Tishani Doshi poetry collection shortlisted for 2026 PEN Heaney Prize
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Tishani Doshi's poetry collection is among the six books shortlisted for the 2026 PEN Heaney Prize.
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- Indian poet Tishani Doshi is shortlisted for the 2026 PEN Heaney Prize for her work Egrets, While War.
- The award recognizes a volume of poetry that addresses the influence of political or cultural events on human relationships.
- A jury of three poets selected the shortlist and will announce the winner in December.
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Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Vona Groarke and Stephen Sexton
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“Tishani Doshi’s dextrous, vibrant and vital poems delight and shimmer. Across Egrets, While War, the range of her subjects is vast: the ancient and modern co-mingle with poems of personal and civic responsibility”
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…human conditions or relationships. It is open to both original English language collections and those translated into English. This year’s jury comprises poets Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Vona Groarke and Stephen Sexton. “ Tishani Doshi’s dextrous, vibrant and vital poems delight and shimmer. Across Egrets, While War, the range of her subjects is vast: the ancient and modern co-mingle with poems of personal and civic responsibility ,” said the jury. “Throughout, an aviary of sonnets addresses the birds of mythology and literature with grace and invention. Wars, historical and contemporary, provide the contexts for these powerful poems of…
“Throughout, an aviary of sonnets addresses the birds of mythology and literature with grace and invention. Wars, historical and contemporary, provide the contexts for these powerful poems of resistance and humanity.”
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…dextrous, vibrant and vital poems delight and shimmer. Across Egrets, While War, the range of her subjects is vast: the ancient and modern co-mingle with poems of personal and civic responsibility,” said the jury. “ Throughout, an aviary of sonnets addresses the birds of mythology and literature with grace and invention. Wars, historical and contemporary, provide the contexts for these powerful poems of resistance and humanity. ” The winner will be announced on December 1. The books on the shortlist are: - Pain Songs by Daniel Sluman (Nine Arches Press) - Dwelling by Máighréad Medbh (Macha Press) - Mer de Glace by Małgorzata Lebda, translated…
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NamedUnited Kingdom · Ireland · India · Daniel Sluman · Máighréad Medbh · Małgorzata Lebda · Matthew Rice · Mira Rosenthal · Nur Turkmani · PEN Heaney Prize · Stephen Sexton · Tishani Doshi · Victoria Adukwei Bulley · Vona Groarke
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