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.
Filmography
all 23
Movies 19
Writer 12
self 10
TV Shows 4
Self
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee (2022)
TV
Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016
Art That Made Us (2022)
TV
Writer
A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go? (2021)
Movie
Self
Winter Walks (2021)
TV
Writer
Last Words (2018)
Movie
Writer
Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster (2015)
Movie
Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death (2015)
Movie
Writer
The Raft of the Medusa (2015)
Movie
Self - Poet
Great Poets: In Their Own Words (2014)
Movie
Self
Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide (2014)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Speeches That Shook the World (2013)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Pendle Witch Child (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey (2010)
Movie
Writer
Climate of Change (2010)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Upgrade Me (2009)
Movie
Writer
BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2009)
Movie
Writer
The Not Dead (2007)
Movie
Writer
Songbirds (2007)
Movie
Writer
Out of the Blue (2006)
Movie
Writer
Feltham Sings (2003)
Movie
Writer
Pornography: The Musical (2003)
Movie
Writer
Drinking for England (1998)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Modern Times (1995)
TV
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1963-05-26 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceHuddersfield, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry, Eric Gregory Award
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