# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thom-gunn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:08:28.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thom-gunn"
name: "Thom Gunn"
slug: "thom-gunn"
description: "Thomson William \"Thom\" Gunn was an English poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement, and his later poetry in America, where he adopted a looser, free-verse style. He wrote about his experience moving to San Francisco from England. He received numerous literary honours. His poems are reputed to possess a restrained elegance of philosophy."
tagline: "English poet (1929-2004)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-08-29"
deathDate: "2004-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.32621066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3670217"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%92%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "תום גאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Thom Gunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thom_Gunn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2141920"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump