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Kim Hyesoon, Don Mee Choi, and Eve Joseph win 2019 Griffin Prizes, with Lifetime Honour for Nicole Brossard

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June 7, 2019

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Last night in Toronto, the the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize was awarded to Eve Joseph for Quarrels (Anvil Press), while International Griffin Poetry Prize was presented to writer-translator team Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi for Hyesoon's Autobiography of Death (New Directions).

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Autobiography of Death by Don Mee Choi, translated from the Korean written by Kim Hyesoon and Quarrels by Eve Joseph Win the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize

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June 6, 2019

TORONTO – Thursday, June 6, 2019 – Autobiography of Death by Don Mee Choi, translated from the Korean written by Kim Hyesoon (New Directions) and Quarrels by Eve Joseph (Anvil Press) are the International and Canadian winners of the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize. They each received C$65,000 in prize...
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The international prize, also worth $65,000, went to Don Mee Choi’s translation of Korean poems written by Kim Hyesoon in “Autobiography of Death,” published by New Directions.
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Kim Hyesoon, Don Mee Choi, and Eve Joseph win 2019 Griffin Prizes, with Lifetime Honour for Nicole Brossard

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Autobiography of DeathKIM HYESOON

KVINNANS SPRÅK ÄR SLAKTARENSKIM HYESOON

I'm OK, I'm Pig!KIM HYESOON

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PUERTO DEL SOL [THE KOREAN WOMEN WRITERS ISSUE]

Autobiography of Death

AUTOBIOGRAPHIE DE LA MORT

詩と創造 Vol.72

Asia Literary Review: Spring 2012

News from Abroad (53)

Autobiography of Death by Don Mee Choi, translated from the Korean written by Kim Hyesoon and Quarrels by Eve Joseph Win the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize

Victoria poet Eve Joseph ‘savouring’ moment after winning $65K Griffin prize

Griffin poetry prize finalists on the role of poets in politically charged times

17 of the Best Poetry Books, as Recommended by Acclaimed Writers for National Poetry Month

سوف أمحو قصيدتي البيضاء

International Events (7)

The Paris International Book Fair

The London Book Fair

Rutgers-IACKS Overseas Residency Program

LTI Korea: The U.S. Forum

Berlin Creative Workshop and Reading Of Works

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Introduction Material on Kim Hyesoon United Kingdom / Literature Translation Institute of Korea / 2014

Introduction Material on Kim Hyesoon of Korean Writers Republic of Korea / Minumsa / 2005