Joanne Kyger

American poet

Joanne Kyger (November 19, 1934 – March 22, 2017) was an American poet. Her poetry was influenced by her practice of Zen Buddhism and her ties to the poets of Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Beat generation.

Joanne Kyger, 2004

Kyger was born in Vallejo, California. She studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] She moved to San Francisco in 1957.

Kyger published more than twenty books of poetry and prose, including Going On: Selected Poems, 1958–1980, (1983);[2] and, Just Space: poems, 1979-1989 (1991).

Kyger died on March 22, 2017 at her home in Bolinas, California from lung cancer, aged 82.[3]

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  1. "Big Bridge #4 Chapbook Poet: Joanne Kyger". Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
  2. a winner in the National Poetry Series
  3. John McMurtie (March 23, 2017). "Joanne Kyger, trailblazing Beat poet, dies at 82". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

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