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Grace Nichols
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Grace Nichols FRSL (born 1950) is a Guyanese poet who moved to Britain in 1977, before which she worked as a teacher and journalist in Guyana. Her first collection, I is a Long-Memoried Woman (1983), won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. In December 2021, she was announced as winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
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![]() Nichols at the British Library in 2022 | |
Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
Occupation(s) | Poet, teacher, journalist |
Notable work | I is a Long-Memoried Woman (1983); Sunris (1996) |
Spouse | John Agard |
Awards | Commonwealth Poetry Prize, 1983; Guyana Poetry Prize, 1996; Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, 2021 |
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