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Encyclopedia > 2003 in poetry
Years in poetry: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Years in literature: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Decades in poetry: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Centuries in poetry: 20th century 21st century 22nd century
Centuries: 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

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See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 2003 in literature, other events of 2004, 2005 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Events February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. ... // Events June 26, 2006: J.K. Rowling reaveals that two characters will die in the seventh book of the Harry Potter series. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries in poetry. ... Category: ... Category: ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The 21st century is the present century of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 22nd century (Gregorian calendar) will comprise the years 2101-2200. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 2010s decade comprises the years from 2010 to 2019, inclusive. ... This decade is expected to be called the twenty-twenties. The Roman decennia number is XX. Those people born in the 1970s and 1980s will most likely be in positions of power. ... Millennia: 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium - 4th millennium Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century Decades: 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s - 2030s - 2040s 2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s Years: 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 The decade as a whole This decade is expected to be called the... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

  • Chuck Palahniuk reads his short story "Guts" to audiences while on tour to promote his novel Diary. Over 35 people faint while listening to the readings.

Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: )[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist living in Portland, Oregon. ... Cover of Chuck Palahniuks Diary Diary (2003, 260 pages) is a novel that was written by Chuck Palahniuk. ...

Works published

  • Henri Cole, Middle Earth (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); named a "notable book of the year" by The New York Times Book Review
  • Howard Nemerov, The Selected Poems of Howard Nemerov, edited by Daniel Anderson (Swallow/Ohio University) published posthumously); named a "notable book of the year" by The New York Times Book Review
  • Charles Simic, The Voice at 3:00 a.m.: Selected Late & New Poems (Harcourt)); named a "notable book of the year" by The New York Times Book Review

Henri Cole (born 1956) is a poet. ... Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was United States Poet Laureate on two separate occasions: from 1963 to 1964, and from 1988 to 1990. ... Charles Simic Charles Simic (born May 9, 1938) is an American poet. ...

Awards and Honors

Australia

The C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards, for a significant selection of new work by a poet published in a book. ... The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the N. S. W. Premiers Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form. ... Jill Jones is an American singer/songwriter. ...

Canada

The Giller Prize is an annual award that goes to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English. ... Moyez G. Vassanji (who writes as M.G. Vassanji) is a Kenyan/Canadian novelist. ... The 2003 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were announced on November 12. ... The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canadas youngest and most lucrative poetry award. ... Margaret Avison (born April 23, 1918) is a Canadian poet. ... Paul Muldoon (b. ...

United Kingdom

The Cholmondeley Award is given by the Society of Authors for poetry. ... Ciaran Carson. ... The poet and writer Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh in 1961 to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. ... The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submisson. ... Olivia Cole (November 26, 1942, Memphis, Tennessee), American television (mainly) actress, in retirement since 1995. ... The Forward Poetry prizes were created in 1991. ... Ciaran Carson. ... The Gold Medal for Poetry, originally instituted by King George V, is awarded in some years on 23 April, for a book of verse written by a United Kingdom or British Commonwealth citizen; before 1985 it was awarded only to British writers (this rule clearly not having hardened by 1940). ... UA Fanthorpe. ... The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is a British literary award. ... Don Paterson (born 1963) is a Scottish poet and musician who was awarded the TS Eliot Prize for poetry for the second time in six years in 2004, and having already won the poetry category narrowly missed the same years Whitbread Prize. ... The Whitbread Book Awards are among the United Kingdoms most prestigious literary awards. ... Eric Bradford (born 1962) is a hobo, who was educated at Under the Bridge University and Some Hole in the Ground, Texas. ... The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (ISBN 0099450259) is a novel by Mark Haddon. ...

United States

The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major American literary award for a first full-length book of poetry in the English language. ... Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement. ... William Stanley Merwin was born on September 30, 1927 in New York City and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... The Bernard F. Conners Prize for Poetry is given by the Paris Review for the finest poem over 200 lines published in The Paris Review in a given year, according to the magazine. ... The Bollingen Prize, awarded every two years by the Bollingen Foundation, is a prestigious literary honor bestowed on a poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement. ... Image:AdrienneRich. ... The Brittingham Prize in Poetry is a major American literary award for a book of poetry chosen from an open competition. ... The Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement. ... Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born March 24, 1919) is a poet who is best known as the co-owner of the City Lights Bookstore and publishing house, which published early literary works of the Beat Generation, including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. ... National Book Awards are annual literary awards presented since 1950 for the best American book published in the preceding year, presently in each of four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young peoples literature. ... C. K. Williams is a American poet. ... The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35,000 a year. ... Louise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American poet. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Paul Muldoon (b. ... The Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award is awarded to scholars who have made a lasting contribution to the art and science of versification. ... The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation; the Foundation also publishes Poetry. ... The Wallace Stevens Award is a major American literary award for mastery of poetry in the English language from the Academy of American Poets. ... Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921), is a United States poet. ... The William Carlos Williams Award is given out by the Poetry Society of America. ... Gary Young was the first drummer of Pavement. ...

Deaths

See also: Other events of 2003 . ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alan Dugan (1923-2003) was an American poet. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov (September 8, 1923 - November 3, 2003) was a Russian poet. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... Fadwa Toukan Fadwa Toukan, (also: Fadwa Tuqan, Fadwa Tuqant (Spanish), Fadwa Touquan and Fadwa Touqan (French)) (b. ... Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by speakers of the Arabic language. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... John Newlove (June 13, 1938 - December 23, 2003) was a Canadian poet who lived in Ottawa, Ontario for several years before his death. ...

See also

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