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Birthday
May 26, 1963 (62 years old)
Simon Armitage
Known For
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and...
Speeches That Shook the World
Speech-making is the art of persuasion. Well-honed rhetoric appeals not...
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
2015
Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
2014
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014
Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide
2013
Speeches That Shook the World
2012
Simon Armitage Writing Poems
2011
The Pendle Witch Child
2010
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
2010
The Making of King Arthur
2009
BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight