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Polly Samson was born on 29 April, 1962 in London, England, is an English writer. Discover Polly Samson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Occupation Journalist novelist songwriter
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 29 April 1962
Birthday 29 April
Birthplace London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Her husband is David Gilmour (m. 1994)

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1962

Polly Samson (born 29 April 1962) is an English novelist, lyricist and journalist.

She is married to musician and Pink Floyd's guitarist David Gilmour and has written the lyrics to many of Gilmour's songs, including some on Pink Floyd's last two albums.

1988

Following a troubled childhood, Samson joined the publishing industry, through which she met the writer Heathcote Williams with whom she became romantically involved during the publication of his book-length poem Whale Nation (1988).

Samson was responsible for publicising what became a best-selling volume, despite its author's reluctance to promote his own work.

With Williams she had her first son, Charlie.

Following his birth, Samson became homeless and was taken in for a period by the journalist Cassandra Jardine.

1994

After splitting from Williams, Samson met the Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour, whom she married in 1994 during Pink Floyd's Division Bell tour.

Her son Charlie was adopted by Gilmour and they have three other children: Joe, Gabriel, and Romany.

1999

Samson has written short stories for BBC Radio 4 and has had a collection published Lying in Bed (Virago 1999) and a novel, Out of the Picture (Virago 2000), as well as contributing pieces and stories to many other books and publications including Gas and Air (Bloomsbury 2003), Girls Night In (Harper Collins 2000), A Day in the Life (Black Swan 2003), and The Just When Stories (Beautiful Books 2010).

2006

She also wrote lyrics for Gilmour's 2006 album, On an Island, and made a guest appearance on piano and vocals.

2010

Samson's collection of stories, Perfect Lives, was published in November 2010 by Virago Press.

2013

Samson's father was Lance Samson (died 4 February 2013 ), a newspaper editor and diplomatic correspondent for the Morning Star. Her mother was a writer of Chinese descent, Esther Cheo Ying, who wrote a memoir, Black Country to Red China, about her time serving as a Major in Mao Zedong's Red Army.

Samson's mother's second husband was the British journalist Alan Winnington.

2014

She contributed lyrics to "Louder than Words", the only track on Pink Floyd's 2014 release, The Endless River, to contain any sung lyrics.

2015

Her novel The Kindness was published in 2015.

Samson is credited as a co-writer on seven of The Division Bell's 11 tracks, and, with the retrospective credit given to Clare Torry for her vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky", she is one of only two female co-writers of any Pink Floyd songs.

Samson has also contributed lyrics to half of the tracks on Gilmour's latest album, Rattle That Lock (2015), some of which were inspired by Paradise Lost, an epic poem by John Milton.

2018

In 2018, Samson was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

2020

Samson's novel, A Theatre For Dreamers, was published on 2 April 2020 by Bloomsbury Circus.

The novel entered the Sunday Times Bestsellers Chart at number two.

On February 6, 2023, Samson tweeted to her husband's former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters: "Sadly you are antisemitic to your rotten core. Also a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac. Enough of your nonsense.” Her husband followed up by writing: "Every word demonstrably true."