Hugo Williams was born in Windsor in 1942. He was the eldest son of the
actor/dramatists
Hugh Williams and his second wife
Margaret Vyner. His younger
siblings are the actor
Simon Williams and the late actress and model
Polly Williams,
who married the actor
Nigel Havers. Hugo was educated at Eton College and
worked as an editor of the 'London Magazine' until 1970. He has since
made a living as a travel writer and journalist. He has also worked as
a television and theatre critic, a poetry editor and has written a
column for 'The Times Literary Supplement' since 1988. He has written
several collections of poetry. His collection "Billy's Rain" (1999) won
the T.S. Elliot Medal for poetry in June 2004 and he is renowned as his
country's wittiest poet. He lives in Islington with his wife Hermine
Demoriane. They have a daughter Murphy and a granddaughter Silver.