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Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage is the award-winning poet and translator of both Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Death of King Arthur, as well as several works of poetry, prose, and drama. He is the Oxford Professor of Poetry.
Awards
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2008
Books by Simon Armitage
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A New Verse Translation, Hardcover, 2007
A spellbinding poetic translation of this six hundred year-old Arthurian story of beheading, romance, and the supernatural.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A New Verse Translation, Paperback, 2009
"Compulsively readable. ... Simon Armitage has given us an energetic, free-flowing, high-spirited version."—Edward Hirsch, New York Times Book Review
The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic
Paperback, 2011
"Armitage has given an ageless story new vigor, and has done it with style, wit and elegance."—Literary Review
Walking Home: A Poet's Journey
Hardcover, 2013
Nineteen days, 256 miles, and one renowned poet walking the backbone of England.
The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation
Paperback, 2012
“A new standard in the enterprise of bringing the past back into poetry.”—Tom Shippey, Wall Street Journal
Walking Home: A Poet's Journey
Paperback, 2014
Shortlisted for the Portico Prize for NonfictionNineteen days, 256 miles, and one renowned poet walking the backbone of England.
The Story of the Iliad: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer’s Epic and the Last Days of Troy
Paperback, 2015
Award-winning poet Simon Armitage dramatizes the story of Troy, animating this classic epic for a new generation of readers.