard (17 March 2017). "Nobel laureate, poet and playwright Derek Walcott dead, aged 87". Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via The Guardian.
  11. ^ "Joanne Kyger, trailblazing Beat poet, dies at 82". Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  12. ^ "Acclaimed Russian Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko Dead At 84". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  13. ^ "Michelle Boisseau". Guggenheim Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

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