Hannah Weiner
#262,586 Most Popular
About
American Language Poet known for The Fast, Spoke, Clairvoyant Journal, and other collections. Several of her works, including Little Books/Indians, deal with political issues affecting Native Americans.
Before Fame
She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1950. Two decades later, she published her debut poetry collection.
Trivia
She suffered from schizophrenia, a condition that likely influenced her forays into psychic channeling and automatic writing.
Family Life
Her birth name was Hannah Finegold, and she was raised in Providence, Rhode Island. Her marriage lasted four years and ended in divorce.
Associated With
Her first poetry chapbook, The Magritte Poems, was inspired by the artist Rene Magritte.
