PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry

PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry

The PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry is given biennially to an American poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents a notable and accomplished presence in American literature.

Awardees:
*2008 — Kimiko Hahn (Judges: Kwame Dawes, Mark Doty, and Marie Howe)
*2006 — Linda Gregg (Judges: Michael Hofmann, Timothy Liu, and Vijay Seshadri)
*2004 — Robert Pinsky
*2002 — Frederick Seidel
*2000 — Heather McHugh
*1998 — C.K. Williams
*1996 — Franz Wright
*1994 — Martín Espada

ee also

*American poetry
*List of poetry awards
*List of literature awards
*List of years in poetry
*List of years in literature

External links

* [http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/282] PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry home page


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