Joseph wins 2022 T S Eliot Prize

In the UK, Anthony Joseph has won the 2022 T S Eliot Prize, worth £25,000 (A$43,850), for his collection Sonnets for Albert (Bloomsbury), reports the Bookseller.

Sonnets for Albert was chosen as the winner from a shortlist of 10. The book, in which Joseph unpacks his complex relationship with his father, is Joseph’s fifth poetry collection.

‘Each of the 10 books on this year’s shortlist spoke powerfully to us in its own distinctive voice,’ said judge Jean Sprackland. ‘From this strong field our choice is Anthony Joseph’s Sonnets for Albert, a luminous collection which celebrates humanity in all its contradictions and breathes new life into this enduring form.’

The award is the most valuable prize in British poetry and is the only poetry prize which is judged purely by established poets. Last year’s winner was Joelle Taylor for her collection C+nto & Othered Poems (The Westbourne Press).

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