Joan Hunter Dunn Joan Hunter Dunn Joan Jackson, née Joan Hunter Dunn (13 October 1915 – 11 April 2008) was the muse of Sir John Betjeman in his poem "A Subaltern's Love-song". She was the daughter of Dr George Hunter Dunn, a GP from Farnborough, Hampshire. Her grandfather, Andrew Hunter Dunn, was Bishop of Quebec from 1892 to 1914, and her uncle Edward Dunn was Bishop of British Honduras and Archbishop of the West Indies. A great-great-grandfather was William Hunter, Lord Mayor of London in 1851-52 (the grandfather of both of her father's parents). Her mother, Mabel Liddelow, died in 1916, and Joan
Daisy Dunn 2016, Dunn compared Catullus to a 'Hoxton hipster'. Her translation of one of Catullus' expletive words resulted in a series of letters in "The Times Literary Supplement" and an article in "The Times". Dunn reviews books for "The Times," "Evening Standard," and "Literary Review""." Her work was once long-listed for the international Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize. In an article in "The Guardian" Simon Schama included Daisy Dunn in his list of leading female historians. Dunn is the author of the following books: "Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet" (HarperCollins, 2016) (UK Hardback) "Catullus' Bedspread: The Life