Larry Eigner

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Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.

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instanceOf American poet
human
poet
associatedWith Black Mountain poets
Language poets
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1927-08-07
dateOfDeath 1996-02-03
educatedAt home schooling
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
gender male
genre poetry
hasDisability cerebral palsy
hasParticularCharacteristic attention to everyday detail
composed many poems from wheelchair
emphasis on perception and environment
extensive use of white space on the page
short, fragmentary lines
visual spacing central to meaning
influenced Language poets
contemporary experimental poetry
influencedBy Black Mountain poets
surface form: Black Mountain College poets
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Black Mountain poets
surface form: Black Mountain poetry

Language poets
surface form: Language poetry
notableFor innovative page layout
minimalist poetry
visually spaced verse
notableWork Another Time in Fragments
Areas Lights Heights
Collected Poems of Larry Eigner
On My Eyes
occupation poet
partOf 20th-century American poetry
postwar American poetry
placeOfBirth Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Berkeley
surface form: Berkeley, California, United States
publisher Roof Books
Sun & Moon Press
residence Berkeley
surface form: Berkeley, California, United States

Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States
style minimalism
open field composition
usedWheelchair true
writingTool typewriter

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Black Mountain poets hasMember Larry Eigner