American poet and musician of the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance (1937-2016)
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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." Meltzer came to prominence with inclusion of his work in the anthology, The New American Poetry 1945-1960. Meltzer was born in Rochester, New York, the son of a cellist and a harpist. In 1940, the family moved to Brooklyn. <a href="https://w
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· 1990 · cited 80,001x
· 2021 · cited 76,882x
· 1986 · cited 62,912x
· 1981 · cited 60,733x
· 2009 · cited 57,920x
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