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The '''Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry''' is awarded for a book of verse published by someone in any of the [[Commonwealth realm]]s. Originally the award was open only to British subjects living in the [[United Kingdom]], but in 1985 the scope was extended to include people from the rest of the Commonwealth realms. Recommendations to the Queen for the award of the Medal are made by a committee of eminent scholars and authors chaired by the [[Poet Laureate]]. In recent times, the award has been announced on the (traditional date of the) birthday of [[William Shakespeare]], 23 April. But [[Don Paterson]] was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry alongside the 2010 New Year Honours.<ref>{{cite web|author=Post |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/poetry/article6972944.ece |title=The Times &#124; UK News, World News and Opinion |publisher=Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk |date=2012-03-13 |accessdate=2012-07-21}}</ref>
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The '''King's Gold Medal for Poetry''' (known as '''Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry''' when the monarch is female)<ref name="KGM-2023">{{cite web|url= https://www.royal.uk/poetry23|title=The King's Gold Medal for Poetry 2023|work=The Royal Family|date=25 January 2024|accessdate=26 January 2024}}</ref> is awarded for a book of verse published by someone in any of the [[Commonwealth realm]]s. Originally the award was open only to British subjects living in the [[United Kingdom]], but in 1985 the scope was extended to include people from the rest of the Commonwealth realms. Recommendations to the King for the award of the Medal are made by a committee of eminent scholars and authors chaired by the [[Poet Laureate]]. In recent times, the award has been announced on the (traditional date of the) birthday of [[William Shakespeare]], 23 April. However, [[Don Paterson]] was awarded the medal alongside the [[2010 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/poetry/article6972944.ece |title=The Times |publisher=The Times & The Sunday Times |date=13 March 2012 |access-date=21 July 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


The Gold Medal for Poetry was instituted by [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] in 1933 at the suggestion of the [[Court of St. James's|British royal court's]] [[Poet Laureate]], [[John Masefield]].
The Gold Medal for Poetry was instituted by [[King George V]] in 1933 at the suggestion of the [[Court of St James's|British royal court]]'s [[poet laureate]], [[John Masefield]].


The obverse of the medal bears the crowned effigy of The Queen. The idea of the reverse, which was designed by the late [[Edmund Dulac]], is: "Truth emerging from her well and holding in her right hand the divine flame of inspiration - Beauty is truth and Truth Beauty". The latter part of this description is a quotation from [[John Keats|John Keats's]] poem, 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'.
The obverse of the medal bears the effigy of the King. The idea of the reverse, which was designed by [[Edmund Dulac]], is: "Truth emerging from her well and holding in her right hand the divine flame of inspiration - Beauty is truth and Truth Beauty". The latter part of this description recalls "Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty", from [[John Keats|John Keats's]] poem "[[Ode on a Grecian Urn]]".


==Recipients==
==Recipients==
''Source'':<ref name="KGM-2023"/>
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*[[2014 in poetry|2014]]: [[Imtiaz Dharker]]
*[[2013 in poetry|2013]]: [[Douglas Dunn]]
* [[2023 in poetry|2023]]: [[Mimi Khalvati]]
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* [[2022 in poetry|2022]]: [[Selima Hill]]
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*[[2012 in poetry|2012]]: [[John Agard]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20799970 BBC News - Poet John Agard is selected for Queen's poetry medal]</ref>
*[[2011 in poetry|2011]]: [[Jo Shapcott]]<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/23/jo-shapcott-queen-gold-medal-poetry Jo Shapcott wins Queen's gold medal for poetry]</ref>
* [[2021 in poetry|2021]]: [[Grace Nichols]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-10|title=Grace Nichols' 'pioneering voice' wins her Queen's gold medal for poetry|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/10/grace-nichols-pioneering-voice-wins-her-queens-gold-medal-for-poetry |first1=Lucy |last1=Knight |access-date=2021-12-10|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
* [[2020 in poetry|2020]]: [[David Constantine]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/18/david-constantine-wins-queens-gold-medal-for-poetry|title=David Constantine wins Queen's gold medal for poetry|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Alison|last=Flood|date=18 December 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605201830/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/18/david-constantine-wins-queens-gold-medal-for-poetry |archive-date= Jun 5, 2023 }}</ref>
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*[[2010 in poetry|2010]]: [[Gillian Clarke]]
*[[2009 in poetry|2009]]: [[Don Paterson]]
* [[2019 in poetry|2019]]: [[Lorna Goodison]]
*[[2007 in poetry|2007]]: [[James Fenton]]
* [[2018 in poetry|2018]]: [[Simon Armitage]]
*[[2006 in poetry|2006]]: [[Fleur Adcock]]
* [[2017 in poetry|2017]]: [[Paul Muldoon]]
*[[2004 in poetry|2004]]: [[Hugo Williams]]
* [[2016 in poetry|2016]]: [[Gillian Allnutt]]
*[[2003 in poetry|2003]]: [[U. A. Fanthorpe]]
* [[2015 in poetry|2015]]: [[Liz Lochhead]]
*[[2002 in poetry|2002]]: [[Peter Porter (poet)|Peter Porter]]
* [[2014 in poetry|2014]]: [[Imtiaz Dharker]]
*[[2001 in poetry|2001]]: [[Michael Longley]]
* [[2013 in poetry|2013]]: [[Douglas Dunn]]
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* [[2012 in poetry|2012]]: [[John Agard]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20799970|website=BBC News|title=Poet John Agard is selected for Queen's poetry medal|date=20 December 2012}}</ref>
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*[[2000 in poetry|2000]]: [[Edwin Morgan (poet)|Edwin Morgan]]
* [[2011 in poetry|2011]]: [[Jo Shapcott]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/dec/23/jo-shapcott-queen-gold-medal-poetry|title=Jo Shapcott wins Queen's gold medal for poetry|first=Alison|last=Flood|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 December 2011}}</ref>
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*[[1998 in poetry|1998]]: [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]]
*[[1996 in poetry|1996]]: [[Peter Redgrove]]
* [[2010 in poetry|2010]]: [[Gillian Clarke]]
*[[1992 in poetry|1992]]: [[Kathleen Raine]]
* [[2009 in poetry|2009]]: [[Don Paterson]]
*[[1991 in poetry|1991]]: [[Judith Wright]]
* [[2007 in poetry|2007]]: [[James Fenton]]
*[[1990 in poetry|1990]]: [[Sorley Maclean]]
* [[2006 in poetry|2006]]: [[Fleur Adcock]]
*[[1989 in poetry|1989]]: [[Allen Curnow]]
* [[2004 in poetry|2004]]: [[Hugo Williams]]
*[[1988 in poetry|1988]]: [[Derek Walcott]]
* [[2003 in poetry|2003]]: [[U. A. Fanthorpe]]
*[[1986 in poetry|1986]]: [[Norman MacCaig]]
* [[2002 in poetry|2002]]: [[Peter Porter (poet)|Peter Porter]]
*[[1981 in poetry|1981]]: [[D. J. Enright]]
* [[2001 in poetry|2001]]: [[Michael Longley]]
*[[1977 in poetry|1977]]: [[Norman Nicholson]]
* [[2000 in poetry|2000]]: [[Edwin Morgan (poet)|Edwin Morgan]]
*[[1974 in poetry|1974]]: [[Ted Hughes]]
* [[1998 in poetry|1998]]: [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]]
*[[1973 in poetry|1973]]: [[John Heath-Stubbs]]
* [[1996 in poetry|1996]]: [[Peter Redgrove]]
*[[1971 in poetry|1971]]: [[Stephen Spender]]
* [[1992 in poetry|1992]]: [[Kathleen Raine]]
*[[1970 in poetry|1970]]: [[Roy Fuller]]
* [[1991 in poetry|1991]]: [[Judith Wright]]
*[[1969 in poetry|1969]]: [[Stevie Smith]]
* [[1990 in poetry|1990]]: [[Sorley MacLean]]
*[[1968 in poetry|1968]]: [[Robert Graves]]
* [[1989 in poetry|1989]]: [[Allen Curnow]]
*[[1967 in poetry|1967]]: [[Charles Causley]]
* [[1988 in poetry|1988]]: [[Derek Walcott]]
*[[1965 in poetry|1965]]: [[Philip Larkin]]
* [[1986 in poetry|1986]]: [[Norman MacCaig]]
*[[1964 in poetry|1964]]: [[R. S. Thomas]]
* [[1981 in poetry|1981]]: [[D. J. Enright]]
*[[1963 in poetry|1963]]: [[William Plomer]]
* [[1977 in poetry|1977]]: [[Norman Nicholson]]
*[[1962 in poetry|1962]]: [[Christopher Fry]]
* [[1974 in poetry|1974]]: [[Ted Hughes]]
*[[1960 in poetry|1960]]: [[John Betjeman]]
* [[1973 in poetry|1973]]: [[John Heath-Stubbs]]
*[[1959 in poetry|1959]]: [[Frances Cornford]]
* [[1971 in poetry|1971]]: [[Stephen Spender]]
*[[1957 in poetry|1957]]: [[Siegfried Sassoon]]
* [[1970 in poetry|1970]]: [[Roy Fuller]]
*[[1956 in poetry|1956]]: [[Edmund Blunden]]
* [[1969 in poetry|1969]]: [[Stevie Smith]]
*[[1955 in poetry|1955]]: [[Ruth Pitter]]
* [[1968 in poetry|1968]]: [[Robert Graves]]
*[[1954 in poetry|1954]]: [[Ralph Hodgson]]
* [[1967 in poetry|1967]]: [[Charles Causley]]
*[[1953 in poetry|1953]]: [[Arthur Waley]]
* [[1965 in poetry|1965]]: [[Philip Larkin]]
*[[1952 in poetry|1952]]: [[Andrew Young (poet)|Andrew Young]]
* [[1964 in poetry|1964]]: [[R. S. Thomas]]
*[[1940 in poetry|1940]]: [[Michael Thwaites]]
* [[1963 in poetry|1963]]: [[William Plomer]]
*[[1937 in poetry|1937]]: [[W. H. Auden]]
* [[1962 in poetry|1962]]: [[Christopher Fry]]
*[[1934 in poetry|1934]]: [[Laurence Whistler]]
* [[1960 in poetry|1960]]: [[John Betjeman]]
* [[1959 in poetry|1959]]: [[Frances Cornford]]
* [[1957 in poetry|1957]]: [[Siegfried Sassoon]]
* [[1956 in poetry|1956]]: [[Edmund Blunden]]
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* [[1955 in poetry|1955]]: [[Ruth Pitter]]
* [[1954 in poetry|1954]]: [[Ralph Hodgson]]
* [[1953 in poetry|1953]]: [[Arthur Waley]]
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* [[1952 in poetry|1952]]: [[Andrew Young (poet, born 1885)|Andrew Young]]
* [[1940 in poetry|1940]]: [[Michael Thwaites]]
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* [[1937 in poetry|1937]]: [[W. H. Auden]]
* [[1934 in poetry|1934]]: [[Laurence Whistler]]


==See also==
==See also==
* [[English poetry]]
* [[English poetry]]
* [[List of Australian literary awards]]
* [[List of British literary awards]]
* [[List of British literary awards]]
* [[List of Canadian awards]]
* [[List of Canadian awards]]
* [[List of New Zealand literary awards]]
* [[List of poetry awards]]
* [[List of poetry awards]]
* [[List of years in literature]]
* [[List of years in literature]]
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==References==
==References==
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King's Gold Medal for Poetry
TypeGold Medal
Awarded forMeritorious achievement in poetry
Presented by United Kingdom
Established1933
Total recipients53

The King's Gold Medal for Poetry (known as Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry when the monarch is female)[1] is awarded for a book of verse published by someone in any of the Commonwealth realms. Originally the award was open only to British subjects living in the United Kingdom, but in 1985 the scope was extended to include people from the rest of the Commonwealth realms. Recommendations to the King for the award of the Medal are made by a committee of eminent scholars and authors chaired by the Poet Laureate. In recent times, the award has been announced on the (traditional date of the) birthday of William Shakespeare, 23 April. However, Don Paterson was awarded the medal alongside the 2010 New Year Honours.[2]

The Gold Medal for Poetry was instituted by King George V in 1933 at the suggestion of the British royal court's poet laureate, John Masefield.

The obverse of the medal bears the effigy of the King. The idea of the reverse, which was designed by Edmund Dulac, is: "Truth emerging from her well and holding in her right hand the divine flame of inspiration - Beauty is truth and Truth Beauty". The latter part of this description recalls "Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty", from John Keats's poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn".

Recipients

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Source:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The King's Gold Medal for Poetry 2023". The Royal Family. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ "The Times". The Times & The Sunday Times. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ Knight, Lucy (10 December 2021). "Grace Nichols' 'pioneering voice' wins her Queen's gold medal for poetry". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. ^ Flood, Alison (18 December 2020). "David Constantine wins Queen's gold medal for poetry". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Poet John Agard is selected for Queen's poetry medal". BBC News. 20 December 2012.
  6. ^ Flood, Alison (23 December 2011). "Jo Shapcott wins Queen's gold medal for poetry". The Guardian.
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