Fabilli, Mary

Poet and artist Mary Fabilli was born Amalia Elisa Fabiilli on Feb. 16, 1914 (the extra "i" was removed from her last name when the family moved to the United States from Italy). While attending UC Berkeley, she joined the community of San Francisco and Berkeley poets around Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Duncan and others. Fabilli was married to poet William Everson in 1949 until they agreed to separate and he joined the Dominican Order as a lay brother in 1951 taking the name Brother Antonius. Mary Fabilli also joined the Dominican Order in 1953 as a member of the St. Albert Priory chapter of the Lay Dominicans. She died at her home in Berkeley, California on Sept. 2, 2011.

From the description of Mary Fabilli papers, circa 1936-2009. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 760111365

...