Geoffrey Hill
Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL (18 June 1932 – 30 June 2016) was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University.
Sir Geoffrey Hill | |
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| Born | Geoffrey William Hill 18 June 1932 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire |
| Died | 30 June 2016 (aged 84) Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Occupation | professor of English Literature |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Genre | poetry |
| Notable awards | Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism |
| Spouse | Alice Goodman |
Hill has been thought to be among the most famous poets of his generation and was called the "greatest living poet in the English language."[1][2] From 2010 to 2015, he held the position of Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford.[3]
References
- ↑ Harold Bloom, ed. Geoffrey Hill (Bloom's Modern Critical Views), Infobase Publishing, 1986.
- ↑ Lezard, Nicholas (20 November 2013). Broken Hierarchies: Poems 1952-2012 by Geoffrey Hill – review. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/20/broken-hierarchies-poems-geoffrey-hill-review. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ↑ "Professor of Poetry | Faculty of English". Archived from the original on 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2016-07-06.