Library Awards Bobbitt Poetry Prizes to Terrance Hayes, Natasha Trethewey
December 04, 2020
December 04, 2020
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news:
The Library of Congress will award the 2020 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry to Terrance Hayes, for his book "American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin," and to former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey for lifetime achievement.
The poets will receive their honors during a virtual ceremony Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. ET on the Library's Facebook page at fac . . .
The Library of Congress will award the 2020 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry to Terrance Hayes, for his book "American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin," and to former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey for lifetime achievement.
The poets will receive their honors during a virtual ceremony Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. ET on the Library's Facebook page at fac . . .