Papers, ca. 1925-1979.

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Papers, ca. 1925-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38128847

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera by and about Rexroth, an artist, poet, translator, critic, author, and Bohemian.

181 boxes (90.5 linear ft.)5 oversize boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7400491

University of California, Los Angeles

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Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982

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Born Dec. 22, 1905 in South Bend, IN; campaigned for many radical groups, particularly the Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World), and espoused eroticism and general anarchy; influenced by poet William Carlos Williams and the Second Chicago Renaissance; founded San Francisco Poetry Center with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg; although his Bohemian lifestyle was emulated by Beats, he did not like the movement for its artistic excess and lack of rigor; noted as an accomplished painter...