George Oppen

George Oppen

male, deceased (1984)
American military personnel of World War II, American, pulitzer prize, world war ii veteran, objectivist, Objectivistpoet…poet
George Oppen (April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984) was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. He abandoned...
Charles Reznikoff

Charles Reznikoff

male, deceased (1976)
Jewish, poet, objectivist, Objectivistpoet, modernist poetry, American…2nd generation modernist poet
Charles Reznikoff (August 31, 1894 - January 22, 1976) was the poet for whom the term Objectivist was first coined. When asked by Harriet Munroe to...
Carl Rakosi

Carl Rakosi

male, deceased (2004)
Objectivistpoet, 2004 in poetry, 1903 in poetry, Centenarian, poet, objectivist
Carl Rakosi (November 6 1903 - June 25 2004) was the last surviving member of the original group of poets who were given the rubric Objectivist. He...
Louis Zukofsky

Louis Zukofsky

male, deceased (1978)
Jewish, poet, writer, Jewish American, Columbia University alumni, objectivist…Objectivistpoet
Louis Zukofsky was one of the most important second-generation American modernist poets. He was co-founder and primary theorist of the Objectivist...
William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

male, deceased (1963)
Philadelphia writer, English American, New Jersey writer, Puerto Rican, American poet, University of Pennsylvania alumni…poet, Objectivistpoet
Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 - March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with modernism...
Lorine Niedecker

Lorine Niedecker

female, deceased (1970)
from Wisconsin, poet, woman, Objectivistpoet, American, Modernist writer
Lorine Niedecker (May 12, 1903 - December 31, 1970) was born on the Black Hawk Island near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. She lived most of her life...
Basil Bunting

Basil Bunting

male, deceased (1985)
Ackworth Old Scholar, Royal Grammar School, quaker, newcastle upon tyne, British, conscientious objector…objectivist, Objectivistpoet, poet, Objectivist Anthology
Basil Cheesman Bunting was a British modernist poet. He had a lifelong interest in music and this led him to emphasise the sonic qualities of...
Rachel Blau Duplessis

Rachel Blau Duplessis

female, 68 years old
Columbia University, Doctor of Philosophy, Modernist writer, The Objectivist Nexus Essays in Cultural Poetics, Roy Harvey Pearce / Archive for New Poetry Prize, The Pink Guitar Writing as Feminist Practice…poet, American poet, Objectivistpoet
Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), American poet and essayist, is known as a feminist critic and scholar with a special interest in modernist and...
Michael Heller

Michael Heller

male, 72 years old
libretto, New York University, Exigent Futures, In The Builded Place, Living Root A Memoir, NEH…Objectivistpoet, American poet, poet
Michael Heller (b.1937), is an American poet, essayist and critic. Among his many books are "Exigent Futures", "In The Builded Place", "Wordflow"...

Michael Davidson

male, 64 years old
poet, American poet, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet, Objectivistpoet, American
Michael Davidson, born December 18, 1944 in Oakland, CA, is an American poet.