John Wieners

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American poet human poet

John Wieners was an American poet associated with the Beat and Black Mountain movements, known for his emotionally raw, lyrical explorations of queer identity, desire, and urban life.

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John Wieners canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American poet ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
archivesAt SUNY Buffalo Poetry Collection ⓘ
University of Delaware Library ⓘ
associatedWith Black Mountain College ⓘ
New American Poetry ⓘ
San Francisco poetry scene ⓘ
causeOfNotability emotionally raw poetry ⓘ
exploration of queer experience in mid-20th-century American poetry ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-01-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-03-01 ⓘ
educatedAt Boston College ⓘ
familyName Wieners ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Irish American ⓘ
influencedBy Beat Generation writers ⓘ
Charles Olson ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryStyle confessional poetry ⓘ
lyrical poetry ⓘ
movement Beat Generation ⓘ
Black Mountain poets ⓘ
name John Wieners self-link ⓘ
notablePublication Ace of Pentacles (1964) ⓘ
Nerves (1970) ⓘ
The Hotel Wentley Poems (1958) ⓘ
notableWork Ace of Pentacles ⓘ
Nerves ⓘ
The Hotel Wentley Poems ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
participatedIn Beat generation cultural movement ⓘ
surface form: Beat poetry movement

Black Mountain College poetry community ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
primaryTheme desire ⓘ
queer identity ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
studiedUnder Charles Olson ⓘ

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Black Mountain poets → hasMember → John Wieners ⓘ
John Wieners → name → John Wieners self-link ⓘ