MEDAL OF HONOUR

Honorary degrees and Medals of Honour are the University of Manchester’s ’s highest awards, and nom­in­a­tions come from current University stu­dents, alumni, staff and members of the Board of Governors or General Assembly. The Medal recog­nises Michael Schmidt’s sig­ni­ficant con­tri­bu­tion to pub­lishing in Manchester, which includes founding the leading inter­na­tional poetry journal, PN Review (which cel­eb­rated its 50th anniversary in 2023) and being Publisher and Editor of Carcanet, one of the great poetry presses. From its Manchester base, Carcanet has pub­lished the work of new and estab­lished UK and inter­na­tional poets, including several Nobel Prize winners.

In his cita­tion Professor John McAuliffe, poet and Director of Creative Manchester, said:
“Michael Schmidt is a true citizen of the world, a good and faithful servant to poetry, whose enthu­si­asms and whose drive and infec­tious belief in the power of books have been a glory, for more than 50 years of the University, the city of Manchester, and the global lit­erary community.”

See the full cita­tion here

Featured image: Michael Schmidt and Chair of the Board, Philippa Hird
Photo credit: Angel Garcia-Gomez