[William] Monk Gibbon

Gibbon, [William] Monk (1896-1987), man of letters; born in Dublin and educated at St Columba's College and Oxford, he served in the First World War. Inglorious Soldier (1968) tells of his war experiences. His poetry, in collections such as For Daws to Peck At (1929) and Seventeen Sonnets (1932), reflects his admiration for English Georgian verse. The Seals (1935) is a narrative of a hunting expedition in the west of Ireland. Mount Ida (1948) recreates tentative love affairs of schoolteaching days, while The Pupil (1981) confesses his platonic love for a schoolgirl.