Poet Peter Porter dies, aged 81
Peter Porter, winner of the Forward prize, the Whitbread poetry award and the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry, has died at the age of 81
The poet Peter Porter has died this afternoon, aged 81, after struggling over the past year with liver cancer.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 23 April, 2010
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