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| X.J. Kennedy |
NEW YORK: X.J. Kennedy, a highly regarded poet, editor and educator, has won a $50,000 prize. Kennedy, 85, is this year’s winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize, Poets & Writers announced on Tuesday.
The Jackson prize is given to an American poet of “exceptional talent who deserves wider recognition”. Kennedy’s many books include the collections “Nude Descending a Staircase”, “Cross Ties” and “The Lords of Misrule”.
Published in Dawn, April 8th, 2015
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