Overview of the events of 2016 in poetry
Overview of the events of 2016 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Selection of works published in English
Australia
Canada
Anthologies in Canada
India
New Zealand
Poets in Best New Zealand Poems
These poets wrote the 25 poems selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2015 (guest editor was John Newton, published this year:
United Kingdom
England
- Jay Bernard, The Red and Yellow Nothing
- Emily Berry, Anne Carson and Sophie Collins, If I'm Scared We Can't Win (Penguin Modern Poets)
- Brian Bilston, You Took the Last Bus Home[8]
- Rachael Boast, Void Studies
- Vahni Capildeo, Measures of Expatriation (Trinidad-born poet)
- Melissa Lee-Houghton, Sunshine
- Hollie McNish, Nobody Told Me
- Alice Oswald, Falling Awake
- Ruth Padel, Tidings – A Christmas Journey
- Denise Riley, Say Something Back
- Kae Tempest, Let Them Eat Chaos
- Rebecca Watts, The Met Office Advises Caution
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Anthologies in the United Kingdom
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom
United States
Alphabetical listing by author name
Anthologies in the United States
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
- J.D. McClatchy. Sweet Theft: A Poet's Commonplace Book
- C. D. Wright. The Poet, The Lion, Talking Pictures, El Farolito, A Wedding in St. Roch, The Big Box Store, The Warp in the Mirror, Spring, Midnights, Fire & All (Copper Canyon Press)
Poets in The Best American Poetry 2016
Awards and honors by country
Awards announced this year:
International
Australia awards and honors
Canada awards and honors
- Archibald Lampman Award: Pearl Pirie, the pet radish, shrunken
- Atlantic Poetry Prize: Susan Goyette, The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl
- 2016 Governor General's Awards: Steven Heighton, The Waking Comes Late (English); Normand de Bellefeuille, Le poème est une maison de bord de mer (French)
- Griffin Poetry Prize:
- Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize: Gregory Scofield[12]
- Gerald Lampert Award: Ben Ladouceur, Otter
- Pat Lowther Award: Lorna Crozier, The Wrong Cat
- Prix Alain-Grandbois: Rosalie Lessard, L'observatoire
- Raymond Souster Award: Lorna Crozier, The Wrong Cat
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: Raoul Fernandes, Transmitter and Receiver
- Prix Émile-Nelligan: Jonathan Lamy, La vie sauve
France awards and honors
India awards and honors
New Zealand awards and honors
United Kingdom awards and honors
United States awards and honors
From the Poetry Society of America
Deaths
January – June
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 1 – Fazu Aliyeva, 83 (born 1932), Russian Avar poet and journalist
- January 6 – Nivaria Tejera, 86 (born 1929), Cuban poet and novelist
- January 9 – Zelimkhan Yaqub, 66 (born 1950), Azerbaijani poet
- January 12 – C. D. Wright, 67 (born 1949), American poet who was the former poet laureate of Rhode Island and winner of the 2009 International Griffin Poetry Prize[16]
- January 15 – Francisco X. Alarcón, 61 (born 1954), Chicano-American poet who was born in California and grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico[17][18]
- January 19 – Laurence Lerner, 90 (born 1925), South African-born English-language poet and academic
- February 7 – Andrew Glaze, 90 (born 1920), American poet appointed 11th Poet Laureate of Alabama in 2013
- February 8 – Nida Fazli, 77 (born 1938), Indian poet and lyricist[19]
- February 21 – Akbar Ali, 90 (born 1925), Indian Kannada poet[20]
- March 5 – Rafael Squirru, 90 (born 1925), Argentine author, art critic and poet
- April 13 – Jock Scot, 63 (born 1952), Scottish performance poet
- April 30 – Daniel Berrigan, 94 (born 1921), American Jesuit priest, poet, peace activist and recidivist (one of Catonsville Nine); winner of Lamont Prize for his book of poems Time Without Number
- June 4 – Alexander Glezer [ru], 82, Russian poet.[21]
- June 16 – Bill Berkson, 76, American poet and art critic, heart attack.[22]
- June 25 – Adam Small, 79, South African writer and poet, winner of the Hertzog Prize. (born 1936).[23]
- June 30 – Sir Geoffrey Hill, 84, English poet
July – December
- July 1 – Yves Bonnefoy, 93, French poet, essayist, translator, and critic (born 1923)[24]
- September 3 – Peter Oresick, 60, American poet (born 1955)
- September 4 – Novella Matveyeva, 81, Russian poet and singer-songwriter (born 1934)
- October 14 – Brigit Pegeen Kelly, American poet (born 1951)
- October 28 – Jolanda Insana, 79, Italian poet and translator, Viareggio Prize recipient[25]
- December 27 – Anthony Cronin, 92, Irish poet (born 1928)
- December 30 – Judith Ortiz Cofer, 64, Puerto Rican American poet and educator[26]
- December 31 – David Meltzer, 79, American poet and musician[27]