Portal:Poetry/Events archive/July 2006

Recent events the year in poetry
 * Sylvia Legris and Kamau Brathwaite received the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize. Robin Blaser was presented with a lifetime achievement award.
 * Donald Hall named new U.S. Poet Laureate
 * Carol Ann Duffy wins the T. S. Eliot Prize
 * W.S. Merwin wins the 2005 National Book Award for poetry.
 * Christopher Logue wins the 2005 Whitbread Award for poetry
 * Finnish poet Bo Carpelan wins the Finlandia Prize, thus becoming the first person to win the prize twice
 * Claudia Emerson wins the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for poetry
 * May 14, 2006: Stanley Kunitz dies at the age of 100

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 * June 10, 2006 New Owner at Grolier Poetry Bookstore to expand international selection