Burton Hatlen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBurton Hatlen
American academic
Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1936
Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Date of Death: 21-Jan-2008
Profession: poet
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Burton Hatlen
- Burton Norval Hatlen (April 9, 1936 – January 21, 2008) was an American literary scholar and professor at the University of Maine.
- Hatlen worked closely with Carroll F.
- Terrell, an Ezra Pound scholar and co-founder of the National Poetry Foundation, to build the Foundation into an internationally known institution.Hatlen was seen as a mentor by several of his former students, most notably author Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha King.
- In a postscript included in his 2006 novel, Lisey's Story, King said of Hatlen, "Burt was the greatest English teacher I ever had."
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