Roger McGough

Roger McGough

BornRoger Joseph McGough
(1937-11-09) 9 November 1937 (age 86)
Litherland, Lancashire, England
Occupation
  • Poet
  • broadcaster
  • writer
  • children's author
  • playwright
LanguageEnglish
EducationBA French and Geography
Alma materUniversity of Hull
Literary movementLiverpool poets
Notable worksThe Mersey Sound 1967
Notable awardsOBE 1997; CBE 2004; Cholmondeley Award 1998

Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (/məˈɡɒf/; born 9 November 1937) 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.[1]

  1. ^ The Poetry Society Archived 4 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 24 July 2009