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Biography Roger McGough

Poet Biography

McGough was born in Litherland, Lancashire, to the north of Liverpool, the city with which he is firmly associated, and was educated at the University of Hull at a time when Philip Larkin was the librarian there.

Returning to Merseyside in the early s, he worked as a teacher and, with John Gorman, organised arts events.

Short biography of roger mcgough He also published Everyday Eclipses in , which highlights his childhood, his own experiences about parenting and even nostalgia about the past. The text of poem repeats the words of the title, with layout and punctuation resulting in an arch critique. Roehampton University. Roger McGough.

After meeting Mike McGear the trio formed The Scaffold, working the Edinburgh Festival until they signed to Parlophone records in The group scored several hit records, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart in with their version of "Lily The Pink". McGough wrote the lyrics for many of the group's songs and also recorded the musical comedy/poetry album McGough and McGear.

McGough was also responsible for much of the humorous dialogue in The Beatles' animated film, Yellow Submarine, although he did not receive an on-screen credit. At about the same time a selection of his poems was published, along with work from Adrian Henri and Brian Patten, in a best-selling paperback volume of verse entitled The Mersey Sound, first published in , revised in and again in On March 2, , McGough appeared in All You Need Is Cash, a mockumentary detailing the career of a Beatles-like group called The Rutles; McGough's introduction takes so long that he is only asked one question ("Did you know the Rutles?" to which McGough cheerfully responds "Oh yes") before the documentary is forced to move along to other events.

Short biography of roger mcgough and wife Submit your comment. Personal life [ edit ]. It is positive because he is easily able to become a well-known author due to the amount of people that enjoy reading his pieces. Roehampton University, London, Honorary Degrees

One of McGough's more unusual compositions was created in , when he co-wrote an "electronic poem" called Now Press Return with the programmer Richard Warner for inclusion with the Welcome Tape of the BBC Micro home computer. Now Press Return incorporated several novel themes, including user-defined elements to the poem, lines which changed their order (and meaning) every few seconds, and text which wrote itself in a spiral around the screen.

McGough won a Cholmondeley Award in , and was awarded the CBE in June He holds an honorary MA from Nene College of Further Education;[citation needed] was awarded an honorary degree from Roehampton University in ; as well as an honorary doctorate from the University of Liverpool on 3 July He was Fellow of Poetry at Loughborough University () and Honorary Professor at Thames Valley University ().

In , he appeared on an episode of the BBC Television quiz show.