Kenneth Rexroth was an American poet, painter, essayist, and translator known for his influence on the Beat movement and his significant role in 20th-century American poetry. He hosted the 1955 poetry reading at the Six Gallery in San Francisco where Allen Ginsberg first performed his landmark poem “Howl.” Rexroth also published numerous collections of translations of East Asian poets.
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