Robert Duncan

Robert Duncan

male, deceased (1988)
Robert Duncan was an American poet and a student of H.D. and the Western esoteric tradition who spent most of his career in and around San...
Jack Spicer

Jack Spicer

male, deceased (1965)
Jack Spicer (January 30, 1925 - August 17, 1965) was an American poet often identified with the San Francisco Renaissance.
Kenneth Rexroth

Kenneth Rexroth

male, deceased (1982)
Kenneth Rexroth (December 221905 - June 61982) was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. He was among the first poets in the United...
Charles Olson

Charles Olson

male, deceased (1970)
Charles Olson (27 December 1910 - 10 January 1970) was an important 2nd generation American modernist poet who was a crucial link between earlier...
Michael McClure

Michael McClure

male, 77 years old
Michael McClure, an American poet, playwright, songwriter and novelist, was born in Marysville, Kansas on (October 20, 1932) before moving to San...
Philip Whalen

Philip Whalen

male, deceased (2002)
Philip Whalen was a poet and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat generation. Born in Portland, Oregon, Whalen served in the...
Joanne Kyger

Joanne Kyger

female, 75 years old
Joanne Kyger (born November 19, 1934) is an American poet. Her poetry is influenced by her practice of Zen Buddhism and her ties to the poets of...
Helen Adam

Helen Adam

female, deceased (1993)
Helen Adam is an American poet, collagist and photographer who was an active participant in The San Francisco Renaissance, a literary movement...
David Meltzer

David Meltzer

male, 72 years old
David Meltzer (born February 17, 1937) is a poet and musician of the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance. Lawrence Ferlinghetti has...
Jack Micheline

Jack Micheline

male, deceased (1998)
Jack Micheline (born November 6, 1929 in the Bronx, New York; died February 27, 1998 in San Francisco, California) was a Bay Area painter and poet....