Talk:Simon Armitage

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didn't he study at Portsmouth uni?

[edit] Dates

I'm sure the eclypse in cornwall was '98 (I was there!) bu at the btoom it says that he wrote eclypse in '97. Can anyone confirm which is correct? Or even if he wrote it beofre the eclpse actually happened? Larklight 16:59, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

In an interview Armitage did with Jim Mulligan, he says he chose the location as 1999, 'when we WOULD witness the last total elclipse...', implying it was before, but i need to find a source for this yet Dragon of Xi Liang 09:12, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Apparently it was published as part of 'Cloudcukooland' which was done in '97, and was th final piece in it. Biography and works of famous authors. He's the last 1. Dragon of Xi Liang 09:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More information?

There is very little about Armitage himself. Can anyone add to it. Work hard, Play hard, Drink harder 14:17, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

His profile in Poets.org states that he was born in the village of Marsden not Huddersfield. Please confirm whether the birth location is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.38.182 (talk) 03:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)