Joanne Kyger

Poet

Birthday November 19, 1934

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace California

DEATH DATE Mar 22, 2017 (82)

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About

American poet associated with the Beats and the Black Mountain Poets. Her poetry collections include About Now: Collected Poems and Just Space: Poems 1979-1989.

Before Fame

She studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Trivia

Her later poetry collections include The Distressed Look and God Never Dies.

Family Life

She married Gary Snyder in February of 1958.

Associated With

She and her husband traveled to India with renowned Beat poet Allen Ginsberg.