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 & Caius 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 Caius 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 Caius 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 & Caius