Three Canadians named to 10-book nomination long list for Griffin Poetry Prize
Three Canadians have been named to the 10-book nomination long list for the $130,000 Griffin Poetry Prize, in what marks its first year combining its awards for domestic and international poets.PostscriptUniversity of Alberta professor Iman Mersal’s book, which collects poems in Arabic from Prof. Mersal’s first four books and was translated to English by Robyn Creswell, is also nominated.
Doing so doubled the pot for the big prize, making the award one of the world’s most lucrative, but it also meant there would be no stepping stone for Canadians elbowing their way onto the prestigious nominationthat, “In a sense, there is a statement here that’s saying Canadians can hold their own.”
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