Jack Hirschman

Jack Hirschman
Hirschman in November 2016
Hirschman in November 2016
Born(1933-12-13)December 13, 1933[1]
New York City, U.S.
DiedAugust 22, 2021(2021-08-22) (aged 87)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
OccupationPoet, writer, essayist, social activist
EducationCity College of New York (BA)
Indiana University Bloomington (MA, PhD)
Period1953–2021
SpouseRuth Epstein (divorced)
Agneta Falk
(m. 1999)
Children2

Jack Hirschman (December 13, 1933 – August 22, 2021)[1] was an American poet and social activist who wrote more than 100 volumes of poetry and essays.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Happy Birthday". San Francisco Examiner. December 13, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Whiting, Sam (August 22, 2021). "Jack Hirschman, Marxist poet and North Beach fixture dies at 87". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  3. ^ Weiss, Mike (March 20, 2000). "Dean of SF Marxist poetry Jack Hirschman is lauded abroad unknown at home". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 19, 2021.