John Gilgun | |
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Born | Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. | October 1, 1935
Died | April 30, 2021 | (aged 85)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Boston University University of Iowa |
Genre | fiction, poetry |
Notable works | Music I Never Dreamed Of |
John Gilgun (October 1, 1935 – April 30, 2021) [1] was an American writer. [2] He is best known for his 1989 novel Music I Never Dreamed Of, which was a shortlisted nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 3rd Lambda Literary Awards in 1990. [3]
Gilgun's other works included Everything That Has Been Shall Be Again: The Reincarnation Fables of John Gilgun (1981); the poetry collections The Dooley Poems (1991), From the Inside Out (1991), In the Zone: The Moby Dick Poems (2002) and The Dailies (2010); and the short story collection Your Buddy Misses You (1994). [4]
A graduate of Boston University and the University of Iowa, Gilgun was a longtime teacher of English and creative writing at Missouri Western State University [5] until his retirement in 2000. [2]
Giglun died on April 30, 2021, at the age of 85. [6]