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]
John Gilgun | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 1, 1935 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, 2021 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Boston University University of Iowa |
| Genre | fiction, poetry |
| Notable works | Music I Never Dreamed Of |
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]
References
edit- ^ John Gilgun, "Gay in Malden, Massachusetts" in Small-town Gay: Essays on Family Life Beyond the Big City (Elizabeth Newman and Curt Johnson, eds.) Kerlak Enterprises, 2004. ISBN 9780966074499. pp. 189-198.
- ^ a b Jonathan Alexander, "Telling the Stories of Our Lives: An Interview with John Gilgun". International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, Volume 5, Issue 4 (October 2000), pp 341-351. doi:10.1023/A:1010128115151
- ^ Jerry Rosco, "John Gilgun (1935- )" in Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1993. ISBN 9780313280191. pp. 149-153.
- ^ Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature: Volume One. Greenwood Press, 2005. ISBN 9780313330605. pp. 823-824.
- ^ "PAPERS OF JOHN F. GILGUN". University of Iowa Libraries.
- ^ "John's Work". John Gilgun. Retrieved 6 November 2022.