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David Meltzer | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:David_Meltzer.jpg) Meltzer speaking at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, California in 2007 | |
| Born | February 17, 1937 Rochester, New York, United States |
| Died | December 31, 2016 (aged 79) Oakland, California, United States |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, musician |
| Genre | San Francisco Renaissance |
| Notable awards | Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award, 2008 |
| Spouse | Tina (her death), Julie Rogers |
| Children | Jennifer, Margaret (Maggie), Amanda, Adam, Sangye Land (stepdaughter) |
David Meltzer (February 17, 1937 – December 31, 2016) was an American poet and musician of the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance. Lawrence Ferlinghetti described him as "one of the greats of post-World-War-Two San Francisco poets and musicians".[1] Meltzer came to prominence with inclusion of his work in the anthology The New American Poetry 1945–1960.
- ^ Quoted in the back-cover blurb in the Penguin Selected Poems from 2005, David's Copy