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David Whyte (poet)
English poet (born 1955)
David Whyte | |
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Whyte in 2017 | |
| Born | (1955-11-02) 2 November 1955 (age 69) Mirfield, Yorkshire |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Irish, British, American |
| Spouse | Gayle Karen Young |
David Whyte (born 2 November 1955) is an Anglo-Irish poet.[1][2][3] He has said that all of his poetry and philosophy are based on "the conversational nature of reality".[4] His book The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America (1994) topped the best-seller charts in the United States.
Life and work
Whyte's mother was from Waterford, Ireland, and his father was a Yorkshireman.[5][6] He attributes his poetic interest to both the songs and the poetry[7] of his mother's Irish heritage and to the landscape of West Yorkshire.
He grew up in West Yorkshire and has commented that he had "a Wordsworthian childhood", in the fields and