John Gilgun

John Gilgun
Born(1935-10-01)October 1, 1935
Malden, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 30, 2021(2021-04-30) (aged 85)
EducationBoston University
University of Iowa
OccupationWriter
Writing career
Genresfiction, poetry
Notable workMusic I Never Dreamed Of

John Gilgun (October 1, 1935 – April 30, 2021) was an American writer. 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.

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).

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 until his retirement in 2000.

Giglun died on April 30, 2021, at the age of 85.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 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
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature: Volume One. Greenwood Press, 2005. ISBN 9780313330605. pp. 823-824.
  5. ↑ "PAPERS OF JOHN F. GILGUN". University of Iowa Libraries.
  6. ↑ "John's Work". John Gilgun. Retrieved 6 November 2022.