Thom Gunn papers 1930-2004, bulk 1950-2004

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Thom Gunn papers 1930-2004, bulk 1950-2004

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The Thom Gunn Papers consist of correspondence, personal papers (diaries and scrapbooks detailing his life and career), notebooks of poetry and prose, writings (both poetry and prose), professional papers, teaching materials, writings by other poets and authors, and a small collection of alternative (mostly gay) newspapers.

Number of containers: 11 cartons, 1 box, 2 oversize boxes, 22 oversize folders, and 6 volumes; Linear feet: 19.15

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Bancroft Library

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Gunn, Thom

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Thom Gunn was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, in 1929. His first book of poems, "Fighting Terms," was published in 1954, and Gunn was awarded a creative writing fellowship at Stanford University in the same year. From 1958 to 1966 and 1973 to 1990 he taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He received numerous awards during his life, most notably the MacArthur Fellowship for lifetime achievement in poetry in 1993. Gunn passed away in San Francisco, California, in 2004. Fr...

University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of English

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