Ted Hughes, poet, author. Recipient 1st prize Guinness Poetry awards, 1958, Somerset Maugham award, 1960, Hawthornden prize, 1961, City of Florence International Poetry Prize, 1969, Premio Internazionale Taormina, 1973, Queen's Gold medal for Poetry, 1974, The Signal Poetry award, 1983, 85, British poet laureate, since 1984, The Guardian Children's Fiction award, 1985, The Emily/Kurt Maschler award, 1985; Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960.
Background
Hughes, Ted was born on August 17, 1930. Son of William Henry and Edith (Farrar) Hughes.
Recipient 1st prize Guinness Poetry awards, 1958, Somerset Maugham award, 1960, Hawthornden prize, 1961, City of Florence International Poetry Prize, 1969, Premio Internazionale Taormina, 1973, Queen's Gold medal for Poetry, 1974, The Signal Poetry award, 1983, 85, British poet laureate, since 1984, The Guardian Children's Fiction award, 1985, The Emily/Kurt Maschler award, 1985. Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960.
Recipient 1st prize Guinness Poetry awards, 1958, Somerset Maugham award, 1960, Hawthornden prize, 1961, City of Florence International Poetry Prize, 1969, Premio Internazionale Taormina, 1973, Queen's Gold medal for Poetry, 1974, The Signal Poetry award, 1983, 85, British poet laureate, since 1984, The Guardian Children's Fiction award, 1985, The Emily/Kurt Maschler award, 1985. Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960.