And wasn't the Carson win just what you predicted a few months back, Doug?
Good onya both!
Candice
P.S. Who do you like for the 3:30 at any Downs today?!
on 6/8/01 10:19 AM, Douglas Barbour at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Just to let you all know:
>
> The awards were made last night:
>
> Ann Carson's Men in the Off Hours won for best Canadian book,
>
> & the new Celan translation, whose title I have forgotten, won for best
> International book.
>
> That's of the largest poetry prize in the world: $40,00.00 each!
>
> Douglas Barbour
> Department of English
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
> (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
>
> Take away my wisdom and my categories!
>
> Phyllis Webb
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