2019 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announced

Last night in Toronto, Don Mee Choi (as translator of Kim Hyesoon) and Eve Joseph were honored as the international and Canadian winners of the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize, respectively. Taking home the Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award for excellence in poetry was Nicole Brossard. More from the Griffin Poetry Prize site:

Autobiography of Death by Don Mee Choi, translated from the Korean written by Kim Hyesoon (New Directions) and Quarrels by Eve Joseph (Anvil Press) are the International and Canadian winners of the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize. They each received C$65,000 in prize money.

The Griffin Poetry Prize was founded in 2000 to serve and encourage excellence in poetry. The prize is for first edition books of poetry written in, or translated into, English and submitted from anywhere in the world.

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During the evening, The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry’s 2019 Lifetime Recognition Award was presented to Nicole Brossard. Poet, novelist and essayist, twice Governor General’s Award winner for poetry, she has published more than thirty books since 1965. She is an officer of the Order of Canada, chevalière of the National Order of Quebec, and a member of l’Académie des lettres du Québec. Her work has been widely translated into English and Spanish, and is also available in many languages, including German, Italian, Japanese, Slovenian, Romanian, Norwegian, Catalan, and Portuguese.

Read more about the award, the ceremony, and the poets honored here.