Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry

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The Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry is a prestigious British literary award established in 1933 to honor outstanding contributions to poetry in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

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instanceOf literary award ⓘ
poetry award ⓘ
administeredBy Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith British monarchy ⓘ
Commonwealth literature ⓘ
awardComponents gold medal ⓘ
awardedFor outstanding contributions to poetry ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalContext British literary tradition ⓘ
eligibility poets from Commonwealth countries ⓘ
poets from the United Kingdom ⓘ
field literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
firstAwarded 1934 ⓘ
firstRecipient John Masefield ⓘ
foundedBy George V ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasAwardedTo both living and, in rare cases, recently deceased poets ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
inception 1933 ⓘ
locationOfCeremony Buckingham Palace ⓘ
monarchAtEstablishment George V ⓘ
namedAfter the monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableRecipient Carol Ann Duffy ⓘ
Derek Walcott ⓘ
Philip Larkin ⓘ
Seamus Heaney ⓘ
Simon Armitage ⓘ
Ted Hughes ⓘ
W. H. Auden ⓘ
presentedBy the reigning British monarch ⓘ
relatedAward Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ
scope Commonwealth ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
selectionCriteria body of work rather than a single poem ⓘ
selectionMethod recommendation by a committee of poets and critics ⓘ
significance one of the most prestigious British poetry awards ⓘ
status active ⓘ
typeOfRecognition royal honour ⓘ

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Philip Larkin → awardReceived → Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
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Hugo Williams → awardReceived → Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
Michael Longley → awardReceived → Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
Edwin Morgan → awardReceived → Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
Sorley MacLean → awardReceived → Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
James Fenton → awardReceived → Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
Judith Wright → awardReceived → Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
Elizabeth Lochhead → awardReceived → Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
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