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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.
Awards & recognition
- PEN Award — Poetry in Translation · 2017
- Cholmondeley Award · 2013
- honorary doctorate · 2011
- Keats-Shelley Prize — Poetry · 2010
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2004
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- Eric Gregory Award · 1988
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
