Andrew Motion CBE: Poet Laureate

Appointed Poet Laureate in May 1999, Andrew was born in 1952 and read English at University College, Oxford.  Formerly Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, he is now Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.  Andrew’s work has received many prizes; his biography of Philip Larkin received the 1994 Whitbread Biography Award.

Favourite books: Andrew says ”I think I’ve done enough talking about that in the recent past for people to have a pretty clear idea!”