Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine
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The Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine was founded in 2009 by Donald Singer
, a clinical professor, and poet and translator Michael Hulse
. The founders 'wished to draw together national and international perspectives on three major historical and contemporary themes uniting the disciplines of poetry and medicine: medicine as inspiration for the writings of poets; effects of poetic creativity on the experience of illness by patients, their families, friends, and carers; and poetry as therapy.'
There are two awards: one for UK health students and National Health Service
-related professionals, including educators, researchers, and biomedical scientists, and a second one, the International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, for an international open category for unpublished poems in English by any living poet. The Hippocrates poetry and medicine initiative was short-listed in the 2011 Times Higher Education awards for Excellence and Innovation. This award aims to recognise the collaborative and interdisciplinary work that is taking place in universities to promote the arts. Entries were open to teams from all higher education institutions in the UK.
The inaugural 2010 awards were presented by the judges at a ceremony at an International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine at the University of Warwick
on 10 April 2010. The winner of the first Open International prize was New Zealand poet C. K. Stead
(his winning poem was Ischaemia) and for the first NHS prize nurse and educator Wendy French (her winning poem was it's about a man). Each winner was awarded £5,000. The inaugural Prize attracted national and international media interest including from Today (BBC Radio 4), BBC World Service
, United States National Public Radio and The Independent
. There were over 1600 entries from 31 countries for the 2010 Prize. The inaugural International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine and International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine were supported by the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
, the Warwick Institute of Advanced Study and the Wellcome Trust
. Symposium themes included history of poetry, poetry as therapy, poetry as inspiration for professional poets, doctor poets and poetry and HIV/AIDS in South Africa. An anthology of the 46 winning and commended poems in the Open International and United Kingdom NHS categories has been published.
NHS Awards:
There were around 1500 entries from 23 countries for the 2011 Prize. The 40 Commendations in the 2011 Hippocrates Prize were awarded to entries from Canada (1), England (29), New Zealand (1), Scotland (2) and the USA (7). The awards for the 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine were introduced by judge Mark Lawson on 7 May 2011, with NHS awards introduced and presented by Professor Steve Field CBE and the Open awards introduced and presented by Gwyneth Lewis at a 2nd International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine. The 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine was supported by the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
, HTI Heads Teachers and Industry
and the Cardiovascular Research Trust. An anthology of the 46 winning and commended poems in the Open and NHS categories was published on 7th May 2011.
NHS Awards:
Marilyn Hacker is Professor of English at the City College of New York. Her book of poetry Presentation Piece (1974) won the National Book Award. In 2009, she won the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation for King of a Hundred Horsemen by Marie Étienne. In 2010, she received the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry.
Martha Kearney
is the main presenter for BBC Radio 4
’s news programme The World at One
. She has presented the BBC
’s Woman’s Hour, Today and PM news programmes and was political editor for Newsnight
. She has been a judge for the Webb Essay Prize and the Guardian First Book Award
, and has chaired the judging panel for the Orange Prize for Fiction
.
Rod Flower is Professor of Biochemical Pharmacology at the WIlliam Harvey Research Institute in London
. His main scientific research interests concern inflammation
and anti-inflammatory drug mechanisms. He was formerly President of the British Pharmacological Society
and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
.
Entries for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize will open on 1st June 2011. The closing date will be 12 midnight GMT on 31st January 2012.
Awards for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize will be announced at the Wellcome Collection
in London on 12th May 2012 at the 3rd International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine.
, James Naughtie
, Sir Bruce Keogh
, Mark Lawson
, Gwyneth Lewis
and Professor Steve Field CBE
.
Donald Singer
Donald Robert James Singer, BMedBiol, MD, FRCP is president of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.-Biography:He was born in Forres, Scotland and attended schools in Iraq, Bahrein, and Scotland.- Medical career :...
, a clinical professor, and poet and translator Michael Hulse
Michael Hulse
Michael Hulse is an English translator, critic, and poet.-Life and Works:Hulse has translated over sixty books from the German, among them works by Goethe, Rilke, and Jakob Wassermann. He is nowadays most familiar as the translator of three of W. G. Sebald's books: The Emigrants, The Rings of...
. The founders 'wished to draw together national and international perspectives on three major historical and contemporary themes uniting the disciplines of poetry and medicine: medicine as inspiration for the writings of poets; effects of poetic creativity on the experience of illness by patients, their families, friends, and carers; and poetry as therapy.'
There are two awards: one for UK health students and National Health Service
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
-related professionals, including educators, researchers, and biomedical scientists, and a second one, the International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, for an international open category for unpublished poems in English by any living poet. The Hippocrates poetry and medicine initiative was short-listed in the 2011 Times Higher Education awards for Excellence and Innovation. This award aims to recognise the collaborative and interdisciplinary work that is taking place in universities to promote the arts. Entries were open to teams from all higher education institutions in the UK.
2010
Founding judges were- doctor and poet Dannie AbseDannie AbseDaniel Abse, better known as Dannie Abse , is a Welsh poet.-Early years:Abse was born in Cardiff, Wales to a Jewish family. He is the younger brother of politician and reformer Leo Abse and the eminent psychoanalyst, Wilfred Abse...
- broadcaster James NaughtieJames NaughtieJames Naughtie is a British radio presenter and radio news presenter for the BBC. Since 1994 he has been one of the main presenters of Radio 4's Today programme.- Biography :...
- NHS Medical Director Professor Sir Bruce KeoghBruce KeoghProfessor Sir Bruce E. Keogh, KBE, FRCS is Medical Director of the National Health Service in England.-Biography:He was born in Zimbabwe where he attended school at St George's College, Harare.- Medical career :...
.
The inaugural 2010 awards were presented by the judges at a ceremony at an International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
on 10 April 2010. The winner of the first Open International prize was New Zealand poet C. K. Stead
C. K. Stead
Christian Karlson Stead, ONZ, CBE is a New Zealand writer whose works include novels, poetry, short stories, and literary criticism....
(his winning poem was Ischaemia) and for the first NHS prize nurse and educator Wendy French (her winning poem was it's about a man). Each winner was awarded £5,000. The inaugural Prize attracted national and international media interest including from Today (BBC Radio 4), BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
, United States National Public Radio and The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
. There were over 1600 entries from 31 countries for the 2010 Prize. The inaugural International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine and International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine were supported by the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine is a British non-profit organisation that was founded after World War I and pioneered the development of postgraduate educational programmes in all branches of medicine...
, the Warwick Institute of Advanced Study and the Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust was established in 1936 as an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. With an endowment of around £13.9 billion, it is the United Kingdom's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research...
. Symposium themes included history of poetry, poetry as therapy, poetry as inspiration for professional poets, doctor poets and poetry and HIV/AIDS in South Africa. An anthology of the 46 winning and commended poems in the Open International and United Kingdom NHS categories has been published.
2010 Winners
Open International Awards:- 1st Prize: C. K. SteadC. K. SteadChristian Karlson Stead, ONZ, CBE is a New Zealand writer whose works include novels, poetry, short stories, and literary criticism....
(Christchurch, New Zealand) - Ischaemia - 2nd Prize: Siân Hughes (Banbury, England) - Treatments
- 3rd Prize: Pauline StainerPauline StainerPauline Stainer is an acclaimed English poet. She was born in the industrial district of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. She later left the city to attend St Anne's College, Oxford, where she took a degree in English...
(Hadleigh, Suffolk, England) - Insight
NHS Awards:
- 1st Prize: Wendy French (London, England) - It's about a man
- 2nd Prize: Alex Josephy (London, England) - The corridor
- 3rd Prize: Edward Picot (Kent, England) - Time to get ready
2011
The judges for the 2011 Prize were- Professor Steve Field CBECBECBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
, Chairman of the Royal College of General PractitionersRoyal College of General PractitionersThe Royal College of General Practitioners is the professional body for general practitioners in the United Kingdom. The RCGP represents and supports GPs on key issues including licensing, education, training, research and clinical standards. It is the largest of the medical royal colleges, with...
2007-2010 - First Welsh National Poet Gwyneth LewisGwyneth LewisGwyneth Lewis is a Welsh poet, and was the first National Poet for Wales.-Biography:Born into a Welsh speaking family, Lewis's father started teaching her English when her mother went into hospital to give birth to her sister....
- Journalist, BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
broadcaster and author Mark LawsonMark LawsonMark Gerard Lawson is an English journalist, broadcaster and author.-Life and career:Born in Hendon, London, Lawson was raised in Yorkshire and is a Leeds United fan. He was educated at St Columba's College in St Albans and took a degree in English at University College London, where his lecturers...
There were around 1500 entries from 23 countries for the 2011 Prize. The 40 Commendations in the 2011 Hippocrates Prize were awarded to entries from Canada (1), England (29), New Zealand (1), Scotland (2) and the USA (7). The awards for the 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine were introduced by judge Mark Lawson on 7 May 2011, with NHS awards introduced and presented by Professor Steve Field CBE and the Open awards introduced and presented by Gwyneth Lewis at a 2nd International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine. The 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine was supported by the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine is a British non-profit organisation that was founded after World War I and pioneered the development of postgraduate educational programmes in all branches of medicine...
, HTI Heads Teachers and Industry
HTI Heads Teachers and Industry
HTI was created by UK business leaders to provide leadership training for teachers. It has been described as “the leading UK charity, which works at the strategic interface between education and business.”...
and the Cardiovascular Research Trust. An anthology of the 46 winning and commended poems in the Open and NHS categories was published on 7th May 2011.
2011 Winners
Open International Awards:- 1st Prize: Michael Henry (Cheltenham, England) - The Patella Hammer
- 2nd Prize: Cheryl Moskowitz (London, England) - Correspondence with the Care Home
- 3rd Prize: Johanna Emeney (Albany, New Zealand) - Radiologist's Report
NHS Awards:
- 1st Prize: Paula Cunningham (Belfast, N Ireland) - The Chief Radiographer Considers
- 2nd Prize: Wendy French (London, England) - The Doctor's Wife
- 3rd Prize: Dr Sandy Goldbeck-Wood (Cambridge, England) - Inappropriate ADH
2012
The judges for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine are:- American poet and critic Marilyn HackerMarilyn HackerMarilyn Hacker is an American poet, translator and critic. She is Professor of English at the City College of New York....
- BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
broadcaster and journalist Martha KearneyMartha KearneyMartha Catherine Kearney is an Irish-born British broadcaster and journalist. She is the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's lunchtime news programme The World at One.-Early life:... - Fellow of the Royal Society Professor Rod Flower.
Marilyn Hacker is Professor of English at the City College of New York. Her book of poetry Presentation Piece (1974) won the National Book Award. In 2009, she won the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation for King of a Hundred Horsemen by Marie Étienne. In 2010, she received the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry.
Martha Kearney
Martha Kearney
Martha Catherine Kearney is an Irish-born British broadcaster and journalist. She is the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's lunchtime news programme The World at One.-Early life:...
is the main presenter for BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
’s news programme The World at One
The World At One
The World at One, or WATO for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, which is broadcast from 1pm to 1:30pm from Monday to Friday. The programme describes itself as "Britain's leading political programme. With a reputation for rigorous and original...
. She has presented the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
’s Woman’s Hour, Today and PM news programmes and was political editor for Newsnight
Newsnight
Newsnight is a BBC Television current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians. Jeremy Paxman has been its main presenter for over two decades....
. She has been a judge for the Webb Essay Prize and the Guardian First Book Award
Guardian First Book Award
Guardian First Book Award, issued before 1999 as Guardian Fiction Prize or Guardian Fiction Award, is awarded to new writing in fiction and non-fiction.-History:...
, and has chaired the judging panel for the Orange Prize for Fiction
Orange Prize for Fiction
The Orange Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes, annually awarded to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English, and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year...
.
Rod Flower is Professor of Biochemical Pharmacology at the WIlliam Harvey Research Institute in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. His main scientific research interests concern inflammation
Inflammation
Inflammation is part of the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. Inflammation is a protective attempt by the organism to remove the injurious stimuli and to initiate the healing process...
and anti-inflammatory drug mechanisms. He was formerly President of the British Pharmacological Society
British Pharmacological Society
The British Pharmacological Society is the professional association for pharmacologists in the UK.The society was formed when a group of pharmacologists met in Oxford, UK in 1931. The learned society aims to further education within Pharmacology and also organizes meetings of the world's most...
and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Academy of Medical Sciences
The Academy of Medical Sciences is the United Kingdom's national academy of medical sciences. It was established in 1998 on the recommendation of a group that was chaired by Michael Atiyah. Its president is John Irving Bell....
.
Entries for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize will open on 1st June 2011. The closing date will be 12 midnight GMT on 31st January 2012.
Awards for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize will be announced at the Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Collection is a museum at 183 Euston Road, London, displaying an unusual mixture of medical artifacts and original artworks exploring 'ideas about the connections between medicine, life and art'. The Collection comprises three public exhibition spaces, an auditorium, events space, cafe...
in London on 12th May 2012 at the 3rd International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine.
Friends of the Hippocrates Prize
The Friends of the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine are past and present judges: Dannie AbseDannie Abse
Daniel Abse, better known as Dannie Abse , is a Welsh poet.-Early years:Abse was born in Cardiff, Wales to a Jewish family. He is the younger brother of politician and reformer Leo Abse and the eminent psychoanalyst, Wilfred Abse...
, James Naughtie
James Naughtie
James Naughtie is a British radio presenter and radio news presenter for the BBC. Since 1994 he has been one of the main presenters of Radio 4's Today programme.- Biography :...
, Sir Bruce Keogh
Bruce Keogh
Professor Sir Bruce E. Keogh, KBE, FRCS is Medical Director of the National Health Service in England.-Biography:He was born in Zimbabwe where he attended school at St George's College, Harare.- Medical career :...
, Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson
Mark Gerard Lawson is an English journalist, broadcaster and author.-Life and career:Born in Hendon, London, Lawson was raised in Yorkshire and is a Leeds United fan. He was educated at St Columba's College in St Albans and took a degree in English at University College London, where his lecturers...
, Gwyneth Lewis
Gwyneth Lewis
Gwyneth Lewis is a Welsh poet, and was the first National Poet for Wales.-Biography:Born into a Welsh speaking family, Lewis's father started teaching her English when her mother went into hospital to give birth to her sister....
and Professor Steve Field CBE
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
.
International Hippocrates Research Forum for Poetry and Medicine
The 2010 and 2011 International Symposia on Poetry and Medicine and Hippocrates Awards revealed great interest among the UK and international academic community in research perspectives on poetry and medicine. The Hippocrates Prize organizers therefore in 2011 founded the International Hippocrates Research Forum for Poetry and Medicine aimed at UK and international academics, poets, health professionals and funders who wish to engage with researchers on poetry and medicine, find out more about research on poetry and medicine, to contribute to or attend academic events on poetry and medicine, and to make contact with others active in or interested in developing research in this area.Hippocrates logo
The logo for the Hippocrates Prize, Research Forum and related activities, including publications, is based on original artwork commissioned from Emma Singer.Awards for the Hippocrates poetry and medicine initiative
The Hippocrates poetry and medicine initiative won the Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts in the 2011 Times Higher Education awards, announced on 24th November 2011 in London. This award recognizes excellence in collaborative and interdisciplinary work within universities and their external partners to promote the arts.See also
- International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine
- Fellowship of Postgraduate MedicineFellowship of Postgraduate MedicineThe Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine is a British non-profit organisation that was founded after World War I and pioneered the development of postgraduate educational programmes in all branches of medicine...
- HippocratesHippocratesHippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles , and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine...