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This article covers 2024 in poetry.

Events

Ellie Brooks reading poetry on 28 July 2024

• March 21 – World Poetry Day events
  • in Edinburgh, Scotland (at Craigmillar Library, Stockbridge Library, and Napier University) ^[1]
  • in Granada, Spain ^[2]
• June 6–16 – The 2024 Genoa International Poetry Festival took place in Genoa, Italy. ^[3]
• September 23–29 – The Tell It Slant Poetry Festival took place at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. ^[4]
• November 14–17 – The Ars Poetica festival took place in Bratislava, Slovakia; poems read there were also anthologized. ^[5]

Deaths

Margot Lemire in 2017

• January 4 – Fred Chappell, American author and poet ^[6]
• January 5 – Jorge Aguilar Mora, Mexican poet and critic ^[7]
• January 5 – Catrìona NicGumaraid, Scottish poet ^[8]
• February 4 – N. K. Desam, Indian poet ^[9]
• February 5 – Jimi Solanke, Nigerian actor, poet, and playwright ^[10]
• March 10 – Alta, American feminist ^[11]
• March 10 – Margot Lemire, Canadian poet and dramatist ^[12]
• October 10 – Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet ^[13]

See also

• Poetry portal

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

References

1. "World Poetry Day 2024". Edinburgh City of Literature Trust. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
2. Ortega, Jesus (2024-03-21). "World Poetry Day 2024". UNESCO Granada Literatura. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
3. "Genoa International Poetry Festival 2024". La Mia Liguria. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
4. "Tell It Slant Poetry Festival 2024 ScheduleSeptember 23-29 – Emily Dickinson Museum" . Retrieved 2025-01-03.
5. "International Ars Poetica Poetry Festival | Versopolis Poetry". www.versopolis.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
6. Pounds, Jessie (2024-01-05). "UNCG's Fred Chappell, acclaimed author and past NC Poet Laureate, dies at 87". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
7. "Murió el escritor, poeta y crítico Jorge Aguilar Mora, a los 77 años". www.msn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
8. "Catrìona (Montgomery) Nic Gumaraid". The Herald. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
9. "Poet NK Desam passes away". The Times of India. 2024-02-05. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2025-01-03.
10. Bankole, Taiwo (2024-02-05). "BREAKING: Veteran actor Jimi Solanke dies at 81". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
11. "Alta, Irreverent Feminist Poet and Small-Press Pioneer, Dies at 81". 2024-05-17. Archived from the original on 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
12. "La poétesse et dramaturge abitibienne Margot Lemire s'éteint". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
13. Wilson, Janet (2024-10-20). "Fleur Adcock obituary". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-02-07.