Emmett Williams

Poet

Birthday April 4, 1925

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace South Carolina

DEATH DATE Feb 14, 2007 (81)

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About

American poet, artist, and essayist known for his association with the Fluxus movement. He published a 1991 autobiography entitled My Life in Fluxus -- And Vice Versa.

Before Fame

He studied at Kenyon College and at the University of Paris. He later worked in Switzerland as an ethnologist's aide.

Trivia

He taught at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts during the mid-1970s.

Family Life

He was born in South Carolina and was raised in Virginia. He passed away in Berlin, Germany at the age of eighty-one.

Associated With

He collaborated with artist Claes Oldenburg on a piece called "Store Days."