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American poet and musician of the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance (1937-2016)

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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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Instance of
human
Given name
David
Family name
Meltzer
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Rochester
Place of death
Oakland
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
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date of birth
1937-02-17
date of death
2016-12-31
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