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Andrew Motion

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Birth date26 October 1952(age 57)
Place of birthLondon, England
OccupationPoet

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Sir Andrew Motion, FRSL, (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist and biographer, who was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009.


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DORCHESTER: Hardy festival returns to town - View Online Tweet this news
View Online--The conference will be opened in style on the Saturday night, with former poet laureate -Andrew Motion- reading from his latest collection of poems, ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:39:00 GMT+00:00
Buses are fare way to celebrate city poet - Yorkshire Post Tweet this news
Yorkshire Post--It's a real honour to have Sir -Andrew Motion- launch this partnership through naming the Philip Larkin bus, and we are grateful to him, and to the Humber ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:33:59 GMT+00:00
Wordsmith opens new Brent hospital courtyard - Harrow Times Tweet this news
Harrow Times--Sir -Andrew Motion- helped to officially open the courtyard at Central Middlesex Hospital which has been artistically inspired by the inner workings of the ... - Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:37:55 GMT+00:00
North Devon Festival Wraps Up With Former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion - Bideford People Tweet this news
Bideford People--The final event at the Queen's Theatre in Barnstaple is a performance by Sinfonia Classica who are joined by former poet laureate -Andrew Motion-. ... - Date : Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:45:42 GMT+00:00
Andrew Motion attacks 'catastrophic' plan for volunteers to run libraries - The Guardian Tweet this news
The Guardian---Andrew Motion-, the former poet laureate, has dismissed suggestions from consultancy KPMG that libraries are "not very much used" and should be run by ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:10:08 GMT+00:00
Andrew Motion -- A History of the World -- Radio 4 - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--http://bit.ly/ahotw-andrewmotion Former Poet Laureate -Andrew Motion- talks about his contribution (a Hindu Wood carving) to A History of the World with Ed ... - Date : Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:49:38 GMT+00:00
Moving sentiments for a creative sector - Mortgage Strategy Tweet this news
Mortgage Strategy--Erstwhile poet laureate -Andrew Motion- has written an ode to moving house for the June edition of Completely London, the magazine of estate agent Kinleigh ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:12:46 GMT+00:00
Best trailers from E3 day three: Mickey, MotorStorm and more - Ars Technica Tweet this news
Ars Technica--Another day of E3 down, another deluge of game trailers to get excited about. ... - Date : Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:15:51 GMT+00:00
Ballard archive saved for nation - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--MLA chair Sir -Andrew Motion- said: "The preservation of our literary heritage is a matter of vital importance - and it's tremendously good to know that the ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:25:13 GMT+00:00
Mayor calls for overhaul of visas to stop harm to capital's culture - This is London Tweet this news
This is London--Today Mr Johnson followed figures including former Poet Laureate -Andrew Motion- and sculptor Antony Gormley in demanding a review of its impact. ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:19:40 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
Ted Hughes
British Poet Laureate
1999-2009
Succeeded by
Carol Ann Duffy



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