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I want to thank Emma Patterson and Monica MacSwan at Aitken Alexander. I want to name and say thank Kevin Quashie, for his remarkable, tender work, The Sovereignty of Quiet, and too, the brilliant Lynnee Denise for bringing me to it. ‘It takes a village to bring a book into the world and I am in deep gratitude to the individuals who have held this work and myself with such love. Without these people and their brilliance, writing would be a very lonely pursuit. I exist within an ecosystem of makers, thinkers, scholars, and enthusiasts who have in so many ways supported me across the years. Quiet is a book that thinks about Black interior life but it also considers what it means to gather, to move collectively in steadfast hopeful action across time, across space, through the dark as well as the light. Winner Victoria Adukwei Bulley said : “I’m unspeakably honoured that Quiet has been named the 2023 winner of the John Pollard International Poetry Prize. Provost Dr Linda Doyle and Victoria Adukwei Bulley Valued at €10,000, the prize is sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation and administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English at Trinity. This is the fifth year of the prize, which is awarded annually for an outstanding debut collection of poetry in the English language. These poems call out in the quiet, the personal and the political fused, the poet falling through the self and plucking from the air bright marvels, lost and stolen language, defiance, lamentation and beauty.” Victoria Adukwei Bulley pictured with members of the judging panel, Professor Eoin McNamee, Alice Lyons and Philip ColemanĪnnouncing the 2023 winner, chair of the judging panel, Professor Eoin McNamee, Director of the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre, said: “The judging panel are delighted to be able to announce Victoria Adukwei Bulley’s Quiet as the winner of the John Pollard International Poetry Prize. A poet, writer and artist, Victoria is currently a doctoral student at Royal Holloway, University of London.

It was previously shortlisted for the T.S. Victoria Adukwei Bulley’s debut poetry collection, Quiet, explores ideas of black interiority, intimacy and selfhood. The prize was announced at an awards ceremony in Trinity College Dublin on Wed, May 3rd, 2023. Victoria Adukwei Bulley has been announced as the winner of the 2023 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize for her debut book Quiet.

For thinkers and feelers self love poetry