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Michael McClure
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 44
Top works
- Two for Bruce Conner
- Ciels de jaguar
- Dream table
- City Lights Journal Number Three
- The new book,
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Film & TV
Marysville, Kansas, USA
Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was barely fictionalized in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat…
Known for
- Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman — Self2012
- Rock Poet: Jim Morrison — Self2010
- Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder — Self2009
- The Source — Self1999
- The King of Queens — Waiter1998
- Classic Albums — Self - Friend and Poet1997
- Poetry in Motion — Self1982
- The Last Waltz — Self1978
- Visions of a City — Himself1978
- The Hired Hand — Plummer1971
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-10-20
Discography
- Love Lion1993
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 278
- Total plays
- 1,118
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Michael McClure (born October 20, 1932 in Marysville, Kansas) is an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955 rendered in barely fictionalized terms in Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and is immortalized as "Pat McLear" in Kerouac's Big Sur. <a href="https://www.la
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Marysville
- Place of death
- Oakland
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Educated at
- San Francisco State University
- Employer
- California College of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- lyrics
- Movement
- Beat Generation
- Official website
- www.michael-mcclure.com
- Image
- GloriaGrahamMichael McMclure2004.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1932-10-20
- influenced by
- Jack Kerouac
- date of death
- 2020-05-04
- name in native language
- Michael McClure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- stroke
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Michael McClure
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
Sources (7)
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