Der Griffin Poetry Prize ist ein kanadischer Literaturpreis, der im Jahr 2000 von Scott Griffin ins Leben gerufen wurde. Er wird jährlich in den Kategorien „kanadisch“ und „international“ an englischsprachige Lyriker vergeben und ist seit 2010 mit insgesamt 200.000 CAD dotiert, womit er als höchstdotierter Lyrikpreis weltweit gilt. Seit 2006 wird zusätzlich ein „Lifetime Recognition Award“ an internationale Dichter verliehen. Griffins Motivation bei der Schaffung des Preises war es, der Lyrik innerhalb der Literaturlandschaft mehr Bedeutung zu verschaffen. Der Preis wird ausschließlich an erstmals veröffentlichte Lyrikbände vergeben. Er stellt an sich selbst den Anspruch sowohl neue als auch etablierte Autoren unabhängig von ihrer Stilrichtung zu berücksichtigen.
Preisträger und Finalisten
2001
Kanada:
- 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:
- Carolyn Forché
- Dennis Lee
- Paul Muldoon
2002
Kanada:
- 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:
- Dionne Brand
- Robert Creeley
- Michael Hofmann
2003
Kanada:
- Margaret Avison, Concrete and Wild Carrot
- Dionne Brand, thirsty
- P.K. 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
- C. D. Wright, Steal Away: selected and new poems
Jury:
- Michael Longley
- Sharon Olds
- Sharon Thesen
2004
Kanada:
- 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:
- Billy Collins
- Bill Manhire
- Phyllis Webb
2005
Kanada:
- 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:
- Simon Armitage
- Erin Mouré
- Tomaž Šalamun
2006
Kanada:
- Sylvia Legris, Nerve Squall
- Phil Hall, An Oak Hunch
- Erin Mouré, Little theatres
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:
- Lavinia Greenlaw
- Lisa Robertson
- Eliot Weinberger
Lifetime Recognition Award für Robin Blaser
2007
Kanada:
- 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:
- John Burnside
- Charles Simic
- Karen Solie
Lifetime Recognition Award für Tomas Tranströmer
2008
Kanada:
- 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:
- George Bowering
- James Lasdun
- Pura Lopez Colome
Lifetime Recognition Award für Ko Un
2009
Kanada:
- A.F. Moritz, The Sentinel
- Kevin Connolly, Revolver
- Jeramy Dodds, Crabwise to the Hounds
International:
- C.D. Wright, Rising, Falling, Hovering
- Mick Imlah, The Lost Leader
- Derek Mahon, Life on Earth
- Dean Young, Primitive Mentor
Jury:
- Saskia Hamilton
- Dennis O’Driscoll
- Michael Redhill
Lifetime Recognition Award für Hans Magnus Enzensberger
2010
Kanada:
- Karen Solie, Pigeon
- Kate Hall, The Certainty Dream
- P.K. 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:
- Anne Carson
- Kathleen Jamie
- Carl Phillips
Lifetime Recognition Award für Adrienne Rich
2011
Kanada:
- Dionne Brand, Ossuaries
International:
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Heavenly Questions
Jury:
- Tim Lilburn
- Colm Tóibín
- Chase Twichell
Lifetime Achievement Award für Yves Bonnefoy
2012
Kanada:
- 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:
- Heather McHugh
- David O’Meara
- Fiona Sampson
Lifetime Recognition Award für Seamus Heaney
2013
Kanada:
- David McFadden, What's the Score?
- James Pollock, Sailing to Babylon
- Ian Williams, Personals
International:
- Fady Joudah, Übersetzung von The Straw Bird It Follows Me, and Other Poems von Ghassan Zaqtan
- Jennifer Maiden, Liquid Nitrogen
- Alan Shapiro, Night of the Republic
- Brenda Shaughnessy, Our Andromeda
Jury:
- Suzanne Buffam
- Mark Doty
- Wang Ping
2014
Kanada:
- 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, Silverchest
- Mira Rosenthal, translation of Colonies by Tomasz Rózycki
Jury:
- Robert Bringhurst
- Jo Shapcott
- C.D. Wright
Lifetime Recognition Award für Adélia Prado
2015
Kanada:
- Jane Munro, Blue Sonoma
- Shane Book, Congotronic
- Russell Thornton, The Hundred Lives
International:
- Michael Longley, The Stairwell
- Eleanor Goodman, Übersetzung Something Crosses My Mind von Wang Xiaoni
- Marek Kazmierski, Übersetzung Finite Formulae & Theories of Chance von Wioletta Greg
- Spencer Reece, The Road to Emmaus
Jury:
- Tim Bowling
- Fanny Howe
- Piotr Sommer
Lifetime Recognition Award für Derek Walcott
2016
Kanada:
- Liz Howard, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent
- Per Brask und Patrick Friesen, Übersetzung Frayed Opus for Strings & Wind Instruments von 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:
- Alice Oswald
- Tracy K. Smith
- Adam Sol
Lifetime Recognition Award für Adam Zagajewski
2017
Lifetime Recognition Award für Frank Bidart
2018
Lifetime Recognition Award für Ana Blandiana
2019
- Lifetime Recognition Award für Nicole Brossard
- Kanada: Quarells von Eve Joseph
- International: Autobiography of Death von Don Mee Choi (USA/Korea)
2020
- Kanada: Magnetic Equator von Kaie Kellough
- International: Time von Sarah Riggs (USA)
2021
- Kanada: The Dyzgraphxst von Canisia Lubrin
- International: Music for the Dead and Resurrected von Valzhyna Mort
2022
- Kanada: The Junta of Happenstance von Tolu Oloruntoba
- International: Sho von Douglas Kearney (USA)
2023
- Kanada: The Big Melt von Emily Riddle
- International: Best Bavarian von Roger Reeves (USA)
Weblinks
- Offizielle Website
- Vit Wagner: Griffin Poetry Prize turns 10 (englisch)
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