Person · Open Library
- Born
- 6 January 1934
- Died
- 1 March 2002
- Works
- 59
Top works
- The Auerhahn Press ... catalog 1962
- A poem for Benzedrine
- Stone soup poetry #7
- Asylum poems
- The hotel wentley poems
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1934-01-06
- Active to
- 2002-03-01
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 223
- Total plays
- 1,391
Tags
beat poetrybeatnik
John Joseph Wieners (6 January 1934 – 1 March 2002) was an American lyric poet. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, Wieners attended St. Gregory Elementary School in Dorchester, Massachusetts and Boston College High School. From 1950 to 1954, he studied at Boston College, where he earned his A.B. In 1954 he heard Charles Olson read at the Charles Street Meeting House on Beacon Hill during Hurricane Hazel. He decided to enroll at Black Mountain College where he studied under Olson and Robert Duncan f
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Milton
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Boston College
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Movement
- Beat Generation
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- date of birth
- 1934-01-06
- date of death
- 2002-03-01
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