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Simon Armitage

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

Great Poets: In Their Own Words
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
The Pendle Witch Child
The Pendle Witch Child
BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Speeches That Shook the World
Speeches That Shook the World
The Making of King Arthur
The Making of King Arthur

Filmography

2022 Art That Made Us
as Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016
2021 A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?
as
2021 Winter Walks
as Self
2017 Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Panellist
2015 Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
as
2014 Great Poets: In Their Own Words
as Self
2014 Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide
as Self
2013 Speeches That Shook the World
as Self - Presenter
2012 Simon Armitage Writing Poems
as Self
2011 The Pendle Witch Child
as Himself - Presenter
2010 Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
as Host
2010 The Making of King Arthur
as
2009 BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as
1988 Building Sights
as Self - Presenter