Thom Gunn was born 29 August 1929, died 25 April 2004.
Five Quotes
- As humans we look at things and think about what we’ve looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery.
- A literary influence is never just a literary influence. It’s also an influence in the way you see everything – in the way you feel your life.
- I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn’t directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other.
- We control the content of our dreams.
- Deep feeling doesn’t make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.
Thom Gunn was an Anglo-American poet who is well-known for The Man With Night Sweats. He won numerous literary awards including the Levinson Prize, a Rockefeller Award, and the W. H. Smith Award. He was awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations.
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