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The British Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom, currently on the advice of the prime minister. The role does not entail any specific duties, but there is an expectation that the holder will write verse for significant national occasions.
- Poet laureate
A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet...
- United States Poet Laureate
During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the...
- Poet laureate
Simon Robert Armitage CBE, FRSL (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds. He has published over 20 collections of poetry, starting with Zoom! in 1989.
- Poet, playwright, novelist, singer
Cecil Day-Lewis CBE (or Day Lewis; 27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake , most of which feature the fictional detective Nigel Strangeways .
- British, Irish
- St Michael's Church, Stinsford, Dorset, England
Until 1999 the position was a lifetime appointment; Andrew Motion was the first laureate to serve a fixed 10-year term. This list orders the laureates chronologically, from the first to the most recent. (See also list of poets laureate of the United States.)
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Hester Jane Homan-Mulock. Occupation. Poet, novelist, dramatist. Alfred Austin DL (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controversy or refused the honour.
