TORONTO – Wednesday, June 23, 2021 – Music for the Dead and Resurrected by Valzhyna Mort, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin (McClelland & Stewart) are the International and Canadian winners of the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize, each receiving C$65,000 in prize money. The other finalists will be awarded $10,000 each.
THE 2021 GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE WINNERS
International
Music for the Dead and Resurrected
Valzhyna Mort
and
Canadian
Dyzgraphxst
Canisia Lubrin
The Griffin Poetry Prize was founded in 2000 to encourage and celebrate 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.
The judges for the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize are Paula Meehan (Ireland), Kei Miller (Jamaica/UK) and Hoa Nguyen (Canada). These distinguished writers and poets each read 572 books of poetry, received from fourteen countries around the globe, including translations from eighteen different languages. The trustees of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry select the judges annually.
| Presenting the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners |
| International Winner |
Music for the Dead and Resurrected |
| Canadian Winner |
Dyzgraphxst |
The 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist:
International
- Victoria Chang’s Obit published by Copper Canyon Press
- Valzhyna Mort’s Music for the Dead and Resurrected, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Srikanth Reddy’s Underworld Lit published by Wave Books
- Tracy K. Smith’s and Changtai Bi’s translation, from the Chinese, of My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree, written by Yi Lei, published by Graywolf Press
Canadian
- Joseph Dandurand’s The East Side of It All, published by Nightwood Editions
- Canisia Lubrin’s Dyzgraphxst, published by McClelland & Stewart
- Yusuf Saadi’s Pluviophile, published by Nightwood Editions
Click here to view the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize winners announcement video.
Note to Booksellers: Griffin Poetry Prize book stickers are supplied free of charge. Please contact Ruth Smith to place an order.
For further information, contact:
| Media Inquiries Melissa Shirley Publicist Tel: (647) 389-9510 E-mail: publicity@griffinpoetryprize.com |
General Inquiries Ruth Smith Executive Director Tel: (905) 618-0420 E-mail: info@griffinpoetryprize.com |
Shortlisted Publishers’ Web sites:
Copper Canyon Press:
coppercanyonpress.org
Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
fsgbooks.com
Graywolf Press::
graywolfpress.org
McClelland & Stewart:
penguinrandomhouse.ca/imprints/mcclelland-stewart
Nightwood Editions:
nightwoodeditions.com
Wave Books:
wavepoetry.com
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