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- 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.
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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.
Known as one of the greatest poets of his generation writing in English, and one of the most important poets of the 20th century, Geoffrey Hill lived a life dedicated to poetry and scholarship, morality and faith.
Apr 27, 2015 · Six decades ago, when he was an undergraduate at Keble, The ISIS published some of Sir Geoffrey Hill’s earliest works. Today, he is the author of over a dozen books of poems and literary criticism.
Geoffrey Hill was born in 1932 in Worcestershire and died 30th June 2016. He was a poet and essayist and taught after graduating at the Universities of Leeds, Cambridge and Boston.
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- Oxford University Press, Penguin Group (UK)
Jul 1, 2016 · Geoffrey Hill, among the most important poets of his generation, once described by Harold Bloom as “the greatest living poet in the English language”, died on 30 June 2016, aged 84. Our condolences to his widow, Alice Goodman, who posted the following on 1 July on Twitter:
On 29th November 2013, I interviewed the poet Geoffrey Hill for the Telegraph. Hill, who died on 30th June at the age of 84, was one of our great post-war poets—one with a deep understanding of the complexity of English history, faith and language.
Jul 1, 2016 · Sir Geoffrey Hill, who has died aged 84, was a poet and scholar whose combative and often impenetrable work led critics to hail him as one of Britain’s greatest writers. His genius – and his durability – were widely acclaimed in his later years, with his election in 2010 as Oxford Professor of Poetry for five years and in 2012 a ...
