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Total number of records: 437

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Books and printed items251
Archives186

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Brotherton Collection437
English Literature74
Leeds Poetry1

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SubjectCount
english poetry38
september 11 terrorist attacks, 200110
literature9
arts6
american literature5
poetry, modern5
terrorism5
poetry4
spanish poetry4
english literature3

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New York (N.Y.)3
Yorkshire (England)3
Great Britain1
Italy1
United States1

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Poetry Society18
Poetry Book Society13
Armitage, Simon (1963-)9
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)7
University of Manchester. Department of English7
Cleary, Brendan4
The Echo Room4
W.W. Norton & Company4
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)4
Jarniewicz, Jerzy (1958-)3

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From 1900150
From 200083

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Up to 1999109
Up to latest124

Archive Collection

Simon Armitage Archive

Armitage, Simon (1963-)

c.1984-2015

The Simon Armitage Archive covers Armitage’s work as a poet and writer from 1984 to 2015. This comprehensive archive documents all aspects of Armitage's career as a poet, writer, dramatist, libret...

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Published work

c.1986-2006

This section of the Simon Armitage Archive comprises of papers relating to published works by Armitage, including poetry collections, prose and drama. The arrangement is chronological by publication.

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Personalia

1984-2002

This series comprises personal items relating to Simon Armitage, including examples of student work, CVs, photographs, etc.; and miscellaneous items collected by Armitage for personal interest.

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Digital Material

c. 2004 - 2014

A substantial collection of born digital records documenting Simon Armitage's creative and working processes. Material is arranged by medium (with photographs and video kept separately from text files...

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Correspondence

1986-2006

This series comprises letters sent to Simon Armitage and is currently closed.

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Notebooks

.1992-2004

This section of the Simon Armitage Archive comprises notebooks containing ms drafts of poetry, prose and drama by Simon Armitage. The notebooks generally contain drafts relating to more than one work.

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Early and uncollected poems

c.1984-1992

Manuscript and typescript drafts and copies of early poems by Simon Armitage, and poems not published in his poetry collections. In some cases, the poems may have been published in periodicals.

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Radio, television, drama and commissions

1992-2006

This section of the Simon Armitage Archive comprises papers relating to Armitage’s work for radio, television and theatre, and other commissions.

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Lectures, articles and reviews

c.1992-2004

Papers relating chiefly to prose writing by Simon Armitage, including articles and essays, reviews, short stories and lectures and talks, and comprising of ms and typescript drafts and clean copies. I...

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Schools, Universities, Courses and Readings

15 May 1989 – 5 January 2006

Papers relating to Simon Armitage’s work with schools, colleges and universities, and related interest groups; his work as a tutor of creative writing; and his participation in poetry readings and f...

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Press cuttings and publicity

1986-2007

This series comprises copies of magazines and periodicals in which poems and articles by Simon Armitage, and articles about Simon Armitage, were published; and related papers including proofs, press c...

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Zoom!

c.1987-1990

The poems include re-workings of a number of poems previously published in The Distance Between Stars (Sheffield: Wide Skirt Press, 1987). The collection won an Eric Gregory Award.

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