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Poet David Constantine has been been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Buckingham Palace has announced. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, chair of the Poetry Medal Committee, described Constantine as a “humane” writer and said his body of work stood comparison with any of his contemporaries. Constantine takes inspiration from the everyday, nature and our relationship with the planet, to the mythical world of Ancient Greece. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage chaired the Queen’s Gold Meda...

David Constantine awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry PA 16 December 2020, 1:01 pm Poet David Constantine has been been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Buckingham Palace has announced. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, chair of the Poetry Medal Committee, described Constantine as a “humane” writer and said his body of work stood comparison with any of his contemporaries. Constantine takes inspiration from the everyday, nature and our relationship with the planet, to the myt...

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Poet David Constantine has been been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Buckingham Palace has announced. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, chair of the Poetry Medal Committee, described Constantine as a “humane” writer and said his body of work stood comparison with any of his contemporaries. Constantine takes inspiration from the everyday, nature and our relationship with the planet, to the mythical world of Ancient Greece. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage chaired the Queen’s Gold Meda...

Poet David Constantine has been been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Buckingham Palace has announced. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, chair of the Poetry Medal Committee, described Constantine as a “humane” writer and said his body of work stood comparison with any of his contemporaries. Constantine takes inspiration from the everyday, nature and our relationship with the planet, to the mythical world of Ancient Greece. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage chaired the Queen’s Gold Meda...

Poet David Constantine has been been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Buckingham Palace has announced. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, chair of the Poetry Medal Committee, described Constantine as a “humane” writer and said his body of work stood comparison with any of his contemporaries. Constantine takes inspiration from the everyday, nature and our relationship with the planet, to the mythical world of Ancient Greece. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage chaired the Queen’s Gold Meda...

David Constantine David Constantine, poet, translator and novelist, has been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2020. Since 1933, the Medal has been awarded annually for excellence in poetry, to a poet from the UK or a Commonwealth Realm. Constantine was chosen by a committee chaired by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, who said: “Above all, David Constantine is a ‘humane’ poet – a word often used in connection with his work, as if in noticing and detailing the ways of the world he...