Ted Hughes Given Permanent Memorial in Westminster Abbey
March 23, 2010
The BBC reports that poet Ted Hughes will be recognized with a permanent memorial in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
His name will feature alongside some of the country's best-loved poets including T.S. Eliot, William Blake and William Wordsworth.
The former poet laureate, who died in 1998, was accepted for the honour by the Dean of Westminster, Dr John Hall.
Dr Hall said it was "right" that Hughes should be remembered for hundreds of years to come.
Ted Hughes was the British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998. You can read more about the Westminster Abbey Poet's Corner here.
