to coincide with the start of the new academic year. Seamus Perry, deputy chairman of the English faculty board at Oxford University, said: "We are glad that so many people wanted to vote under the new arrangements for the election of the professor of poetry and are simply delighted that a poet of Geoffrey Hill's eminence has emerged victorious.
"Besides being a great poet, he is also a critic and lecturer of great distinction and we look forward to his lectures over the next few years as the 44th professor of poetry."
from BBC News: Geoffrey Hill named Oxford poetry professor
also The Guardian: 'A poet of great eminence': Geoffrey Hill's landslide victory restores prestige to Oxford professorship
also The Times: We're all Oxford poetry professors now
also The Independent: A new professor of poetry at Oxford, and no scandal
~~~~~~~~~~~
No comments :
Post a Comment