Thom Gunn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thom Gunn

English poet

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1929

Place of Birth: Gravesend, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Apr-2004

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Thomson William "Thom" Gunn (29 August 1929 – 25 April 2004), was an English poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement and his later poetry in America, even after moving toward a looser, free-verse style.
After relocating from England to San Francisco, Gunn wrote about gay-related topics—particularly in his most famous work, The Man With Night Sweats in 1992—as well as drug use, sex and his bohemian lifestyle.
He won major literary awards and his best poems have a compact philosophical elegance.