Gavin Bantock

Gavin Bantock (born 4 July 1939) is an English poet; he is the grandson of Granville Bantock. He was born in Barnt Green, and attended New College, Oxford, where he won the Richard Hillary prize for poetry. He traveled to Japan in 1964 on the advice of his father, Raymond, and returned five years later to teach at Reitaku University. His poems "Joy" and "Dirge" were included by Philip Larkin in The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse. John Matthias included excerpts from Bantock's "Hiroshima," which Matthias calls "terrifying," in the collection 23 Modern British Poets.

Selected books Christ: A Poem in Twenty-Six Parts. Oxford: D. Parsons, 1965. Juggernaut. Northwood: Anvil Press Poetry, 1968. A New Thing Breathing. Northwood: Anvil Press Poetry, 1969. Anhaga. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 1972. Eirenikon: A Poem. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 1972. Isles. Feltham: Quarto Press, 1974. Dragons. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 1979. Just Think of It. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 2002. SeaManShip. Manchester: Carcanet, 2003. Christos, Lovesong of the Son of Man: A Poem in Twenty-Six Parts. (Revision of 1965 work) First Servant Books, 2020. Hail, Salubrious Spot! (How's Your Rupture): Memories of a Worcestershire Village. First Servant Books, 2020. Thys Felyship: Oxford Days Around 1960, A Memoir. First Servant Books, 2021 Shakespeare for Student Actors [First Servant Shakespeare Edition in 35 vols.] First Servant Books, 2022. Playhouse, A Theatrical Cavalcade, Sixty New Poems First Servant Books, 2022