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Born September 22, 1895 • New York City • New York
Died November 13, 1982 (aged 87) • New York City • New York • (Died on this day)
Kenneth Rexroth and his daughter
Kenneth Rexroth
American poet and painter
H.D.
H.D.
American poet
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
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Louis Zukofsky
American poet
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Paul Bowles
American composer, translator, and author
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Horace Gregory
American poet and critic
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
French author
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Cesare Pavese
Italian author
Portrait of Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet, looking over his shoulder in a collared shirt, circa 1965.
Jack Kerouac
American writer
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser
American author
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
Joyce Carol Oates, 2012
Joyce Carol Oates
American author
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
American author, photographer, and film director
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
Thomas Merton, 1959
Thomas Merton
American writer
Jonathan Franzen, wearing glasses and a blazer, gestures with his hand while speaking during a panel discussion.
Jonathan Franzen
American author
Stein, Gertrude
Gertrude Stein
American writer
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
American writer
Louis Auchincloss (centre) with Pres. George W. Bush and Laura Bush after receiving the National Medal of Arts, 2005.
Louis Auchincloss
American author

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