Simon Armitage Quotes


Occasionally it's been a long and bumpy road - one I'm still travelling - but I've always felt like my home town has been solidly behind me and I'm both grateful and proud.


Citations

Armitage, Simon. Walking Home: A Poet's Journey. Faber and Faber, 2012.

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Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage
  • Born: May 26, 1963
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Poet

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.