John Agard
John Agard FRSL 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. John Agard, Guyanese-English author, poet, and playwright
21 June 1949
Born on the same birth date (21 June 1949): Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth
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