2012 National Book Award in Poetry + The Nobel

FINALISTS:

David Ferry, Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations (University of Chicago Press)
Cynthia Huntington, Heavenly Bodies (Southern Illinois University Press)
Tim Seibles, Fast Animal (Etruscan Press)
Alan Shapiro, Night of the Republic (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Susan Wheeler, Meme (University of Iowa Press)

POETRY JUDGES:

Laura Kasischke, Dana Levin, Maurice Manning, Patrick Rosal, Tracy K. Smith
 

In other news:

Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel literature prize

Chinese writer Mo Yan has been named the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature.
The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the prestigious award, on Thursday praised Mo's realism, saying it "merges folk tales, history and the contemporary."

You can read more at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/nobel-literature-jury-to-announce-2012-winner-of-prestigious-12-million-award/2012/10/11/19eb76ae-1361-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html