News at Eleven: [Karen] Solie and [Eiléan] Ní Chuilleanáin each

receive $65,000 for winning the Griffin Prize. Earlier this year, the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry doubled the prize money to $200,000. All finalists received $10,000 at the Griffin Poetry Prize readings on Wednesday night, therefore Solie and Ní Chuilleanáin take home $75,000 in total. At the readings, "the doyenne of North American poetry," Adrienne Rich, was given the Lifetime Recognition Award, which has previously gone to Robin Blaser, Tomas Tranströmer, Ko Un, and Hans Magnus Enzensberger.

from National Post: Karen Solie, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin win Griffin Poetry Prize
also National Post: The Griffin Poetry Prize Questionnaire: Karen Solie

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