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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. He was born in 1932 in Worcestershire, England to a working-class family.
Sir Geoffrey Hill - Born in England in 1932, Geoffrey Hill is known for his barbed criticisms of modern society and fellow poets. In 2012, he was knighted for services to literature.
Jul 2, 2016 · Geoffrey Hill, often hailed as Britain’s finest living poet, whose dense, allusive verses ranged from dark meditations on morals, religious faith and political violence to rapturous...
Jul 1, 2016 · Geoffrey Hill, a poet regularly hailed as the greatest in the English language, died suddenly on 30 June at the age of 84. Hill’s wife, the librettist Alice Goodman, announced his...
Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL was a poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University.
Jul 1, 2016 · Former Professor of Poetry Sir Geoffrey Hill dies. 1 July 2016. We are saddened to learn of the death of Geoffrey Hill. Geoffrey studied English at Keble College, and went on to a distinguished career at Leeds, Cambridge, and Boston.
