Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is a Canadian literary prize founded by Scott Griffin in 2000 . It is awarded annually to English-speaking poets in the categories “Canadian” and “International” and has been endowed with a total of 200,000 CAD since 2010 , making it the world's most highly endowed poetry prize . Since 2006 a “Lifetime Recognition Award” has also been given to international poets. Griffin's original intention in justifying the award was to give more weight to the field of poetry in the literary landscape. The prize is awarded exclusively to volumes of poetry published for the first time. He demands that he consider both new and established authors regardless of their style.
Previous winners and finalists
2001
Canada:
- Anne Carson , Men in the Off Hours
- Robert Bringhurst , Nine Visits to the Mythworld
- Don McKay , Another Gravity
International:
- Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh , translation of Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan
- Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld , translation of Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai
- Fanny Howe , Selected Poems
- Les Murray , Learning Human
Jury:
2002
Canada:
- Christian Bök , Eunoia
- Erin Mouré , Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person
- Karen Solie , Short Haul Engine
International:
- Alice Notley , Disobedience
- Victor Hernández Cruz , Maraca
- Christopher Logue , Homer: War Music
- Les Murray , Conscious and Verbal
Jury:
2003
Canada:
- Margaret Avison , Concrete and Wild Carrot
- Dionne Brand , thirsty
- PK Page , Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New
International:
- Paul Muldoon , Moy sand and gravel
- Kathleen Jamie , Mr And Mrs Scotland are Dead: Poems 1980-1994
- Gerald Stern , American Sonnets: poems
- CD Wright , Steal Away: selected and new poems
Jury:
2004
Canada:
- Anne Simpson , Loop
- Di Brandt , Now You Care
- Leslie Greentree , Go-go Dancing for Elvis
International:
- August Kleinzahler , The Strange Hours Travelers Keep
- Suji Kwock Kim , Notes From the Divided Country
- David Kirby , The Ha-Ha
- Louis Simpson , The Owner of the House
Jury:
2005
Canada:
- Roo Borson , Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida
- George Bowering , Changing on the Fly
- Don McKay , Camber
International:
- Charles Simic , Selected Poems: 1963-2003
- Fanny Howe , On the Ground
- Michael Symmons Roberts , Corpus
- Matthew Rohrer , A Green Light
Jury:
2006
Canada:
- Sylvia Legris , Nerve Squall
- Phil Hall , An Oak Hunch
- Erin Mouré , Little theaters
International:
- Kamau Brathwaite , Born to Slow Horses
- Michael Hofmann , translation of Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems by Durs Grünbein
- Michael Palmer , Company of Moths
- Elizabeth Winslow , translation of The War Works Hard by Dunya Mikhail
Jury:
Lifetime Recognition Award for Robin Blaser
2007
Canada:
- Don McKay , Strike / Slip
- Ken Babstock , Airstream Land Yacht
- Priscila Uppal , Ontological Necessities
International:
- Charles Wright , Scar Tissue
- Paul Farley , Tramp in Flames
- Rodney Jones , Salvation Blues
- Frederick Seidel , Ooga-Booga
Jury:
Lifetime Recognition Award for Tomas Tranströmer
2008
Canada:
- Robin Blaser , The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser
- Robert Majzels and Erin Moure , translation of Notebook of Roses and Civilization by Nicole Brossard
- David McFadden , Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems of David W. McFadden
International:
- John Ashbery , Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems
- Elaine Equi , Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems
- Clayton Eshleman , translation of The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition by César Vallejo
- David Harsent , Selected Poems 1969-2005
Jury:
Lifetime Recognition Award for Ko Un
2009
Canada:
- AF Moritz , The Sentinel
- Kevin Connolly , revolver
- Jeramy Dodds , Crabwise to the Hounds
International:
- CD Wright , Rising, Falling, Hovering
- Mick Imlah , The Lost Leader
- Derek Mahon , Life on Earth
- Dean Young , Primitive Mentor
Jury:
Lifetime Recognition Award for Hans Magnus Enzensberger
2010
Canada:
- Karen Solie , Pigeon
- Kate Hall , The Certainty Dream
- PK Page , Coal and Roses
International:
- Eilean Ni Chuilleanain , The Sun-fish
- John Glenday , Grain
- Louise Glück , A Village Life
- Susan Wicks , translation of Cold Spring in Winter by Valerie Rouzeau
Jury:
Lifetime Recognition Award for Adrienne Rich
2011
Canada:
- Dionne Brand , Ossuaries
International:
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg , Heavenly Questions
Jury:
Lifetime Achievement Award for Yves Bonnefoy
2012
Canada:
- Ken Babstock , Methodist Hatchet
- Phil Hall , killdeer
- Jan Zwicky , Forge
International:
- David Harsent , Night
- Yusef Komunyakaa , The Chameleon Couch
- Sean O'Brien , November
- Joanna Trzeciak , translation of Sobbing Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Rózewicz
Jury:
Lifetime Recognition Award for Seamus Heaney
2013
Canada:
- David McFadden , What's the Score?
- James Pollock, Sailing to Babylon
- Ian Williams , Personals
International:
- Fady Joudah , translation of The Straw Bird It Follows Me, and Other Poems by Ghassan Zaqtan
- Jennifer Maiden , Liquid Nitrogen
- Alan Shapiro , Night of the Republic
- Brenda Shaughnessy , Our Andromeda
Jury:
2014
Canada:
- Anne Carson , Red Doc>
- Sue Goyette , Ocean
- Anne Michaels , Correspondences
International:
- Brenda Hillman , Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire
- Rachael Boast , Pilgrim's Flower
- Carl Phillips , Silver Chest
- Mira Rosenthal , translation of Colonies by Tomasz Rózycki
Jury:
Lifetime Recognition Award for Adélia Prado
2015
Canada:
- Jane Munro , Blue Sonoma
- Shane Book , Congotronic
- Russell Thornton , The Hundred Lives
International:
- Michael Longley , The Stairwell
- Eleanor Goodman , translation Something Crosses My Mind by Wang Xiaoni
- Marek Kazmierski , translation of Finite Formulas & Theories of Chance by Wioletta Greg
- Spencer Reece , The Road to Emmaus
Jury:
Lifetime Recognition Award for Derek Walcott
2016
Canada:
- Liz Howard , Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent
- Per Brask and Patrick Friesen , translation of Frayed Opus for Strings & Wind Instruments by Ulrikka S. Gernes
- Soraya Peerbaye , Tell: poems for a girlhood
International:
- Norman Dubie , The Quotations of Bone
- Joy Harjo , Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
- Don Paterson , 40 Sonnets
- Rowan Ricardo Phillips , Heaven
Jury:
Lifetime Recognition Award for Adam Zagajewski
2017
Lifetime Recognition Award for Frank Bidart
2018
Lifetime Recognition Award for Ana Blandiana
2019
Lifetime Recognition Award for Nicole Brossard
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ Peter Scowen: Griffin Poetry Prize doubles award money , theglobeandmail.com April 6, 2010 , viewed January 3, 2011.
- ^ Vit Wagner: Griffin Poetry Prize turns 10 , on thestar.com on May 28, 2010 , viewed January 3, 2011.