October 1st, 2012
Jorie Graham has won the £10,000 Forward Prize for Poetry for her collection P L A C E. She is the first female recipient of the prize since Kathleen Jamie in 2004, and the first American woman to receive the honor. Sam Riviere’s 81 Austerities won the prize for best debut collection. And Denise Riley was awarded the prize for best single poem for “A Part Song.” The winners were announced at a ceremony in Somerset House, London on Monday night.
Graham previously won the Pulitzer Prize for he collection The Dream of the Unified Field in 1996. Her poems have been translated into numerous languages, including Albanian, Chinese and Polish. Her Smartish Pace Poets Q&A appears here.
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