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| Born | Basil Cheesman Bunting 1 March 1900 Scotswood-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 17 April 1985 (aged 85) Hexham, Northumberland, England |
| Resting place | Quaker graveyard at Brigflatts, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England[1] |
| Occupation | Poet, military intelligence analyst, diplomat, journalist |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics (did not graduate) |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
| Notable works | "Briggflatts" (1966) |
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| Children | 5 |
Basil Cheesman Bunting (1 March 1900 – 17 April 1985)[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5]
- ^ Poets' Graves. "Basil Bunting 1900–1985". Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Basic Bunting – A Basic Chronology". Basil Bunting Poetry Center. Durham University. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Basil Bunting online author biography
- ^ Bloodaxe Books. Archived 9 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Schmidt, Michael, Lives of the Poets, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998.