Basil Bunting

Basil Bunting
Born	Basil Cheesman Bunting (1900-03-01)1 March 1900 Scotswood-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Died	17 April 1985(1985-04-17) (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)
Spouse	Marian Gray Culver ​ ​ (m. 1930⁠–⁠1940)​ Sima Alladadian ​ ​ (m. 1948⁠–⁠1979)​
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] 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.^[4]