Tony Harrison
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tony William Harrison, Tony W. Harrison
British poet and playwright (1937–2025)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tony Harrison is referenced by 183 other articles, and connects out to Oxford University Press, Channel 4 and Rome.
It sits within the topics 1937 births, 2025 deaths and 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1937
- Works
- 45
Top works
- המיזנטרופ
- Earthworks
- The labourers of Herakles
- The Kaisers of Carnuntum
- Poetry or bust
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1943-02-24
- Active to
- 2001-11-29
britishelectronicexperimentalfolkfolk poppop
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 119
- Total plays
- 533
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tony+Harrison">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tony
- Family name
- Harrison
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leeds
- Place of death
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Spouse
- Teresa Stratas
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- TONY HARRISON AT TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- England
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1937-04-30
- different from
- Tony Harrison
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Heritiera
- date of death
- 2025-09-26
- name in native language
- Tony Harrison
- birth name
- Tony William Harrison
- unmarried partner
- Siân Thomas
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Categories
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