REXROTH, KENNETH


Meaning of REXROTH, KENNETH in English

born Dec. 22, 1905, South Bend, Ind., U.S.

died June 6, 1982, Santa Barbara, Calif.

U.S. painter, essayist, poet, and translator.

The largely self-educated Rexroth spent much of his youth traveling in the West, organizing and speaking for unions. His early poems were experimental, influenced by Surrealism ; his later work was praised for its tight form and its wit and humanistic passion. He was an early champion of the Beat movement . His works include essays in Assays (1962) and With Eye and Ear (1970); and many translations of Japanese, Chinese, Greek, Latin, and Spanish poetry.

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