Person
Simon Armitage
Writing · Born 1963-05-26 · Marsden, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Known for
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Panellist
Modern Times
1995
Building Sights
Self - Presenter
Art That Made Us
Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016
Winter Walks
Self
The Pendle Witch Child
Himself - Presenter
The Raft of the Medusa
Writer
Last Words
Writer
Simon Armitage Writing Poems
Self
Filmography
- 2022Art That Made UsSelf - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016
- 2021A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?
- 2021Winter WalksSelf
- 2017Last WordsWriter
- 2017Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Panellist
- 2015Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie LancasterWriter
- 2015Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
- 2015The Raft of the MedusaWriter
- 2014Great Poets: In Their Own WordsSelf
- 2014Dylan Thomas: A Poet's GuideSelf
- 2013Speeches That Shook the WorldSelf - Presenter
- 2012Simon Armitage Writing PoemsSelf
- 2011The Pendle Witch ChildHimself - Presenter
- 2010Gods and Monsters: Homer's OdysseyHost
- 2010The Making of King Arthur
- 2010Climate of ChangeWriter
- 2009BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- 2007The Not DeadWriter
- 2007SongbirdsWriter
- 2006Out of the BlueWriter
- 2003Celebrity Mastermind
- 2003Feltham SingsWriter
- 1998Drinking for EnglandWriter
- 1995Modern Times
- 1988Building SightsSelf - Presenter
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