Description
A sumptuous hardback edition containing three commemorative poems written by our Poet Laureate.
About the Author
Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. A
recipient of numerous prizes and awards, his poetry collections include Seeing Stars (2010), The
Unaccompanied (2017), Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic (2019), Magnetic Field (2020) and his
acclaimed translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2007). He writes extensively for television
and radio, and is the author of two novels and the non-fiction bestsellers All Points North (1998),
Walking Home (2012) and Walking Away (2015). His theatre works include The Last Days of Troy,
performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2014. A Vertical Art (2021) brought together his vibrant and
engaging lectures from his tenure as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford, and, in 2018, he
was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Simon Armitage is Poet Laureate.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571381753
Author Simon Armitage
Format Hardback
Page Count 40
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 145g
Dimensions(mm) 206mm * 135mm * 8mm
