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George Garrett | |
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Born | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | June 11, 1929
Died | May 25, 2008 Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 78)
Occupation | Poet, writer |
Education | The Hill School Sewanee Military Academy Princeton University (BA, MA, PhD) Columbia University |
Genre | Poetry, theatre, fiction |
Notable works | Death of the Fox |
George Palmer Garrett (June 11, 1929 – May 25, 2008) was an American poet and novelist.[1] He was the Poet Laureate of Virginia[2] from 2002 to 2004.[3] His novels include The Finished Man, Double Vision, and the Elizabethan Trilogy, composed of Death of the Fox, The Succession, and Entered from the Sun. He worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and taught at Cambridge University and, for many years, at the University of Virginia. He is the subject of critical books by R. H. W. Dillard, Casey Clabough, and Irving Malin.