W.S. Merwin, who served as the 17th Poet Laureate of the United States, won two Pulitzer Prizes, and was widely admired by readers and peers, has died. He was 91 years old. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The recipient of the National Medal for the Arts, whose poetry and prose meditated on rural life and mortality, died in his home in Wilmot, N.H., on June 23. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlist for the 2018 Forward Prize for Best Collection (£10,000) includes US poet laureate Tracy K Smith and Vahni Capildeo, who won the same prize in 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of 'Life on Mars' has been named to the highest public office reserved for an American poet. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tracy K. Smith has published three volumes of poetry and won the Pulitzer Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tracy K. Smith is a highly accomplished poet (she has a Pulitzer Prize), but at 45, she's several decades younger than many recent US poets laureate Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Casia Wiliam has been announced as the Bardd Plant Cymru (children's poet laureate) for 2017 to 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The appointed three-year position, which includes an annual C$10,000 honorarium, means that Michaels will be the city’s advocate for poetry and language. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Levine, poet of the American working class and U.S. Poet Laureate from 2011-2012, has died at 87. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 18/10/2011 - 08:00 Fantasy childrens author Catherine Fisher will be officially named Wales first Young Peoples Poet Laureate later today (18th October). The Newport writer will be given the title by Literature Wales, which was established in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Tue, 19/04/2011 - 08:35 Andrew Motion is to chair the judging panel for the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2011, as the awards celebrate their 20th year. The former poet laureate will be joined on the judging panel by historian Antonia Fraser, assistant books editor at the Daily... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]