Kenneth Koch
Novelist, Author
1925 – 2002
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Who was Kenneth Koch?
Kenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. He was a prominent poet of the New York School of poetry, a loose group of poets including Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery that eschewed contemporary introspective poetry in favor of an exuberant, cosmopolitan style that drew major inspiration from travel, painting, and music.
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- Born
- Feb 27, 1925
Cincinnati - Also known as
- Jay Kenneth Koch
- Spouses
- Janice Elwood
(1954 - 1981) - Karen Culler
(1994 - )
- Janice Elwood
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Columbia University
(1949 - 1950) - Harvard University
- PhD, Columbia University
- Employment
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Manhattan
( - 2002/07/06)
- Manhattan
- Died
- Jul 6, 2002
Manhattan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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