[New-Poetry] Fenton wins Queen's Gold

[JforJames at aol.com]

James Fenton wins poetry prize
The Associated Press
 
LONDON -- English poet and journalist James Fenton has been awarded the  2007 
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
 
Fenton, 57, is a former professor of poetry at Oxford University whose  
volumes include "The Memory of War," "Children in Exile," "Out of Danger" and  the 
anthology "Selected Poems."
 
One of Britain's best-known poets, Fenton covered the Vietnam War as a  
foreign correspondent - a period that inspired much of his early verse - and has  
also worked as a political journalist and theater critic.
 
He will receive his medal from Queen Elizabeth II this summer, Buckingham  
Palace said Monday.
 
The monarch's gold medal was founded in 1933 by the queen's grandfather,  
King George V. The prize, which does not carry a cash award, is given to a poet  
from Britain or the Commonwealth of its former colonies. The winner - chosen 
by  a panel of "eminent men and women of letters" and approved by the monarch - 
is  traditionally announced April 23, which is believed to be the birthday of 
 William Shakespeare.
 
Previous winners include W.H. Auden, John Betjeman, Robert Graves, Stevie  
Smith, Ted Hughes and Derek Walcott.




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