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==Events==
* [[July 1]] — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of [[Robert Burns|Robert Burns']] "A Man's a Man For A'That," instead of "God Save The Queen"
* The [[Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award]] is established at the Fifth Annual [[West Chester University Poetry Conference]]. The award is given to scholars who have made a lasting contribution to the art and science of versification. [[Derek Attridge]] was the first winner.
* [[Andrew Motion]] becomes [[Poet Laureate]] of England
* [[Carl Rakosi|Carl Rakosi's]] 99th birthday celebrated at the Kelly Writers House with a live audiocast
* A new grave slab is installed at the [[Greyfriars Kirkyard]] in [[Edinburgh]] over the final resting place of [[William Topaz McGonagall]] ([[1825 in poetry|1825]]–[[1904 in poetry|1904]]), comically renowned as the worst poet in the English language; the slab is inscribed:
:William McGonagall
:Poet and Tragedian
:"I am your gracious Majesty
:ever faithful to Thee,
:William McGonagall, the Poor Poet,
:That lives in Dundee."
==Works published in English==
===[[Australian literature|Australia]]===
* [[Robert Adamson (poet)|Robert Adamson]] ''Black Water: Approaching Zukofsky''
* [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]]:
** ''Fredy Neptune'', verse novel, winner of the 2005 Premio Mondello (in Italy)<ref name=paw>[http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=216]Les Murray Web page at The Poetry Archive Web site, accessed [[October 15]], [[2007]]</ref>
** ''New Selected Poems'', Duffy & Snellgrove<ref name=paw/>
** ''Conscious and Verbal'', Carcanet, Duffy & Snellgrove<ref name=paw/>
===[[Canadian literature|Canada]]===
* [[Ken Babstock]], ''Mean'', his first book of poetry, winner of the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Milton Acorn People’s Poet Award ([[Canadian literature|Canada]])<ref>[http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/shortlist_2007.php?t=1]Web page titled "Griffin Poetry Prize/ Canadian Shortlist" at the Griffen Poetry Award Web site, accessed [[October 6]], [[2007]]</ref>
* [[George Elliott Clarke]], ''Gold Indigoes''. Durham: Carolina Wren, ISBN 0-932112-40-4
* [[Tim Lilburn]], ''To the River'', winner of the Saskatchewan Book Award for Book of the Year
===[[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]]===
* [[Alistair Campbell (poet)|Alistair Campbell]], ''Gallipoli & Other Poems'', Wellington: Wai-te-ata Press
* [[Janet Charman]], ''Rapunzel Rapunzel'', Auckland: Auckland University Press<ref>Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, ''The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'', 1998, "Janet Charman" article</ref>
* [[Michele Leggott]], ''As far as I can see'', Auckland: Auckland University Press
* [[Robin Hyde]], ''The book of Nadath'', introduction and notes by [[Michele Leggott]]; Auckland: Auckland University Press, posthumous
* [[Bill Manhire]], ''What to Call Your Child''
* [[Sarah Quigley]], [[Raewyn Alexander]] and [[Anna Jackson]], ''AUP New Poets 1: Sarah Quigley, Raewyn Alexander and Anna Jackson'', Auckland: Auckland University Press<ref name=raual>[http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/alexander.htm Web page titled "Raewyn Alexander / New Zealand Literature File"] at the University of Aukland Library website, accessed [[April 30]], [[2008]]</ref>
===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]===
* [[Ciarán Carson]]: ''The Ballad of HMS Belfast: A Compendium of Belfast Poems'', Picador
* [[Seamus Heaney]]:
** ''The Light of the Leaves'', Bonnefant Press
** Translator: ''[[Beowulf]]'', Faber & Faber
** Translator: ''Diary of One Who Vanished'', a song cycle by [[Leoš Janáček]] of poems by [[Ozef Kalda]], Faber & Faber
* [[John Heath-Stubbs]], ''The Sound of Light''
* [[Andrew Johnston (poet)]], ''The Open Window'', Arc Publications, a [[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]] poet living in Paris, France
* [[Derek Mahon]], ''Collected Poems.'' Gallery Press
* [[Peter Redgrove]], ''Selected Poems''
* [[Mary Jo Salter]], ''A Kiss in Space'', Knopf
* [[Marina Tsvetayeva]], ''The Selected Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva'', translated by [[Elaine Feinstein]], fifth edition, with new poems and a new introduction, Oxford University Press/Carcanet
* [[Hugo Williams]], ''Billy's Rain,'' Faber and Faber
====Anthologies in the United Kingdom====
* [[Richard Caddel]] and [[Peter Quartermain]], editors, ''[[Other: British and Irish Poetry since 1970]]'', an anthology of poetry outside [[The Movement]] (essentially the mainstream) of [[English poetry|English]] and [[Irish poetry]] (Wesleyan University Press)
* [[Elaine Feinstein]], editor, ''After Pushkin'', "versions by contemporary poets", published by the Folio Society and Carcanet
* [[Michael Schmidt]], ''[[The Harvill Book of Twentieth-Century Poetry in English]]''
===[[American poetry|United States]]===
* [[John Ashbery]], ''Girls on the Run'', a book-length poem inspired by the work of artist [[Henry Darger]]
* [[Joseph Brodsky]]: ''Discovery'', New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux<ref name=n>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1987/brodsky-bibl.html] Web page titled "Joseph Brodsky / Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 / Bibliography" at the "Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation", accessed [[October 18]], [[2007]]</ref> [[Russian literature|Russian]]-[[American poetry|American]]
* [[Riohard Caddel]] and [[Peter Quartermain]], editors, ''Other: British and Irish Poetry since 1970'' Wesleyan University Press
* [[Robert von Dassanowsky|Robert Dassanowsky]], ''Telegrams from the Metropole. Selected Poems 1980-1998'' ISBN 13 978-3-901993-02-2; ISBN 103-901993-02-9
* [[Ed Dorn]] and [[Gordon Brotherston]], editors (and Brotherston, translator), ''Sun Unwound: Original Texts from Occupied America'', North Atlantic Books<ref name=edpf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=1837"Archive / Edward Dorn (1929-1999)"] at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved [[May 8]], [[2008]]</ref> anthology
* [[Rita Dove]], ''On the Bus with Rosa Parks'' (Norton); a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year"
* [[Geoffrey Hill]], ''The Triumph of Love'' (Houghton Mifflin); a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year"
* [[John Hollander]], ''Figurehead and Other Poems''
* [[Fanny Howe]], ''Forged''
* [[William Logan (poet)|William Logan]], ''Night Battle''
* [[Glyn Maxwell]], ''The Breakage'', (Houghton Mifflin); a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year"
* [[W.S. Merwin]], ''The River Sound: Poems'' (Knopf); a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year"
* [[Eugenio Montale]], ''Collected Poems: 1920-1954'' (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year"; translated from [[Italian literature|Italian]]
* [[Mary Oliver]], ''Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems''
* [[Michael Palmer]], ''The Danish Notebook'' (Avec Books); memoir/poetic essay
* [[Carl Rakosi]], ''The Old Poet's Tale''
* [[Kenneth Rexroth]], ''Swords That Shall Not Strike: Poems of Protest and Rebellion'' (Glad Day; posthumous}
* [[Charles Simic]], ''Jackstraws: Poems'' (Harcourt Brace); a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year"
* [[Melvin B. Tolson]], ''Harlem Gallery: And Other Poems'' (University Press of Virginia); a ''New York Times'' "notable book of the year"
* [[Rosmarie Waldrop]], ''Reluctant Gravities'' ([[New Directions Publishing|New Directions]])
===Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States===
* [[Charles Bernstein]], ''A Poetics'' (Cambridge: Harvard University Press)
=====Poets in ''[[The Best American Poetry 1999]]''=====
Poems from these 75 poets are in ''[[The Best American Poetry 1999]]'', edited by [[David Lehman]], guest editor, [[Robert Bly]]:
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*[[Dick Allen]]
*[[John Balaban]]
*[[Coleman Barks]]
*[[George Bilgere]]
*[[Elizabeth Bishop]]
*[[Chana Bloch]]
*[[Philip Booth]]
*[[John Brehm]]
*[[Hayden Carruth]]
*[[Lucille Clifton]]
*[[Billy Collins]]
*[[Robert Creeley]]
*[[Lydia Davis]]
*[[Debra Kang Dean]]
*[[Chard deNiord]]
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*[[Russell Edson]]
*[[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]]
*[[Dan Gerber]]
*[[Louise Glück]]
*[[Ray Gonzalez]]
*[[John Haines]]
*[[Donald Hall]]
*[[Jennifer Michael Hecht]]
*[[Bob Hicok]]
*[[Jane Hirshfield]]
*[[Tony Hoagland]]
*[[John Hollander]]
*[[Amy Holman]]
*[[David Ignatow]]
*[[Gray Jacobik]]
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*[[Josephine Jacobsen]]
*[[Louis Jenkins]]
*[[Mary Karr]]
*[[X. J. Kennedy]]
*[[Galway Kinnell]]
*[[Carolyn Kizer]]
*[[Ron Koertge]]
*[[Yusef Komunyakaa]]
*[[William Kulik]]
*[[James Laughlin]]
*[[Dorianne Laux]]
*[[Li-Young Lee]]
*[[Denise Levertov]]
*[[Philip Levine]]
*[[David Mamet]]
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*[[Gigi Marks]]
*[[William Matthews]]
*[[Wesley McNair]]
*[[Czeslaw Milosz]]
*[[Joan Murray]]
*[[Sharon Olds]]
*[[Mary Oliver]]
*[[Franco Pagnucci]]
*[[Molly Peacock]]
*[[Alberto Ríos]]
*[[David Ray]]
*[[Adrienne Rich]]
*[[Kay Ryan]]
*[[Sonia Sanchez]]
*[[Revan Schendler]]
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*[[Myra Shapiro]]
*[[Charles Simic]]
*[[Louis Simpson]]
*[[Thomas R. Smith]]
*[[Marcia Southwick]]
*[[William Stafford]]
*[[Peggy Steele]]
*[[Ruth Stone]]
*[[Larissa Szporluk]]
*[[Diane Thiel]]
*[[David Wagoner]]
*[[Richard Wilbur]]
*[[C.K. Williams]]
*[[Charles Wright (poet)|Charles Wright]]
*[[Timothy Young]]
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===Other in English===
* [[Thomas McCarthy (poet)|Thomas McCarthy]], ''Mr Dineen’s Careful Parade: New and Selected Poems'', Anvil Press, London, [[Irish poetry|Ireland]]<ref name=tmpiw>[http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9272 Web page titled "Thomas McCarthy"] at the Poetry International Website, accessed [[May 2]], [[2008]]</ref>
* [[Medbh McGuckian]] and [[Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin]], translators, ''The Water Horse: Poems in Irish'' [[Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill]]'', Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, [[Irish poetry|Ireland]]
==Works published in other languages==
===[[Spanish poetry|Spain]]===
* [[Matilde Camus]]:
** ''Clamor del pensamiento'' ("Clamour of thought")
** ''Cancionero multicolor'' ("Multicolour collection of verses")
** ''La estrellita Giroldina'' ("Giroldina the star")
===Other languages===
* [[Aharon Shabtai]], ''Politiqa'' (Hebrew: "Politics")
==Awards and honors==
* [[List of Nobel laureates#Literature|Nobel prize]]: [[Günter Grass]]
===[[Australian poetry|Australia]]===
* [[C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry]]: [[Gig Ryan]], ''Pure and Applied''
* [[The Age Book of the Year|Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize]]: ''The Impossible, and other Poems'' by [[R. A. Simpson]]
* [[Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry]]: [[Lee Cataldi]], ''Race Against Time''
* [[Miles Franklin Award]]: [[Murray Bail]], ''Eucalyptus''
===[[Canadian poetry|Canada]]===
* [[Gerald Lampert Award]]
* [[Archibald Lampman Award]]
* [[Atlantic Poetry Prize]]
* See [[1999 Governor General's Awards]] for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
* [[Pat Lowther Award]]
* [[Prix Alain-Grandbois]]
* [[Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award]]
===[[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]]===
* Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement:
* [[Montana New Zealand Book Awards]] (no poetry winner this year) First-book award for poetry: [[Kate Camp]], ''Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars'', Victoria University Press
===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]===
* [[Cholmondeley Award]]: [[Vicki Feaver]], [[Geoffrey Hill]], [[Elma Mitchell]], [[Sheenagh Pugh]]
* [[Eric Gregory Award]]: [[Ross Cogan]], [[Matthew Hollis]], [[Helen Ivory]], [[Andrew Pidoux]], [[Owen Sheers]], [[Dan Wyke]]
* [[Forward Poetry Prize]] Best Collection: [[Jo Shapcott]], ''My Life Asleep'' (Oxford University Press)
* [[Forward Poetry Prize]] Best First Collection: [[Nick Drake]], ''The Man in the White Suit'' (Bloodaxe)
* [[Poet Laureate]] of Great Britain: [[Andrew Motion]] appointed
* [[Samuel Johnson Prize]]: [[Antony Beevor]], ''Stalingrad''
* [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] (United Kingdom and Ireland): [[Hugo Williams]], ''Billy's Rain''
* [[1999 Whitbread Book Awards|Whitbread Best Book Award]]: [[Seamus Heaney]], ''Beowulf''
===[[American poetry|United States]]===
* [[Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize]]: [[Daisy Fried]], ''She Didn't Mean To Do It''
* [[Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry]]: [[George Garrett]]
* [[Arthur Rense Prize]] awarded to [[James McMichael]] by the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]
* [[Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry]]: [[J.D. McClatchy]], "Tattoos"
* [[Bollingen Prize]]: [[Robert Creeley]]
* [[Frost Medal]]: [[Barbara Guest]]
* [[National Book Awards#Poetry|National Book Award]] for poetry: [[Ai (poet)|Ai]], ''Vice: New & Selected Poems''
* [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress|Special Bicentential Consultants in Poetry to the Library of Congress]]: [[Rita Dove]], [[Louise Glück]], and [[W.S. Merwin]] appointed
* [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Mark Strand]], ''Blizzard of One''
* [[Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award]]: [[Derek Attridge]]
* [[Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize]]: [[Maxine Kumin]]
* [[Wallace Stevens Award]]: [[Jackson Mac Low]]
* [[William Carlos Williams Award]]: [[B.H. Fairchild]], ''The Art of the Lathe'' (Working Classics), Judge: ''Garrett Hongo''
* [[Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets]]: [[Gwendolyn Brooks]]
==Deaths==
* [[January 13]] – [[John Frederick Nims]], [[American poetry|United States]]
* [[February 22]] – [[William Bronk]], 81, [[American poetry|United States]]
* [[May 10]] – [[Shel Silverstein]], 68, children's poet
* [[August 15]] – [[Patricia Beer]], 79, [[English poetry|British]] poet and critic
* [[September 8]] – [[Moondog]], 83, street poet (aka [[Louis T. Hardin]])
* [[October 9]] – [[João Cabral de Melo Neto]], 79, [[Brazilian literature|Brazilian]] poet and diplomat
* [[December 10]] – [[Edward Dorn]], 70, [[American poetry|American]] poet associated with the [[Black Mountain poets]]
* date not known:
** [[December]] – [[Ida Affleck Graves]], 97
** [[Felipe Alfau]] (born [[1902 in poetry|1902]]), [[Spanish poetry|Spanish]]-[[American poetry|American]] poet, translator and author
==See also==
{{portal|Poetry}}
*[[Poetry]]
*[[List of years in poetry]]
*[[List of poetry awards]]
==Notes==
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