Malcolm Guite, The Story Teller
Malcolm Guite is a modern-day polymath—an Anglican priest, Cambridge scholar, and rock musician who has gained international acclaim for reviving the sonnet as a tool for spiritual discovery. Born in Ibadan, Nigeria in 1957, his life began with a dramatic birth that earned him the middle name Ayodeji ("the second joy"), bestowed by a local nurse. After a childhood spent in Nigeria and Canada, he moved to England, eventually studying English Literature at Pembroke College, Cambridge and earning a PhD from Durham University. Guite’s career is defined by what he calls a "baptized imagination." Following his ordination in 1990, he spent two decades as the Chaplain and Bye-Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. His academic work often bridges the gap between theology and the arts, drawing deep inspiration from the Inklings (C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien) and Romantic poets like Samuel Taylor Coleridge. As a writer, Guite is perhaps best known for Sounding the Seasons, a c...
