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GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE 2010

International Shortlist | Canadian Shortlist | Anthology

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International Shortlist

John Glenday
Book: Grain
Poet: John Glenday
Publisher: Picador

Louise Glück
Book: A Village Life
Poet: Louise Glück
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

International Winner
Book: The Sun-fish
Poet: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
Publisher: The Gallery Press

Susan Wicks
translating from the French
written by Valérie Rouzeau
Book: Cold Spring in Winter
Translator: Susan Wicks
Poet: Valérie Rouzeau
Publisher: Arc Publications

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Canadian Shortlist

Kate Hall
Book: The Certainty Dream
Poet: Kate Hall
Publisher: Coach House Books

P.K. Page
Book: Coal and Roses
Poet: P.K. Page
Publisher: The Porcupine’s Quill

Karen Solie

Canadian Winner
Book: Pigeon
Poet: Karen Solie
Publisher: House of Anansi Press

Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 Anthology
The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2010
Edited by A.F. Moritz
House of Anansi Press
Royalties from The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology will be donated to UNESCO’s World Poetry Day, created to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression, and to offer endangered languages the opportunities to be heard in their communities.

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Photo credits:
John Glenday, photo courtesy of John Glenday
Louise Glück, by Gasper Tringale
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, by Brian McGovern/The Gallery Press
Susan Wicks, by Joanna Eldredge Morrissey
Valérie Rouzeau, by Michel Durigneux
P.K. Page, by Marilyn Bowering/Hedgerow Press
Karen Solie, by Barbara Stoneham