Murray Lachlan Young

Murray Lachlan Young
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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Life after million pound poetry". BBC News. 2006-01-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4606658.stm. 
2. ^ 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. 
3. ^ "Bespoken Word : Murray Lachlan Young". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/bespokenword_murray_lachlan_young.shtml. 

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