Simon Armitage

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf poet
professor
writer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Leeds
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Literature
gptkbp:awards Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
The Cholmondeley Award
The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1963-05-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Huddersfield,_England
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:The_Royal_Shakespeare_Company
gptkb:The_BBC
various musicians
gptkbp:contribution poetic form
poetic performance
British_literature
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Leeds
gptkbp:genre poetry
drama
fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Simon Armitage
gptkbp:inception 1980s
gptkbp:influenced modern poetry
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ted_Hughes
gptkb:Seamus_Heaney
gptkb:Philip_Larkin
gptkbp:involved educational outreach programs
literary festivals
poetry competitions
gptkbp:knownFor contemporary poetry
poetry readings
translation_of_Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork The Shout
The Unaccompanied
Walking Home
gptkbp:occupation novelist
playwright
poet
gptkbp:residence West_Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:spouse Joan_Armitage
gptkbp:style humor
personal reflection
social commentary
lyrical quality
narrative techniques
accessible language
gptkbp:website simonarmitage.com