Elio Schneeman (October 16, 1961 – August 17, 1997) was an American poet. Born in
Taranto
Taranto (; ; previously called Tarent in English) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base.
Founded by Spartans ...
, Italy of American heritage, Schneeman moved with his family to
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
in 1966. He was well-known and respected by poets associated with the
Poetry Project
The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church was founded in 1966 at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in the East Village of Manhattan by, among others, the poet and translator Paul Blackburn. It has been a crucial venue for new and experimental poetr ...
in New York.
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Joel Lewis
obit notice to the POETICS list Schneeman's poems were published in numerous
literary magazines, as well as the anthologies ''Nice To See You: Homage to
Ted Berrigan
Edmund Joseph Michael Berrigan Jr. (November 15, 1934 – July 4, 1983) was an American poet.
Early life
Berrigan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 15, 1934. After high school, he spent a year at Providence College before joining ...
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Coffee House Press, ''Out of This World'' (Crown/
Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...
), and (posthumously) ''An Anthology of New (American) Poets'' (Talisman House).
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RealPoetik
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1961 births
1997 deaths
People from Taranto
20th-century American poets