Identity area
Reference code
MH/8/4
Title
Poem "The Patella Hammer"
Date(s)
- c.1930s - 2011 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
13 documents, 1 item
Context area
Name of creator
(1942 -)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Published by "The Guardian" 7 May 2011; "The Hippocrates Anthology" 2011; "British Journal of Psychiatry" October 2012; Five Seasons Press 2014. Accepted by "The Poetry of Medicine". Awarded first prize of £5,000 by The Hippocrates Prize 2011
Annotated drafts including final draft. Includes photocopy of the cheque awarded by The Hippocrates Prize; printed email from Donald Singer regarding the prize; photocopied poem published in "The Guardian"
Includes the patella hammer that inspired the poem, owned by Michael Henry's father