Basil Bunting
(1900-1985)

Died aged c. 85

Basil Cheesman Bunting (1 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966, generally regarded as one of the major achievements of the modernist tradition in English. He had a lifelong interest in music that led him to emphasise the sonic qualities of poetry, particularly the importance of reading poetry aloud. He was an accomplished reader of his own work.

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"Morden Tower. Basil Bunting (1900 -1985). The Poet basil Bunting gave his first public reading of his major work "Briggflatts" at Morden Tower on 22nd December 1965. "Gentle generous voices weave over bare night words to confirm and delight till bird dawn" City of Newcastle Upon Tyne"

On Morden Tower, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom where they performed (1965)