Silkin, Jon.

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British poet.

From the description of Jon Silkin Papers, 1952-1956. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 31189937

Epithet: poet

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Jon Silkin was a British poet who authored and edited many volumes of poetry. His Selected Poems were published in 1980 and in a revised edition, 1994. He was founding co-editor of Stand (1952-1997). He was a teacher of English for foreign students at the University of Leeds, England. Silkin was a Gregory Fellow in poetry. (Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group. 2003.)

From the guide to the Jon Silkin Papers, 1952-1956, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)

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Birth 1930-12-02

Death 1997-11-25

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