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The former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes is to be recognised with a permanent memorial in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, alongside fellow Faber author T S Eliot.
The BBC reports that Hughes, who died in 1998, was accepted for the honour by the Dean of Westminster, Dr John Hall, who said it was "right" he should be remembered in this way. Fellow poet Seamus Heaney had spearheaded the campaign for Hughes to be remembered in Poets' Corner.
Hall said: "Deciding within a few years of people's death that they will be remembered in hundreds of years' time is of course impossible. And yet, it is sometimes right to make such a decision, as Deans have done over the centuries.
"By no means every poet laureate has been commemorated in Poets' Corner. But the overwhelming weight of advice I have received suggests that this is the right decision."
Hughes's widow, Carol Hughes, said: "I am thrilled that something of his colossal presence will haunt the aisles of Westminster Abbey.
"Once the memorial is in place, I hope that those already familiar with Ted's work will see it as a fitting tribute, and those visitors who come across it unexpectedly might be inspired to discover his work for themselves."