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".
May 5-7 — The Massachusetts Poetry Festival occurs in Salem, Massachusetts, U.S., with over 150 poets attending.
May 16-20 — The Cork International Poetry Festival, organized by the Munster Literature Centre, is held in Cork, Ireland.
June 9-11 — The Poetry International is held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
August 5 — The Bengaluru Poetry Festival is held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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.
Selection of works published in English
Ukraine
Discusses the Russo-Ukrainian War.
United States
Discusses life in Beirut, Paris, and Montpeyroux.
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 Kate Tufts Discovery Award: Robert Wood Lynn, Mothman Apologia Walt Whitman Prize – – Judge: Yale Younger Series: Cindy Juyoung Ok, Ward Toward (Judge: Rae Armantrout)
Deaths
January 2 — Dumitru Radu Popescu (b. 1935), Romanian poet January 7 —Henri Heurtebise (b. 1936), French poet and editor ??? — Richard Kell (b. 1927), Irish poet, composer, teacher, and reviewer March 10 —David Bottoms (b. 1949), American poet April — R. H. W. Dillard (b. 1937), American poet, critic, and writing professor April 9 — Huub Oosterhuis (b. 1933), Dutch theologian and poet April 21 — John Tranter (b. 1943), Australian poet, publisher and editor May 19 — Pete Brown (b. 1940), American poet and songwriter May 22 — Andrew Burke (b. 1944), Australian poet June 7 —Saskia Hamilton (b. 1967), American poet, professor, and vice provost June 30 — Ron Pretty (b. 1940), Australian poet July 7 —Ahmed Ilias (b. 1934), Bangladeshi poet August 11 — Kenneth White (b. 1936), Scottish poet November 18 — Nan Witcomb (b. 1927/1928, Australian poet and radio broadcasterAdelaide former talkback host and poet Nan Witcomb dies aged 95 December 28 — Abubakar Siddique (b. 1934), Pakistani poet and professor
See also
Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards
References
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