2006 in poetry 5493813 220116008 2008-06-18T10:32:41Z Topbanana 20151 Fix link to Alice Fay di Castagnola Award {{yearbox2 | in?=in poetry | in2?=in literature | cp=20th century | c=21st century | cf=22nd century | yp1=2003 | yp2=2004 | yp3=2005 | year=2006 | ya1=2007 | ya2=2008 | ya3=2009 | dp3=1970s | dp2=1980s | dp1=1990s | d=2000s | da=0 | dn1=2010s | dn2=2020s |dn3=2030s |}} ==Events== [[Image:Grolerpoetybookshopaug2005.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Grolier Poetry Bookstore]] *French public notary Patrick Huet unveils ''[[Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World]]'' in [[Lyon]]. It is reportedly the longest modern hand-written poem in the world. * [[March 29]] &mdash; [[Grolier Poetry Bookstore]] is sold. * ''[[BLATT]]'', an English-language literary magazine and publishing imprint is started in [[Prague, Czech Republic]]. * May &mdash; The [[Poetry Out Loud]] recitation contest is created this year by the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and [[The Poetry Foundation]] to increase awareness in the art of performing poetry, with a top prize a $20,000 scholarship. State finalists performed in [[Washington D.C.]] during the second week of May. * [[November 1]] &mdash; A [[Sylvia Plath]] sonnet from her college years was discovered and first published by ''Blackbird'', an online literary journal run by the English Department at [[Virginia Commonwealth University]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. * November &mdash; The most influential American poets of all time are [[Walt Whitman]], [[T. S. Eliot]], [[William Carlos Williams]], [[Wallace Stevens]], and [[Sylvia Plath]], according to [[Christian Wiman]], editor of ''[[Poetry Magazine]]''. Wiman named the poets in a sidebar article to a December ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'' cover story about the "100 Most Influential Americans" &mdash; no poet made it on that larger list.<ref>Wiman, Christian, "An Expert's Opinion: Influential Poets", ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'', December 2006, released in November, page 75</ref> * [[November 10]] &mdash; A new series, "The Best of Irish Poetry" was launched by Southword Editions in Ireland with the 80-page ''The Best of Irish Poetry 2007'' The project is under the direction of [[Patrick Cotter]], with [[Colm Breathnach]] as Irish-language editor and [[Maurice Riordan]] as English-language (or Hiberno-English) editor. "Quite often readers abroad are presented with a selection of Irish poets restricted to those who are first published in the USA or the UK," Cotter wrote. "This annual series will present a more general selection generated by more informed pundits."<ref>[http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=8188&x=1] "New Irish Anthology Series Launched", post dated [[December 1]], [[2006]] at the Poetry International Web site, accessed [[December 18]], [[2006]]</ref> ==Works published in English== Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: ===[[Australian literature|Australia]]=== * [[Robert Adamson (poet)|Robert Adamson]] ''The Goldfinches of Baghdad'' * [[Robert Gray (poet)|Robert Gray]], ''Nameless Earth'' * [[Jennifer Harrison]]: ''Folly & Grief'' (Black Pepper) ISBN 1876044454 * [[Chris Mansell]], ''Love poems'' (Kardoorair, Armidale) * [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]], ''The Biplane Houses'' (Black Inc.), ISBN 1863952144 * [[Dorothy Porter]], ''The Best Australian Poems 2006'' (Black, Inc.), ISBN 1863952624 * [[Chris Wallace-Crabbe]], ''Then'' ===[[Canadian literature|Canada]]=== * [[Margaret Avison]], ''Momentary Dark'' * [[George Elliott Clarke]], ''Black''. Vancouver: Polestar, ISBN 1551929031 * [[Don McKay]]: ** ''Strike/Slip'' winner of the 2007 Canadian [[Griffin Poetry Prize]]<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2007/06/07/mckay-griffin-poetry.html]"Celebrated Canadian poet Don McKay wins $50,000 Griffin Prize" Canadian Press article, at the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] Web site, [[June 7]], [[2007]] accessed [[October 8]], [[2007]]</ref> and the [[Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize]] ** ''Field Marks: The Poetry of Don McKay'' edited by [[Méira Cook]] * [[Michael Ondaatje]], ''The Story'', Toronto: House of Anansi, ISBN 0887841945<ref name=mopf>Web page titled [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=5142 "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943- )"] at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed [[May 7]], [[2008]]</ref> ===[[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]]=== * [[Glenn Colquhoun]], ''Playing God'' * [[Cilla McQueen]], ''A Wind Harp'' (compact disc)<ref>[http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/nzp/nzlit2/mcqueen.htm Cilla McQueen - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Alison Wong]], ''Cup'', Publisher: Steele Roberts ====Poets in ''Best New Zealand Poems''==== Poems from these 25 poets were selected by [[Andrew Johnston (New Zealand poet)|Andrew Johnston]] for ''[[Best New Zealand Poems series|Best New Zealand Poems 2005]]'', published online this year: {{col-start}} {{col-break}} * [[Michele Amas]] * [[Angela Andrews]] * [[Stu Bagby]] * [[Jenny Bornholdt]] * [[James Brown (New Zealand poet)|James Brown]] {{col-break}} * [[Janet Charman]] * [[Geoff Cochrane]] * [[Mary Cresswell]] * [[Wystan Curnow]] * [[Stephanie de Montalk]] {{col-break}} * [[Fiona Farrell]] * [[Bernadette Hall]] * [[Anne Kennedy]] * [[Michele Leggott]] * [[Anna Livesey]] {{col-break}} * [[Karlo Mila]] * [[James Norcliffe]] * [[Gregory O'Brien]] * [[Vivienne Plumb]] * [[Anna Smaill]] {{col-break}} * [[Elizabeth Smither]] * [[Robert Sullivan (New Zealand poet)|Robert Sullivan]] *[[Brian Turner (New Zealand poet)|Brian Turner]] * [[Ian Wedde]] * [[Sonja Yelich]] {{col-end}} ===[[British poetry|United Kingdom]]=== * [[Carol Ann Duffy]] and [[Jane Ray]], ''The Lost Happy Endings'', Penguin * [[James Fenton]]: ** ''Selected Poems (2006) Penguin<ref name=jf>[http://www.jamesfenton.com/books/]Web page titled "Books by Fenton" at the James Fenton Web site, accessed [[October 11]], [[2007]]</ref> ** Editor, ''The New Faber Book of Love Poems'' (anthology)<ref name=jf/> * [[John Haynes]], ''Letter to Patience'', a book-length poem in iambic pentameter, winner of the [[Costa Book Award]] * [[Seamus Heaney]], ''[[District and Circle]]'', Faber & Faber *[[Allison Hedge Coke]] - ''[[Blood Run]]'' [[Salt Publications]] * [[Geoffrey Hill]]: ''[[Without Title]]'' * [[Derek Mahon]], ''Adaptations'' (A collection of versions, rather than translations proper, from poets such as [[Pasolini]], [[Satires of Juvenal|Juvenal]], [[Bertolt Brecht]], [[Valery]], [[Baudelaire]], [[Rilke]], and [[Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill]].) Gallery Press * [[Sean O'Brien (writer)|Sean O'Brien]], ''Inferno: a verse version of [[Dante]]'s Inferno'' (Picador) * [[Robin Robertson]], ''Swithering'', winner of the 2006 [[Forward Poetry Prize]] for Best Collection, shortlisted for the [[T.S. Eliot Prize]] * [[Claire Tomalin]], ''[[Thomas Hardy]]'', Penguin Press, one of the ''[[New York Times]]'' "100 Notable Books of the Year" for 2007 (biography) * [[Hugo Williams]], ''Dear Room'', (Faber and Faber) ====Poets included in ''New Writing 14''==== This book of British writing (Granta, ISBN 1-86207-850-5), edited by [[Lavinia Greenlaw]] and [[Helon Habila]], contains short stories, essays and excerpts of novels in addition to poems by these poets: {{col-start}} {{col-break}} *[[Carrie Etter]] *[[Iain Galbraith]] *[[Chenjerai Hove]] *[[Stephen Knight]] {{col-break}} *[[Frances Leviston]] *[[Carola Luther]] *[[Jamie McKendrick]] *[[David Morley]] {{col-break}} *[[Paul Muldoon]] *[[Blessing Musariri]] *[[Sean O'Brien (writer)|Sean O'Brien]] *[[Don Paterson]] {{col-break}} *[[Paul Perry (poet)|Paul Perry]] *[[Greta Stoddart]] *[[Eoghan Walls]] {{col-break}} {{col-end}} ===[[American poetry|United States]]=== {{col-start}} {{col-break}} * [[A. R. Ammons]], ''Selected Poems'', American Poets Project of the Library of America; distributed by Penguin Putnam, posthumous * [[Robin Becker]], ''Domain of Perfect Affection'', Pittsburgh University Press * [[Elizabeth Bishop]], ''Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments'', [[Alice Quinn]], editor (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) posthumous * [[Charles Bukowski]], ''Come On In!: New Poems'' (Ecco) * [[Hayden Carruth]], ''Toward the Distant Islands: New and Selected Poems'', Copper Canyon Press, edited by [[Sam Hamill]] * [[Hart Crane]], ''Hart Crane: Complete Poems and Selected Letters'', edited by [[Langdon Hammer]], Library of America (posthumous) * [[Robert Creeley]], ''On Earth: Last Poems and an Essay'' (University of California Press) * [[Dick Davis]], ''Trick of Sunlight'', Swallow Press * [[Michael Dumanis]] and [[Cate Marvin]], Editors, ''Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century'' ([[Sarabande]] Books) * [[Daisy Fried]], ''My Brother Is Getting Arrested Again'' (University of Pittsburgh Press), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry * [[Jack Gilbert]]: ** ''Tough Heaven: Poems of Pittsburgh'' ** ''Transgressions: Selected Poems'' * [[Allen Ginsberg]], ''Collected Poems, 1947-1997'' (posthumous), one of the ''New York Times'' "100 Notable Books of the Year", an expanded edition of the [[1984 in poetry|1984]] ''Collected Poems, 1947-1980'' * [[Jesse Glass]], ''The Passion of Phineas Gage and Selected Poems'' (West House/Ahadada) * [[Eugene Gloria]], ''Hoodlum Birds'', Penguin * [[Louise Glück]], ''Averno'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), one of the ''New York Times'' "100 Notable Books of the Year" * [[Linda Gregg]], ''In the Middle Distance'', Graywolf * [[Donald Hall]], ''White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946-2006'' (Houghton Mifflin) * [[Suheir Hammad]], ''ZataarDiva'', book and CD (Cypher/Rattapallax) * [[Jim Harrison]], ''Saving Daylight'' ([[Copper Canyon Press]]) ISBN 1-55659-235-3 * [[Seamus Heaney]], ''District and Circle'', Farrar Straus & Giroux *[[Allison Hedge Coke]] - ''[[Blood Run]]''US edition * [[George Heym]], ''Poems'' (Northwestern University Press, translated from [[German literature|German]] by [[Antony Hasler]] * [[Jeffrey Harrison]], ''Incomplete Knowledge'', Four Way Books * [[Jane Hirshfield]], ''After: Poems'', (HarperCollins), named as one of the best books of the year by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' * [[Paul Hoover]], ''Edge and Fold'' (Apogee Press) * [[Frieda Hughes]], ''Forty-Five (HarperCollins) * [[Troy Jollimore]], ''Tom Thomson in Purgatory'' (MARGIE/Intuit House), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry {{col-break}} * [[Patricia Spears Jones]], ''Femme du Monde: Poems'', (Tia Chucha Press) * [[Mary Karr]], ''Sinners Welcome: Poems'' (HarperCollins) * [[Ariana-Sophia M. Kartsonis]], ''Intaglio'', Kent State * [[Galway Kinnell]], ''Strong Is Your Hold'' (Houghton Mifflin Books), the poet's first collection of new poems in more than a decade, one of the ''New York Times'' "100 Notable Books of the Year" * [[Thomas Kinsella]], ''Collected Poems: 1956–2001'', Wake Forest * [[Kei Miller]], ''Kingdom of Empty Bellies'', [[Jamaican literature|Jamaican]] poet published in the United States: * [[Hannah Nijinsky]] and [[John Most]], ''Persephone'' (AQP Collective) * [[Alice Notley]], ''Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970-2005'' (Wesleyan University Press) * [[Mary Oliver]], ''Thirst'' (Beacon Press) * [[Carl Phillips]], ''Riding Westward'', New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux * [[Ishmael Reed]], ''New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006'', one of the ''New York Times'' "100 Notable Books of the Year" * [[Lisa Robertson (poet)|Lisa Robertson]], ''The Men: A Lyric Book'' (BookThug) ISBN 0973974257 * [[Theodore Roethke]], ''Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke'', compiled by [[David Wagoner]] from "277 spiral notebooks of poetry fragments, aphorisms, jokes, memos, journal entries, random phrases, bits of dialog, commentary, and fugitive miscellany", [[Copper Canyon Press]], ISBN 1556592485 (posthumous)<ref>Web page titled [http://www.coppercanyonpress.org/500_news_and_events/530_forthcoming/forthcoming.cfm# "Theodore Roethke / Straf for the Fire"] at Copper Canyon Press website, accessed [[April 20]], [[2008]]</ref> * [[Miltos Sachtouris]], ''Poems (1945 - 1971)'', bilingual edition, Greek with English translation by [[Karen Emmerich]] (Archipelago Books), finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry * [[Frederick Seidel]], ''Ooga-Booga'', (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry * [[Julie Sheehan]], ''Orient Point: Poems'', (W.W. Norton & Co.) * [[Patricia Smith]], ''Teahouse of the Almighty: Poems'', selected by [[Ed Sanders]] (Coffee House Press, 2006) * [[W.D. Snodgrass]], ''Not For Specialists, New and Selected Poems'', (BOA Editions, Ltd.), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry * [[Mark Strand]], ''Man and Camel'' (Alfred A. Knopf) * [[Rosmarie Waldrop]]: ** ''Splitting Image'' (Zasterle) ** ''Curves to the Apple'' ([[New Directions Publishing|New Directions]]) * [[Alicia E. Vasquez]], ''1719 Union St.'' (Wasteland Press) * [[Eliot Weinberger]], ''Muhammed'', (Verso, W.W. Norton & Co.) * [[Dara Wier]], ''Remnants of Hannah'', Wave Books * [[Jack Wiler]], ''Fun Being Me: Poems'' (CavanKerry Press, Ltd.) * [[George Witte]], ''The Apparitioners'', Three Rail Press * [[Charles Wright (poet)|Charles Wright]], ''Scar Tissue'', (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) * [[Franz Wright]], ''God's Silence'' (Alfred A. Knopf) * [[Robert Wrigley]], ''Earthly Meditations: New and Selected Poems'', Penguin * [[Louis Zukofsky]], ''Selected Poems'', American Poets Project of the Library of America, distributed by Penguin Putnam; posthumous {{col-end}} ====Anthologies in the United States==== * [[Harold Bloom]] and [[Jesse Zuba]], editors, ''American Religious Poems: An Anthology'', Library of America * [[Michael Hofmann]], editor, ''Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) * [[Joy Katz]] and [[Kevin Prufer]], editors, ''Dark Horses: Poets on Overlooked Poems'', 76 poems, each selected by a poet who was asked to provide an "unknown or underappreciated poem written by anyone, in any language, from any era", along with a brief essay by the selecting poet about the poem each chose; Illinois University Press * [[Jeb Livingood]], series editor; [[Eric Pankey]], editor, ''Best New Poets 2006: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers'', Samovar ====Poets included in ''The Best American Poetry 2006''==== Poets included in ''[[The Best American Poetry 2006]]'', edited by [[David Lehman]], co-edited this year by [[Billy Collins]]: {{col-start}} {{col-break}} *[[Kim Addonizio]] *[[Dick Allen]] *[[Craig Arnold]] *[[John Ashbery]] *[[Jesse Ball]] *[[Krista Benjamin]] *[[Ilya Bernstein]] *[[Gaylord Brewer]] *[[Tom Christopher]] *[[Laura Cronk]] *[[Carl Dennis]] *[[Stephen Dobyns]] *[[Denise Duhamel]] *[[Stephen Dunn]] *[[Beth Ann Fennelly]] {{col-break}} *[[Megan Gannon]] *[[Amy Gerstler]] *[[Sarah Gorham]] *[[George Green]] *[[Debora Greger]] *[[Eamon Grennan]] *[[Daniel Gutstein]] *[[R. S. Gwynn]] *[[Rachel Hadas]] *[[Mark Halliday]] *[[Jim Harrison]] *[[Robert Hass]] *[[Christian Hawkey]] *[[Terrance Hayes]] *[[Bob Hicok]] {{col-break}} *[[Katia Kapovich]] *Laura Kasischke *[[Joy Katz]] *[[David Kirby]] *[[Jennifer L. Knox]] *[[Ron Koertge]] *[[John Koethe]] *[[Mark Kraushaar]] *[[Julie Larios]] *[[Dorianne Laux]] *[[Reb Livingston]] *[[Thomas Lux]] *[[Paul Muldoon]] *[[Marilyn Nelson]] *[[Richard Newman]] {{col-break}} *[[Mary Oliver]] *[[Danielle Pafunda]] *[[Mark Pawlak]] *[[Bao Phi]] *[[Donald Platt]] *[[Lawrence Raab]] *[[Betsy Retallack]] *[[Liz Rosenberg]] *[[J. Allyn Rosser]] *[[Kay Ryan]] *[[Mary Jo Salter]] *[[Vejay Sheshadri]] *[[Alan Shapiro]] *[[Charles Simic]] *[[Gerald Stern]] {{col-break}} *[[James Tate]] *[[Sue Ellen Thompson]] *[[Tony Towle]] *[[Alison Townsend]] *[[Paul Violi]] *[[Ellen Bryant Voigt]] *[[David Wagoner]] *[[Charles Harper Webb]] *[[C. K. Williams]] *[[Terence Winch]] *Susan Wood *[[Franz Wright]] *[[Robert Wrigley]] *[[David Yezzi]] *[[Dean Young (poet)|Dean Young]] {{col-end}} ====Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States==== * [[Jason Shinder]], editor, ''“The Poem That Changed America: 'Howl' Fifty Years Later'', essays on [[Allen Ginsberg]]'s poem, Farrar, Straus & Giroux ===Other=== * [[Chandrashekhar Bhattacharya]], ''Tomake Ebong Tomake: Poems '' (Manaswini Publication), Bangladesh * [[Mohit.K.Misra]], ''Ponder Awhile'' Booksurge Publishers ==Awards and honors== * [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]: [[Orhan Pamuk]], [[Turkish literature|Turkey]] ===[[Australian poetry|Australia]]=== * [[C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry]]: * [[The Age Book of the Year|Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize]]: ''Friendly Fire'' by [[Jennifer Maiden]] * [[Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry]]: ===[[Canadian poetry|Canada]]=== * [[Atlantic Poetry Prize]]: [[Jenny MacDougall]] * [[Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate]]: [[John Steffler]] (until [[December 3]], [[2008 in poetry|2008]]) * [[Griffin Poetry Prize]] (Canada): [[Sylvia Legris]], ''Nerve Squall'' * [[Griffin Poetry Prize]] (International, in the English Language): [[Kamau Brathwaite]], ''Born to Slow Horses'' * [[Pat Lowther Award]]: [[Sylvia Legris]], ''Nerve Squall'' * [[Prix Alain-Grandbois]]: [[Fernand Ouellette]] * [[Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award]]: [[Kate Marshall Flaherty]], ''Unfathom'', ISBN 978-1-55253-065-8 ===[[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]]=== * Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement: * [[Montana New Zealand Book Awards]] (poetry category): [[Bill Manhire]], ''Lifted'', Victoria University Press ===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]=== * [[Forward Poetry Prize]] Best Collection: [[Robin Robertson]] for ''Swithering''. * [[Forward Poetry Prize]] Best First Collection: [[Tishani Doshi]], for ''Countries of the Body.'' * [[Forward Poetry Prize]] Best Single Poem: [[Sean O'Brien (writer)|Sean O'Brien]], for "Fantasia on a Theme of James Wright". * [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] (United Kingdom and Ireland): [[Seamus Heaney]], for ''District and Circle'' * [[Costa Book Awards]] (formerly [[Whitbread Awards|Whitbread Award]]) for poetry: [[John Haynes (poet)|John Haynes]] for ''Letter to Patience'' * [[Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry]]: [[Fleur Adcock]] ===[[American poetry|United States]]=== * [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]: poets [[Paul Auster]] and [[Frank Bidart]] elected to the [[List of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Department of Literature|Literature Department]] * [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress]]: [[Donald Hall]] appointed * [[Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards]]: [[Moira Linehan]], ''If No Moon'' * [[James Laughlin Award]] for poetry: [[Tracy K. Smith]] * [[National Book Awards#Poetry|National Book Award]] for poetry: [[Nathaniel Mackey]], ''Splay Anthem'', [[New Directions]] **Finalists: [[Louise Glück]], ''Averno'', [[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]]; [[H.L. Hix]], ''Chromatic'', [[Etruscan Press]]; [[Ben Lerner]], ''Angle of Yaw'', [[Copper Canyon Press]]; [[James McMichael]], ''Capacity'', [[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]] * [[National Poetry Review Book Prize]]: [[Bryan Penberthy]], ''Lucktown''. * [[Poets' Prize]]: [[Catherine Tufariello]], ''Keeping My Name'' * [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] (United States): [[Claudia Emerson]], ''Late Wife'' * [[Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award]]: [[John Hollander]] * [[Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize]]: [[Richard Wilbur]] * [[Whiting Writers' Award]] (poetry winners): [[Sherwin Bitsui]], [[Tyehimba Jess]], [[Suji Kwock Kim]] * [[Wallace Stevens Award]]: [[Michael Palmer]] * [[Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition]]: [[Jessica Fisher]], ''Frail-Craft''; Judge: [[Louise Glück]] * [[Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets]]: [[Carl Phillips]] ====From the [[Poetry Society of America]]==== * [[Frost Medal]]: [[Maxine Kumin]] * [[Shelley Memorial Award]]: [[George Stanley (poet)]], Judges: [[Sonia Sanchez]], [[Joshua Clover]] * [[Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award]]: [[Nicole Cooley]], "The Anatomical Museum", Judge: [[Gerald Stern]] * [[Cecil Hemley Memorial Award]]: [[Rusty Morrison]], "Sky Clutches Any Strong Beat", Judge: [[Cal Bedient]] *[[Lannan Literary Awards#Lannan Literary Award for Poetry|Lanan Literary Award for Poetry]]: [[Bruce Weigl]] * [[Lyric Poetry Award]]: [[Alice Jones]], "Valle D'Aosta", Judge: [[Toi Derricotte]] * [[Lucille Medwick Memorial Award]]: [[Lynne Knight]], "Recovery", Judge: [[Grace Schulman]] ** Finalists: [[Amy Dryansky]], ''Somewhere Honey from Those Bees''; [[J.C. Todd]], ''What's Left''; * [[Alice Fay di Castagnola Award]] (for a manuscript in progress): [[G.C. Waldrep]], ''Archicembalo'', ** Finalists: [[John Isles]], ''The Arcadia Negotiations''; [[Wayne Miller]], ''The Book of Props''; [[Emily Rosko]], ''Weather Inventions''; Judge: [[Forrest Gander]] * [[Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award]]: [[Katherine Browning]], "to discover the cartography of blankness", Judge: [[Prageeta Sharma]] * [[George Bogin Memorial Award]]: [[Kevin Prufer]] ** Finalists: [[Susan Briante]], [[Jill McDonough]], Judge: [[Marie Howe]] * [[Robert H. Winner Memorial Award]]: [[Daneen Wardrop]], ''Archicembalo'', Judge: [[Jean Valentine]] * [[Norma Farber First Book Award]]: [[Cammy Thomas]], ''Cathedral of Wish'', Judge: [[Medbh McGuckian]] * [[William Carlos Williams Award]]: [[Brenda Hillman]], ''Pieces of Air in the Epic'', Judge: [[Marjorie Welish]] ** Finalists: [[Ethan Paquin]], ''The Violence'' (Ahsahta Press); [[Aaron Shurin]], ''Involuntary Lyrics'' (Omnidawn Press) ==Deaths== [[Image:Jerzy Ficowski monument.JPG|right|150px|thumb|[[Jerzy Ficowski|Jerzy Ficowski's]] grave, Warsaw]] {| ||[[January 4]] || [[Irving Layton]], 93 || [[Canadian]] poet |- ||[[February 21]] || [[Gennadiy Aygi]], 71 || [[Chuvash language|Chuvash]]/Russian poet |- ||[[February 25]] || [[Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin]], 69 || Ethiopian poet laureate, in [[New York]] |- ||[[March 3]] || [[Ivor Cutler]] ||[[Scottish literature|Scots]] poet |- ||[[March 15]]|| [[Ken Brewer]], 64 ||[[American poetry|American]] poet |- ||[[March 27]] || [[Ian Hamilton Finlay]], 80 || [[English literature|Scots]] poet, writer, artist, gardener |- | [[May 9]] || [[Jerzy Ficowski]], 81 || [[Polish literature|Polish]] poet, writer and translator |- | [[May 14]] || '''[[Stanley Kunitz]]''', 100 || former [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress|U.S. Poet Laureate]] |- | [[May 18]] || [[Gilbert Sorrentino]], 77 || [[American poetry|American]] novelist and poet |- ||[[June 26]] || [[Jim Simmerman]], 54 || [[American poetry|American]] poet |- || [[July 6]] || [[Lisa Bellear]], 45 || [[Australian literature|Australian]] poet |- ||[[July 14]] || [[Patricia Goedicke]] || [[American poetry|American]] poet, of pneumonia |- ||[[July 26]] || [[Louise Bennett-Coverley]] || [[Jamaican literature|Jamaican]] folk poet known as "Miss Lou" |- ||[[July 30]] || [[Trinidad Sánchez Jr.]], 63 ||American Chicano performer/poet (stroke complications) |- ||[[November 27]] || [[Győző Határ]], 92 ||Hungarian poet and writer |- ||[[November 29]] || [[Mario Cesariny]], 83 || [[Portuguese literature|Portuguese]] painter and surrealist poet |- ||[[December 2]] || [[kari edwards]], 52 || [[poet]], [[artist]] and [[gender]] [[activist]] |} ==Notes and references== <references/> *[http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the ''Representative Poetry Online'' Web site, University of Toronto ==See also== {{portal|Poetry}} *[[Poetry]] *[[List of poetry awards]] {{Schools of poetry}} [[Category:Years in poetry]] [[Category:2006 poems]]