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(1905-1982) Poet. Kenneth Rexroth was born in South Bend, Indiana, and died in Santa Barbara, California.

Full Name

Kenneth Rexroth

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Rexroth moved to Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York, and attended The New School.

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Rexroth lived for a time in an Anglo-Catholic monastery near Poughkeepsie, New York.

1905

BIRTH

Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth was born in South Bend, Indiana, in 1905.

1940

LITWORK

In What Hour


Collection of poetry.

1944

LITWORK

The Phoenix And The Tortoise


Collection of poetry.

1951

LITWORK

Beyond The Mountains
New York: New Directions.

Collection of verse plays.

1956

LITWORK

One Hundred Poems From The Japanese
New York: New Directions.

Translation.

1956

LITWORK

In Defense Of The Earth


Collection of poetry.

1959

LITWORK

Bird In The Bush: Obvious Essays


Collection of essays.

1962

LITWORK

Assays


Collection of essays.

1970

LITWORK

With Eye And Ear
Herder & Herder.

Collection of essays.

1973

LITWORK

The Orchid Boat: Women Poets of China
Seabury Press.

Translation; with Ling Chung.

1974

LITWORK

New Poems


Collectin of poetry.

1982

DEATH

Kenneth Rexroth died in Santa Barbara, California, in 1982.

1982

INTERMENT

Kenneth Rexroth was interred in Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California.

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