Benayoun, Robert

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Ted Joans (1928-2003) was a musician, surrealist artist, and one of the original beat poets in the early 1950s. Joans was the author of over thirty books of poetry, including Black Pow-Wow: Jazz Poems (1969), A Black Manifesto in Jazz Poetry and Prose (1971), and Wow (1999). He travelled widely in Europe and Africa and kept a home in Tombouctou, Mali. In 2001 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Book Awards.

From the description of Robert Benayoun papers relating to Ted Joans, 1963-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702186180

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associatedWith Breton, André, 1896-1966. person
associatedWith Brunius, Jacques-B. person
associatedWith Joans, Ted. person
associatedWith Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955. person
associatedWith Toyen, 1902-1980. person
associatedWith X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. person
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American literature
Aesthetics
Authors, American
Poets, American
Beat generation
French literature
Mail art
Race
Surrealism
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Poets
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Birth 1926-12-12

Death 1996-10-20

French

French,

English

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