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Charles Gullans

1929 – 1993

American writer

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Lived 1929 – 1993 (aged 63). Charles Gullans was an American poet.

Charles Gullans (May 5, 1929 – March 30, 1993) was an American poet, bibliographer, and educator. His first book, Arrivals and Departures (University of Minnesota Press, 1962), was his most critically acclaimed publication. He published five more poetry collections during his life. He also published translations including Last Letters from Stalingrad and The Wrong Side of the Rug, and compiled bibliographies of the works of Sir Robert Ayton and J V Cunningham.

Life Charles Bennett Gullans was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1948 and master's degree in 1951 from the University of Minnesota. He completed a doctorate at Stanford University in 1956. He taught briefly at the University of Washington, after which he returned to California. He spent nearly his entire career as a professor of English at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Gullans died at UCLA Medical Center of respiratory failure after undergoing surgery for cancer.

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Stanford University, University of Minnesota
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University of California, Los Angeles
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American writer (1929–1993)

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Charles Gullans was born on 5 May 1929 in Minneapolis.

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Charles Gullans died on 30 March 1993 in Los Angeles.

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Charles Gullans was a poet.

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Charles Gullans was American.

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· Wikipedia: Charles Gullans

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