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'Pinata' chosen by Poetry in Transit to appear on British Columbia public transit
1997
Hamilton, Jane Eaton (1954 - )
A. J. M. Smith Poetry Award
1973
MacEwen, Gwendolyn (1941 - 1987)
A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
2010
Hall, Kate (1977 - )
2009
Starnino, Carmine (1970 - )
2006
Starnino, Carmine (1970 - )
Académie française
1925
Valéry, Paul (1871 - 1945)
1894
de Heredia, José-Maria (1842 - 1905)
1886
de Lisle, Leconte (1818 - 1894)
1845
de Vigny, Alfred (1797 - 1863)
1829
de Lamartine, Alphonse (1790 - 1869)
Affiliated with the League of Canadian Poets
0
Reibetanz, John (1944 - )
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
1981
Stafford, William (1914 - 1993)
American Academy of Arts and Letters
1904
Hay, John Milton (1838 - 1905)
Stedman, Edmund Clarence (1833 - 1908)
0
Van Dyke, Henry (1852 - 1933)
American Academy of Arts and Letters member
1908
Moody, William Vaughn (1869 - 1910)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1797
Adams, John Quincy (1767 - 1848)
American Member, Academy of Arts and Letters
1911
Riley, James Whitcomb (1849 - 1916)
American National Academy of Arts
1882
Linton, William James (1812 - 1897)
Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship
2006
Arthur, James (1974 - )
Arc Poetry Magazine: Critic's Desk Award
2012
Neilson, Shane (1975 - )
Arc Poetry Magazine: Poem of the Year
2013
Neilson, Shane (1975 - )
2010
Neilson, Shane (1975 - )
Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry
1991
Clarke, George Elliott (1960 - )
Arthur C. Clarke award
1992
Piercy, Marge (1936 - )
Arthur Ellis Award
1988
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Arts Alumni Award, Univ. of Waterloo
1999
Clarke, George Elliott (1960 - )
Award, Amer. Academy & Inst. of Arts and Letters
1991
Moritz, Albert Frank (1947 - )
B.D., Dublin University
1712
Parnell, Thomas (1679 - 1718)
B.D., Oxford
1768
Warton, Joseph (1722 - 1800)
Balliol scholarship
1850
Calverley, Charles Stuart (1831 - 1884)
Balliol scholarship, Oxford
1837
Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819 - 1861)
BBC Peter Tinniswood Award for Best Radio Play
2005
Warburton, N. J. (1947 - )
BBC/Radio Times Drama Award
1985
Warburton, N. J. (1947 - )
Bell Scholorship
1829
Turner, Charles (Tennyson) (1808 - 1879)
Berkeley gold medal
1874
Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills (1854 - 1900)
Bliss Carman Poetry Award
2001
Christakos, Margaret (1962 - )
Blues Hall of Fame
1980
Smith, Bessie (1894 - 1937)
Bollingen Award
1953
Williams, William Carlos (1883 - 1963)
Bollingen Prize
0
Aiken, Conrad (1889 - 1973)
Moore, Marianne (1887 - 1972)
bpNichol Chapbook Award
1989
Dutton, Paul (1943 - )
bpNichol chapbook award: Inverting the Deer
2009
Barwin, Gary (1964 - )
Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award
2006
Dodds, Jeramy (1974 - )
2000
L'Abbé, Sonnet (1973 - )
Browne medal (Greek ode)
1855
Calverley, Charles Stuart (1831 - 1884)
Browne medal for Greek ode
1792
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772 - 1834)
C.B.
1879
Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn (1835 - 1911)
C.I.E.
1892
Dutt, Romesh Chunder (1848 - 1909)
Caius members' prize for Latin Essay
1792
Frere, J. H. (1769 - 1846)
Camden medal
1855
Calverley, Charles Stuart (1831 - 1884)
1853
Calverley, Charles Stuart (1831 - 1884)
Canada Council Medal, 1968
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
Canada Research Chair
2001
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
Canadian Author's Association Prize for Nonfiction
1995
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
Canadian Authors Association Award
1976
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry
2001
Starnino, Carmine (1970 - )
Canadian National Magazine Award
1985
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Canonized as an English martyr
1970
Southwell, SJ, Robert (1561 - 1595)
Carolyn Kizer Poetry Prize
1990
Piercy, Marge (1936 - )
1986
Piercy, Marge (1936 - )
CBC Book Club Award for Best Book of Poetry for <i
2010
Fiorentino, Jon Paul (1975 - )
CBC Literary Award in poetry
2007
Dodds, Jeramy (1974 - )
CBE
1951
Sassoon, Siegfried (1886 - 1967)
Centennial Medal
1967
Souster, Raymond (1921 - 2012)
Chancellor's medal
1843
Cory, William Johnson (1823 - 1892)
Chancellor's medal for English poem
1824
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802 - 1839)
1823
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802 - 1839)
Chancellor's medal for English verse
1829
Tennyson, Alfred Lord (1809 - 1892)
Chancellor's prize for Latin verse
1789
Canning, George (1770 - 1827)
Chancellor's prize for Latin verse, Oxford
1783
Bowles, William Lisle (1762 - 1850)
Chancellor, University of Winnipeg
1996
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Chancellorship of the order of the Garter
1596
Dyer, Sir Edward (1543 - 1607)
Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction
2002
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor
0
Binyon, Heward Laurence (1869 - 1943)
Cholmondeley Poetry Award
1966
Smith, Stevie (1902 - 1971)
City of Toronto Book Award
1979
Souster, Raymond (1921 - 2012)
City of Toronto Book Prize
1995
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
Co-founder, Poetry Society of America, 1910
0
Guiterman, Arthur (1871 - 1943)
College declamation prize
1823
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802 - 1839)
College Prize for essay on William III
1822
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800 - 1859)
Columbia University Poetry Society Prize
1918
Teasdale, Sara (1884 - 1933)
Commander, Order of the British Empire
1960
Betjeman, John (1906 - 1984)
Commander, Royal Victorian Order
0
Benson, Arthur Christopher (1862 - 1925)
Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres
1996
Heaney, Seamus Justin (1939 - )
Companion of Honour
1922
Newbolt, Henry John (1862 - 1938)
Companion of the Bath
1895
Garnett, Richard (1835 - 1906)
Companion of the Order of Australia
1981
Hope, A. D. (1907 - 2000)
Companion of the Order of the British Empire
0
Montgomery, Lucy Maud (1874 - 1942)
Companion, Order of Canada
2002
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress
0
Aiken, Conrad (1889 - 1973)
Consultant of Poetry at Library of Congress
1952
Williams, William Carlos (1883 - 1963)
Copley Foundation Award for painting
1959
Loy, Mina (1882 - 1966)
Copley Medal
1888
Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)
1821
Herschel, John Frederick William (1792 - 1871)
Craven scholarship
1854
Calverley, Charles Stuart (1831 - 1884)
1844
Cory, William Johnson (1823 - 1892)
1821
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800 - 1859)
Croix de Guerre (War Cross) by the French Republic
1919
Kilmer, Joyce (1886 - 1918)
Crystal Palace prize for centenary poem on Burns
1858
Knox, Isa Craig (1831 - 1903)
D.C.L. (Honorary), Bishop's University
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
D.C.L., Oxford
1855
Tennyson, Alfred Lord (1809 - 1892)
1820
Southey, Robert (1774 - 1843)
D.C.L., Oxford University
1889
Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn (1835 - 1911)
D.D. , University of New Jersey
1792
Newton, John (1725 - 1807)
D.D., Dublin University
1712
Parnell, Thomas (1679 - 1718)
D.D., University of Edinburgh
1728
Watts, Isaac (1674 - 1748)
D.D.,Oxford
1768
Warton, Joseph (1722 - 1800)
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
2011
Williams, Ian (1979 - )
Darwin Medal
1894
Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)
David McKeen Award
0
Hall, Kate (1977 - )
Dayne Ogilvie Prize (Honour of Distinction)
2011
Couture, Dani (1978 - )
declared Venable by Pope John Paul II
1991
Newman, Cardinal, John Henry (1801 - 1890)
Distinguished Service to Lit., Sat. Review
1940
Adams, Franklin Pierce (1881 - 1960)
Doctor Litteris, University of Wales
1926
Davies, William Henry (1871 - 1940)
Doctorate of Letters, Trent University, 1978
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
Doctorate of Literature, University of New Brunswi
1930
Roberts, Theodore Goodridge (1877 - 1953)
Doctorate, Oxford
1904
Lang, Andrew (1844 - 1912)
Doctorate, St. Andrews
1885
Lang, Andrew (1844 - 1912)
Dominion of canada Centennial Medal, 1967
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
Dora Mavor Moore Award
2007
Dutton, Paul (1943 - )
E. J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry
1966
Clifford, Wayne (1944 - )
Edgar Allan Poe award, Academy of American Poets
1974
Strand, Mark (1934 - )
Elected fellow of London Society of Antiquaries
1771
Warton the younger, Thomas (1728 - 1790)
Elected member of Literary Club
1776
Warton, Joseph (1722 - 1800)
Elected member of the Literary Club
1782
Warton the younger, Thomas (1728 - 1790)
English prize-poem
1821
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800 - 1859)
1819
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800 - 1859)
Expozine Alternative Press Award
2006
Fiorentino, Jon Paul (1975 - )
F.G. Bressani Prize for Poetry
2006
Starnino, Carmine (1970 - )
Fellow of Christ's College
1858
Calverley, Charles Stuart (1831 - 1884)
Fellow of the British Royal Society of Arts
1923
Montgomery, Lucy Maud (1874 - 1942)
Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts
0
Rankine, William J. Macquorn (1820 - 1872)
Fellow of the Royal Society
1851
Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)
1813
Herschel, John Frederick William (1792 - 1871)
1663
Sprat, Thomas (1635 - 1713)
0
Binyon, Heward Laurence (1869 - 1943)
Pope, Walter (1628 - 1714)
White, Gilbert (1720 - 1793)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
1962
Scott, Francis Reginald (1899 - 1985)
1947
Scott, Francis Reginald (1899 - 1985)
1934
Roberts, Theodore Goodridge (1877 - 1953)
1929
Buller, A. H. Reginald (1874 - 1944)
1893
Roberts, Charles G. D. (1860 - 1943)
1882
MacColl, Evan (1808 - 1898)
0
Weir, Robert Stanley (1856 - 1926)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
1850
Rankine, William J. Macquorn (1820 - 1872)
Fellow of the Royal Society of London
1853
Rankine, William J. Macquorn (1820 - 1872)
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
1872
Brooks, Shirley (1816 - 1874)
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society
0
Brooke, Gilbert E. (1873 - 1936)
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
1996
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
1900
Scott, Frederick George (1861 - 1944)
1895
Lampman, Archibald (1861 - 1899)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
1903
Garnett, Richard (1835 - 1906)
Fellowship
1981
Ortiz, Simon Joseph (1941 - )
Fellowship at King's College
1912
Brooke, Rupert (1887 - 1915)
Fellowship at Oriel
1845
Arnold, Matthew (1822 - 1888)
Fellowship at Queen's College, Oxford
1698
Addison, Joseph (1672 - 1719)
Fellowship, Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation
1998
Clarke, George Elliott (1960 - )
Fellowship, Gugenheim Foundation
1990
Moritz, Albert Frank (1947 - )
Fellowship, Ingram Merrill Foundation
1982
Moritz, Albert Frank (1947 - )
Fellowship, Ontario Arts Council Works-in-Progress
1999
Moritz, Albert Frank (1947 - )
Fellowship, Oriel College, Oxford
1854
Brown, Thomas Edward (1830 - 1897)
Fellowships (6), Canada Council
0
Moritz, Albert Frank (1947 - )
Finalist for National Magazine Awards
1995
Reibetanz, John (1944 - )
First class in classical moderations
1865
Myers, Ernest (1844 - 1921)
First Governor-General's award for fiction
0
Brooker, Bertram Richard (1888 - 1955)
First president of the Liverpool Royal Institution
1817
Roscoe, William (1753 - 1831)
First prize, French and Italian
1853
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837 - 1909)
First Prize, Petra Kenney Poetry Competition
2003
Reibetanz, John (1944 - )
First Prize, Poetry, Writers Fed. of Nova Scotia
1981
Clarke, George Elliott (1960 - )
First Victoria University Teaching Award
1989
Reibetanz, John (1944 - )
Flavelle Medal
1929
Buller, A. H. Reginald (1874 - 1944)
for <i>Think of the Earth</i>
1936
Brooker, Bertram Richard (1888 - 1955)
Foundation scholar
1793
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772 - 1834)
Friggin Prize
2009
Boughn, Michael (1946 - )
Frost Medal
1943
Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1892 - 1950)
G.C.I.E.
1896
Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn (1835 - 1911)
Gaisford prize for Greek verse
1865
Myers, Ernest (1844 - 1921)
Gerald Lampert Award (Finalist)
1997
Starnino, Carmine (1970 - )
Gerald Lampert Award for Poetry
1986
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (Finalist)
2013
Matuk, Nyla (1967 - )
2009
Murakami, Sachiko (1980 - )
2006
Rader, Matt (1978 - )
Gilford lecturer, St. Andrews
1888
Lang, Andrew (1844 - 1912)
Gold Medal Award, American Acad. of Arts & Letters
1960
H.D., (1886 - 1961)
Gold Medal for Poetry from the National Institute
0
Aiken, Conrad (1889 - 1973)
Moore, Marianne (1887 - 1972)
Gold Medal for Poetry, Nat.Inst. of Arts & Letters
0
Williams, William Carlos (1883 - 1963)
Gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature
1905
Meredith, George (1828 - 1909)
Gold medal, commemoration of the Synod of Dort
1619
Donne, John (1572 - 1631)
Governor General's Award
1993
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Governor General's Award for non-fiction
1977
Scott, Francis Reginald (1899 - 1985)
Governor General's Award for Nonfiction
1991
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
Governor General's Award for Poetry
2001
Clarke, George Elliott (1960 - )
1981
Scott, Francis Reginald (1899 - 1985)
1969
MacEwen, Gwendolyn (1941 - 1987)
1958
Macpherson, Jay (1931 - 2012)
1951
Bruce, Charles (1906 - 1971)
1941
Marriott, Anne (1913 - 1997)
Governor General's Award for poetry 1944
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
Governor General's Award, Poetry
1964
Souster, Raymond (1921 - 2012)
Governor General's Literary Award (Finalist)
2008
Murakami, Sachiko (1980 - )
Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction
1995
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
Governor General's Literary Award: Poetry
1987
MacEwen, Gwendolyn (1941 - 1987)
Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry 2009
0
Zieroth, David Dale (1946 - )
Governor General’s Literary Award in Poetry (Finalist)
2009
Starnino, Carmine (1970 - )
Governor-General's Literary Award for Poetry 2010
0
Greene, Richard (1961 - )
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1989
Smith, Bessie (1894 - 1937)
Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur
de Régnier, Henri (1864 - 1936)
Griffin Poetry Prize (Finalist)
2013
Williams, Ian (1979 - )
Griffin Poetry Prize (for <i>Eunoia</i>)
2002
Bök, Christian (1966 - )
Guggenheim Fellowship
1999
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
1992
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
1975
Strand, Mark (1934 - )
1962
Levertov, Denise (1923 - 1997)
1947
Lowell, Robert (1917 - 1977)
1935
Hughes, Langston (1902 - 1967)
Guggenheim Fellowship,1941-42
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
Guggenheim Foundation fellowship
1984
Ostriker, Alicia (1937 - )
Guggenheim Foundation grant
1966
Stafford, William (1914 - 1993)
Gwendolyn MacEwen Park, Toronto
1994
MacEwen, Gwendolyn (1941 - 1987)
Hamilton and Region Arts Council Book Award
1999
Bramer, Shannon (1973 - )
Hanseatic Shakespeare Prize, Hamburg University
1938
Masefield, John (1878 - 1967)
Harness prize
0
Brooke, Rupert (1887 - 1915)
Harriet Monroe Memorial Prize, 1941
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
Harriet Monroe Prize
1956
H.D., (1886 - 1961)
Helen and Stan Vine Jewish Book Award
2007
Aaron, Rafi (1959 - )
Helen Haire Levinson Prize
1920
Stevens, Wallace (1879 - 1955)
Helen Haire Levinson Prize from Poetry
1933
Moore, Marianne (1887 - 1972)
Hodder Fellowship, Princeton University
2012
Arthur, James (1974 - )
Hon. fellow of Balliol College
1868
Browning, Robert (1812 - 1889)
Hon. LL.D. of the University of Edinburgh
1884
Browning, Robert (1812 - 1889)
Hon. M.A. of Oxford
1868
Browning, Robert (1812 - 1889)
Hon. president of 5 Assoc. Societies of Edinburgh
1885
Browning, Robert (1812 - 1889)
Honorary Associate, Royal Society of Literature
1824
Roscoe, William (1753 - 1831)
Honorary burgess of Dumfries
0
Burns, Robert (1759 - 1796)
Honorary D.C.L.
1838
Wordsworth, William (1770 - 1850)
Honorary D.C.L., Bishop's College, Lennoxville
1905
Drummond, William Henry (1854 - 1907)
Honorary degree, Cambridge
1820
Scott, Sir Walter (1771 - 1832)
Honorary degree, Oxford
1820
Scott, Sir Walter (1771 - 1832)
Honorary doctor of laws, Oxford
1773
Beattie, James (1735 - 1803)
Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law, Oxford
1775
Johnson, Samuel (1709 - 1784)
Honorary Doctorate, Carleton University
2000
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, Concordia University
1998
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, Hanover College
1996
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, Lakehead University
2001
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, Malaspina University and Colle
2003
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, Queen's University
1996
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, University of British Columbia
1996
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Calgary
2001
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Manitoba
2003
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Ottawa
1995
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Toronto
1998
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Victoria
2001
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Western Ontario
1998
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Winnipeg
1996
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary Doctorate, Wilfrid Laurier University
2000
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Honorary fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
1869
Tennyson, Alfred Lord (1809 - 1892)
Honorary fellow of Trinity College, Oxford
1877
Newman, Cardinal, John Henry (1801 - 1890)
Honorary LL.D., Toronto
1902
Drummond, William Henry (1854 - 1907)
Honorary M.A.
1668
Dryden, John (1631 - 1700)
Honorary M.A., Oxford
1755
Johnson, Samuel (1709 - 1784)
Honorary MA, Yale University
1891
Linton, William James (1812 - 1897)
Honorary Organist of the Chapel Royal
0
Byrd, William (1543 - 1623)
Inaugural Poet Laureate of Barrie (Ontario)
2010
Meyer, Bruce (1957 - )
Irving Layton Award
0
Hall, Kate (1977 - )
Jamaican Institute of Arts & Sciences, gold medal
1912
McKay, Claude (1889 - 1948)
James King of Irrawang Travelling Scholarship
0
Brennan, Christopher John (1870 - 1932)
James Weldon Johnson Literary Guild Award
1937
McKay, Claude (1889 - 1948)
Jessie Mackay Memorial Award
0
Gilbert, Ruth (1917 - )
Joan Nordell Fellowship, Houghton Library, Harvard University
2011
Arthur, James (1974 - )
Joseph Rodman Drake Park, Hunts Point, Bronx.
0
Drake, Joseph Rodman (1795 - 1820)
Judge, Griffin Prize
2001
Forché, Carolyn (1950 - )
Julia Ellsworth Ford Prize, Poetry Society
1921
Wylie, Elinor (1885 - 1928)
K.C.B.
1881
Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn (1835 - 1911)
K.C.I.E.
1887
Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn (1835 - 1911)
K.M. Hunter Artist Award for literature
2006
Tierney, Matthew (1970 - )
K.M. Hunter Foundation Artist Award
0
Barwin, Gary (1964 - )
Keith Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
1854
Rankine, William J. Macquorn (1820 - 1872)
Killam Fellowship
1996
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
King's fellowship
1845
Cory, William Johnson (1823 - 1892)
King's scholarship, Eton
1831
Cory, William Johnson (1823 - 1892)
Knight Commander of the British Empire
1969
Betjeman, John (1906 - 1984)
Knight Commander with Star, Order of St. Gregory
1934
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874 - 1936)
Knight Commander, Order of St.Michael & St.George
1935
Roberts, Charles G. D. (1860 - 1943)
Knight of the Bath
1533
Vaux, Thomas Lord (1509 - 1556)
Knighthood
1643
Davenant, Sir William (1606 - 1668)
1596
Dyer, Sir Edward (1543 - 1607)
1567
Sackville, earl of Dorset, Thomas (1536 - 1608)
0
Etherege, Sir George (1635 - 1691)
Koerner Foundation scholarship
1956
Marriott, Anne (1913 - 1997)
L.H.D., Columbia University
0
Stedman, Edmund Clarence (1833 - 1908)
Lamont Poetry Selection
1978
Ai, (1947 - 2010)
Lamont Poetry Selection Award
1981
Forché, Carolyn (1950 - )
Laureate, Jacobite 'Easy Club'
1715
Ramsay, Allan (1686 - 1758)
League of Canadian Poets: Canadian Poetry Chapbook Award for 'Going Santa Fe'
1997
Hamilton, Jane Eaton (1954 - )
Légion d'honneur
1845
de Musset, Alfred (1810 - 1857)
Legion of Honor, France
1919
Van Dyke, Henry (1852 - 1933)
Levinson Prize
1958
Macpherson, Jay (1931 - 2012)
Lieutenant Governor of Acoma Pueblo, NM
0
Ortiz, Simon Joseph (1941 - )
Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writer's Circle
1993
Ortiz, Simon Joseph (1941 - )
Lionel Shapiro Prize for Creative Writing
1990
Matuk, Nyla (1967 - )
Literary Achievement New Mexico Humainites Council
1989
Ortiz, Simon Joseph (1941 - )
LL.D., Cambridge University
1891
Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn (1835 - 1911)
LL.D., Yale University
0
Stedman, Edmund Clarence (1833 - 1908)
LLD (Honorary), Queen's University, 1966
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
Lord President of Wales
1660
Butler, Samuel (1613 - 1680)
Lord rector, Glasgow University
1826
Campbell, Thomas (1777 - 1844)
Lorne Pierce Medal
2008
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
1926
Roberts, Charles G. D. (1860 - 1943)
Lorne Pierce Medal 1966
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
Lorne Pierce Medal, Royal Society of Canada
0
Leacock, Stephen (1869 - 1944)
M.A., Cambridge
1571
Sackville, earl of Dorset, Thomas (1536 - 1608)
0
Prior, Matthew (1664 - 1721)
M.A., Oxford
1759
Warton, Joseph (1722 - 1800)
1610
Donne, John (1572 - 1631)
1592
Sackville, earl of Dorset, Thomas (1536 - 1608)
M.C. (Military Cross)
0
Studdert Kennedy, Geoffrey Anketell (1883 - 1929)
Maisonneuve magazine's literary competition
2006
Tierney, Matthew (1970 - )
Malahat Review Long Poem Prize
1999
L'Abbé, Sonnet (1973 - )
Many fiction and non-fiction awards, including first prize in the CBC Literary Awards
Hamilton, Jane Eaton (1954 - )
Marian Engel Award
1990
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Mark Twain Medal
0
Leacock, Stephen (1869 - 1944)
Master of Arts, Harvard
1720
Taylor, Edward (1642 - 1729)
May Sarton Award
1991
Piercy, Marge (1936 - )
Melbourne contest for best Australian poem
1868
Kendall, Thomas Henry (1839 - 1882)
Member Literary and Artistic Institute of France
1935
Montgomery, Lucy Maud (1874 - 1942)
Member of Royal Society
1662
Dryden, John (1631 - 1700)
Member's prize (Latin essay)
1856
Calverley, Charles Stuart (1831 - 1884)
Member, British Academy
1902
Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn (1835 - 1911)
Member, Canada Council
1994
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Member, National Institute of Arts and Letters
0
Moore, Marianne (1887 - 1972)
Member, the National Academy of Arts and Letters
1927
Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869 - 1935)
Military Cross
1915
Hodgson, William Noel (1893 - 1916)
Molson Prize
1967
Scott, Francis Reginald (1899 - 1985)
National Book Award
0
Moore, Marianne (1887 - 1972)
National Book Award for poetry
1963
Stafford, William (1914 - 1993)
National Book Award, Poetry
1999
Ai, (1947 - 2010)
National Book Critics Circle Award
2003
Forché, Carolyn (1950 - )
1995
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
National Book League prize
1964
Masefield, John (1878 - 1967)
National Endowment for the Arts Discovery Award
1969
Ortiz, Simon Joseph (1941 - )
National Historic Person (Government of Canada)
2003
Adams, Mary Electa (1823 - 1898)
National Institute of Arts and Letters
1950
Williams, William Carlos (1883 - 1963)
1898
Roberts, Charles G. D. (1860 - 1943)
National Magazine Award in Poetry (Silver)
2012
Neilson, Shane (1975 - )
National Magazine Award of Poetry
2002
Clarke, George Elliott (1960 - )
National Magazine Brascan Silver Medal for Culture
1986
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
National Medal for Literature
0
Aiken, Conrad (1889 - 1973)
National Medal for Literature, National Academy an
1977
Lowell, Robert (1917 - 1977)
Newcastle scholarship, Eton
1841
Cory, William Johnson (1823 - 1892)
Newdigate prize
1878
Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills (1854 - 1900)
1843
Arnold, Matthew (1822 - 1888)
Newdigate Prize at Oxford
1827
Hawker, Robert Stephen (1803 - 1875)
Nobel Prize for Literature
1992
Walcott, Derek (1930 - )
1961
Hemingway, Ernest Miller (1899 - 1961)
1936
O'Neill, Eugene (1888 - 1953)
1923
Yeats, William Butler (1865 - 1939)
1913
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861 - 1941)
1907
Kipling, Rudyard (1865 - 1936)
Nobel Prize for Peace
1919
Wilson, Woodrow (1856 - 1924)
Nobel Prize in Literature
1987
Brodsky, Joseph (1940 - 1996)
Norroy king-at-arms
1755
Oldys, William (1696 - 1761)
O. Henry Award
1929
Parker, Dorothy (1893 - 1967)
Officer of the British Empire
1972
Hope, A. D. (1907 - 2000)
Officer of the Order of Canada
1995
Souster, Raymond (1921 - 2012)
Officer, Order of Canada
1998
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Ohio Award for Educational Broadcasting
1958
Marriott, Anne (1913 - 1997)
Ontario Trillium Engl. Lang. Book Award for Poetry
2010
Tierney, Matthew (1970 - )
Orange Prize
1998
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Order of Canada
2004
Colombo, John Robert (1936 - )
Order of Manitoba
2001
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Order of Merit
1935
Masefield, John (1878 - 1967)
1929
Bridges, Robert (1844 - 1930)
1905
Meredith, George (1828 - 1909)
Oriel fellowship
1842
Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819 - 1861)
Outstanding Achievement Award, Univ. of Minnesota
1951
Beach, Joseph Warren (1880 - 1957)
Oxford chancellor's prize
1851
Calverley, Charles Stuart (1831 - 1884)
Pat Lowther Award ('Body Rain' shortlisted)
Hamilton, Jane Eaton (1954 - )
Patterson Poetry Prize
1999
Piercy, Marge (1936 - )
Person of National Historic Significance
1945
Roberts, Charles G. D. (1860 - 1943)
1920
Lampman, Archibald (1861 - 1899)
PIP Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Poetry
2005
Boughn, Michael (1946 - )
Plaque, Church House Inn, Newport, Wales
1938
Davies, William Henry (1871 - 1940)
Plunket Medal for best speech
1913
Nicholls, Marjory (1890 - 1930)
Poet Laureate
1972
Betjeman, John (1906 - 1984)
1913
Bridges, Robert (1844 - 1930)
1843
Wordsworth, William (1770 - 1850)
1670
Dryden, John (1631 - 1700)
1638
Davenant, Sir William (1606 - 1668)
Poet Laureate of Oregon 1923-31
Markham, Edwin (1852 - 1940)
Poet Laureate of the United States
1991
Brodsky, Joseph (1940 - 1996)
Poet Laureate, England
1692
Tate, Nahum (1652 - 1715)
Poet-laureate-ship
1813
Southey, Robert (1774 - 1843)
Poet-laureateship
1850
Tennyson, Alfred Lord (1809 - 1892)
Poetry NOW: 3rd Annual Battle of the Bards
2011
Barwin, Gary (1964 - )
Poetry Society of America Prize
1918
Teasdale, Sara (1884 - 1933)
Poetry's Editors Prize for Book Reviewing
2009
Guriel, Jason (1978 - )
Poetry's Frederick Bock Prize
2007
Guriel, Jason (1978 - )
Polignac Prize for Poetry, Royal Society of Litera
1912
Masefield, John (1878 - 1967)
Portia White Prize
1998
Clarke, George Elliott (1960 - )
President of the Society of Authors
1892
Meredith, George (1828 - 1909)
President's Medal, University of Toronto
1967
Souster, Raymond (1921 - 2012)
President, Poetry Society of America, 1925-26
0
Guiterman, Arthur (1871 - 1943)
President, Psychical Research Society
1911
Lang, Andrew (1844 - 1912)
President, Royal Astronomical Society
1827
Herschel, John Frederick William (1792 - 1871)
Prix de Lire
1998
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Prize for Latin declamation, Trinity
0
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800 - 1859)
Prussian Order of Merit
1874
Carlyle, Thomas (1795 - 1881)
Pulitzer Prize
1995
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
1974
Lowell, Robert (1917 - 1977)
1955
Stevens, Wallace (1879 - 1955)
1947
Lowell, Robert (1917 - 1977)
1928
Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869 - 1935)
1925
Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869 - 1935)
1923
Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1892 - 1950)
1922
Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869 - 1935)
0
Aiken, Conrad (1889 - 1973)
Moore, Marianne (1887 - 1972)
Williams, William Carlos (1883 - 1963)
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1999
Strand, Mark (1934 - )
1956
Bishop, Elizabeth (1911 - 1979)
Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal
2002
Shields, Carol (1935 - 2003)
Queen Elizabeth II Gold Medal for Poetry
1988
Walcott, Derek (1930 - )
Queen's Gold Meadal for Poetry
1960
Betjeman, John (1906 - 1984)
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
1969
Smith, Stevie (1902 - 1971)
Queen's Medal for Poetry
1957
Sassoon, Siegfried (1886 - 1967)
Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize
2001
Arthur, James (1974 - )
ReLit Award for Poetry
2011
Couture, Dani (1978 - )
2003
Christakos, Margaret (1962 - )
ReLit Prize for Poetry (Finalist)
2011
Williams, Ian (1979 - )
Returning the Gift Lifetime Achievement Award
1993
Ortiz, Simon Joseph (1941 - )
Rhodes Scholar
0
Scott, Francis Reginald (1899 - 1985)
Robert Frost medal
1990
Levertov, Denise (1923 - 1997)
Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award (Finalist)
2013
Williams, Ian (1979 - )
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1989
Smith, Bessie (1894 - 1937)
Rockefeller Fellowship, 1945-47
0
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (1902 - 1980)
Rockefeller Foundation fellowship
1982
Ostriker, Alicia (1937 - )
Royal Chaplain
0
Corbett, Richard (1582 - 1635)
Royal Society of Canada
2004
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
Royal Society of Literature
0
Van Dyke, Henry (1852 - 1933)
Royal Society of Literature Prize
1821
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (1793 - 1835)
Royal Society of Literature, Fellow
1966
Walcott, Derek (1930 - )
Rugby prize
1840
Arnold, Matthew (1822 - 1888)
Seatonian prize - poem
1830
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802 - 1839)
Second Prince Consort's prize, French and Italian
1852
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837 - 1909)
Service order for daring feat
1914
Grenfell, Julian (1888 - 1915)
Shelley Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America
1984
Levertov, Denise (1923 - 1997)
Short list, Governor-General's Award for Poetry
2011
Boughn, Michael (1946 - )
Silver Jubilee Medal
1977
Souster, Raymond (1921 - 2012)
Sir William Browne medal for epigrams
1824
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802 - 1839)
1822
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802 - 1839)
Sir William Browne medal for Greek ode
1823
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802 - 1839)
1822
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802 - 1839)
Sociétié Gens de Lettres
0
Van Dyke, Henry (1852 - 1933)
Songwriters Hall of Fame
1970
Winner, Septimus (1827 - 1902)
St. Lucia Cross
1993
Walcott, Derek (1930 - )
Statue in New York's Central Park (1877).
0
Halleck, Fitz-Greene (1790 - 1867)
Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Award
1991
Brodsky, Joseph (1940 - 1996)
Sydney Morning Herald contest
1879
Kendall, Thomas Henry (1839 - 1882)
Taylorian scholarship for French and Italian
1858
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837 - 1909)
Tel Aviv Foundation Prize
1990
Aaron, Rafi (1959 - )
The Audre Lorde Poetry Award
2010
Currin, Jen (1972 - )
The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 1998
0
Zieroth, David Dale (1946 - )
The Griffin Prize
2009
Moritz, Albert Frank (1947 - )
The Journey Prize (Finalist)
2006
Rader, Matt (1978 - )
The Nobel Prize in Literature
1995
Heaney, Seamus Justin (1939 - )
The Order of the Rio Branco (Brazil)
1969
Bishop, Elizabeth (1911 - 1979)
The Wynne Francis Award. Concordia University
2002
Fiorentino, Jon Paul (1975 - )
This Magazine's Great Literary Hunt
2005
Tierney, Matthew (1970 - )
Trillium Book Award for Poetry
2009
Dodds, Jeramy (1974 - )
Trillium Book Award for Poetry (Finalist)
2011
Couture, Dani (1978 - )
Trillium Poetry Award (Finalist)
2011
Neilson, Shane (1975 - )
Trinity scholarship
1818
Newman, Cardinal, John Henry (1801 - 1890)
U. S. Poet Laureate
1990
Strand, Mark (1934 - )
UBC Medal for Biography
1995
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
University Gold Medal in logic & mental philosophy
0
Brennan, Christopher John (1870 - 1932)
University of Michigan, honorary degree
1955
Guest, Edgar Albert (1881 - 1959)
University of Winnipeg Undergraduate Research Awar
1998
Fiorentino, Jon Paul (1975 - )
University of Winnipeg Writer's Circle Prize
1999
Fiorentino, Jon Paul (1975 - )
Vice-president of London Library
1902
Meredith, George (1828 - 1909)
Villa Waldberta Scholarship, Munich
1998
Dutton, Paul (1943 - )
Visiting Writer, University of Texas at Austin
1999
Meyer, Bruce (1957 - )
Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, Stanford University
2007
Arthur, James (1974 - )
Wallace Stevens Award
2004
Strand, Mark (1934 - )
Walrus Poetry Prize (Finalist)
2012
Matuk, Nyla (1967 - )
Western Magazine Award for Travelogue
1997
Sullivan, Rosemary (1947 - )
White House Salute to Poetry and American Poets
1980
Ortiz, Simon Joseph (1941 - )
William Carlos Williams Prize, Poetry Society of A
1986
Ostriker, Alicia (1937 - )
William Foyle Prize
1961
Masefield, John (1878 - 1967)
Wilson MacDonald Memorial School Museum
0
MacDonald, Wilson Pugsley (1880 - 1967)
Women's Canadian Club
1943
Marriott, Anne (1913 - 1997)
Wyfold Cup, Henley (rowing)
1909
Grenfell, Julian (1888 - 1915)
“Discovery”/The Nation Prize
2004
Arthur, James (1974 - )
“Voronezh”: Grain Magazine’s prose poetry competition
2003
Aaron, Rafi (1959 - )