2011 Shortlist

See also 2012 Shortlist.

International Shortlist | Canadian Shortlist | Anthology | Photo Gallery

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International Shortlist

	Book: Human Chain Poet: Seamus Heaney Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
	Book: Adonis: Selected Poems Translator: Khaled Mattawa Poet: Adonis Publisher: Yale University Press
	Book: The Book of the Snow Translator: Philip Mosley Poet: François Jacqmin Publisher: Arc Publications
	International Winner Book: Heavenly Questions Poet: Gjertrud Schnackenberg Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Canadian Shortlist

	Canadian Winner Book: Ossuaries Poet: Dionne Brand Publisher:McClelland & Stewart
	Book: The Irrationalist Poet: Suzanne Buffam Publisher: House of Anansi Press
	Book: Lookout Poet: John Steffler Publisher:McClelland & Stewart

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Griffin Poetry Prize 2011 Anthology

The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 Edited by Tim Lilburn House of Anansi Press Royalties from The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology will be donated to UNESCO’s World Poetry Day, created to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression, and to offer endangered languages the opportunities to be heard in their communities.

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Griffin Poetry Prize 2011 Photo Gallery

Chase Twichell, Michael Ondaatje, Dionne Brand

Dikka Berven, Carolyn Forché, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Keith Berven

Yves Bonnefoy, Krystyne and Scott Griffin

Yves Bonnefoy, Mathilde Bonnefoy

Yves Bonnefoy

Philip Mosley

Suzanne Buffam, Srikanth Reddy

Scott Griffin, Michael Ondaatje, Krystyne Griffin

John Steffler, Tim Lilburn

Pura López Colomé, Carolyn Forché

Dionne Brand

June Dickenson, Ruth Smith

Khaled Mattawa, Krystyne Griffin, Chase Twichell, Gjertrud Schnackenberg

Scott Griffin, Carolyn Forché

Jane Urquhart, Avie Bennett

Louise Dennys

Atom Egoyan

Scott Griffin

Tim Lilburn

Robin Robertson (reading for Seamus Heaney)

Colm Toíbín

Khaled Mattawa

Chase Twichell

Philip Mosley

Gjertrud Schnackenberg

Yves Bonnefoy, Carolyn Forché

Yves Bonnefoy

Dionne Brand

Suzanne Buffam

Suzanne Buffam

John Steffler

Michael Ondaatje, Khaled Mattawa, Scott Griffin

Front row (left to right) - Dionne Brand, Colm Toibin, Chase Twichell, Suzanne Buffam / Back row (left to right) - Robin Robertson, Philip Mosley, John Steffler, Scott Griffin, Khaled Mattawa, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Tim Lilburn

Dionne Brand

Pat Pidgeon, Liz Marshall, Doug Kaye

Sian Richards, Murray White, Suzanne Buffam

Anne Michaels

Emily Mockler, Eva O'Brien, Gillian Fizet, Meredith Dees

Dennis Lee, Susan Perly, Anna Porter

Scott Griffin, Dionne Brand

Shu-Ching Mosley, Philip Mosley, Krystyne Griffin

Jane Bunnett, Larry Cramer

Nadia Szilvassy, Laurie Graham, Mark Byk

Lidia and Andrew Maleckyj

Douglas Goold, Libby Znaimer

Khaled Mattawa, Chase Twichell

Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Dikka and Keith Berven

Douglas Pepper, Colm Tíobín

Martha and George Butterfield

John Steffler, Susan Gillis, Scott and Krystyne Griffin

June Dickenson, Ben McNally, Lynn Thomson

Sylvia Fraser, Patrick Crean

Shelley Ambrose, Doug Knight

Michael Ignatieff, Zsuzsanna Zsohar

Tim Powis, Colm Toíbín

Michael Callaghan, Gabriela Campos

Theresa Moritz, A.F. Moritz

David Sobelman, Rishma Dunlop

Barry Callaghan, Claire Weissman Wilks

Scott Griffin, Lois Lorimer, Catherine Graham

Colm Toíbín, Jack Rabinovitch

Ruth Smith, Krystyne Griffin

Scott Griffin

Poetry In Voice winner Jonathan Welstead

Yves Bonnefoy

Tim Lilburn

Gjertrud Schnackenberg

Colm Tóibín

Dionne Brand

Dionne Brand

Dionne Brand, Scott Griffin, Gjertrud Schnackenberg

Tim Lilburn, Carolyn Forché

Denise Donlon, Jack Rabinovitch, Shelley Ambrose

Jonathan Welstead , Dawn and Jonathan Welstead Sr

Martin Levin, Paul Vermeersch, John Macfarlane, Douglas Pepper

Richard Gwyn, Carol Bishop Gwyn

Tessa Griffin, Jonathan Welstead

Krystyne Griffin, William Thorsell

Please contact webmaster@griffinpoetryprize.com if we have missed anyone’s names in picture captions. Thank you!

Photo credits: Tom Sandler Photography

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See also 2010 Shortlist.