Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry
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The Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry is an annual prize, administered by the Sewanee Review and the University of the South, awarded to a writer who has had a substantial and distinguished career. It was established through a bequest by Dr. K.P.A. Taylor, a poet and younger brother of Conrad Aiken.
[edit] Winners
- 2005 — B.H. Fairchild
- 2004 — Henry Taylor
- 2003 — Daniel Hoffman
- 2002 — Grace Schulman
- 2001 — Frederick Morgan
- 2000 — Eleanor Ross Taylor
- 1999 — George Garrett
- 1998 — X. J. Kennedy
- 1997 — Fred Chappell
- 1995 — Maxine Kumin
- 1994 — Wendell Berry
- 1993 — George Starbuck
- 1992 — Gwendolyn Brooks
- 1991 — John Frederick Nims
- 1990 — W. S. Merwin
- 1989 — Anthony Hecht
- 1988 — Richard Wilbur
- 1987 — Howard Nemerov
[edit] See also
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literature awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
[edit] External links
- [1] Aiken Taylor Award home page
- [2] New York Times article, "Nemerov First Winner Of Taylor Poetry Prize" (January 18, 1987)
