Editing Andrew Motion (section)

==Work==
Motion has said of himself: "My wish to write a poem is inseparable from my wish to explain something to myself." His work combines lyrical and narrative aspects in a "postmodern-romantic sensibility".<ref Name="BC"/> Motion says that he aims to write in clear language without tricks.<ref Name="BC"/>

''[[The Independent]]'' describes the stalwart poet as the "charming and tireless defender of the art form".<ref name="poetrymatters">{{cite news|first=Christina|last=Patterson|author-link=Christina Patterson|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/andrew-motion-poetry-needs-us-to-say-that-it-matters-1669470.html|title=Andrew Motion: 'Poetry needs us to say that it matters'|newspaper=The Independent|date= 17 April 2009|access-date= 18 July 2010}}</ref> Motion has won the [[Arvon Foundation|Arvon]] Prize, the [[John Llewellyn Rhys Prize]], [[Eric Gregory Award]], [[1994 Whitbread Awards|Whitbread Prize for Biography]] and the [[Dylan Thomas Prize]].<ref Name= "AM"/><ref Name="BC">{{cite web|url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth76 |title=British Council Biography |access-date=12 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001130129/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth76 |archive-date=1 October 2007 }}</ref>

Motion took part in the [[Bush Theatre]]'s 2011 project ''[[Sixty-Six Books]]'', writing and performing a piece based upon a book of the ''[[King James Version|King James Bible]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/biography/writers/ |title=Bush Theatre |access-date=12 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704090950/http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/biography/writers/ |archive-date=4 July 2011 }}</ref>