2024 in poetry

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]

Selection of works published in English

United Kingdom

• Rachael Allen, God Complex
• Isabel Galleymore, Baby Schema
• Alistair McGowan, Not What We Were Expecting ^[6]
• Rachel Mann, Eleanor Among the Saints

United States

• Victoria Chang, With My Back to the World

Other in English

• Victoria Kennefick, Egg/Shell, Irish poet published in England

Works published in other languages

Ukrainian language

• Karol Gwóźdź, Приховані думки / Myśli ukryte, translated from the original Silesian language into Ukrainian; publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, ISBN   978-83-235-6299-3 ^[7]

Deaths

Margot Lemire in 2017

• January 4 – Fred Chappell, American author and poet ^[8]
• January 5 – Jorge Aguilar Mora, Mexican poet and critic ^[9]
• January 5 – Catrìona NicGumaraid, Scottish poet ^[10]
• February 4 – N. K. Desam, Indian poet ^[11]
• February 5 – Jimi Solanke, Nigerian actor, poet, and playwright ^[12]
• March 10 – Alta, American feminist ^[13]
• March 10 – Margot Lemire, Canadian poet and dramatist ^[14]
• October 10 – Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet ^[15]

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. "Alistair McGowan". Off The Kerb Productions. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
7. To wielki krok dla poety, ale jeszcze większy krok dla języka śląskiego! Pierwsze w historii tłumaczenie śląskiej literatury na język obcy, Slazag.pl, 2024-06-08
8. 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.
9. "Murió el escritor, poeta y crítico Jorge Aguilar Mora, a los 77 años". www.msn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
10. "Catrìona (Montgomery) Nic Gumaraid". The Herald. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
11. "Poet NK Desam passes away". The Times of India. 2024-02-05. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2025-01-03.
12. Bankole, Taiwo (2024-02-05). "BREAKING: Veteran actor Jimi Solanke dies at 81". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
13. Green, Penelope (2024-05-17). "Alta, Irreverent Feminist Poet and Small-Press Pioneer, Dies at 81". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
14. "La poétesse et dramaturge abitibienne Margot Lemire s'éteint". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
15. Wilson, Janet (2024-10-20). "Fleur Adcock obituary". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-02-07.