Simon Armitage
WritingBorn May 26, 1963 in Marsden, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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
Modern Times
9.01995TV Show
Celebrity Mastermind
6.02003TV Show
Richard Osman's House of Games
6.12017TV Show
Art That Made Us
5.52022TV Show
Building Sights
—1988TV Show
Last Words
—2017Movie
Winter Walks
7.32021TV Show
The Raft of the Medusa
6.32015Movie
Out of the Blue
—2006Movie
Simon Armitage Writing Poems
—2012Movie
Speeches That Shook the World
—2013Movie
The Pendle Witch Child
7.62011Movie
Filmography
Acting
- 2022Art That Made Usas Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016
- 2021A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?
- 2021Winter Walksas Self
- 2017Richard Osman's House of Gamesas Self - Panellist
- 2015Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
- 2014Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guideas Self
- 2014Great Poets: In Their Own Wordsas Self