born Aug. 6, 1934, New York, N.Y., U.S.
U.S. poet.
Di Prima settled in Greenwich Village and became one of the few women to attain prominence in the Beat movement . In 1961 she cofounded Floating Bear , a monthly featuring notable Beat writers. Her collections include Earthsong (1968), The Book of Hours (1970), and Pieces of a Song (1990). She also founded two publishing houses that specialized in young poets. In 2001 she published Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years .