Biography
Tony Harrison was born in Leeds, and despite his working-class background, he received a scholarship to be educated at Leeds Grammar School which then gave him the opportunity to study at the University of Leeds, where he read Classics and took a diploma in Linguistics. For some years he has lived in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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