Kenneth Rexroth
Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth was an American poet, translator, and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement. Although he did not consider himself to be a Beat poet, and disliked the association, he was dubbed the "Father of the Beats" by Time magazine. Largely self-educated, Rexroth learned several languages and translated poems from Chinese, French, Spanish, and Japanese.
Background
- Born in
- South Bend
- Educated at
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Awards
- 🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 Shelley Memorial Award
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Trending topics shown first"It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence."
"Simone Weil was one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth, or indeed of any other century. I have great sympathy for her, but sympathy is not necessarily congeniality. It would be easier to wr…"
"Poetry has ceased to be a public art and has become, as Whitehead said of religion, "What man does with his aloneness."
"You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America."
"The free, creative, loving people who shine so brightly in my memory of studios and coffee shops have become models for a huge section of the population. If they in turn can just stay alive in the fac…"
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1905
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Birth1982
Died
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