Kenneth Gangemi (born 1937,

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) is an American poet and fiction writer, best known for his 1969

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, ''Olt'', which has been variously republished and translated. In addition to publications in magazines and anthologies, he is the author of five books, three of them also published in England. Translations have appeared in French, German, Danish, and Turkish. He has had residencies at the

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, Blue Mountain Center, and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. He has won a

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, a New York State CAPS grant, and a

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Published works

* ''Olt'', a novel. London: Calder & Boyars, 1969. New York: Orion Press (an imprint of Grossman/Viking), 1969. Paris: L'Herne, 1972. Frankfurt: März Verlag, 1977. London and New York: Marion Boyars, 1985. Copenhagen: Husets Forlag, 1991. Istanbul: Iletisim Yayinlari, 1994. Lincoln: iUniverse, 2001. * ''Lydia'', a collection of poetry. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. * ''Corroboree'', humor and satire. New York: Assembling Press, 1977. * ''The Volcanoes from Puebla'', fiction based on living and traveling in Mexico. London and New York: Marion Boyars, 1979, 1989. Lincoln: iUniverse, 2001. * ''Lydia/Corroborée'', a dual volume, ''Lydia'' bilingual. Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1980. * ''The Interceptor Pilot'', a cinematic novel. Paris: Flammarion (''Pilote de chasse''), 1975. London and New York, Marion Boyars, 1980, 1982. Lincoln: iUniverse, 2001.

References

External links

Six Stories by Kenneth Gangemi, ''Vice'', 2008.

''WNYC Reader's Almanac'', December 10, 1979. Interview with host Walter James Miller
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