April 23rd, 2010
One of Britain’s most distinguished poets, Peter Porter, died on April 23, 2010 at the age of 81. From when he started publishing in the 1960s, he produced 17 collections of poetry, four collaborations with the Australian painter Arthur Boyd and a number of lyrics for contemporary composers. He won the Whitbread prize for poetry in 1988, and in 2002 the Queen’s Gold Medal for poetry and the Forward Poetry Prize.
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