Thom Gunn, 1929 - 2004
Thursday April 29, 2004
from The San Francisco Chronicle:
“Thom Gunn -- Poet of the Odd Man Out”
from The Telegraph:
“Thom Gunn... died on Sunday aged 74”
Thom Gunn was a British expatriate who lived, wrote & taught in California for the last 50 years. Both his accomplished formal poetry & his compelling free verse often dealt with “anti-poetic” & counterculture subjects, from Elvis to motorcycles to drugs to AIDS & death. He was particularly honored for his powerful work in The Man With Night Sweats, a collection of laments & elegies of the AIDS epidemic published in 1992.
Related resources:
Our reference page on Thom Gunn
Other profiles of contemporary poets here at About Poetry
“Thom Gunn -- Poet of the Odd Man Out”
from The Telegraph:
“Thom Gunn... died on Sunday aged 74”
Thom Gunn was a British expatriate who lived, wrote & taught in California for the last 50 years. Both his accomplished formal poetry & his compelling free verse often dealt with “anti-poetic” & counterculture subjects, from Elvis to motorcycles to drugs to AIDS & death. He was particularly honored for his powerful work in The Man With Night Sweats, a collection of laments & elegies of the AIDS epidemic published in 1992.
Related resources:
Our reference page on Thom Gunn
Other profiles of contemporary poets here at About Poetry
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