Simon Armitage
Birthday
1963/05/26 (62 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Marsden, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
Simon Robert Armitage, CBE, FRSL is an English poet, playwright and novelist who was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is also professor of poetry at the University of Leeds and succeeded Geoffrey Hill as Oxford Professor of Poetry when he was elected to the four year part time appointment from 2015–2019.
Acting
(2014) Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide
as Self
(2010) Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
as Host
(2014) Great Poets: In Their Own Words
as Self
(2015) Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
as ---
(2011) The Pendle Witch Child
as Himself - Presenter
(2009) BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as ---
(2013) Speeches That Shook the World
as Self - Presenter
(2021) A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?
as ---
(2012) Simon Armitage Writing Poems
as Self
(2010) The Making of King Arthur
as ---
(2022) Art That Made Us
as Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016
(2021) Winter Walks
as Self
(1988) Building Sights
as Self - Presenter
(2017) Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Panellist