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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). ==Events== * January – The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Cultural Foundation, founded by the Kyoto, Japan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, opens the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Hall of Fame, dedicated to the anthology of 100 poems by 100 poets compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235. The popularity of the anthology endures, and a Japanese card game, Uta-garuta, uses cards with the poems printed on it.〔Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry: (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Arashiyama ). Accessed 2009-03-17. (Archived ) 2009-05-16.〕 * March 29 – The Grolier Poetry Bookshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is sold. * May – The Poetry Out Loud recitation contest is created this year by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation in the United States to increase awareness in the art of performing poetry, with a top prize a $20,000 scholarship. State finalists perform in Washington, D.C. during the second week of the month. * July 14 * * Kazakh poet Aron Atabek is arrested after riot police and bulldozers arrive at the shanty town of Shanyrak, Kazakhstan for its demolition. Atabek is sentenced to 18 years in prison for alleged offences relating to the clash this day between protesters and police.〔http://www.pen-international.org/newsitems/call-to-action-kazakh-poet-aron-atabek-a-prison-within-a-prison/〕〔http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/cathal-sheerin/a-prison-within-a-prison_b_3491209.html〕 * * ''The Times Literary Supplement'' reports on the discovery of a missing copy of Shelley's ''Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things'', an 1811 pamphlet containing a 172-line poem which criticizes war, politics and religion; although published anonymously, the poem is thought to have contributed to the rebel poet's expulsion from the University of Oxford (which acquires the unique copy of the pamphlet in 2015).〔 * August 15 – The existence of two early poems by Ted Hughes, written into a school exercise book, is announced; one an early version of "Song" which appeared in his first collection. * November 1 – A Sylvia Plath sonnet from her college years is discovered and first published by ''Blackbird'', an online literary journal run by the English Department at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. * November 10 – A new series, "The Best of Irish Poetry" is launched by Southword Editions in Ireland with the 80-page ''The Best of Irish Poetry 2007'' The project is under the direction of Patrick Cotter, with Colm Breathnach as Irish-language editor and Maurice Riordan as English-language (or Hiberno-English) editor. "Quite often readers abroad are presented with a selection of Irish poets restricted to those who are first published in the USA or the UK," Cotter wrote. "This annual series will present a more general selection generated by more informed pundits."〔(Poetry International Web – New Irish Anthology Series Launched ) "New Irish Anthology Series Launched", post dated December 1, 2006 at the Poetry International Web site. Retrieved December 18, 2006.〕 * November – The most influential American poets of all time are Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens and Sylvia Plath, according to Christian Wiman, editor of ''Poetry'' magazine. Wiman names the poets in a sidebar article to a December ''The Atlantic Monthly'' cover story about the "100 Most Influential Americans" — no poet makes it on that larger list.〔Wiman, Christian, "An Expert's Opinion: Influential Poets", ''The Atlantic Monthly'', December 2006, released in November, page 75〕 * French public notary Patrick Huet unveils ''Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World'' in Lyon. It is reportedly the longest modern hand-written poem in the world. * ''BLATT'', an English-language literary magazine and publishing imprint is started in Prague, Czech Republic. * Pakistani poet Ahmed Faraz, who writes in Urdu, returns one of his country's highest civilian honors, the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, out of disgust with President Pervez Musharraf's government. The prize had been awarded to the poet in 2004 for his literary achievements. "My conscience will not forgive me if I remained a silent spectator of the sad happenings around us", he said. "The least I can do is to let the dictatorship know where it stands in the eyes of the concerned citizens, whose fundamental rights have been usurped."〔Pandya, Haresh, ("Ahmed Faraz, Outspoken Urdu Poet, Dies at 77" ), obituary, ''The New York Times'', September 1, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2006 in poetry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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