The Writer’s News
The Writer’s News keeps you informed about new developments in the writing world, including award and publication announcements, news from AWP and the field, and updates about important literary figures.
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December 8, 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Claudia Emerson, 57, Has Died
On Thursday, former Virginia Poet Laureate Claudia Emerson died due to complications from colon cancer. Read more...
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December 8, 2014
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand Has Died
Mark Strand, former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner for his collection Blizzard of One (1998), died from liposarcoma, a rare cancer of the fat cells. Read more...
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November 25, 2014
Allan Kornblum, Founder of Coffee House Press, Has Died
The founder and senior editor of Coffee House Press, Allan Kornblum (1949-2014), has died. Read more...
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November 18, 2014
Judith Kitchen Has Died
Judith Kitchen—a novelist, poet, essayist, critic, editor, and teacher—died of cancer at age 73 in early November. Read more...
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October 30, 2014
Galway Kinnell, Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, Has Died
The post-World War II poet, Galway Kinnell, died on Tuesday at his home in Sheffield, Vermont. He was 87. His wife, Barbara K. Bristol, attributed his death to leukemia. Read more...
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October 15, 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Carolyn Kizer Has Died
Carolyn Kizer, 89, died last week at a nursing home in Sonoma, California. Read more...
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September 19, 2014
Celebrated Poet Eric Trethewey Has Died
Seventy-one-year-old poet Eric Trethewey, who taught poetry to graduate students at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia; to jail inmates at the Roanoke City Jail; and to his daughter Natasha Trethewey; the 19th US Poet Laureate, died last week. Read more...
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August 14, 2014
Joe David Bellamy, Endearing Author, Teacher, and Champion of Literature Has Died
Joe David Bellamy, a former president of the AWP Board of Directors and a prolific writer of fiction, articles, essays, poetry, and reviews, died last week. Read more...
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May 28, 2014
Maya Angelou, Legendary Author, has Died
Extremely renowned poet, novelist, and performer Maya Angelou died in her Winston-Salem home after a long illness. She was 86. Read more...
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May 19, 2014
Poet Russell Edson Dies at 79
Distinguished poet Russell Edson died at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut on April 29 due to a long illness. Read more...
