Poetry and People International Poetry Prize

Poetry and People International Poetry Prize
Poetry and People International Poetry Prize
	Huang Lihai presents George Szirtes with Poetry and People Prize
Awarded for	lifetime achievement in poetry
Country	China
Presented by	Poetry and People Magazine
First award	2005

The Poetry and People International Poetry Prize is an annual international lifetime achievement award given to poets around the world by the poetry magazine Poetry and People and its founder Huang Lihai. The first “Poetry and People Poet Prize” was awarded in 2005 to Eugénio de Andrade, before it changed its name to “Poetry and People International Poetry Prize”. Recipients since have included Derek Walcott, Lan Lan, Xi Chuan and Rita Dove. The prize was given to Tomas Tranströmer in April 2011, six months before it was announced that he was to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Poetry and People Magazine

Poetry and People magazine was established in 1999 in Guangzhou by the poet Huang Lihai. It has been described by poet Zhai Yongming as “the number 1 people's poetry publication". Special Issues have included "The 70s Generation", "Women's Poetry" and "Poetry in Translation".

Prizewinners

The prizewinner is selected by Huang Lihai. Past winners are:

2005: Eugénio de Andrade
2007: Peng Yanjiao
2008: Zhang Shuguang
2009: Lan Lan
2010: Inna Lisnyanskaya
2011: Tomas Tranströmer
2012: Tomaž Šalamun
2013: Dong Dangzi
2014: Adam Zagajewski
2015: Rita Dove and Xi Chuan
2016: George Szirtes and Derek Walcott
2017: Hans Magnus Enzensberger^[1]
2021: Gary Snyder

Notes

^ "German Poet Hans Magnus Enzensberger is Given the "Poetry and People – International Poetry Prize"". SJL三角铃. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[SJL三角铃_2017-1] "German Poet Hans Magnus Enzensberger is Given the "Poetry and People – International Poetry Prize"". SJL三角铃. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

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