Ada Limón reappointed as US poet laureate
Ada Limón has been appointed to a second term as U.S. poet laureate and has numerous projects in the works, including a...
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Poet Sandra Lim wins $85,000 Jackson Poetry Prize
An $85,000 literary prize has been awarded to Sandra Lim, a poet who has published three collections
Ojibwe woman makes history as North Dakota poet laureate
North Dakota lawmakers have named Denise Lajimodiere as the state's poet laureate, making her the first Native American...
Poet Sara Daniele Rivera wins First Book Award
A Cuban-Peruvian poet from New Mexico has won the Academy of American Poets’ First Book Award
Experts found Chilean poet Neruda was poisoned, nephew says
A relative of the late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda says forensic experts have determined that the Nobel Prize winner died...
Biography of poet John Donne wins UK nonfiction book prize
A book that argues Elizabethan poet John Donne should rank alongside William Shakespeare as a literary genius has won Br...
Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas wins Cervantes Prize
Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas has been awarded the Cervantes Prize
Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97
Prize-winning poet Gerald Stern has died
Houshang Ebtehaj, prominent Iranian poet, dies at 94
Houshang Ebtehaj, a distinguished Iranian poet whose small but influential body of work made him a major figure in his o...
Ada Limón named the 24th U.S. poet laureate
On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced that 46-year-old Ada Limón had been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate, off...