Charles Gullans


Charles Gullans was an American poet, bibliographer, and educator. His first book, Arrivals and Departures, was his most critically acclaimed publication. He published five more poetry collections during his life. He also published translations including Last Letters from Stalingrad and The Wrong Side of the Rug, and compiled bibliographies of the works of Sir Robert Ayton and J V Cunningham.

Life

Charles Bennett Gullans was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1948 and master's degree in 1951 from the University of Minnesota. He completed a doctorate at Stanford University in 1956. He taught briefly at the University of Washington, after which he returned to California. He spent nearly his entire career as a professor of English at the University of California, [Los Angeles|University of California at Los Angeles].
Gullans died at UCLA Medical Center of respiratory failure after undergoing surgery for cancer.

Poetry collections

  • Translations

  • Bibliographies

  • External sources

Category:1929 births
Category:1993 deaths
Category:University of Minnesota alumni
Category:20th-century American poets
Category:Poets from Minnesota
Category:Writers from Minneapolis
Category:University of Washington faculty
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:University of California, [Los Angeles faculty]
Category:American male poets
Category:20th-century American male writers