Inspirational Quotes by Blake Morrison (English Poet, Critic)

Philip Blake Morrison (b.1950) is an English poet, novelist, and journalist, known for his memoirs and literary criticism.

Born in Skipton, North Yorkshire, Morrison studied English literature at the University of Nottingham and University College London. He was a literary editor for The Observer (1981–89) and The Independent on Sunday (1989–95) before becoming a full-time writer in 1995.

Morrison gained recognition with his memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993,) which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography and was adapted into a film starring Jim Broadbent and Colin Firth. His second memoir, Things My Mother Never Told Me (2002,) explores his mother’s Irish heritage.

Notable works include The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950s (1980,) Seamus Heaney (1982,) Dark Glasses (1984,) The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper (1987,) Pendle Witches (1996,) The Justification of Johann Gutenberg (2000,) South of the River (2007,) The Last Weekend (2010,) Shingle Street (2015,) and Two Sisters (2023.)

Since 2003, Morrison has been Professor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has contributed to The Guardian, The New Yorker, and London Review of Books.

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