Andrew Motion
Novelist, Noble person
1952 –
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Who is Andrew Motion?
Sir Andrew Motion, FRSL is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 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, Sir Andrew became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, taking over from Bill Bryson.
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- Born
- Oct 26, 1952
London - Parents
- Spouses
- Joanna Powell
( - 1983) - Jan Dalley
(1985 - 2009)
- Joanna Powell
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University College, Oxford
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on July 23, 2013
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