of Danger National Poetry Competition : David Hart for The Silkies United States Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Jan Beatty, Mad River Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Wendell Berry AML Award for poetry to Pamela Porter Hamblin for "Magi" Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Stewart James, "Vanessa", and (separately) Marilyn Hacker, "Cancer Winter" Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: A. R. Ammons, Garbage National Book Award for poetry (United States): James Tate, A Worshipful Company of Fletchers Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa, Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Donald Hall Wallace Stevens Award inaugurated with first award this year: W. S. Merwin Whiting Awards: Mark Doty, Wayne Koestenbaum, Mary Swander William Carlos Williams Award: Cyrus Cassells, The Mud Actor Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: David Ferry New Zealand Montana Book Award for Poetry: Bill Manhire, ed., 100 New Zealand Poems New Zealand Book Award for Poetry: Andrew Johnston, How to Talk Other Norway: Brague Prize: Sigmund Mjelve for Omrade aldri fastlagt Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 1 – Chaganti Somayajulu (born 1915), Indian, Telugu-language short-story writer and poet February 6 — D.I. Antoniou (born in 1906), Greek poet February 20 — Rolf Jacobsen, 86 (born 1907), Norwegian modernist poet March 9 — Charles Bukowski, 73 (born 1920), American poet and novelist, of leukemia March 29 — Lynda Hull, 49 (born 1955), American poet, in an automobile accident May 24 — John Wain, 69 (born 1925), English poet, novelist and critic, of a stroke July 5 — Jack Clemo, 78 (born 1916), English poet of Cornwall August 28 — David Wright, 74 (born 1920), English poet, of cancer September 10 — Amy Clampitt, 74, American poet, of ovarian cancer November 28 — Ian Serraillier, 82 (born 1912), English children's writer December 12 — Donna J. Stone, 61 (born 1933), American poet and philanthropist, of heart failure date not known — Rhoda Bulter (born 1929), Scottish poet of Shetland See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards Notes 20th-century poetry Poetry