John Agard
| birth_place = Grantham, British Guiana | language = Patois | nationality = British | education = St Alban's Academy | period = 20th century | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Grace Nichols | awards = Paul Hamlyn Award for Poetry (1997); Cholmondeley Award (2004); Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (2012) | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = | imagesize = }}John Agard FRSL (born 21 June 1949) is a Guyanese playwright, poet and children's writer, now living in Britain. In 2012, he was selected for the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. He was awarded BookTrust's Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2021. Provided by Wikipedia
