Andrew Motion
Sir Andrew Motion is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009. During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work. In 2012, he became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, taking over from Bill Bryson.
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- Born in
- London
- Educated at
- University College, OxfordRadley College
- Awards
- 🏆 Somerset Maugham Award🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 Cholmondeley Award🏆 Eric Gregory Award🏆 honorary doctorate
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1952
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