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Mary Norbert Korte

Willits, New York

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Mary Norbert Korte1934-2022

Mary Norbert Korte, poet known for her role in the San Francisco Renaissance and Beat poetry movements and environmental activist, passed away on November 14th. She was 88 years old.Korte was born in 1934 between Oakland and Berkeley. She became a nun in...

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She taught me Latin I and II at St Vincent's in Vallejo and opened my interest in Music through the Vincentian Choristers. She obviously kept that dynamo spirit throughout her life and supported great causes.

Mary is woven into California poetry history and her legacy is deepened by her activism. I hold her in my heart.

It´s been almost a year. Dear Mary, I didn´t know you were gone. Loved being your neighbor up there in the Noyo River redwood forest. Bridget & Hank

Mary Norbert Korte influenced my spirituality as well as my poetry. I am not a catholic but a Buddhist, but her themes are my themes, her activism something I can only hope to glimpse. The world is a better place because of women with strong convictions like her. A tremendous loss to the poetry community.

Mary had a lasting influence on my development as a poet. Her encouragement included inviting me to stay in her water tower guest room so that I could finish my first book of poetry. She was a uniquely visionary and gifted poet.