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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). ==Events== * June 18 – Release in the United Kingdom of a new film, ''The Edge of Love'', concerning Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys (as Thomas).〔("Poetry in the News 2008" ) web page at the Poetry Society website, retrieved November 30, 2008〕 * September – A United Kingdom examination board, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, asks schools to withdraw copies of its anthology which contain the poem, ''Education for Leisure'' by Carol Ann Duffy after some teachers complained about the poem's reference to knives. Other teachers oppose the move, and Duffy responds with a new poem, ''Mrs Schofield's GCSE''.〔 * December 15 – The American Academy of Arts and Sciences begins awarding the May Sarton prize. Five "emerging poets" each year will receive a $2,000 honorarium and an opportunity to have their work published in the Academy's journal, ''Daedalus'' (for winners, ''see'' "Awards and honors" section, ''below'').〔News release and web page, ("Young Poets Recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Five Receive Academy Prize in Honor of May Sarton" ), December 15, 2008, at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences website, retrieved December 17, 2008〕 * Dennis Brutus is awarded the Lifetime Honorary Award by the South African Department of Arts and Culture for his lifelong dedication to African and world poetry and literary arts〔.(Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader ) Publisher's page includes video of Brutus and a remembrance by Amy Goodman〕 Brutus was also an activist who was imprisoned and incarcerated in the cell next to Nelson Mandela's on Robben Island from 1963 to 1965.〔http://www.ru.ac.za/alumni/news/deceased/dennisbrutus〕 * Dmitry Vodennikov wins a Russian poetry competition television show, "King of the Poets".〔 * ''POETomu'' (a play on the English word "poet" and the Russian word ''poetomu'' ("because")), a glossy magazine about poetry, is founded in Russia.〔 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「2008 in poetry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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