T. Alan Broughton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

T. Alan Broughton

American poet

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1936

Place of Birth: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 17-May-2013

Profession: writer, poet, musician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Thomas Alan Broughton (June 9, 1936 – May 17, 2013) was an American poet and amateur pianist.Broughton was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, the noted Latin prosopographer, and Annie Leigh Hobson Broughton. From 1966 until 2001 Broughton taught writing at the University of Vermont.
He has attended Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy, and the Juilliard School of Music.
He received degrees from Swarthmore College (B.A.) and the University of Washington (M.A., English literature).Broughton received numerous awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim, an NEH Fellowship, and was elected a Fellow of the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.
He served as a cultural representative in southeast Asia, Egypt, and Italy under the auspices of the United States Information Agency.
Broughton was married first to Lenore Follansbee Broughton and then to Laurel Broughton.