进入八十年代以来,英同诗坛的重要新闻之一是五十五岁的著名诗人塔特·休斯(1930— )在去年十二月间被英国女王任命为大不列颠的桂冠诗人,以代替五月间逝世的约翰·贝杰曼(1906—1984)。这件事的意义倒不在于早就不被人们重视的这顶官方赐予的荣誉帽子,它既不代表政治权力,也不意味经济实惠,一位桂冠诗人只能领到年薪七十英镑(约合人民币二百一十元),外加奖金三十余镑,所得甚微。遇到国家大庆,他还得搜索枯肠, One of the highlights of the British poet world since the 1980s was the 55-year-old famous poet Tate Hughes (1930-), who was appointed by the Queen of England as the laurel poet of Great Britain in December last year to replace five John Bergerman (1906-1984) who died in the month. The significance of this matter lies not in the official hat that has long been not valued by the government. It does not represent political power nor does it mean economic benefits. A laureate poet can only receive an annual salary of about 70 pounds Together with 210 yuan), plus more than thirty pounds, with very little profit. Encounter the national Daqing, he had to search dry heart,