Posted on 04/04/07
McKay gets third nod
Will it be third time lucky for Don McKay?The veteran Canadian poet was short-listed for the third time yesterday in the Canadian division of the annual Griffin Poetry Prize, worth $50,000. McKay, 65, has won two Governor-General's Awards for English-language poetry, in 1991 and 2000 -- but he has come up short-handed on the previous occasions that he has vied for Griffin honours, in 2001 and 2005. He will know if he's victorious when the winner is announced on June 6 at a gala dinner in Toronto.
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