Gillian Clarke, the national poet of Wales, won the Queen's gold
medal for poetry--one of Britain's most prestigious awards. Clarke was
honored for her body of work as well as her recent collection, both
Clarke's latest collection, A Recipe for Water, the Guardian reported.
"Gillian
Clarke has been such an important figure in our country's literary
landscape, and her new work is so fresh, so relevant, that it's lovely
to see her writing at the height of her powers," said British poet
laureate Carol Ann Duffy. "