Kenneth Patchen
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1911
- Died
- 1972
- Works
- 90
Top works
- The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970
- The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer
- Love poems
- At the new year
- Red wine & yellow hair
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1911
- Active to
- 1972
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- Listeners
- 2,260
- Total plays
- 15,563
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Kenneth Patchen On December 13, 1911, Kenneth Patchen was born in Niles. A poor boy throughout his childhood, he spent his time playing football and working in a factory. He enjoyed publishing in his school newspaper, kept a diary from the age of twelve, and began reading Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Robert Burns, and Herman Melville. After high school, he moved to Wisconsin and attended Alexander Meiklejohn's Experimental College for one year and then the University of Wisconsin. <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kenneth
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Niles
- Place of death
- Palo Alto
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.connectotel.com/patchen
- Image
- Kenneth Patchen portrait au chat.jpg
- Work location
- Germany
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- date of birth
- 1911-12-13
- date of death
- 1972-01-08
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
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