Elio Schneeman (October 16, 1961 – August 17, 1997) was an American poet. Born in
Taranto
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, Italy of American heritage, Schneeman moved with his family to
New York City
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in 1966. He was well-known and respected by poets associated with the
Poetry Project The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church was founded in 1966 at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in the East Village of Manhattan by, among others, the poet and translator Paul Blackburn. It has been a crucial venue for new and experimental poetry ...
in New York.
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Joel Lewis
obit notice to the POETICS list
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Schneeman's poems were published in numerous
literary magazine
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s, as well as the anthologies ''Nice To See You: Homage to
Ted Berrigan
Ted Berrigan (November 15, 1934 – July 4, 1983) was an American poet.
Early life
Berrigan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 15, 1934. After high school, he spent a year at Providence College before joining the U.S. Army. After ...
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Coffee House Press, ''Out of This World'' (Crown/
Random House
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), and (posthumously) ''An Anthology of New (American) Poets'' (Talisman House).
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1961 births
1997 deaths
People from Taranto
20th-century American poets