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Tomas Tranströmer’s death, National Poetry Month, and more

Tomas Tranströmer (left) receiving the Neustadt Prize certificate in June 1990.
Tomas Tranströmer (left) receiving the Neustadt Prize certificate in June 1990.

Neustadt in the News

We were saddened to hear Tomas Tranströmer passed away last week at age 83. Tranströmer received the Neustadt Prize twenty-five years ago. Read his poem “Oklahoma” and his acceptance speech for the prize in this tribute.

NSK prizewinner Naomi Shihab Nye praises the Johnson County Library: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more ambitious project, where a library reaches out to so many schools, so many students, so many artists and poets and says share with us, share with all of us, share with all the people who aren’t even here tonight and will read your work in Elementia.”

Poet and Scholar Astrid Ivar passed away last month. She and her husband, Ivar Ivask, inaugurated the Books Abroad International Prize for Literature, which then turned into the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Read our tribute for her on our blog.

Lit Prizes

The Independent Bookshop Week awards shortlist for 2015 was announced. It included 24 books from Jacqueline Wilson, David Almond, Kate Saunders, and more competing for the best children’s book and best picture book. Read the full list here.

The director of the London Short-Story Festival, Paul McVeigh, weighs in on turning literature into a live event and why he finds the prospect thrilling.

Fun Finds and Inspiration

April marks the start of National Poetry Month! You can follow the hashtag #npm15 to see poetry-related posts online.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Astrid Ivsar, Library, Lit Links, Literary Awards, Literary Prizes, Naomi Shihab Nye, National Poetry Month, Neustadt Prize, Tomas Transtromer

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Neustadt Laureates

  • 2022 – Boubacar Boris Diop

  • 2020 – Ismail Kadare

  • 2018 – Edwidge Danticat

  • 2016 – Dubravka Ugrešić

  • 2014 – Mia Couto

  • 2012 – Rohinton Mistry

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  • 2008 – Patricia Grace

  • 2006 – Claribel Alegría

  • 2004 – Adam Zagajewski

  • 2002 – Álvaro Mutis

  • 2000 – David Malouf

  • 1998 – Nuruddin Farah

  • 1996 – Assia Djebar

  • 1994 – Kamau Brathwaite

  • 1992 – João Cabral de Melo Neto

  • 1990 – Tomas Tranströmer

  • 1988 – Raja Rao

  • 1986 – Max Frisch

  • 1984 – Paavo Haavikko

  • 1982 – Octavio Paz

  • 1980 – Josef Škvorecký

  • 1978 – Czesław Miłosz

  • 1976 – Elizabeth Bishop

  • 1974 – Francis Ponge

  • 1972 – Gabriel García Márquez

  • 1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti

NSK Laureates

  • 2023 – Gene Luen Yang

  • 2021 – Cynthia Leitich Smith

  • 2019 – Margarita Engle

  • 2017 – Marilyn Nelson

  • 2015 – Meshack Asare

  • 2013 – Naomi Shihab Nye

  • 2011 – Virginia Euwer Wolff

  • 2009 – Vera B. Williams

  • 2007 – Katherine Paterson

  • 2005 – Brian Doyle

  • 2003 – Mildred D. Taylor

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