David Meltzer
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David Meltzer (February 17, 1937 – December 31, 2016) was an American poet and musician of the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance. Lawrence Ferlinghetti described him as "one of the greats of post-World-War-Two San Francisco poets and musicians." Meltzer came to prominence with inclusion of his work in the anthology, The New American Poetry 1945-1960. Meltzer was born in Rochester, New York, the son of a cellist and a harpist. In 1940, the family moved to Brooklyn. <a href="https://w
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- David
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- Meltzer
- Gender
- male
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- United States
- Place of birth
- Rochester
- Place of death
- Oakland
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- writer
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- English language
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- Beat Generation
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- 1937-02-17
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- 2016-12-31
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