About John Agard
John Agard FRSL is a Guyanese-born British playwright, poet and children's writer. In 2012, he was selected for the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. He was awarded BookTrust's Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2021.
Notable works:
My Name Is Book
Awards:
Casa de las Américas Prize|Nestlé Children's Book Prize|King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry|Cholmondeley Award|Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature|Paul Hamlyn Award
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