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News from the UK
July 16, 2007
The winner of the CLPE Poetry Award has been announced today – Julie Johnstone (editor): The Thing That Mattered Most. Scottish Poems for Children. The award is presented annually, honouring excellence in children's poetry, and previous winners include Roger McGough, John Agard and Grace Nichols.
11th June
Poet, writer and radio presenter Michael Rosen has been appointed as the new children's laureate. Author of 140 books, prominent among them his books for children, he will be using his appointment to encourage greater focus on reading in schools and children's reading for pleasure.
7th June
Michael Hamburger, the poet, translator and critic has died, aged 83. Through his translations, he brought Hölderlin, Rilke and Brecht, among others, to an English-speaking audience. He published Flowering Cactus as his first collection, and much followed, with his Collected Poems appearing in 1984. He held a number of academic posts throughout his career, at UCL in London, Reading University, Mount Holyoke in Massachusetts and at California University.
6 June
Derry born poet Colette Bryce, who now lives in Newcastle Upon Tyne, was awarded first prize in the 2007 Cardiff International Poetry Competition and presented with a cheque for £5000 for her poem ‘Self Portrait in a Broken Wing Mirror’.
A round-up of UK poetry news
13th JuneThe winner of the CLPE Poetry Award has been announced today – Julie Johnstone (editor): The Thing That Mattered Most. Scottish Poems for Children. The award is presented annually, honouring excellence in children's poetry, and previous winners include Roger McGough, John Agard and Grace Nichols.
11th June
Poet, writer and radio presenter Michael Rosen has been appointed as the new children's laureate. Author of 140 books, prominent among them his books for children, he will be using his appointment to encourage greater focus on reading in schools and children's reading for pleasure.
7th June
Michael Hamburger, the poet, translator and critic has died, aged 83. Through his translations, he brought Hölderlin, Rilke and Brecht, among others, to an English-speaking audience. He published Flowering Cactus as his first collection, and much followed, with his Collected Poems appearing in 1984. He held a number of academic posts throughout his career, at UCL in London, Reading University, Mount Holyoke in Massachusetts and at California University.
6 June
Derry born poet Colette Bryce, who now lives in Newcastle Upon Tyne, was awarded first prize in the 2007 Cardiff International Poetry Competition and presented with a cheque for £5000 for her poem ‘Self Portrait in a Broken Wing Mirror’.
Source: Poetry Society, London
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