National Book Award for Poetry

Craig Santos Perez, Preisträger 2023

Der National Book Award für Lyrik (National Book Award for Poetry) wird seit 1950 für den besten Gedichtband vergeben.

Mit zwei Siegen am häufigsten ausgezeichnet wurden A. R. Ammons (1973, 1993), Alan Dugan (1962, 2001), Philip Levine (1980, 1991), James Merrill (1967, 1979), Theodore Roethke (1959, 1965) und Wallace Stevens (1951, 1955).

Zwischen 1984 und 1990 wurde kein Preis vergeben.

Preisträger

JahrPreisträgerTitelDeutscher Titel
1950William Carlos WilliamsThe Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
1951Wallace StevensThe Auroras of Autumn
1952Marianne MooreCollected Poems
1953Archibald MacLeishCollected Poems, 1917–1952
1954Conrad AikenCollected Poems
1955Wallace StevensThe Collected Poems of Wallace StevensDie Gedichte unseres Klimas
1956W. H. AudenThe Shield of Achilles
1957Richard WilburThings of the World
1958Robert Penn WarrenPromises: Poems, 1954–1956
1959Theodore RoethkeWords for the Wind
1960Robert LowellLife Studies
1961Randall JarrellThe Woman at the Washington Zoo
1962Alan DuganPoems
1963William StaffordTraveling Through the Dark
1964John Crowe RansomTraveling Through the Dark
1965Theodore RoethkeThe Far Field
1966James DickeyBuckdancer’s Choice: Poems
1967James MerrillNights and Days
1968Robert BlyThe Light Around the Body
1969John BerrymanHis Toy, His Dream, His Rest
1970Elizabeth BishopThe Complete Poems
1971Mona Van DuynTo See, To Take
1972Howard MossSelected Poems
Frank O’HaraThe Collected Works of Frank O’Hara
1973A. R. AmmonsCollected Poems, 1951–1971
1974Allen GinsbergThe Fall of America: Poems of these States, 1965–1971Der Untergang Amerikas: Gedichte 1965–1971
Adrienne RichDiving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972
1975Marilyn HackerPresentation Piece
1976John AshberySelf-portrait in a Convex MirrorSelbstporträt im konvexen Spiegel
1977Richard EberhartCollected Poems, 1930–1976
1978Howard NemerovThe Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
1979James MerrillMirabell: Book of Numbers
1980Philip LevineAshes
1981Lisel MuellerThe Need to Hold StillStimmen aus dem Wald
1982William BronkLife Supports: New and Collected Poems
1983Galway KinnellSelected Poems
Charles WrightCountry Music: Selected Early Poems
1984–
1990
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1991Philip LevineWhat Work Is
1992Mary OliverNew & Selected Poems
1993A. R. AmmonsGarbage
1994James TateA Worshipful Company of Fletchers
1995Stanley KunitzPassing Through: The Later Poems
1996Hayden CarruthScrambled Eggs & Whiskey, Poems 1991–1995
1997William MeredithEffort at Speech: New & Selected Poems
1998Gerald SternThis Time: New and Selected Poems
1999AiVice: New & Selected Poems
2000Lucille CliftonBlessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988–2000
2001Alan DuganPoems Seven: New and Complete Poetry
2002Ruth StoneIn the Next Galaxy
2003C. K. WilliamsThe Singing
2004Jean ValentineDoor in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003
2005W. S. MerwinMigration: New and Selected Poems
2006Nathaniel MackeySplay Anthem
2007Robert HassTime and Materials
2008Mark DotyFire to Fire: New and Selected Poems
2009Keith WaldropTranscendental Studies: A Trilogy
2010Terrance HayesLighthead
2011Nikky FinneyHead Off & Split
2012David FerryBewilderment: New Poems and Translations
2013Mary SzybistIncarnadine
2014Louise GlückFaithful and Virtuous NightTreue und edle Nacht
2015Robin Coste LewisVoyage of the Sable VenusDie Reise der Schwarzen Venus
2016Daniel BorzutzkyThe Performance of Becoming Human
2017Frank BidartHalf-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016
2018Justin Phillip ReedIndecency
2019Arthur SzeSight Lines
2020Don Mee ChoiDMZ Colony
2021Martín EspadaFloaters
2022John KeenePunks: New & Selected Poems
2023Craig Santos Perezfrom unincorporated territory [åmot]