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Ed Sanders
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American poet and activist (born 1939)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 17 August 1939
- Works
- 49
Top works
- City Lights Journal
- Shards of God
- Revs of the morrow
- A book of glyphs
- America, a history in verse
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Film & TV
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Edward Sanders (born August 17, 1939) is an American poet, singer, activist, author, publisher and longtime member of the rock band the Fugs. He has been called a bridge between the Beat and hippie generations. Sanders is considered to have been active and "present at the counterculture's creation."
Known for
- Owner's Manual — Self2013
- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune — Self2011
- The Source — Self1999
- Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections — Self1990
- Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center — Self1989
- Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets — Self1989
- Poetry in Motion — Self1982
- The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man1981
- Chappaqua — The Fugs1966
- Kiss — Self1963
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-10-13
- Active to
- 2022-09-24
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,493
- Total plays
- 15,103
Tags
Ed Sanders (born August 17, 1939) is an American poet, singer, social activist, environmentalist, novelist and publisher. Sanders was born in Kansas City,Missouri. He dropped out of Missouri University in 1958 and hitchhiked to New York City’s Greenwich Village. He wrote his first major poem, Poem from Jail, on toilet paper in his cell after being jailed for protesting against nuclear proliferation in 1961. In 1962, he founded the avant-garde journal, Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts. <a href=
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ed
- Family name
- Sanders
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kansas City
- Occupation
- publisher
- Educated at
- University of Missouri
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Movement
- Beat Generation
- Image
- Ed Sanders at House Divided.png
- Residence
- Westbeth Artists Community
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- date of birth
- 1939-08-17
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- significant person
- Gary Snyder
- archives at
- Princeton University
- member of
- Youth International Party
- Commons category
- Ed Sanders (musician and writer)
Sources (7)
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