Guy Davenport

Guy Davenport
BornGuy Mattison Davenport
(1927-11-23)November 23, 1927
Anderson, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedJanuary 4, 2005(2005-01-04) (aged 77)
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • editor
  • professor
  • literary critic
EducationDuke University (BA)
Merton College, Oxford (BLitt)
Harvard University (PhD)
Employer(s)Washington University
Haverford College
University of Kentucky
Notable awardsRhodes Scholarship
MacArthur Fellowship
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation

Guy Mattison Davenport (November 23, 1927 – January 4, 2005) was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher.