International Poetry Forum
international poetry forum ipf nonprofit organization founded samuel john hazo pittsburgh pa since inception ipf hosted poetry reading educational program poet performer country carnegie lecture hall carnegie music hall heinz hall venue pittsburgh organization also presented series performance wolf trap national park performing art smithsonian institution washington dc alumnus ipf include nine nobel prize laureate academy award winner u poet laureate national book award winner pulitzer prize winner often cited one significant poetry program country ipf received james smithson bicentennial medal smithsonian contribution art initial funding mellon trust international poetry forum inaugural reading featured archibald macleish pittsburgh carnegie lecture hall october poet perform ipf included wh auden jorge luis borges seamus heaney mary oliver octavio paz elizabeth bishop czesław miłosz robert penn warren derek walcott gwendolyn brook adonis donald hall john berryman lawrence ferlinghetti james merrill mary karr dana gioia richard wilbur yevgeny yevtushenko robert lowell may swenson adrienne rich jan beatty w merwin joseph brodsky john ashbery denise levertov tomas tranströmer billy collins lucille clifton paul muldoon edward kamau brathwaite joyce carol oates terrance hayes participating actor included anthony hopkins gregory peck brooke shield ruby dee ossie davis ellen burstyn josé ferrer danny glover james earl jones ipf also featured novelist kurt vonnegut chinua achebe saul bellow playwright edward albee tennessee williams musician judy collins noel harrison clancy brother public figure queen noor jordan princess grace monaco c organization ipf subsisted foundation grant individual support citing hazos retirement scarcity grant funding financial crisis ipf paused poetry reading initial run ipf hosted press funded initiative like poetsinperson outreach program sent author speak school across western pennsylvania year hiatus hazo announced revival international poetry forum naming local academic jake grefenstette successor grefenstette cited plan relaunch poetry reading educational outreach initiative academic year university pittsburgh press launched pitt poetry series collaboration international poetry forum platform publishing winning manuscript ipfs united state award awarded samuel hazo ipf founder director year named pennsylvania’s first poet laureate position served decade work directing ipf hazo received griffin award honorary doctorate university notre dame hazlett award excellence literature pennsylvania governor forbes medal outstanding cultural contribution western pennsylvania hazo established ipf archive carlow university audio recording session since digitized made available international poetry forum collection carlow’s grace library carlow university art gallery opened exhibition entitled “to hear eye activist voice international poetry forum ” explored writing activism ipf participant like derek walcott adonis gwendolyn brook kurt vonnegut january advance announcement ipf relaunch carlow university presented “the power poetry celebrating legacy international poetry forum” public event featuring poetry reading samuel hazo naomi shihab nye richard blanco tracy k smith official website international poetry forum instagram