Queen's gold medal for poetry
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Grace Nichols’ ‘pioneering voice’ wins her Queen’s gold medal for poetry
Poet laureate Simon Armitage, who chaired this year’s award committee, said the Guyanese writer’s works ‘echo with the rhymes and rhythms of her family and ancestors’
Paul Muldoon wins Queen's gold medal for poetry 2017
Honour goes to Northern Irishman who has produced 12 major collections of poetry and teaches at Princeton University
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Liz Lochhead: ‘You’re stuck writing something until you go, “To hell with it, I’ll tell the truth”’The books interview: the new Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry winner on learning how to be a Scottish writer and why becoming the national poet saved her life