Born in Budapest in 1948, George Szirtes fled to England ... captures the experience of the pandemic. Szirtes's first book of poems, "The Slant Door" (1979), was joint winner of the Faber Prize.

George Szirtes has been awarded the King’s Gold ... a friend showed me a poem and suddenly a door opened where there hadn’t been a door at all. I had no expectations, no background or formal ...