![]() The Pinter Poem will be chosen on behalf of the Longford Trust each year from those published in Inside Time over the previous 12 months. It was read (right) by one of our most distinguished actors, Ralph Fiennes. The winner of the 2020 Pinter Poem award – chosen from those submitted throughout the year to Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners – was “An odour was all it took” by Joe Gynane at HMP Whitemoor. The 2022 Pinter Poem – “The Prison Bus” by Gavin Grimshaw from HMP Buckley Hall – was read as part of the 2022 Longford Lecture by the actor, Jack Rolf, a former Longford Scholar. In this way, we often read from the poems printed in Inside Time. This lead to discussions about poetry, prisoners and what part writing poems might play in their lives.” “As an actor, Harold particularly enjoyed reading poetry aloud. In his memory, and as Frank Longford’s daughter, she has established the Pinter Poem Award. “Poetry was central to the life of Harold Pinter and thus became central to our life together,” writes Antonia Fraser, widow of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright and poet (the couple are pictured above, on their wedding day). ![]() ![]() ![]() The Pinter Poem – an award for poets in prison ![]()
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