T. Alan Broughton

T. Alan Broughton
Born (1936-06-09)June 9, 1936
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania US
Died May 17, 2013(2013-05-17) (aged 76)
Shelburne, Vermont
Occupation Poet

Thomas Alan Broughton (June 9, 1936 – May 17, 2013) was an American poet and amateur pianist.[1]

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.[2] He has attended Harvard University, Philips 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).[3]

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.[4] 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.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Obituary: T. ALAN BROUGHTON The Burlington Free Press May 19, 2013
  2. Remembering Poet T. Alan Broughton, 1936-2013 Margot Harrison May 19, 2013
  3. https://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&storyID=16154
  4. http://vaas.us/VAAS-Fellows-2013.pdf
  5. T. Alan Broughton (1972). The Skin and All. George Little Press.
  6. Thomas Alan Broughton (1 January 2001). The Origin of Green: Poems. Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 978-0-88748-338-7.
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