Simon Armitage
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British poet, playwright, and novelist (born 1963)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1963
- Works
- 56
Top works
- Ish ḳaṭan yaroḳ
- The anaesthetist
- Eclipse
- Resistance
- The white stuff
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- Listeners
- 3,055
- Total plays
- 9,957
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Simon Armitage (born in Huddersfield on May 26, 1963) is a British poet, playwright, and novelist. Academic history Armitage first studied at Colne Valley High School, Linthwaite, Huddersfield. He then went on to study geography at the University of Portsmouth, before lecturing on creative writing at both the University of Leeds and at the University of Iowa's writers' workshop. He is currently a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Simon+Arm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simon
- Family name
- Armitage
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Huddersfield
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- Victoria University of Manchester
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.simonarmitage.com
- Image
- Simon Armitage in 2009.jpg
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- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- date of birth
- 1963-05-26
- Commons category
- Simon Armitage
- floruit
- 2010-01-01
- writing language
- English language
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