Poet Laureate Armitage's Gilgamesh verse translation published by Faber

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage published Gilgamesh: A New Verse Translation — a retelling shaped into poetic lines — via Faber & Faber in the UK on 8 October 2026, The Bookseller reports. The epic originated in ancient Mesopotamia at least 4,000 years ago. Liveright published the US edition in 2026. The Guardian reviewed it on 20 October 2026.