In London on
12th May at the 3rd International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine, judges
broadcaster Martha Kearney, Paris-based US poet Marilyn Hacker and medical
researcher Professor Rod Flower FRS announced the awards for the 2012 Hippocrates Awards for Poetry and
Medicine. The £5000 open international Hippocrates first prize went to American poet Mary Bush, from North Texas for her poem 'Women's work'.
The £5000 NHS-related Hippocrates first prize went to former nurse Nick McKinnon from Wincheste for his poem Claybury.
Professor Donald
Singer said 'Fellow organizers Michael Hulse, Sorcha Gunne and I were delighted by the increasing
international interest in the interface between poetry and medicine which has been
stimulated by the Hippocrates poetry and medicine initiative, with entries
from 23 countries this year, and from over 40 countries since the launch
of the Hippocrates awards in 2009.'
'The beautiful poetry
in this year’s winning entries illustrates many themes, from the history
of medicine, to the experience of patients and health professionals, and the
engagement of researchers in translating new medical ideas into practice: Open
winner Mary Bush from North Texas touching on the human side of medical
research in her multi-layered poem about the role of women at the forefront of
clinical science; and NHS winner Nick McKinnon illustrating the impact on
patients and staff of the progression over the past century of treatment for
disorders of the mind.'
The programme for the symposium and the awards can be downloaded from:
The 46 awarded and commended entries
have been published in the 2012
Hippocrates Awards Anthology, launched at
the 2012 Hippocrates Awards in London,
on Saturday 12th May.
The
awards were supported by the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine and the
Cardiovascular Research Trust.
Judges for the 2103 awards will
include poet Jo Shapcott
For
more details on these and the other prize-winners, see:
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