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

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, the son of

Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, FBA (; 17 February 1900 – 17 September 1993) was a Canadian classical scholar and leading Latin prosopographer of the twentieth century. He is especially noted for his definitive three-volume work, ''Magistra ...

, the noted Latin prosopographer, and Annie Leigh Hobson Broughton. From 1966 until 2001 Broughton taught writing at the

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. He has attended

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Phillips Exeter Academy (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

, and the

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. He received degrees from

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(B.A.) and the

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(M.A., English literature). Broughton received numerous awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim for fiction in 1982, an

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, 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

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. Broughton was married first to Lenore Follansbee Broughton and then to Laurel Broughton.Obituary: T. ALAN BROUGHTON
''The Burlington Free Press'' May 19, 2013

Works

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

* ''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), .

Citations

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Broughton, T. Alan 1936 births 2013 deaths 20th-century American poets American male poets 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American short story writers Swarthmore College alumni Harvard University alumni University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni Sweet Briar College faculty University of Vermont faculty