Strong shortlist hailed for Forward poetry prize
Mark Brown, art correspondent in The Guardian, Thursday 23 July 2009
Mark Brown, art correspondent in The Guardian, Thursday 23 July 2009
Don Paterson. shortlisted for his new collection, Rain. Photograph: Guardian/Murdo Macleod
Organisers of the Forward prize, one of the UK's most important poetry prizes, have hailed the strength of the contemporary scene, with a record number of submissions that were whittled down to three shortlists revealed today.
All six names shortlisted for this year's £10,000 best collection prize are well-established, with the youngest being Don Paterson, 45, who won the Forward best first collection 16 years ago. This year he is nominated for his yet-to-be-published Rain. A titan of an older generation is also nominated with Peter Porter, 80, a previous winner, shortlisted for his 18th collection Better Than God. The Guardian praised it as "a densely fleshed book by a poet at the height of his powers".
All six names shortlisted for this year's £10,000 best collection prize are well-established, with the youngest being Don Paterson, 45, who won the Forward best first collection 16 years ago. This year he is nominated for his yet-to-be-published Rain. A titan of an older generation is also nominated with Peter Porter, 80, a previous winner, shortlisted for his 18th collection Better Than God. The Guardian praised it as "a densely fleshed book by a poet at the height of his powers".
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