Misha Solomon
Canadian poet
Misha Solomon is a Canadian poet from Montreal , Quebec , whose debut poetry collection My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet was published in 2026.
The book was the winner of the 2026 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for debut books by LGBTQ2S+ writers and the 2026 A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry , as well as a Jury Selection for the 2026 Grand Prix du livre de Montréal.
References
↑ Talia Kliot, "Gwen Aube, Tiana Reid and Misha Solomon shortlisted for $12K 2SLGBTQ+ emerging writers prize" . CBC Books , September 16, 2026.
↑ Frances Grace Fyfe, "My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet" . The Montreal Review of Books , March 8, 2026.
↑ Talia Kliot (November 10, 2026). "Zak Jones, Robert Moor among 2026 Writers' Trust literary prize winners" . CBC Books .
↑ Berki, Attila (2026-11-10). "Zeenat Nagree, Misha Solomon, Arizona O'Neill among 2026 QWF Literary Award winners - Quill and Quire" . Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews . Retrieved 2026-11-13 .
↑ Montréal, Ville de. "Grand Prix du livre de Montréal: 2026 edition" . montreal.ca . Retrieved 2026-11-13 .
Winners Honour of Distinction
Brian Francis , John Miller (2008)
Greg Kearney (2009)
Lisa Foad , George K. Ilsley (2010)
Dani Couture , Matthew J. Trafford (2011)
Mariko Tamaki (2012)
Anand Mahadevan , Barry Webster (2013)
Rae Spoon , Proma Tagore (2014)
Casey Plett , Vivek Shraya (2015)
Gwen Benaway , Jia Qing Wilson-Yang (2016)
Ali Blythe , Eva Crocker (2017)
Trish Salah , Joshua Whitehead (2018)
Joelle Barron , Casey Plett (2019)
Robyn Maynard , Smokii Sumac (2020)
Kama La Mackerel , jaye simpson (2021)
Zaiba Baig , Matthew James Weigel (2022)
Gabriel Cholette , Amanda Cordner , David Di Giovanni (2023)
Vincent Anioke , Éric Chacour (2024)
Tea Gerbeza , Ziyad Saadi (2025)
Gwen Aube , Tiana Reid (2026)