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Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds and from 2015 to 2019 served as the Oxford Professor of Poetry. He has published ten collections of poetry and is the author of four stage plays, over a dozen television films, a libretto, two novels, and three memoirs. His poetry has won numerous awards, including a Gregory Award, a Forward Prize, a Lannan Literary Award, and the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. In 2019 he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.
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.