The winner of the

2009 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry

Tonight at a glamorous award ceremony in the elegant courtyard of the Wallace Collection in London the Poetry Book Society announced the winner for 'the world's top poetry award' (the Independent).

Judges Simon Armitage (Chair), Colette Bryce and Penelope Shuttle chose

The Water Table by Philip Gross, published by Bloodaxe

as the winner.

The shortlist consisted of the following 10 collections from the 98 new books published in 2009 submitted by UK and Irish publishers:

Eiléan Ní Chuilleánain     The Sun-fish               Gallery

Fred D'Aguiar                     Continental Shelf       Carcanet

Jane Draycott                      Over                             Carcanet

Philip Gross                         The Water Table        Bloodaxe

Sinéad Morrissey              Through the Square  Window                                                                                         Carcanet

Sharon Olds                        One Secret Thing       Cape

Alice Oswald                       Weeds & Wild Flowers Faber                                                                         

Christopher Reid                A Scattering                 Areté

George Szirtes                   The Burning of the Books and  Other Poems  Bloodaxe

Hugo Williams                    West End Final              Faber

 

Simon Armitage said:

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