Loewinsohn, Ron

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American poet and novelist.

From the description of For Miles Davis : typescript, [196-] / Ron Loewinsohn. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18423121

From the description of Essay, fathers & sons : typescript, [ca. 1960]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32334315

From the description of Trees/8 : typescript, 1959 July. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32334322

From the description of The eucalyptus poems, 1966-1969. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32808065

American poet.

From the description of Ron Loewinsohn papers, 1953-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553242

Biography

Ron Loewinsohn has been associated with San Francisco poetry since the late 1950s. In the early 1960s he taught at San Francisco State College, and in 1963 he co-edited and published the little magazine Change with Richard Brautigan. Loewinsohn's poems first achieved a wide readership by virtue of their inclusion in Donald Allen's anthology, The New American Poetry. His first book, Watermelons, contains an introduction by Allen Ginsberg and a letter from William Carlos Williams. Loewinsohn acknowledges both writers as his major influences, along with Robert Creeley and Philip Whalen. A later collection of poems, L'Autre, was the first full-length publication of the Black Sparrow Press. Loewinsohn's later publications include Meat Air and Goat Dances, both of which are collections of poetry. A complete checklist of Loewinsohn's primary publications is included in Gary Lepper's Bibliographical Introduction to 75 Modern American Authors. Ronald William Loewinsohn was born December 15, 1937, in Iloilo, Philippines and came to the United States with his parents in 1945. After he graduated from high school in 1955, he traveled around the country and then worked at various printing jobs, before instructing at the San Francisco Poetry Center, 1960-61. He attended San Francisco State College and earned his bachelor's degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1967. Loewinsohn then again instructed poetry at the Center for Adult Education in Cambridge, Mass., in the summer of 1968. He earned his master's and doctorate from Harvard University, in 1969 and 1971, respectively. Loewinsohn returned to Berkeley where he received a professorship in the English Department teaching American literature and creative writing, beginning in 1970. Ron Loewinsohn's awards and honors include the Poets Foundation Award (1963), the Irving Stone Award of the Academy of American Poets (1966), and the Ina Coolbrith Memorial Prize for Poetry (1966).

From the guide to the Loewinsohn, Ron. Papers, 1953-1976, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)

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creatorOf Kyger, Joanne. Correspondence, 1957-1975. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn Diane Di Prima Papers, 1948-1971 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Loewinsohn, Ron. Essay, fathers & sons : typescript, [ca. 1960]. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn (Everett) Leroi Jones (aka Amiri Baraka) Papers, 1957-1965 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
creatorOf Loewinsohn, Ron. Papers, 1953-1976 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Denise Levertov papers from the estate of Mitchell Goodman, circa 1952-1985 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Loewinsohn, Ron. The eucalyptus poems, 1966-1969. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn Allen, Donald, 1912-2004. Unpublished anthology of the San Francisco Renaissance, ca. 1965. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Guide to the Signal Archive, circa 1963-1965 Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Paul Blackburn Papers, 1919 - 1971 University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
creatorOf Ansen, Alan. Collection of literary manuscripts from Measure, [ca. 1953-ca. 1960]. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-. Papers of Imamu Amiri Baraka [manuscript], 1960-1963. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Ansen, Alan. Collection of literary manuscripts, [ca.1953-1960]. State Library of Ohio
creatorOf Loewinsohn, Ron, 1937-. LÁutre, Galley Proofs, 1967. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Poetry mss., 1954-2002 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Conjunctions. Records II, 1985-1987. State Library of Ohio
referencedIn Unterecker, John, 1922-1989. Papers, 1961-1987. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Loewinsohn, Ron. Trees/8 : typescript, 1959 July. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
creatorOf Blackburn, Paul. Papers, 1900-1971, bulk 1919-1971. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
creatorOf Loewinsohn, Ron. Ron Loewinsohn papers, 1953-1976. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Loewinsohn, Ron. For Miles Davis : typescript, [196-] / Ron Loewinsohn. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
creatorOf Allen, Donald, 1912-2004. Donald Allen collection, 1930-2005. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn Joanne Kyger Correspondence, 1957-1975 University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
referencedIn Ziff, Lloyd. Happy birthday N.B.C.C. 1974-1984 ; the National Book Critics Circle tenth anniversary, 1985. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn John Eugene Unterecker Papers, 1961-1987 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Loewinsohn, Ron. Watermelons : publication file, 1959. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Allen, Donald, 1912-2004. person
associatedWith Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934- person
associatedWith Blackburn, Paul. person
associatedWith Blackburn, Paul. person
associatedWith Black Sparrow Press (Los Angeles, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Brautigan, Richard. person
associatedWith Brautigan, Richard. person
associatedWith Conjunctions. corporateBody
associatedWith Corso, Gregory. person
associatedWith Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005. person
associatedWith Davis, Miles, person
associatedWith Di Prima, Diane, Archives person
associatedWith Duerden, Richard. person
associatedWith Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. person
associatedWith Irby, Kenneth, 1936- person
associatedWith King, Basil. person
associatedWith King, Basil. person
associatedWith Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002. person
associatedWith Kyger, Joanne. person
associatedWith Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997. person
associatedWith Modern Poetry Association corporateBody
associatedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
associatedWith Olson, Charles, 1910-1970. person
associatedWith Palmer, Michael. person
associatedWith Palmer, Michael. person
associatedWith Snyder, Gary, 1930- person
associatedWith Stanley, George, 1934- person
associatedWith Totem Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Unterecker, John, 1922-1989. person
associatedWith Wah, Fred, 1939- person
associatedWith Whalen, Philip. person
associatedWith Whalen, Philip. person
associatedWith Wieners, John, 1934- person
associatedWith Wieners, John, 1934-2002. person
associatedWith Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. person
associatedWith Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). corporateBody
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American literature
American poetry
Experimental poetry
Postmodernism (Literature)
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