Simon Armitage

British poet, playwright, and novelist · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1963 · age 63

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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2017PEN Award for Poetry in TranslationAward2013Cholmondeley AwardAward2011Honorary DoctorateAward2010Keats-Shelley Prize for PoetryAward2004Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1988Eric Gregory AwardAward1963Born26 May 1963