About Richard Meier
Lived 1970 – 2025 (aged 55). Richard Meier was a poet.
Richard Meier (17 March 1970 – 17 December 2025) was an English poet. He won the 2010 Picador Poetry Prize. He authored two poetry collections, and his poems also appeared in Oxford Poets 2002: An Anthology and in Granta. Meier died from lung cancer in East Finchley, London, on 17 December 2025, at the age of 55.
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Who was Richard Meier?
English poet (1970–2025)
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Richard Meier was born on 17 March 1970.
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Richard Meier died on 17 December 2025.
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Richard Meier was a poet.
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