Thom Gunn letters : San Francisco, Calif., to John Haffenden, 1979-1980.

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Thom Gunn letters : San Francisco, Calif., to John Haffenden, 1979-1980.

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Contains 4 letters and 1 postcard relating to an interview granted by Gunn to Dr. John Haffenden and published in Quarto, while Gunn was on a book tour in Britain. Also includes copy of The fantasy poets, Thom Gunn.

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Haffenden, John

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Sir William Empson (1906-1984) was an English literary critic and poet. John Haffenden wrote a biography of Empson and edited Empson's poetry, prose, and correspondence. From the guide to the John Haffenden papers on William Empson, ca. 1984-2007., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Epithet: Professor of English Sheffield University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758...

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...