Claude Fredericks | |
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| Born | October 14, 1923 Springfield, Missouri |
| Died | January 11, 2013 (aged 89) Pawlet, Vermont |
| Occupation | Diarist, teacher, printer, playwright, poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | The Journal of Claude Fredericks: 1932-2012 |
| Spouse |
Marc Harrington (m. 2010) |
Claude Fredericks (October 14, 1923 – January 11, 2013) was an American poet, playwright, printer, writer, and teacher. He was a professor of literature at Bennington College in Vermont for more than 30 years, from 1961 to 1992.
In the late 1940s Fredericks founded Banyan Press, which for decades issued hand-set limited editions by writers such as Gertrude Stein, John Berryman, and James Merrill. The first several thousand pages of The Journal of Claude Fredericks, a personal diary that is unprecedented in its length, continuity, detail, and candor, has been published in several volumes. More than 50,000 manuscript pages are held by the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California.