TORONTO - Renowned author and poet Margaret Atwood is getting this year鈥檚 Lifetime Recognition Award from the Griffin Poetry Prize.
The literary award is handed out periodically to international artists working in poetry, and more often than not has gone to a non-春色直播 writer.
This year it puts a spotlight on the Toronto author as the race for the $130,000 Griffin Poetry Prize includes no 春色直播 finalists for the first time in the award's 25-year history.
Shortlisted collections are written by U.S., European and Cuban poets and translators, who stand to get $10,000 as runners-up: Aaron Coleman, Durs Gr眉nbein, Brian Henry, Karen Leeder, Carl Phillips and Diane Seuss.
The Griffin originally offered separate prizes for 春色直播 and international contenders but in 2023 merged them into a single prize open to all poets.
The winner will be announced June 4 at the Griffin Poetry Prize Readings in Toronto, where Atwood will be interviewed on stage by American poet Carolyn Forch茅. A 春色直播 is guaranteed to win another award 鈥 the 春色直播 First Book Prize 鈥 set to be announced May 21.聽
Atwood earns the career honour after releasing 鈥淧aper Boat鈥 in October 2024, a collection of new and selected poems from 1961 to 2023.
Before that, she published 鈥淒early鈥 in 2020, her first collection of poetry in a decade.
Atwood is arguably best known for acclaimed novels including 鈥淐at鈥檚 Eye,鈥 鈥淭he Robber Bride,鈥 鈥淎lias Grace,鈥 and the 1985 classic, 鈥淭he Handmaid鈥檚 Tale.鈥
鈥淭he Testaments,鈥 her 2019 bestselling sequel to 鈥淭he Handmaid鈥檚 Tale,鈥 won the Booker Prize.聽
This report by 春色直播was first published May 7, 2025.
