Poet Simon Armitage

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Simon Armitage

Living place: England

Birthday: 26-5-1963 (61 years old)

Population of the world 1963: 3.205 billions

Global rank: #32338

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Who is Poet Simon Armitage?
English poet, novelist, and playwright who is known for The Dead Sea's poems and books of matches. His prose works include The White Stuff and Little Man Green.
His translation of Sir Gawain and Norton Anthology's Green Knight in Ninth Edition.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied geography and psychology at both the Portsmouth Polytechnic and the University of Manchester. He published the premiere of his poetry collection, Zoom! , in 1989.

Family life info

Before becoming a full-time poet, he followed his father's example by working as a probation officer.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Simon Armitage?
Two of his poetry collections - Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus The Corduroy Kid and The Dead Sea Poems - have been shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize.

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When was Poet Simon Armitage born?
Simon Armitage birthday 26-5-1963 (at the age of 61).
Where is Poet Simon Armitage's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Simon Armitage was born in England. is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Simon Armitage's global rank is 32338 and whose rank is 65 in list of famous Poet. Population of the world in 1963 is about 3.205 billions persons.
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Events in 1963 and 26-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Simon Armitage

  • France and West Germany sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan. 22).
  • Pope John XXIII dies (June 3), and is succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes Paul VI.
  • British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns in the wake of an affair with Christine Keeler, a teenage showgirl who was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché (June).
  • Washington-to-Moscow "hot line" communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug. 30). Background: cold war
  • Kenya achieves independence.
  • There are 15,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
  • 32 independent African nations establish the Organization for African Unity.

Birthday Simon Armitage (26-5) in history

  • Day 26-5 year 1521: The decree of Worms banned the writings of the German theologian Martin Luther.
  • Day 26-5 year 1868: President Andrew Johnson avoided conviction for impeachment charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" by one vote.
  • Day 26-5 year 1940: Allied troops began the massive naval evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, France, during World War II.
  • Day 26-5 year 1959: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves before losing, 1–0, in the 13th.
  • Day 26-5 year 1977: George Willig, "the human fly," scaled the World Trade Center in New York City by attaching himself to the window washer mechanism and walking straight up until falling into police custody when he reached the top. It took Willig three and a half hours to make the climb, and $1.10 in fines—a penny per floor.
  • Day 26-5 year 1978: The first legal casino to be operated in the United States outside of Nevada was opened in Atlantic City.
  • Day 26-5 year 2003: Rwandans voted to approve a new constitution that instituted a balance of power between Hutu and Tutsi.
  • Day 26-5 year 2011: Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general responsible for the massacre of over 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995, is found and arrested in Lazarevo, a farming town north of Belgrade, Serbia.
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