Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his ... more

Poetical:

Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at the inauguration of President Clinton (Jan. 20)

Regeneration, a film based on Pat ... more

Poetical:

Regeneration, a film based on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, about the World War I poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon

Wilde, a film directed by Brian ... more

Poetical:

Wilde, a film directed by Brian Gilbert, on the life of Oscar Wilde

Robert Pinsky becomes new US Poet ... more

Poetical:

Robert Pinsky becomes new US Poet Laureate, 1997-2000

John Haines wins the Academy of ... more

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John Haines wins the Academy of American Poets Fellowship

Robert Hass' Sun under Wood wins ... more

Awards:

Robert Hass' Sun under Wood wins the Book Critics Circle Award (March 18)

Anthony Hecht wins the Tanning Prize

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Anthony Hecht wins the Tanning Prize

Ted Hughes wins the Whitbread Award ... more

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Ted Hughes wins the Whitbread Award for Tales from Ovid (Jan. 27, 1998)

William Matthew wins the Lilly Prize

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William Matthew wins the Lilly Prize

William Meredith's Effort at Speech wins ... more

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William Meredith's Effort at Speech wins the National Book Award (Nov. 18)

Lisel Mueller's Alive Together: New and ... more

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Lisel Mueller's Alive Together: New and Selected Poems (1996) wins the Pulitzer Prize (April 7)

Gary Snyder's Mountains and Rivers without ... more

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Gary Snyder's Mountains and Rivers without End wins the Bollingen Prize

John Ashbery wins American Academy of ... more

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John Ashbery wins American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal (Poetry)

Marilyn Bowering wins the Pat Lowther ... more

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Marilyn Bowering wins the Pat Lowther Memorial Award (League of Canadian Poets) for Autobiography

Alfred G. Bailey (Canada); Martin Wylde ... more

Dionne Brand wins the Governor General's ... more

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Dionne Brand wins the Governor General's Award for Poetry (Canada) with Land to Light On

Jamie McKendrick wins the Forward Poetry ... more

Awards:

Jamie McKendrick wins the Forward Poetry Prize (Best Collection) for The Marble Fly; Robin Robertson wins the Forward Poetry Prize (Best First Collection) for A Painted Field; and Lavinia Greenlaw wins the Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) for "A World Where News Travelled Slowly"

Bill Manhire named first Te Mata ... more

Poetical:

Bill Manhire named first Te Mata Estate Poet Laureate of New Zealand.

Mary Jo Bang's first book ... more

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Mary Jo Bang's first book Apology for Want chosen for the Bakeless Prize

Cyrus Cassells' Beautiful Signor wins ... more

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Cyrus Cassells' Beautiful Signor wins the Lambda Literary Award

Mahmoud Darwish is the recipient of ... more

Awards:

Mahmoud Darwish is the recipient of France's Knight of Arts and Belles Lettres Medal

Olena Kalytiak Davis' And Her ... more

Awards:

Olena Kalytiak Davis' And Her Soul Out of Nothing selected for the Brittingham Prize

Dorothy Hickson's "129F. A Response to ... more

Poems about poems:

Dorothy Hickson's "129F. A Response to Shaxper's Sonnet 129" (The Muses Strikes Back 1997), about William Shakespeare's " Dorothy Hickson's "129F. A Response to Shaxper's Sonnet 129" (1997), about William Shakespeare's " Th'expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame " (1609)

Annie's Finch's "Coy Mistress", about Andrew ... more

David Wojahn's "Till we have built ... more

Poems about poems:

David Wojahn's "Till we have built Jerusalem (Guyana, 1976)" (The Falling Hour 1997) about William Blake's " David Wojahn's "Till we have built Jerusalem (Guyana, 1976)" (1997) about William Blake's " And did those feet in ancient time " (1808)

Adrian Mitchell's "Nostalgia---Now Threepence Off" (Heart ... more

Poems about poems:

Adrian Mitchell's "Nostalgia---Now Threepence Off" (Heart on the Left: Poems: 1953-1984 1997) about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's " Adrian Mitchell's "Nostalgia---Now Threepence Off" (1997) about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's " A Psalm of Life " (1838)

Jorie Graham serves as a Chancellor ... more

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Jorie Graham serves as a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets (1997-2003)

Eamon Grennan's Leopardi: Selected Poems ... more

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Eamon Grennan's Leopardi: Selected Poems wins the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation

Geoffrey Hill's Canaan wins the ... more

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Geoffrey Hill's Canaan wins the Kahn Award

David Ignatow receives the William Carlos ... more

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David Ignatow receives the William Carlos Williams Award of the Poetry Society of America

Hettie Jones' first collection of poems, ... more

Awards:

Hettie Jones' first collection of poems, Drive receives the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America

Donald Justice serves as a Chancellor ... more

Awards:

Donald Justice serves as a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets (1997-2003)