Christopher Reid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Christopher Reid

British poet

Date of Birth: 13-May-1949

Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China

Profession: writer, poet, author, journalist, publisher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Christopher John Reid, FRSL (born 13 May 1949) is a Hong Kong-born British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer.
In January 2010 he won the 2009 Costa Book Award for A Scattering, written as a tribute to his late wife, the actress Lucinda Gane.
Beside winning the poetry category, Reid became the first poet to take the overall Costa Book of the Year since Seamus Heaney in 1999. He had been nominated for Whitbread Awards in 1996 and in 1997 (Costa Awards under their previous name).