Reflecting on the First 12 Years of the Griffin Poetry Prize (2000-2012)
We’re not just translating a poem into our own language; we are translating our own language into another poem. We’re making something new in English …
Reflecting on the First 12 Years of the Griffin Poetry Prize (2000-2012)
We’re not just translating a poem into our own language; we are translating our own language into another poem. We’re making something new in English because of a poem of Adonis, or Yves Bonnefoy, or Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Carolyn Forché, Griffin Trustee In this film from 2012, Griffin trustees and … Read more
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2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announcement Film
This film features our 2022 finalists reading poems from each of their shortlisted collections. At the end of the film, we reveal the 2022 Griffin …
Douglas Kearney reads from Sho
Listen to the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize International winner, Douglas Kearney, read a poem from his award-winning book, Sho (Wave Books).
2020 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announcement Film
This short film celebrates our 2020 shortlisted poets and announces the International and Canadian winners of the prize.
2021 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announcement Film
In this film created by Lior Shamriz and Chloé Griffin, our 2021 finalists read brilliant poems from each of their shortlisted collections. We revealed our …
Eleanor Wachtel interviews Tolu Oloruntoba
In this in-depth interview with CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel, 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Canadian winner Tolu Oloruntoba shares some of his earliest memories, the influential role …
Eleanor Wachtel interviews Douglas Kearney
In this exclusive interview with CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel, 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize international winner Douglas Kearney delves into how hip-hop and Black vernacular traditions have …
Ian Williams interviews Tolu Oloruntoba
[Observation] has been a way to document my own landscape, my own past, and see if I can understand why I am the way I …