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Chronology of the 21st century in poetry [ ] 2020s [ ] 2010s [ ] 2019 in poetry 2018 in poetry 2017 in poetry 2016 in poetry 2015 in poetry 2014 in poetry Madeline Gins , Amiri Baraka , Juan Gelman , José Emilio Pacheco , Maya Angelou 2013 in poetry Thomas McEvilley , Taylor Mead , Seamus Heaney 2012 in poetry Günter Grass 's poem "What Must Be Said " leads to him being declared persona non grata Adrienne Rich , Wisława Szymborska 2011 in poetry Tomas Tranströmer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature ; Liz Lochhead succeeds Edwin Morgan as The Scots Makar ; Death of Josephine Hart , Václav Havel , Robert Kroetsch 2010 in poetry Seamus Heaney 's Human Chain Tuli Kupferberg , Peter Orlovsky , P. Lal , Edwin Morgan 2000s [ ] 2009 in poetry Nâzım Hikmet 's citizenship, stripped from him because of his political views; Ruth Padel the first woman elected Oxford Professor of Poetry , only to resign in controversy before taking office; Carol Ann Duffy succeeds Andrew Motion as the UK's Poet Laureate ; Elizabeth Alexander reads "Praise Song for the Day" at presidential inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama ; Death of Dennis Brutus , Jim Carroll , Nicholas Hughes (son of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath )2008 in poetry Harold Pinter , Jonathan Williams 2007 in poetry William Morris Meredith, Jr. , Emmett Williams 2006 in poetry District and Circle Stanley Kunitz 2005 in poetry Harold Pinter awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature ; Death of Philip Lamantia , Robert Creeley 2004 in poetry Seamus Heaney reads "Beacons of Bealtaine " for 25 leaders of the enlarged European Union ; Edwin Morgan named as The Scots Makar ; Death of Janet Frame , Jackson Mac Low , Czesław Miłosz 2003 in poetry Roman Triptych (Meditation)Kenneth Rexroth 's Complete Poems (posthumous)2002 in poetry Kenneth Koch 2001 in poetry Electric Light Griffin Poetry Prize in Canada; Death of Gregory Corso 2000 in poetry Yehuda Amichai , Ahmad Shamlou
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