1937
Roger McGough, English author, poet, and playwright
Roger McGough, English author, poet, and playwright
Roger McGough, English author, poet, and playwright
Roger McGough
English poet and performer (b. 1937)
- Born
- 1937
Roger Joseph McGough is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one of the leading members of the Liverpool poets, a group of young poets influenced by Beat poetry and the popular music and culture of 1960s Liverpool. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society.
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