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(1934-2020) Poet, author, writer. Diane di Prima was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in San Francisco, California.

Full Name

Diane di Prima

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1934

BIRTH

Diane Rose DiPrima was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 6, 1934.

1950

OTHER

Ms. di Prima attended Hunter College High School in Manhattan, New York, during the 1950s.

1958

LITWORK

This Kind of Bird Flies Backward
Totem Press

Poetry.

1960

RESIDENCE

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Ms. di Prima lived in New York and was part of the Beat movement in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. She was a founder of the New York Poets Theater.

1969

LITWORK

Memoirs of a Beatnik
Traveller's Companion, Inc.

Novel.

1971

LITWORK

Revolutionary Letters
City Lights Books

Poetry.

1975

LITWORK

Selected Poems: 1956-1975
Plainfield: North Atlantic Books
978-0913028490
Poetry.

1978

LITWORK

Loba
Wingbow Press
978-0914728214
Poetry.

1990

LITWORK

Pieces of a Song : Selected Poems
City Lights Books

Poetry.

1991

LITWORK

Seminary Poems
Floating Island Publications
978-0912449340
Poetry.

2001

LITWORK

Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years
Viking Adult
978-0670851669
Memoir.

2014

LITWORK

The Poetry Deal
City Lights Books
978-1931404150
Poetry.

2019

LITWORK

Spring and Autumn Annals: A Celebration of the Seasons for Freddie
City Lights Books
978-0872867871
Poetry.

2020

DEATH

Diane di Prima died at a hospital in San Francisco, California, on October 25, 2020.

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