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’
The Guyanese poet Grace Nichols will be awarded the Queen’s gold medal for poetry for her body of work, in particular her first collection of poetry I Is a Long-Memoried Woman, her prose, and several books for younger readers.
Buckingham Palace announced on Friday that the Queen has approved the choice recommended by the Poetry Medal Committee, chaired by the poet laureate, Simon Armitage.
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