Andrew Motion, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Andrew Motion

poet, novelist and biographer from England

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1952

Place of Birth: London

Profession: writer, poet, biographer, university teacher, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sir Andrew Motion (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009.
During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work.
In 2012, he became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, taking over from Bill Bryson.