Roger McGough
Poet, Author
1937 –
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Who is Roger McGough?
Roger McGough CBE FRSL is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one of the leading members of the Liverpool poets, a group of young poets influenced by Beat poetry and the popular music and culture of 1960s Liverpool. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society.
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- Born
- Nov 9, 1937
Litherland - Also known as
- McGough
- Roger Joseph McGough
- The Scaffold
- Profession
- Education
- St Mary's College, Sefton
- University of Hull
- Lived in
- Liverpool
- Litherland
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on July 23, 2013
Modified by RobertHaigh
on August 11, 2020
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