Kenneth Patchen
Kenneth Patchen | |
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Patchen, c. 1952 | |
| Born | December 13, 1911 Niles, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 8, 1972 (aged 60) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Genre | American poetry |
| Notable works | I Feel Drunk All the Time |
| Spouse | Miriam Patchen |
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Kenneth Patchen (December 13, 1911 – January 8, 1972) was an American poet and novelist. He experimented with different forms of writing and incorporated painting, drawing, and jazz music into his works, which have been compared with those of William Blake and Walt Whitman.
Patchen's biographer wrote that he "developed in his fabulous fables, love poems, and picture poems a deep yet modern mythology that conveys a sense of compassionate wonder amidst the world's violence." Along with his friend and peer Kenneth Rexroth, he was a central influence on the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat Generation.