March 1st, 2009
Allen Grossman has been named the 2009 winner of Yale University’s Bollingen Prize in American Poetry. Established in 1949, the $100,000 prize is awarded biennially to an American poet. Upon receiving the news Grossman said, “I read it several times in astonishment. The Bollingen Prize is an exceptional honor–and the money that comes with it is a small compensation for getting old.” Grossman’s poems appear in Smartish Pace Issues 6 & 10.
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