Bringhurst, Robert. Robert Bringhurst, poet, translator, linguist, critic, typographer, book designer born in Los Angeles. The son of a migrant couple, Robert Bringhurst grew up in communities in Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Alberta and British Columbia. Bringhurst years as “Robert Bringhurst's seminal essay on the nature and classification of written language is now available, revised and updated, in the form of a well-made little book. Get a copy, put it in your pocket and go and contemplate all the forms that written language can take. John D. Berry for creativepro.com