1991 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 |
| Years in literature: | 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 19th century 20th century 21st century |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Years: | 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Forward Poetry Prize created
[edit] Works published
- W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
- Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
[edit] Honors and awards
[edit] Australia
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, The Winter Baby
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, The Winter Baby
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Jean Kent - Verandahs
[edit] Canada
- See 1991 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: James Berry, Sujata Bhatt, Michael Hulse, Derek Mahon
- Eric Gregory Award: Roddy Lumsden, Glyn Maxwell, Stephen Smith, Wayne Burrows, Jackie Kay
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Judith Wright
- Whitbread Award for poetry (United Kingdom): Michael Longley, Gorse Fires
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Julia Kasdorf, Sleeping Preacher
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: John Frederick Nims
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Richard Wilbur
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Donald Hall, "Museum of Clear Ideas"
- Bollingen Prize: Laura Riding Jackson and Donald Justice
- Frost Medal: Donald Hall
- National Book Award for poetry: Philip Levine, What Work Is
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Joseph Brodsky
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Mona Van Duyn: Near Changes
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: David Wagoner
[edit] Deaths
- January 22 - Robert Choquette, Canadian novelist and poet
- March 10 - Etheridge Knight, American poet
- April 12 - James Schuyler, at 67, American poet, of a stroke
- July 5 - Howard Nemerov, 71, former U.S. Poet Laureate, of cancer
- September 2 - Laura Riding Jackson, at 90, of a heart attack
- September 24 - Dr. Seuss, American author of children's verse
- September 27 - Roy Fuller, English poet and writer
- October 11 - Steven Jesse Bernstein, performance poet
- October 27 - George Barker, poet
- date not known - George Thaniel, Canadian poet
- date not known - R. F. Brissenden
- date not known - Paul Engle, American poet, writer, editor, and novelist
[edit] See also
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