Thomas Lux

About

American poet and professor whose poetry collections included Split Horizon and The Street of Clocks. He taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Warren Wilson College, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Before Fame

He grew up on a Massachusetts dairy farm and excelled at athletics.

Trivia

He was a 1995 recipient of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.

Family Life

His mother was a Sears & Roebuck employee, and his father worked as a milkman.

Associated With

He was born in the same year as fellow poet Babette Deutsch.