Born Eugene Baroff, in 1924 in New York City, to Benjamin and Zissell Baroff. Graduated with a B.A. from the University of Florida (1947), he remained at the University for approximately ten years as a graduate student, instructor, and curator of the University Library's Creative Writing Collection. During this period, he became close friends with the novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and lived in her home at Cross Creek from 1952 until he left Florida. He began calling himself Gene Baro about 1950. He taught English at Bennington College from 1958-1963. From about 1950, Baro was an active literary figure, publishing short stories and especially poetry in numerous journals. He was a regular book reviewer and edited two literary anthologies. His major poetry collection was published as "Northwind" in the anthology-series Poetry Today VI (1959). In 1963 he removed from Bennington for several years to England, where he was a lecturer, a broadcaster, and a correspondent. After returning to the United States in 1969 or 1970, he spent most of the remainder of his life in the art world as a writer, educator, and museum and exhibition curator. He died of cancer, November 15, 1982.
From the description of Gene Baro Papers, 1945-1982, (Bulk: 1950-1965). (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 173648913
