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Feb 20, 2025
Gerd Stern (1928–2025), Beat Generation multimedia artist
Gerd Stern was an influential poet and multimedia artist of the Beat era, as well as the co-founder of the 1960s art collective, USCO.
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Apr 3, 2023
Royston Ellis (1941–2023), Beatles-connected beat poet
Royston Ellis began as a poet in the so-called Beat Generation, with a career spanning the 1950s through the 2010s. His primary claim to fame may be his connection to The Beatles, and to John Lennon in particular, but he also wrote dozens of books on travel, works of fiction, biographies, and poetry.
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Feb 24, 2021
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021), poet who owned City Lights bookstore
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was a poet who co-founded and owned the famed City Lights bookstore in San Francisco and championed Beat poets including .
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Oct 27, 2020
Diane di Prima (1934–2020), feminist Beat poet
Diane di Prima was a poet of the Beat Generation, one of the last surviving members of that famed group of poets.
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Aug 3, 2020
Ruth Weiss (1928–2020), pioneering female beat poet
Ruth Weiss was a pioneering female poet of the Beat Generation and one of the first people to perform jazz poetry.
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May 6, 2020
Michael McClure (1932–2020), legendary beat poet
Michael McClure was a legendary poet who helped launch the counterculture beat generation with and Allen Ginsberg.
