2023 in poetry
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This is a list of poetry events and publications in 2023.
Events
- April 20-22 — The Queensland Poetry Festival occurs at the State Library of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Its theme is "Story/Verse".[1]
- May 5-7 — The Massachusetts Poetry Festival occurs in Salem, Massachusetts, U.S., with over 150 poets attending.[2]
- May 16-20 — The Cork International Poetry Festival, organized by the Munster Literature Centre, is held in Cork, Ireland.[1]
- June 9-11 — The Poetry International is held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[1]
- August 5 — The Bengaluru Poetry Festival is held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.[1][3]
- September 27-October 1 — The Druskininkai Poetic Fall is held in Lithuania in the cities of Druskininkai and Vilnius and was attended by about 120 people.[1]
Selection of works published in English
Ukraine
- Zhadan, Serhiy (October 3, 2023). How Fire Descends: New and Selected Poems. Translated by Tkacz, Virlana; Wanda, Phipps. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300272468. Discusses the Russo-Ukrainian War.[4]
United States
- Graham, Jorie (April 25, 2023). To 2040. Copper Canyon Press. ISBN 9781556596773.[4]
- Hacker, Marilyn (April 4, 2023). Calligraphies: Poems. Norton. ISBN 9781324036463. Discusses life in Beirut, Paris, and Montpeyroux.[4]
- Lerner, Ben (September 5, 2023). The Lights. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. ISBN 9780374721206.[5]
- Nicholson, Sara (2023). April. SongCave. ISBN 9781737277590.[5]
- Shimoda, Brandon (June 27, 2023). Hydra Medusa. Nightboat Books. ISBN 9781643621715.[5]
- Schiff, Robyn (August 15, 2023). Information Desk: An Epic. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9780525508311.[5]
Awards and honors by country
United States awards and honors
- Arab American Book Award (The George Ellenbogen Poetry Award):
- Honorable Mentions:
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize:
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award:
- Beatrice Hawley Award from Alice James Books:
- Bollingen Prize:
- Jackson Poetry Prize:
- Gay Poetry:
- Lesbian Poetry:
- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize:
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize:
- National Book Award for Poetry (NBA):
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry:
- The New Criterion Poetry Prize:
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry:
- Wallace Stevens Award:
- Whiting Awards:
- PEN Award for Poetry in Translation:
- PEN Center USA 2021 Poetry Award:
- PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry: (Judges: )
- Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award:
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize:
- Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award: Roger Reeves, Best Barbarian[6]
- Kate Tufts Discovery Award: Robert Wood Lynn, Mothman Apologia[6]
- Walt Whitman Prize – – Judge:
- Yale Younger Series: Cindy Juyoung Ok, Ward Toward (Judge: Rae Armantrout)[7]
Deaths
- January 2 — Dumitru Radu Popescu (b. 1935), Romanian poet[8]
- January 7 —Henri Heurtebise (b. 1936), French poet and editor[9]
- ??? — Richard Kell (b. 1927), Irish poet, composer, teacher, and reviewer[10]
- March 10 —David Bottoms (b. 1949), American poet[11]
- April — R. H. W. Dillard (b. 1937), American poet, critic, and writing professor[12]
- April 9 — Huub Oosterhuis (b. 1933), Dutch theologian and poet[13]
- April 21 — John Tranter (b. 1943), Australian poet, publisher and editor[14]
- May 19 — Pete Brown (b. 1940), American poet and songwriter[15]
- May 22 — Andrew Burke (b. 1944), Australian poet[16]
- June 7 —Saskia Hamilton (b. 1967), American poet, professor, and vice provost[17]
- June 30 — Ron Pretty (b. 1940), Australian poet[18]
- July 7 —Ahmed Ilias (b. 1934), Bangladeshi poet[19]
- August 11 — Kenneth White (b. 1936), Scottish poet[20]
- November 18 — Nan Witcomb (b. 1927/1928, Australian poet and radio broadcaster[21]
- December 28 — Abubakar Siddique (b. 1934), Pakistani poet and professor[22]
