Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry

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The Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry is a prestigious British literary award established in 1933 to honor outstanding contributions to poetry in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award
poetry award
administeredBy Royal Household of the United Kingdom
associatedWith British monarchy
Commonwealth literature
awardComponents gold medal
awardedFor outstanding contributions to poetry
country United Kingdom
culturalContext British literary tradition
eligibility poets from Commonwealth countries
poets from the United Kingdom
field literature
poetry
firstAwarded 1934
firstRecipient John Masefield
foundedBy George V
frequency annual
genre poetry
hasAwardedTo both living and, in rare cases, recently deceased poets
hasLanguage English
inception 1933
locationOfCeremony Buckingham Palace
monarchAtEstablishment George V
namedAfter the monarch of the United Kingdom
notableRecipient Carol Ann Duffy
Derek Walcott
Philip Larkin
Seamus Heaney
Simon Armitage
Ted Hughes
W. H. Auden
presentedBy the reigning British monarch
relatedAward Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
scope Commonwealth
United Kingdom
selectionCriteria body of work rather than a single poem
selectionMethod recommendation by a committee of poets and critics
significance one of the most prestigious British poetry awards
status active
typeOfRecognition royal honour

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