Philip Lamantia
Sign in to saveAmerican poet, lecturer (1927–2005)
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- 1927
- Died
- 2005
- Works
- 14
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- Penguin Modern Poets 13
- Tau
- The collected poems of Philip Lamantia
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Philip Lamantia (October 23, 1927 - March 7, 2005) was an American poet and lecturer. Lamantia's visionary poems were ecstatic, terror-filled, and erotic which explored the subconscious world of dreams and linked it to the experience of daily life. The poet was born in San Francisco to Sicilian immigrants and raised in that city's Excelsior neighborhood. His poetry was first published in the magazine View in 1943, when he was fifteen and in the final issue of the Surrealist magazine VVV the fol
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Philip
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
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- date of birth
- 1927-10-23
- date of death
- 2005-03-07
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
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