Tony Harrison

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Tony Harrison is an English poet and playwright renowned for his politically charged verse and innovative use of vernacular language.

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Tony Harrison canonical 3
Tony Harrison (poet) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
birthDate 1937-04-30 ⓘ
birthPlace England ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt Leeds Grammar School ⓘ
University of Leeds ⓘ
employer National Theatre ⓘ
Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
familyName Harrison ⓘ
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
translation ⓘ
genre dramatic poetry ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ
givenName Tony ⓘ
hasAward European Poetry Translation Prize ⓘ
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize ⓘ
Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
Whitbread Poetry Award ⓘ
hasWrittenForm film poems ⓘ
long poem ⓘ
sonnet sequences ⓘ
verse plays ⓘ
influencedBy Greek tragedy ⓘ
classical literature ⓘ
working-class Leeds culture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement contemporary British poetry ⓘ
name Tony Harrison ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork Continuous ⓘ
Phaedra Britannica ⓘ
The Gaze of the Gorgon ⓘ
The Loiners ⓘ
The School of Eloquence ⓘ
The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus ⓘ
V. ⓘ
occupation playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
residence Leeds ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
subjectOf controversy over the television broadcast of the poem "V." ⓘ
writingStyle politically charged verse ⓘ
use of dialect ⓘ
use of vernacular language ⓘ

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