El premio Griffin de Poesía () es un premio canadiense creado en 2000 por el filántropo Scott Griffin con el objetivo de premiar a poetas canadienses y de otras nacionalidades por la calidad de sus obras. El premio, que es ofertado por la institución Griffin Trust (fundada por Griffin con este objetivo), está considerado como uno de los más generosos por su dotación económica, 200.000 dólares canadienses, distribuidos entre finalistas y vencedores.Literary luminaries attend unveiling of statue of 'people's poet' Al Purdy (May 21, 2008) - The Canadian Press
En 2014, la poeta brasileña Adélia Prado, recibió el premio en la categoría "Lifetime Recognition Award".
Finalistas y jurados
2001
Canadá:
Anne Carson, Men in the Off Hours"Anne Carson wins poetry prize", CBC News, 8 June 2001. Robert Bringhurst, Nine Visits to the Mythworld Don McKay, Another Gravity
Internacional: Nikolai B. Popov y Heather McHugh, translation of Glottal Stop: 101 Poems from the German written by Paul CelanChana Bloch y Chana Kronfeld, translation of Open Closed Open from the Hebrew written by Yehuda Amichai Fanny Howe, Selected Poems Les Murray, Learning Human
Jurado: Carolyn Forché Dennis Lee Paul Muldoon
Guest performer at awards ceremony: Gord Downie
2002
Canadá:
Christian Bök, Eunoia Erin Mouré, Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person Karen Solie, Short Haul Engine
Internacional:
Alice Notley, Disobedience Victor Hernández Cruz, Maraca Christopher Logue, Homer: War Music Les Murray, Conscious and Verbal
Jurado:
Dionne Brand Robert Creeley Michael Hofmann
Guest host at awards ceremony: Albert Schultz
2003
Canadá:
Margaret Avison, Concrete and Wild Carrot Dionne Brand, thirsty P. K. Page, Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New
Internacional:
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
Jurado:
Michael Longley Sharon Olds Sharon Thesen
Guest speaker at awards ceremony: Heather McHugh
2004
Canadá:
Anne Simpson, Loop Di Brandt, Now You Care Leslie Greentree, go-go dancing for Elvis
Internacional:
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
Jurado:
Billy Collins Bill Manhire Phyllis Webb
2005
Canadá:
Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida George Bowering, Changing on the Fly Don McKay, Camber
Internacional:
Charles Simic, Selected Poems: 1963-2003 Fanny Howe, On the Ground Michael Symmons Roberts, Corpus Matthew Rohrer, A Green Light
Jurado:
Simon Armitage Erin Mouré Tomaž Šalamun
Guest speaker at awards ceremony: August Kleinzahler
2006
Canadá:
Sylvia Legris, Nerve Squall Phil Hall, An Oak Hunch Erin Mouré, Little theatres
Internacional: Kamau Brathwaite, Born to Slow Horses Michael Hofmann, translation of Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems from the German written by Durs Grünbein Michael Palmer, Company of Moths Elizabeth Winslow, translation of The War Works Hard by Dunya Mikhail
Jurado:
Lavinia Greenlaw Lisa Robertson Eliot Weinberger
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Robin Blaser. Guest speaker at awards ceremony: Simon Armitage
2007
Canadá:
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
Judges: John Burnside Charles Simic Karen Solie
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Tomas Tranströmer
Guest speaker at awards ceremony: Matthew Rohrer
2008
Canadá:
Robin Blaser, The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser"Another prize for B.C. poet Robin Blaser, and some advice",Vancouver Sun, 6 June 2008. Robert Majzels and Erin Moure, translation of Notebook of Roses and Civilization from the French written by Nicole Brossard David McFadden, Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems of David W. McFadden
Internacional:
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 from the Spanish written by Cesar Vallejo David Harsent, Selected Poems 1969-2005
Jurado:
George Bowering James Lasdun Pura Lopez Colome
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Ko Un"Robin Blaser and Ko Un Win Griffin Poetry Prizes!", University of California Press blog, 5 June 2008.
Guest speaker at awards ceremony: Paul Farley
2009
Canadá:
A. F. Moritz, The Sentinel Kevin Connolly, Revolver Jeramy Dodds, Crabwise to the Hounds
Internacional: C.D. Wright, Rising, Falling, Hovering Mick Imlah, The Lost Leader Derek Mahon, Life on Earth Dean Young, Primitive Mentor
Judges: Saskia Hamilton Dennis O'Driscoll Michael Redhill
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Guest speaker at awards ceremony: James Wood
2010
Canadá:Karen Solie, PigeonKate Hall, The Certainty Dream P. K. Page, Coal and Roses
Internacional:
Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, The Sun-fish John Glenday, Grain Louise Gluck, A Village Life Susan Wicks, translation of Cold Spring in Winter from the French written by Valérie Rouzeau
Judges: Anne Carson Kathleen Jamie Carl Phillips
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Adrienne Rich
Guest speaker at awards ceremony: Glyn Maxwell
2011 Canadá: Dionne Brand, Ossuaries Suzanne Buffam, The Irrationalist John Steffler, Lookout
International:Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Heavenly QuestionsSeamus Heaney, Human Chain Khaled Mattawa, translation of Adonis: Selected Poems from the Arabic written by Adonis Philip Mosley, translation of The Book of the Snow from the French written by Francois Jacqmin
Judges: Tim Lilburn Colm Tóibín Chase Twichell
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Yves Bonnefoy
Guest performer at awards ceremony: Jonathan Welstead, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion
2012 Canadá:Ken Babstock, Methodist HatchetPhil Hall, Killdeer Jan Zwicky, Forge
International:David Harsent, NightYusef Komunyakaa, The Chameleon Couch Sean O'Brien, November Joanna Trzeciak, translation from Polish of Sobbing Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Rózewicz
Judges: Heather McHugh David O'Meara Fiona Sampson
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Seamus Heaney
Guest performer at awards ceremony: Alexander Gagliano, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion
2013 Canadá: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 from the Arabic written by Ghassan ZaqtanJennifer Maiden, Liquid Nitrogen Alan Shapiro, Night of the Republic Brenda Shaughnessy, Our Andromeda
Judges: Suzanne Buffam Mark Doty Wang Ping
Guest performer at awards ceremony: Kyla Kane, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion
Guest speaker at awards ceremony: Pura López Colomé
2014 Canadá:Anne Carson, Red Doc>Sue Goyette, Ocean Anne Michaels, Correspondences
International:Brenda Hillman, Seasonal Works with Letters on FireRachael Boast, Pilgrim's Flower Carl Phillips, Silverchest Mira Rosenthal, translation of Colonies from the Polish written by Tomasz Rozycki
Judges: Robert Bringhurst Jo Shapcott C.D. Wright
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Adelia Prado
Guest performer at awards ceremony: Khalil Mair, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion
Guest speaker at awards ceremony: August Kleinzahler
2015
Canadá:Jane Munro, Blue Sonoma'Shane Book, CongotronicRussell Thornton, The Hundred LivesInternacional:
Michael Longley, The StairwellEleanor Goodman, translation of Something Crosses My Mind from the Chinese written by Wang Xiaoni Marek Kazmierski, translation of Finite Formulae & Theories of Chance from the Polish written by Wioletta Greg Spencer Reece, The Road to EmmausDerek Walton, Griffin Trust For Excellence in Poetry, Lifetime Recognition Award
Jurado:
Tim Bowling Fanny Howe Piotr Sommer
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Derek Walcott
Guest performer at awards ceremony: Ayo Akinfenwa, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion
2016
Canadá:
Liz Howard, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking TentPer Brask and Patrick Friesen, translation of Frayed Opus for Strings & Wind Instruments from the Danish written by Ulrikka S. Gernes Soraya Peerbaye, Tell: poems for a girlhoodInternacional:
Norman Dubie, The Quotations of BoneJoy Harjo, Conflict Resolution for Holy BeingsDon Paterson, 40 SonnetsRowan Ricardo Phillips, HeavenJurado:
Alice Oswald Tracy K. Smith Adam Sol
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Adam Zagajewski.
Guest performer at awards ceremony: Marie Foolchand, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion
2017
Canadá:
Jordan Abel, Injun. Hoa Nguyen, Violet Energy Ingots. Sandra Ridley, Silvija.
Internacional:
Alice Oswald, Falling Awake Jane Mead, World of Made and UnmadeDonald Nicholson-Smith, translation of In Praise of Defeat from the French written by Abdellatif Laabi Denise Riley, Say Something BackJurado:
Sue Goyette Joan Kane George Szirtes
Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Frank Bidart.
Guest performer at awards ceremony: David White, National Poetry In Voice recitation finalist
2018
Canadá:
Billy-Ray Belcourt, This Wound is a World. Aisha Sasha John, I have to live. Donato Mancini, Same Diff.
Internacional:
Susan Howe, Debths. Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heaven is All Goodbyes. Layli Long Soldier, Whereas. Natalie Shapero, Hard Child.
Jurado:
Sarah Howe Ben Lerner Ian Williams
Lifetime Recognition Award (announced by the Griffin trustees) to Ana Blandiana.
Guest performer at awards ceremony: Hamish Marissen-Clark, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion
Guest speaker at awards ceremony: August Kleinzahler.
2019
Canadá:
Eve Joseph, QuarrelsDionne Brand, The Blue ClerkSarah Tolmie, The Art of DyingInternacional:
Don Mee Choi, Autobiography of Death, traducción al inglés de Kim Hyesoon. Raymond Antrobus, The Perseverance. Daniel Borzutzky, Lake Michigan. Ani Gjika, Negative Space, traducción al inglés de Luljeta Lleshanaku.
Jurado:
Ulrikka S. Gernes Kim Maltman Srikanth Reddy
Lifetime Recognition Award (announced by the Griffin trustees) to Nicole Brossard.
Guest performer at awards ceremony: Catricia Hiebert, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion
2020
Canadá:
Kaie Kellough, Magnetic EquatorChantal Gibson, How She ReadDoyali Islam, heftInternacional:
Sarah Riggs, Time, traducción al inglés por Etel Adnan. Abigail Chabitnoy, How to Dress a FishSharon Olds, AriasNatalie Scenters-Zapico, Lima :: Limón''
Jurado:
Paula Meehan Kei Miller Hoa Nguyen
2021
Jurado:
Ilya Kaminsky Ales Steger Souvankham Thammavongsa
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