With 11 volumes of poetry under his arm, he received awards including the Sunday Times Young Author of the Year, one of the first Forward Prizes and a Lannan Award.His latest work, The Not Dead--a short collection of war poems written as a response to the testimonies of ex-soldiers--has won praise from critics.
The poems focus on the testimonies of veterans of the Gulf, Bosnia and Malayan wars--ex-squaddies who have seldom been heard before.
from Huddersfield Daily Examiner: Simon wins our vote for Poet Laureate
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