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Charles Olson

Charles Olson was a second generation American modernist poet who was a crucial link between earlier figures like Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, a rubric which includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, the Beat poets, and the San Francisco Renaissance. Consequently, many postmodern groups, such as the poets of the Language School, include Olson as a primary and precedent figure. Across the Atlantic, these various poetic movements have exerted a deep and ongoing influence on an important array of alternative and experimental writers, including Roy Fisher, Geoffrey Hill, JH Prynne and Edwin Morgan, behind whose works lurks Olson's ghost of language-driven inventiveness. (Source.)

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American writer (1910–1970)

Born 27 December 1910
Died 10 January 1970

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  • Cover of: The Maximus poems, volume three
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    First published in 1975 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Maximus to Gloucester: The Letters & Poems of Charles Olson to the Editor of the Gloucester Daily Times, 1962-1969

    First published in 1992 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Olson/Den Boer: a letter.

    First published in 1979 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Poetry and truth: the Beloit lectures and poems
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    First published in 1971 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1970 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Stocking cap: a story

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: "West"

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Archaeologist of morning.
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    Cover of edition archaeologistofm0000olso First published in 1970 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Causal mythology

    First published in 1969 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The distances: poems

    First published in 1950 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Maximus poems

    First published in 1960 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Maximus poems IV, V, VI.
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    First published in 1968 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Human universe: and other essays.
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    First published in 1967 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Poet to Publisher: Charles Olson

    First published in 2003 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Y & X

    First published in 1948 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Selected Poems (Centennial Books)

    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence, Volume 7

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence (Charles Olson & Robert Creeley)

    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence (Charles Olson and Robert Creeley)

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Charles Olson

American writer (1910–1970)

Born 27 December 1910
Died 10 January 1970

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Correspondence, American Poets, Poetry, Olson, charles, 1910-1970, American poetry, Creeley, robert, 1926-2005, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Biography, Essays, Friends and associates, Interviews, Origin, Poets, correspondence, American Authors, American letters, American literature, Antiquities, Briefsammlung, Description and travel, Drama, History, History and criticism, Love-letters, Mayas

Places

United States, Gloucester, Gloucester (Mass.), Massachusetts, English-speaking countries, Mayas, Moon, West (U.S.), Yucatan Peninsula, Yucatán Peninsula

People

Charles Olson (1910-1970), Herman Melville (1819-1891), Ezra Pound (1885-1972), Charles Olson, Cid Corman, D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), Frances M. Boldereff (1905-), Robert Creeley (1926-2005), Amiri Baraka (1934-), Ann Charters, Apollonius of Tyana, Charles Olson (1882-1935), Charles, 1910-1970 Olson, Edward Dahlberg (1900-1977), Frances M. Boldereff, Herman Melville, James Den Boer (1937-), Jan de Vries (1890-1964), John Clarke (1933), Red Cloud (1822-1909), Robert Creeley (1926-), William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Time

20th century, Civil War, 1861-1865

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
February 16, 2010 Edited by 208.70.31.206 Updated information from Wikipedia
September 12, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import