LATITUDE FESTIVAL
Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th July
HENHAM PARK, SOUTHWOLD,
SUNRISE COAST, SUFFOLK
Simon Armitage
Poetry Arena
Saturday 18th July, 2009Legendary poet, author and playwright Simon Armitage will be offering extracts from his prolific volume of work. Armitage has written fifteen collections of poems earning him a wealth of awards including the Sunday Times Young Author of the Year, one of the first Forward Prizes and a Lannan Award.
His recent collection, ‘Out Of The Blue’, published in 2008 consists of poems written in response to three anniversaries. They relate to three separate conflicts, including the poem/film ‘Out Of The Blue’ told from the point of view of a worker in the North Tower on 9/11, which also won a Royal Television Society Documentary Award in 2006.
Armitage’s talents extend to writing for film, television, plays, song-writing and novels. His latest book, Gig, is published by Penguin and out now.
