Ralph Barker Gustafson

Canadian poet
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Born:
Aug. 16, 1909, Lime Ridge, near Sherbrooke, Que., Can.
Died:
May 29, 1995, North Hatley, Que. (aged 85)

Ralph Barker Gustafson (born Aug. 16, 1909, Lime Ridge, near Sherbrooke, Que., Can.—died May 29, 1995, North Hatley, Que.) was a Canadian poet whose work shows a development from traditional form and manner to an elliptical poetry that reflects the influence of Anglo-Saxon verse and the metrical experiments of the 19th-century British poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. Gustafson earned a B.A. in English language and literature from the University of Oxford and then became a tutor and journalist in London. He returned to Canada briefly in 1934 and again in 1938 and then settled in New York after World War II. ...(100 of 246 words)