the UK," Cotter wrote. "This annual series will present a more general selection generated by more informed pundits." November – The most influential American poets of all time are Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens and Sylvia Plath, according to Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry magazine. Wiman names the poets in a sidebar article to a December The Atlantic Monthly cover story about the "100 Most Influential Americans" — no poet makes it on that larger list. French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. It is reportedly the longest modern hand-written poem in the world. BLATT, an English-language literary magazine and publishing imprint is started in Prague, Czech Republic. Pakistani poet Ahmed Faraz, who writes in Urdu, returns one of his country's highest civilian honors, the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, out of disgust with President Pervez Musharraf's government. The prize had been awarded to the poet in 2004 for his literary achievements. "My conscience will not forgive me if I remained a silent spectator of the sad happenings around us", he said. "The least I can do is to let the dictatorship know where it stands in the eyes of the concerned citizens, whose fundamental rights have been usurped." Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Australia See also 2006 in Australian literature Robert Adamson The Goldfinches of Baghdad Ken Babstock, Airstream Land Yacht (Black Inc.), Laurie Duggan, The Passenger, winner of the 2007 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award; St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press Stephen Edgar, Other Summers, 108 pp; named a "Book of the Year" by The Age; Melbourne: Black Pepper, Robert Gray, Nameless Earth Jennifer Harrison: Folly & Grief (Black Pepper) Dennis Haskell, All the Time in the World Judy Johnson, Jack S. K. Kelen, Earthly Delights Chris Mansell, Love poems (Kardoorair, Armidale) Graeme Miles, Phosphorescence Les Murray, The Biplane Houses Dorothy Porter, The Best Australian Poems 2006 (Black, Inc.), Mark Reid, A Difficult Faith Thomas Shapcott, The City of Empty Rooms Craig Sherborne, Necessary Evil, Black Inc., John Tranter, Urban Myths: 210 Poems rob walker, "micromacro" Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Then Simon West, First Names Fay Zwicky, Picnic Canada Margaret Avison, Momentary Dark Elizabeth Bachinsky, Home of Sudden Service Ven Begamudré, The Lightness Which Is Our