Anthony Joseph is the second Trinidadian in three years to win the T.S. Eliot prize for poetry

Screenshot of Trinidadian-British author Anthony Joseph, who won the 2022 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, taken from the YouTube video ‘Calling England Home – New Beacon Books Session,’ posted by Heavenly Sweetness. The T.S. Eliot Prize, arguably one of the most prestigious in the poetry world, honours “the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland.” Back in 2020, Trinidadian-British poet Roger Robinson won this prize for his poetry collection “A Portable Paradise.” A mere three years later, on January 16, fellow Trinidadian Anthony Joseph has fo…

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