Simon Armitage

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Simon Armitage is a contemporary English poet, playwright, and novelist renowned for his accessible, often wry explorations of everyday life and modern society.

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Simon Armitage canonical 9

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instanceOf broadcaster
human
novelist
playwright
poet
translator
awardReceived CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Forward Prize for Best First Collection
Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1963-05-26
educatedAt University of Manchester
University of Portsmouth
employer University of Leeds
University of Sheffield
familyName Armitage
fieldOfWork contemporary poetry
drama
fiction
genre drama
novel
poetry
givenName Simon
language English
name Simon Armitage
nationality English
notableWork Book of Matches
CloudCuckooLand
Kid
Paper Aeroplane: Selected Poems 1989–2014
Seeing Stars
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (translation)
The Dead Sea Poems
The Odyssey (translation)
linked to: The Odyssey

The Shout
Zoom!
occupation broadcaster
novelist
playwright
poet
professor
translator
placeOfBirth Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
linked to: Huddersfield
positionHeld Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
residence Marsden, West Yorkshire, England
spouse Sue Roberts
startTime 2019-05-10
writingStyle accessible
wry
writingTheme everyday life
modern society

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