See also 2007 Shortlist.
International Shortlist | Canadian Shortlist | Anthology
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Click a poet’s name or picture for biographies, judges’ citations and poetry excerpts.
International Shortlist
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International Winner Book: Born to Slow Horses Poet: Kamau Brathwaite Publisher: Wesleyan University Press |
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Book: Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems Translator: Michael Hofmann Poet: Durs Grunbein Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
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Book: Company of Moths Poet: Michael Palmer Publisher: New Directions |
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Book: The War Works Hard Translator: Elizabeth Winslow Poet: Dunya Mikhail Publisher: New Directions |
Canadian Shortlist
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Book: An Oak Hunch Poet: Phil Hall Publisher: Brick Books |
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Canadian Winner Book: Nerve Squall Poet: Sylvia Legris Publisher: Coach House Books |
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Book: Little theatres Poet: Erin Moure Publisher: House of Anansi Press |
Griffin Poetry Prize 2006 Anthology
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The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2006 Edited by Lisa Robertson 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. |
Photo credits:
Erin Moure, by Terence Byrnes
Durs Grunbein, by Renate Brandt
See also 2005 Shortlist.