Gillian Allnutt

Gillian Allnutt (born 15 January 1949) is an English poet, author of 9 collections and recipient of several prizes including the 2016 Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

[1] Allnutt was born in London, but was educated at La Sagesse School in Newcastle upon Tyne.

She read Philosophy and English at Cambridge, and from 1983 to 1988 she was poetry editor of City Limits magazine.

In 2013/14 she taught creative writing to undergraduates on the Poetry and Poetics course in the English Department of Durham University.

The Medal is awarded for excellence in poetry, and was presented to Gillian Allnutt by The Queen in February 2017.