Polly Samson

Polly Samson deserves to be read on her own terms, not just as David Gilmour's wife. She is a novelist, journalist, and lyricist who has put words into Pink Floyd songs, a daunting place to write, and made them land. Being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018 tells me the literary world takes her seriously, not merely the rock press. I respect writers who work quietly and let the sentences carry the weight, and Samson strikes me as exactly that: someone whose voice survives proximity to one of music's loudest legacies.

Name (English)

Polly Samson

Name (Japanese)

ポリー・サムソン

Reading

ぽりー・さむそん

Born

April 29, 1962 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

Origin

London, Roman Empire

Occupation

lyricist / journalist / author / novelist / songwriter

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

• Official sitehttps://pollysamson.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/pollysamson/
• Xhttps://x.com/PollySamson
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly%20Samson
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281036

Tags

• lyricist
• journalist
• author

Last updated

2026-06-18

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