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Peter Porter pictured in his flat in Paddington, after the announcement that he had been awarded the prestigious Queen's 2002 Gold Medal for Poetry. Born in Brisbane, Australia, in 1929, Mr Porter has been writing poetry since he left school. *...The Gold ...
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