Geoffrey Hill
English poet (1932-2016) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 84
Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University.
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Hill has been considered to be among the most distinguished poets of his generation and was called the "greatest living poet in the English language." From 2010 to 2015 he held the position of Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. Following his receiving the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in 2009 for his Collected Critical Writings, and the publication of Broken Hierarchies , Hill is recognised as one of the principal contributors to poetry and criticism in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Vikram SethBoth received Alice Hunt Bartlett PrizeJoy DavidmanBoth received Russell Loines Award for Poetry
Paul MuldoonBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Robert CreeleyBoth received Horst Bienek Award for Poetry
Andrew MotionBoth received Eric Gregory AwardNick LairdBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize