Bhaya Nair for Kali (poem)Kali United Kingdom Cholmondeley Award : Kingsley Amis, Elaine Feinstein, Michael O'Neill Eric Gregory Award : Nicholas Drake, Maggie Hannan, William Park, Jonathan Davidson, Lavinia Greenlaw, Don Paterson, John Wells Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry : Sorley Maclean National Poetry Competition : Nick Rice for Room Service United States Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Debra Allbery, Walking Distance Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: W. S. Merwin AML Award for poetry to Loretta Randall Sharp for "Doing It" Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Christopher Logue, "Kings" Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: James Merrill, The Inner Room Frost Medal: Denise Levertov / James Laughlin National Book Award for Poetry: No prize given Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Mark Strand Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Charles Simic: The World Doesn't End Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Hayden Carruth Whiting Awards: Emily Hiestand, Dennis Nurkse Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: William Meredith Births March 29 – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, English poet, playwright and novelist Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 13 – Teiko Tomita (born 1894), Japanese-born American poet who wrote in Japanese May 14 – Mary Oppen, 82 (born 1908), American poet, activist, artist, photographer and writer, wife of George Oppen October 12 – Nagai Tatsuo 永井龍男, used the pen-name of "Tomonkyo" for his poetry (born 1904), Japanese, Shōwa-period novelist, short-story writer, haiku poet, editor and journalist November 7 – Lawrence Durrell, 78 (born 1912), English novelist, poet, dramatist and travel writer November 11 – Yiannis Ritsos (born 1909), Greek Also: Frances Chung (born 1950), Chinese American Nikos Karouzos (born 1926), Greek John Ormond (born 1923), Welsh poet and journalist See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards References 20th-century poetry Poetry