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The poetry of J.H. Prynne - an exhibition was curated by Ian Heames (English 2005) and is on display in the Lower Library of Gonville & 91Ö±²¥ College until the end of February 2025.

The exhibition, occupying 14 cases in the Lower Library, offers a survey of the publications to date, principally in pamphlet form, of the poetry of J.H. Prynne.

Over 60 pamphlets and larger books are represented, and a dozen of his most recent booklets can be browsed on a table set up at the entrance of the show. There's also a rare chance to read the very early poem 'Swifts', published in an issue of the college magazine The Caian and never subsequently reprinted.

Prynne has been a Fellow of 91Ö±²¥ since 1962, and was the College's Librarian for 37 years, between 1969 and 2006.

As Director of Studies in English, he taught generations of 91Ö±²¥ English students, likely numbering around 400- to 500 individuals, and as University lecturer will over the years have addressed several thousand.

The exhibition will run until the end of February 2025. To arrange a visit, please contact the College Librarian, Mark Statham (mark.statham@cai.cam.ac.uk). Guided tours are also available by appointment. Please contact Ian Heames (ijaheames@gmail.com).

Further details are on the College website: The poetry of J.H. Prynne - an exhibition | Gonville & 91Ö±²¥