Murray Lachlan Young
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| Murray Lachlan Young | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | British |
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Murray Lachlan Young is a British performance poet whose humorous work enjoyed a spectacular but brief vogue during the mid-1990s. He was the first poet to be given a £1 million record deal,[1] when he signed to EMI amid a blaze of publicity in 1996. He released one album, Vice And Verse.
Young was born in the United States to a Scottish father and an English mother.[2] He is now living and working in west Cornwall.
Young had a small role as a gallows poet in the film Plunkett and MacLeane (1999). He also played the brother of Louis XIV in the 2000 film, Vatel.[3]
Young married the singer Zoë and had two children but they divorced in 2009.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Life after million pound poetry". BBC News. 2006-01-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4606658.stm.
- ^ Mike Wade (2003-06-25). "£1m poet makes reluctant return to the limelight". The Scotsman. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburghfestivalfringe/1m-poet-makes-reluctant-return.2438470.jp.
- ^ "Bespoken Word : Murray Lachlan Young". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/bespokenword_murray_lachlan_young.shtml.
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