If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield.

Simon Armitage CBE (born 26 May 1963) is a British poet playwright and novelist. In February 2011 he became Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield. Life and career
Simon Armitage was born in Marsden West Yorkshire.

Simon Armitage CBE (born 26 May 1963) is a British poet playwright and novelist.