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Known for his deadpan delivery, Armitage’s formally assured, often darkly comic poetry is influenced by the work of Ted Hughes, W.H. Auden, and Philip Larkin. As a reviewer for the PoetryArchive.org observed, “With his acute eye for modern life, Armitage is an updated version of Wordsworth’s ‘man talking to men.’” He has published two Arthurian translations in verse. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Death of King Arthur (Armitage). He hosted the BBC Documentary on the history of Gawain and the Green Knight.

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  • Simon Armitage
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  • Known for his deadpan delivery, Armitage’s formally assured, often darkly comic poetry is influenced by the work of Ted Hughes, W.H. Auden, and Philip Larkin. As a reviewer for the PoetryArchive.org observed, “With his acute eye for modern life, Armitage is an updated version of Wordsworth’s ‘man talking to men.’” He has published two Arthurian translations in verse. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Death of King Arthur (Armitage). He hosted the BBC Documentary on the history of Gawain and the Green Knight.
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  • Known for his deadpan delivery, Armitage’s formally assured, often darkly comic poetry is influenced by the work of Ted Hughes, W.H. Auden, and Philip Larkin. As a reviewer for the PoetryArchive.org observed, “With his acute eye for modern life, Armitage is an updated version of Wordsworth’s ‘man talking to men.’” He has published two Arthurian translations in verse. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Death of King Arthur (Armitage). He hosted the BBC Documentary on the history of Gawain and the Green Knight.
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