Motion, Andrew, 1952-

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Name (Hebrew)
מושן, אנדרו, 1952-
Name (Latin)
Motion, Andrew, 1952-
Date of birth
1952-10-26
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Literature
Poetry
Occupation
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 108893413
Wikidata: Q506410
Library of congress: n 78058583
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Wikipedia description:

Sir Andrew Motion (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009. During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work. In 2012, he became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, taking over from Bill Bryson.

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