The well known English poet and journalist James Fenton has been honored with the 2007 Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry.
Fenton, 57, is a former professor of poetry at Oxford University. He earned his B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1970. In 1994 he was appointed as a Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Fenton is one of Britain’s best-known poets. Fenton has worked as a journalist, a poet, a literary critic and a professor. The medal will be given to him by Queen Elizabeth II herself, this summer.
The monarch’s gold medal was founded in 1933 by the queen’s grandfather, King George V. The prize does not carry any cash award with it. The medal is awarded only to the poets from Britain or the Commonwealth of its former colonies. The winner is chosen by a team of eminent scholars. The award is announced on April 23, which is believed to be the birthday of William Shakespeare.
His works
• Our Western Furniture (1968)
• Put Thou Thy Tears Into My Bottle (1969)
• Terminal Moraine
• The Memory of War
• Out of Danger
• Children in Exile: Poems 1968-1984 (1985)
• The Snap Revolution (1986)
• All the Wrong Places: Adrift in the Politics of the Pacific Rim (1988)
• Out of Danger (1994)
• Leonardo’s Nephew (1999)
• The Strength of Poetry (2001)
• An Introduction to English Poetry (2002)
Source: USAToday
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