Anne Waldman

Anne Waldman
Anne Waldman, 2011. Author photograph by Greg Fuchs for "The Iovis Trilogy," Coffee House Books, 2011.
BornAnne Lesley Waldman
April 2, 1945
Millville, New Jersey, US
Alma materBennington College
GenrePoetry, Performance
Literary movementNew York School; Beat Literary Generation; Poetry Project at Saint Marks in the Bowery; Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa
Notable awardsPenn Center Literary Award in Poetry (2012); Guggenheim (2013); Poetry Society Shelley Memorial Award (1996)
SpouseEd Bowes (2002–present); Reed Bye (1980–2000); Lewis Warsh (1967–1977)
ChildrenAmbrose Eyre Waldman Bye; Althea Schelling Abrucato
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Anne Waldman (born April 2, 1945) is an American poet. Since the 1960s, Waldman has been an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry community as a writer, performer, collaborator, professor, editor, scholar, and cultural/political activist. She has also been connected to the Beat Generation poets.