Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder

male, 79 years old
Buddhist, beat poet, industrial worker of the world, poet, environmentalism, travel literature…Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, UnitedStatespoetry
Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet (originally, often associated with the Beat Generation), essayist, lecturer, and environmental...
Charles Olson

Charles Olson

male, deceased (1970)
Harvard University alumni, Wesleyan University alumni, American, Beat Generation, Beat writer, Postmodernism…modernist poetry, UnitedStatespoetry, The New American Poetry 1945-1960
Charles Olson (27 December 1910 - 10 January 1970) was an important 2nd generation American modernist poet who was a crucial link between earlier...
Anne Waldman

Anne Waldman

female, 64 years old (Boulder, Colorado, United States)
Bennington College alumni, Institute of American Indian Arts, Modernist writer, UnitedStatespoetry, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, St. Mark's Church Poetry Project…Giorno Poetry Systems
Anne Waldman (born April 2, 1945) is an American poet. Waldman was born in Millville, New Jersey and grew up on MacDougal Street in New York City....
George Oppen

George Oppen

male, deceased (1984)
American military personnel of World War II, American, pulitzer prize, world war ii veteran, objectivist, Objectivist poet…Modernist poetry in English, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner, UnitedStatespoetry
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...
Louis Zukofsky

Louis Zukofsky

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

Ron Silliman

male, 63 years old (Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States)
From Tri-Cities, Washington, blogger, UnitedStatespoetry, revelator, The Alphabet, Silliman's Blog
Ron Silliman (born August 5,1946 in Pasco, Washington) is a contemporary American poet. He has written and edited 26 books to date. Between 1979 &...
Susan Howe

Susan Howe

female, 72 years old
Women poet, University at Buffalo faculty, poet, Modernist writer, Language poet, from County Dublin…UnitedStatespoetry
Susan Howe (born 1937) is an American poet and critic who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among others. Her sister is the poet...
Diane Wakoski

Diane Wakoski

female, 72 years old
Polish-American, Michigan State University, The Emerald City of Las Vegas, Towards a New Poetry, Medea the Sorceress, Jason the Sailor…UnitedStatespoetry
Diane Wakoski (born 1937) is an American poet who is associated with the "deep image" poets and the Beats. Wakoski was born in Whittier, California...
Charles Bernstein

Charles Bernstein

male, 59 years old
poet, American poet, University at Buffalo alumni, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet, American, Language poet…UnitedStatespoetry
Charles Bernstein (born April 4, 1950) is an American poet, critic, editor and teacher. He is one of the most prominent members of the Language poets.
Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer

male, 66 years old
from New York City, Contemporary dance, UnitedStatespoetry, Visual Artist, visual arts, From San Francisco
Michael Palmer (b.1943 in Manhattan, New York) is a contemporary American poet and translator. He has worked extensively with contemporary Dance...