Tony Harrison, British Poet of the Working Class, Dies at 88 NYT | Top Stories By: Clay Risen 7 November 2025 at 04:01 His work examined the tensions between his country’s social and economic strata, as well as his roots in postindustrial Leeds. © Leonardo Cendamo/Getty ImagesThe poet Tony Harrison in 2008. He was celebrated for writing about the miners, mechanics and shopkeepers of his native Yorkshire, in north-central England.
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