Diane di Prima

Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima, photo by Gloria Graham during the video taping of Add-Verse, 2004
Diane di Prima, photo by Gloria Graham during the video taping of Add-Verse, 2004
Born(1934-08-06)August 6, 1934
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 25, 2020(2020-10-25) (aged 86)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • author
  • artist
EducationHunter College High School
Alma materSwarthmore College
Literary movementBeat movement
Years active1958 (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.