Simon Armitage
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Featuring as part of our home grown season Yorkshire poet Simon Armitage has published ten volumes of poetry, his most recent collections include Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid and Seeing Stars. He has received numerous awards for his poetry including the Sunday Times Author of the Year, one of the first Forward Prizes and a Lannan Award.
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His most recent book, Seeing Stars, was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and was a Poetry Book Society Choice. He writes for radio, television and film, and is the author of four stage plays. He received an Ivor Novello Award for his song-lyrics in the Channel 4 film Feltham Sings, and was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to poetry.
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His most recent book, Seeing Stars, was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and was a Poetry Book Society Choice. He writes for radio, television and film, and is the author of four stage plays. He received an Ivor Novello Award for his song-lyrics in the Channel 4 film Feltham Sings, and was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to poetry.