2023 in poetry

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".^[1]

• May 5-7 — The Massachusetts Poetry Festival occurs in Salem, Massachusetts, U.S., with over 150 poets attending.^[2]

• May 16-20 — The Cork International Poetry Festival, organized by the Munster Literature Centre, is held in Cork, Ireland.^[1]

• June 9-11 — The Poetry International is held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.^[1]

• August 5 — The Bengaluru Poetry Festival is held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.^[1][3]

• 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.^[1]

Selection of works published in English

Ukraine

• Zhadan, Serhiy (October 3, 2023). How Fire Descends: New and Selected Poems. Translated by Tkacz, Virlana; Wanda, Phipps. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300272468. Discusses the Russo-Ukrainian War.^[4]

United States

• Graham, Jorie (April 25, 2023). To 2040. Copper Canyon Press. ISBN 9781556596773.^[4]
• Hacker, Marilyn (April 4, 2023). Calligraphies: Poems. Norton. ISBN 9781324036463. Discusses life in Beirut, Paris, and Montpeyroux.^[4]
• Lerner, Ben (September 5, 2023). The Lights. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. ISBN 9780374721206.^[5]
• Nicholson, Sara (2023). April. SongCave. ISBN 9781737277590.^[5]
• Shimoda, Brandon (June 27, 2023). Hydra Medusa. Nightboat Books. ISBN 9781643621715.^[5]
• Schiff, Robyn (August 15, 2023). Information Desk: An Epic. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9780525508311.^[5]

Works published in other languages

Awards and honors by country

See also: List of poetry awards

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^[6]
• Kate Tufts Discovery Award: Robert Wood Lynn, Mothman Apologia^[6]
• Walt Whitman Prize – – Judge:
• Yale Younger Series: Cindy Juyoung Ok, Ward Toward (Judge: Rae Armantrout)^[7]

Deaths

Huub Oosterhuis in 2006

• January 2 — Dumitru Radu Popescu (b. 1935), Romanian poet^[8]
• January 7 —Henri Heurtebise (b. 1936), French poet and editor^[9]
•  ??? — Richard Kell (b. 1927), Irish poet, composer, teacher, and reviewer^[10]
• March 10 —David Bottoms (b. 1949), American poet^[11]
• April — R. H. W. Dillard (b. 1937), American poet, critic, and writing professor^[12]
• April 9 — Huub Oosterhuis (b. 1933), Dutch theologian and poet^[13]
• April 21 — John Tranter (b. 1943), Australian poet, publisher and editor^[14]
• May 19 — Pete Brown (b. 1940), American poet and songwriter^[15]
• May 22 — Andrew Burke (b. 1944), Australian poet^[16]
• June 7 —Saskia Hamilton (b. 1967), American poet, professor, and vice provost^[17]
• June 30 — Ron Pretty (b. 1940), Australian poet^[18]
• July 7 —Ahmed Ilias (b. 1934), Bangladeshi poet^[19]
• August 11 — Kenneth White (b. 1936), Scottish poet^[20]
• November 18 — Nan Witcomb (b. 1927/1928, Australian poet and radio broadcaster^[21]
• December 28 — Abubakar Siddique (b. 1934), Pakistani poet and professor^[22]

See also

• Poetry portal

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• List of poetry awards