2008 in poetry

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Events[edit]

  • June 18 – Release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, concerning Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys (as Thomas).[1]
  • September – A United Kingdom examination board, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, asks schools to withdraw copies of its anthology which contain the poem, Education for Leisure by Carol Ann Duffy after some teachers complained about the poem's reference to knives. Other teachers oppose the move, and Duffy responds with a new poem, Mrs Schofield's GCSE.[1]
  • December 15 – The American Academy of Arts and Sciences begins awarding the May Sarton prize. Five "emerging poets" each year will receive a $2,000 honorarium and an opportunity to have their work published in the Academy's journal, Daedalus (for winners, see "Awards and honors" section, below).[2]
  • Dennis Brutus is awarded the Lifetime Honorary Award by the South African Department of Arts and Culture for his lifelong dedication to African and world poetry and literary arts.[3] Brutus was also an activist who was imprisoned and incarcerated in the cell next to Nelson Mandela's on Robben Island from 1963 to 1965.[4]
  • Complaints about Carol Ann Duffy's poem "Education for Leisure" cause it to be withdrawn from the AQA Anthology studied in English schools.[5]
  • Dmitry Vodennikov wins a Russian poetry competition television show, "King of the Poets".[6]
  • POETomu (a play on the English word "poet" and the Russian word poetomu ("because")), a glossy magazine about poetry, is founded in Russia.[6]

Works published in English[edit]

Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

Australia[edit]

Bronwyn Lea in 2008
  • Robert Adamson, The Golden Bird, winner of the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry in the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, shortlisted for the 2009 Age Book of the Year Awards
  • Michael Brennan, Unanimous Night
  • David Brooks, The Balcony, finalist for the 2008 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry; University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3669-3
  • Elizabeth Hodgson, Skin Painting, winner of the 2007 David Unaipon Award; University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3677-8
  • Sarah Holland-Batt, Aria, University of Queensland Press, winner of the Judith Wright Prize and the Anne Elder Award
  • Yvette Holt, Anonymous Premonition, winner of the 2005 David Unaipon Award for an unpublished manuscript, Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing (2008), and the Poets Union's Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry (2008)[7]
  • Clive James, Opal Sunset: Selected Poems, 1958–2008, W.W. Norton
  • Carol Jenkins, Fishing in the Devonian, Puncher & Wattmann
  • John Kinsella, Divine Comedy, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3666-2
  • Anthony Lawrence, Bark, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3664-8
  • Bronwyn Lea, The Other Way Out, Giramondo Publishing
  • David Malouf, Revolving Days, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3635-8
  • Peter Rose, The Best Australian Poems 2008, including work from: Dorothy Porter, Robert Adamson, Judith Beveridge, Rosemary Dobson, Laurie Duggan, Stephen Edgar, Clive James, John Kinsella, Les Murray, Lisa Gorton, Geoffrey Lehmann, Tracy Ryan and Brenda Walker, Chris Wallace-Crabbe and Fay Zwicky; Black Inc., ISBN 978-1-86395-303-0

Canada[edit]

India, Indian poetry in English[edit]

Ireland[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

Best New Zealand Poetry 2007[edit]

The year's guest editor, who chose 25 poems for inclusion, was Paula Green. The list appeared at the series website in February 2008.[17]

United Kingdom[edit]

Anthologies in the United Kingdom[edit]

Criticism, biography and scholarship in the United Kingdom[edit]

United States[edit]

Anthologies in the United States[edit]

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States[edit]

Poets in The Best American Poetry 2008[edit]

These poets appeared in The Best American Poetry 2008, with David Lehman, general editor, and Charles Wright, guest editor (who selected the poetry) (Scribner ISBN 0-7432-9973-6):

Works published in other languages[edit]

French language[edit]

France[edit]

Canadian poetry in French[edit]

Germany[edit]

Danish poet Pia Tafdrup

Greece[edit]

India[edit]

Listed in alphabetical order by first name:

Iran[edit]

Poland[edit]

Russia[edit]

Other languages[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

International[edit]

Australia awards and honors[edit]

Canada awards and honors[edit]

India awards and honors[edit]

New Zealand awards and honors[edit]

Poetry - Janet Charman, Cold Snack. Auckland University Press
Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry - Jessica Le Bas, Incognito. Auckland University Press

United Kingdom awards and honors[edit]

United States awards and honors[edit]

From the Poetry Society of America[edit]

Other awards and honors[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Notes[edit]

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  2. ^ News release and web page, "Young Poets Recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Five Receive Academy Prize in Honor of May Sarton" Archived 2008-12-31 at the Wayback Machine, December 15, 2008, at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences website, retrieved December 17, 2008
  3. ^ Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader Publisher's page includes video of Brutus and a remembrance by Amy Goodman
  4. ^ "Chapter - II From Protest to Prison" (PDF). shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  5. ^ Curtis, Polly (2008-09-04). "Top exam board asks schools to destroy book containing knife poem". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  6. ^ a b c d e Britannica (2009), "Russian" subsection
  7. ^ Web page titled "Anonymous Premonition" Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine at the University of Queensland Press website, retrieved July 5, 2010
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  10. ^ Web page titled "Arundhathi Subramaniam" Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010
  11. ^ Web page titled "Eunice de Souza" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 8, 2010
  12. ^ a b Web page titled "Meena Alexander" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
  13. ^ Web page titled "Jeet Thayil" Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 10, 2010
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  16. ^ a b Web page titled "Literature/Year in Review 2009/English: Other Literature in English" at the Encyclopædia Britannica website, retrieved February 22, 2010
  17. ^ Web page titled "Best New Zealand Poetry 2007 / Introduction" at the Best New Zealand Poetry website, accessed April 25, 2008
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Search results page: Bloodaxe Books + 2008 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine, Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010
  19. ^ a b Search results page: Oxford University Press + 2008 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine, Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010
  20. ^ The publication of Complete Early Poems, (Green Integer) was scheduled for publication in 2008, but as of May 2010 had not appeared. Since she received the Pulitzer Prize for Versed, look for a future publication of this collection which is to consist of Armantrout's early collections, from 1978's Extremities to 1995's Made to Seem.
  21. ^ a b Web page titled "Mark Doty Books" Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at Mark Doty website, accessed May 5, 2008
  22. ^ Farr, Sheila, "Poet ponders life's contrasts in 'The Shadow of Sirius'", book review, October 30, 2010, The Seattle Times, retrieved June 8, 2010
  23. ^ Web page at the CMU Press website, accessed July 24, 2008
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  29. ^ Web page titled "Bharat Majhi" Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
  30. ^ Web page titled "Jiban Narah" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 10, 2010
  31. ^ Web page titled "K. Siva Reddy" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010
  32. ^ Web page titled "P. P. Ramachandran" Archived 2009-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 19, 2010
  33. ^ Web page titled "Raghavan Atholi" Archived February 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Poetry International website, retrieved July 25, 2010
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  35. ^ Web page titled "Sitanshu Yashaschandra" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 27, 2010
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  45. ^ Britannica (2009), "Japanese" subsection
  46. ^ "UM scholar Hatlen, mentor to Stephen King, dies at 71". Archived from the original on March 2, 2008.
  47. ^ Burton Hatlen 1936 — 2008 A "cyber-tombeau" at Silliman's Blog by poet Ron Silliman includes comments, tributes, and links
  48. ^ Raúl Salinas, poet, teacher and activist, dies: Austin resident and bookstore owner gave voice to Chicano struggle.
  49. ^ "Rustavi 2". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
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  68. ^ Reginald Shepherd: 1963 – 2008; A "cyber-tombeau" at Silliman's Blog by poet Ron Silliman includes comments, tributes, and links
  69. ^ Tribute at Poetry Foundation Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Shepherd was a frequent contributor to the Poetry Foundation blog called Harriet. Listed here are dozens of tributes and comments from many who were touched in some way by Shepherd and his work
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  76. ^ "Woman Scholar of the Islamic World dies at 72". Tehran Times. Oct 25, 2008.
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Sources[edit]

  • Britannica Book of the Year 2009 (events of 2008), published by the Encyclopædia Britannica, online edition (subscription required), "Literature/Year in Review 2008" section

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