T. S. Eliot Prize (Truman State University) T. S. Eliot Prize (Truman State University) The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded annually by Truman State University, which is a United States university located in Missouri. First awarded in 1997, the prize is given "for the best unpublished book-length collection of poetry in English, in honor of native Missourian T. S. Eliot’s considerable intellectual and artistic legacy". Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. The prize includes publication of the collection as well as a purse of $2000. Poets submit their unpublished collections to Truman State University Press for each year's competition. A well-known
Peter Craven (literary critic) Peter Craven (literary critic) Peter Craven is an Australian literary critic and cultural studies writer. Craven has written for "The Age", "The Australian" and the "Australian Literary Review". His work has also appeared in "Oxford Guide to Contemporary Writing", the "Times Literary Supplement" and "London Review of Books". Craven has been described as both a "literary hack" and "one of the most prolific, erudite and opinionated voices in Australian literary circles". In 2004 he was awarded the Pascall Prize for Australian Critic of the Year. While enrolled in a Masters of Arts at the University of Melbourne Craven met Michael