Simon Armitage

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British poet, playwright, and novelist (born 1963)

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Simon Robert Armitage is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds.

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Armitage in 2009

Armitage at the Hay on Wye Festival in June 2023

Armitage in 2015

Awards 7

2017PEN Award for Poetry in Translation

2013Cholmondeley Award

2011honorary doctorate

2010Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry

2004Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

1988Eric Gregory Award

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Ruth BradleyAlso in Last Words (2017)

Isla BlairAlso in Last Words (2017)

Catherine CusackAlso in The Raft of the Medusa (2015)

Amaka OkaforAlso in The Raft of the Medusa (2015)Jeremy MortimerAlso in The Raft of the Medusa (2015)

James BurtonAlso won Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry

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