Toronto poet in running for big literary award
Toronto poet in running for big literary award... - Toronto.com
When they announce the winner of the 2011 Dylan Thomas Prize in Swansea on Wednesday, Toronto-based poet Jacob McArthur Mooney, one of five international contenders for the $49,000 biannual award, won’t be there.
He won’t be far away: just across the channel, in fact, in Germany or France, he said in a phone interview last week from Vienna, during a stopover on a long-overdue European vacation.
“I’d rather not be there when the announcement is made — too much pressure,” said Nova Scotia-born Mooney over the crackling phone line.
When they announce the winner of the 2011 Dylan Thomas Prize in Swansea on Wednesday, Toronto-based poet Jacob McArthur Mooney, one of five international contenders for the $49,000 biannual award, won’t be there.
He won’t be far away: just across the channel, in fact, in Germany or France, he said in a phone interview last week from Vienna, during a stopover on a long-overdue European vacation.
“I’d rather not be there when the announcement is made — too much pressure,” said Nova Scotia-born Mooney over the crackling phone line.
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