Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage is the award-winning poet and translator of both Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Death of King Arthur, as well as several works of poetry, prose, and drama. He is the Oxford Professor of Poetry.
Awards
Books by Simon Armitage
“A new standard in the enterprise of bringing the past back into poetry.”—Tom Shippey, Wall Street JournalMore
"Armitage has given an ageless story new vigor, and has done it with style, wit and elegance."—Literary ReviewMore
Winner of the 2017 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
From the acclaimed translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a spellbinding new translation of this classic allegory of grief and consolation.
MoreA New Verse Translation
"Compulsively readable. ... Simon Armitage has given us an energetic, free-flowing, high-spirited version."—Edward Hirsch, New York Times Book ReviewMore
Award-winning poet Simon Armitage
dramatizes the story of Troy,
animating this classic epic for a new
generation of readers.More
Nineteen days, 256 miles, and one renowned poet walking the backbone of England.More