Diane di Prima | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | August 6, 1934
Died | October 25, 2020 San Francisco, California, U.S. | (aged 86)
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Education | Hunter College High School |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College |
Literary movement | Beat movement |
Years active | 1958 | –2020
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Diane di Prima (August 6, 1934 – October 25, 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Her magnum opus is widely considered to be Loba, a collection of poems first published in 1978 then extended in 1998.