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past winners and shortlists of
the griffin poetry prize
2001
International
Yehuda Amichai
Translated by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld
Paul Celan
Translated by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh
Fanny Howe
Les Murray
Canadian
Anne Carson
Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas
Translated by Robert Bringhurst
Don McKay
2002
International
Victor HernĂĄndez Cruz
Christopher Logue
Les Murray
Alice Notley
Canadian
Christian Bök
Eirin Moure
Karen Solie
2003
International
Kathleen Jamie
Paul Muldoon
Gerald Stern
C. D. Wright
Canadian
Margaret Avison
Dionne Brand
P. K. Page
2004
International
Suji Kwock Kim
David Kirby
August Kleinzahler
Louis Simpson
Canadian
Di Brandt
Leslie Greentree
Anne Simpson
2005
International
Fanny Howe
Michael Symmons Roberts
Matthew Rohrer
Charles Simic
Canadian
Roo Borson
George Bowering
Don McKay
2006
International
Kamau Brathwaite
Durs GrĂŒnbein
Translated by Michael Hofmann
Michael Palmer
Dunya Mikhail
Translated by Elizabeth Winslow
Canadian
Phil Hall
Sylvia Legris
ErĂn Moure
2007
International
Paul Farley
Rodney Jones
Frederick Seidel
Charles Wright
Canadian
Ken Babstock
Don McKay
Priscila Uppal
2008
International
John Ashbery
Elaine Equi
CĂ©sar Vallejo
Translated by Clayton Eshleman
David Harsent
Canadian
Robin Blaser
Nicole Brossard
Translated by Robert Majzels and ErĂn Moure
David W. McFadden
2009
International
Mick Imlah
Derek Mahon
C. D. Wright
Dean Young
Canadian
Kevin Connolly
Jeramy Dodds
A. F. Moritz
2010
International
John Glenday
Louise GlĂŒck
Eiléan Nà Chuilleanåin
Valérie Rouzeau
Translated by Susan Wicks
Canadian
Kate Hall
P. K. Page
Karen Solie
2011
International
Seamus Heaney
Adonis
Translated by Khaled Mattawa
François Jacqmin
Translated by Philip Mosley
Gjertrud Schnackenberg
Canadian
Dionne Brand
Suzanne Buffam
John Steffler
2012
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