2020.05.10 西蒙-阿米蒂奇 桂冠诗人

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Released On: 10 May 2020
Simon Armitage was appointed Poet Laureate in 2019. His poems celebrate the everyday and the ordinary with wit and affection. But beyond the wood chip and washing lines he addresses the complexities and the profound feelings that underpin daily life.

Born in Huddersfield, Simon Armitage grew up in the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire. Marsden has informed and inspired much of his work and as a boy he would look out of his bedroom window at night to watch the comings and goings of village life.

He vividly remembers as a teenager discovering the work of fellow laureate Ted Hughes, recalling an almost electrical surge of excitement when he realised the power of words on a page. Hughes grew up in the next valley and Simon admits to thinking "If Ted Hughes can do it why can't I?"

He worked as a probation officer in Manchester for several years, writing poetry in the evenings and at weekends. His first collection Zoom! was published in 1989 and a few years later he left the probation service to write full time. Prolific and popular, he was named the Millennium poet and in 2015 was appointed Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Three years later he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

Today he lives not far from Marsden where, when he's not writing poems, plays and novels, he still looks out of his window and daydreams.

DISC ONE: Moonage Daydream by David Bowie
DISC TWO: The Lamb by William Blake, composed by John Tavener, conducted by Andrew Nethsingha and performed by The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
DISC THREE: You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two by Jonathan Pryce and the 1994 London Palladium Cast Of Oliver!
DISC FOUR: Icecrust and Snowflake by Ted Hughes
DISC FIVE: Atmosphere by Joy Division
DISC SIX: Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? by Soft Cell
DISC SEVEN: Holmfirth Anthem by Jon Rennard
DISC EIGHT: My Heart’s in the Highlands by Else Torpe and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent

BOOK CHOICE: The Oxford English Dictionary
LUXURY ITEM: A tennis ball
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Moonage Daydream by David Bowie



发行日期：2020年5月10日
西蒙-阿米蒂奇于2019年被任命为桂冠诗人。他的诗以诙谐和深情来赞美日常和普通的事物。但在木屑和洗衣线之外，他还探讨了支撑日常生活的复杂性和深刻的感情。

西蒙-阿米蒂奇出生在哈德斯菲尔德，在西约克郡的马斯登村长大。马斯登为他的许多作品提供了信息和灵感，作为一个男孩，他在晚上会从他的卧室窗户向外看，看村庄生活的来来往往。

他清楚地记得，十几岁时他发现了同为获奖者的泰德-休斯的作品，他回忆说，当他意识到文字在页面上的力量时，几乎是电光石火的兴奋。休斯在隔壁的山谷里长大，西蒙承认他曾想过 "如果泰德-休斯能做到，我为什么不能？"

他在曼彻斯特做了几年的缓刑监督官，在晚上和周末写诗。他的第一本诗集《Zoom！》于1989年出版，几年后，他离开缓刑服务部门，全职写作。多产且受欢迎，他被评为千年诗人，并在2015年被任命为牛津大学诗歌教授。三年后，他被授予女王诗歌金奖。

今天，他住在离马斯登不远的地方，当他不写诗、戏剧和小说的时候，他仍然看着窗外，做着白日梦。

DISC ONE: 大卫-鲍伊的《月光下的白日梦
DISC TWO: 威廉-布莱克的《羔羊》，由John Tavener作曲，Andrew Nethsingha指挥，剑桥大学圣约翰学院合唱团演出。
DISC THREE：Jonathan Pryce和1994年伦敦Palladium Cast Of Oliver！的《You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two》。
DISC 4：泰德-休斯的《冰壳和雪花》。
DISC 5：Joy Division的《Atmosphere》。
DISC Six: Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go?
第七张：乔恩-雷纳德的《霍尔姆菲斯之歌》。
第八张唱片：《我的心在高原》（Else Torpe and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent）。

书籍选择：《牛津英语词典》。
奢侈物品：一个网球
卡斯塔维的最爱：大卫-鲍伊的《月光下的白日梦》。