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Tony Harrison

Tony Harrison

1937–2025

United Kingdom

About Tony Harrison

Tony Harrison was born in Leeds in 1937 to a baker and grew up in a working-class family in the Beeston area of the city. He won a scholarship to Leeds Grammar School, where he received a classical education that introduced him to Greek and Latin but also highlighted the gap between his origins and his aspirations.

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