Tredinnick wins inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize
Thursday, 5 January 2012 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
Australian poet Mark Tredinnick was awarded the inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize, worth approximately $48,500, for his poem 'Walking Underwater' in December 2011. Tredinnick's poem was selected from a shortlist of 50 by former UK poet laureate Andrew Motion. Motion described the poem as 'a bold, big-thinking poem, in which ancient themes--especially the...
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