Simon Armitage

About Simon Armitage

Poet, novelist, and dramatist from the United Kingdom who is best known for The Dead Sea Poems and Book of Matches. The White Stuff and Little Green Man are two of his writing masterpieces.

Simon Robert Armitage, 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.

Occupation	Poet, playwright, novelist, lead singer of the Scaremongers
Education	Colne Valley High School
Nationality	British
Preceded by	Carol Ann Duffy
Residence	Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England
Born	Simon Robert Armitage, May 26, 1963, Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	Portsmouth Polytechnic, University of Manchester
Monarch	Elizabeth II

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Trivia

His translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was printed in the Norton Anthology's Ninth Edition.

Simon Armitage before fame

At both Portsmouth Polytechnic and Manchester University, he studied geography and psychology. Zoom!, his first collection of poems, was published in 1989.

Achievement of Simon Armitage

The Norton Anthology's Ninth Edition included his translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Simon Armitage family life

He worked as a probation officer before becoming a full-time poet, following in his father's footsteps. Emmeline is the daughter of he and his wife, radio broadcaster Sue Roberts.

Associations of Simon Armitage

Two of his poetry collections -- Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus The Corduroy Kid and The Dead Sea Poems -- were shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.

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