T. Alan Broughton
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.
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T. Alan Broughton
- Name
- T.
- Born
- 9 June 1936
- Birthplace
- Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania US
- Died
- 17 May 2013
- Place of death
- Shelburne, Vermont
- Occupation
- Poet
- Spouse
- Lenore Follansbee Broughton; Laurel Broughton
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Harvard University · University of Washington · Swarthmore College · Phillips Exeter Academy
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship
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Biography
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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 for fiction in 1982, 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 Susan Elizabeth Becker, then to Lenore Follansbee Broughton and then to Laurel Broughton.
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• Name — T. Alan Broughton • Born — 9 June 1936 • Birthplace — Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania US • Died — 17 May 2013 • Place of death — Shelburne, Vermont • Occupation — Poet • Spouse — Lenore Follansbee Broughton; Laurel Broughton
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T. Alan Broughton was a writer and university teacher, born on 9 June 1936 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. and died on 17 May 2013. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; the death by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Poetry
Poetry
• The Skin and All: Songs for the Cruelest Months, with images by Bill Davison (George Little Press 1972). • In the Face of Descent (Carnegie Mellon University Press 1975),. • The Man on the Moon (Barlenmir House 1979). • The Others We Are (Juniper Press 1979). • Far From Home (Carnegie Mellon University Press 1979),. • Dreams Before Sleep (Carnegie Mellon University Press 1982), • The Jesse Tree (Juniper Press 1988) • Preparing to Be Happy (Carnegie Mellon University Press 1988). • In the Country of Elegies (Carnegie Mellon University Press 1995), • The Origin of Green (Carnegie Mellon University Press 2001),. • A World Remembered (Carnegie Mellon University Press 2010).
Fiction
Fiction
• A Family Gathering, a novel (Dutton and Fawcett 1977). • Winter Journey, a novel (Dutton and Fawcett 1980). • The Horsemaster, a novel (Dutton 1981). • Hob's Daughter, a novel (Morrow 1984). • Suicidal Tendencies, short stories (University Press of Colorado 2003),.
Necrology
Necrology
• "Professor Emeritus T. Alan Broughton Dies at Age 76" University of Vermont 05-21-2013 • "Obituary: T. ALAN BROUGHTON." The Burlington Free Press May 19, 2013
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1936
T. Alan Broughton born at Bryn Mawr.
2013
T. Alan Broughton died at Chittenden County.
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- 1.Remembering Poet T. Alan Broughton, 1936-2013 Margot Harrison May 19, 2013
- 2.Professor Emeritus T. Alan Broughton Dies at Age 76.
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- 4.Obituary: T. ALAN BROUGHTON The Burlington Free Press May 19, 2013
- 5.T. Alan Broughton. The Skin and All. George Little Press. 1972.
- 6.Thomas Alan Broughton. The Origin of Green: Poems. Carnegie Mellon University Press. 1 January 2001. 978-0-88748-338-7.
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