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Kenneth Koch

Index Kenneth Koch

Kenneth Koch (27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. [1]

45 relations: American Academy of Arts and Letters, Avant-garde, Bertha (Rorem), Blank (cartridge), Bollingen Prize, Carson Cistulli, Christopher Benfey, Cincinnati, Columbia University, David Lehman, David Shapiro (poet), Doctor of Philosophy, Drama, Frank Lima (poet), Frank O'Hara, Glascock Prize, Harvard University, Infantry, Jane Freilicher, John Ashbery, John Keats, Larry Rivers, Leukemia, Libretto, Mark Statman, Ned Rorem, New York City, New York School (art), Nicolas Born, Opera, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Phi Beta Kappa, Philippines, Ron Padgett, Santa Claus, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, T. S. Eliot, The New York Times, United States, United States Army, University of California, Berkeley, Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, Wagner College, Walt Whitman, World War II.

American Academy of Arts and Letters

The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member honor society; its goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art.

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Avant-garde

The avant-garde (from French, "advance guard" or "vanguard", literally "fore-guard") are people or works that are experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.

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Bertha (Rorem)

Bertha is an opera in one act, with music by Ned Rorem to an English libretto by Kenneth Koch, an original work parodying Shakespeare's histories.

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Blank (cartridge)

A blank is a type of cartridge for a firearm that contains gunpowder but no bullet or shot.

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Bollingen Prize

The Bollingen Prize for Poetry is a literary honor bestowed on an American poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement.

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Carson Cistulli

Carson Cistulli (born December 23, 1979) is an American poet, essayist and sabermetrician.

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Christopher Benfey

Christopher Benfey (born October 28, 1954) is an American literary critic and Emily Dickinson scholar.

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Cincinnati

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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David Lehman

David Lehman (born June 11, 1948 at poets.org) is a poet and the series editor for The Best American Poetry.

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David Shapiro (poet)

David Shapiro (born January 2, 1947) is an American poet, literary critic, and art historian.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or Ph.D.; Latin Philosophiae doctor) is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most countries.

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Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.

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Frank Lima (poet)

Frank Lima (born 1939 in Spanish Harlem, New York City, New York - d. October 21, 2013 in Long Island, New York) was an American poet most closely associated with the New York School.

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Frank O'Hara

Francis Russell "Frank" O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an American writer, poet and art critic.

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Glascock Prize

The Glascock Poetry Prize is awarded to the winner of the annual Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest at Mount Holyoke College.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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Jane Freilicher

Jane Freilicher (November 29, 1924 – December 9, 2014) was an American representational painter of urban and country scenes from her homes in lower Manhattan and Water Mill, Long Island.

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John Ashbery

John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet.

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John Keats

John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet.

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Larry Rivers

Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg, August 17, 1923 – August 14, 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor.

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Leukemia

Leukemia, also spelled leukaemia, is a group of cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal white blood cells.

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Libretto

A libretto is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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Mark Statman

Mark Statman (born 1958) is an American writer, translator, and poet.

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Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is an American composer and diarist.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York School (art)

The New York School was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s and 1960s in New York City.

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Nicolas Born

Nicolas Born (31 December 1937 in Duisburg – 7 December 1979 in Lüchow-Dannenberg) was a German writer.

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 17928 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets, and is regarded by some as among the finest lyric and philosophical poets in the English language, and one of the most influential.

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Phi Beta Kappa

The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) is the oldest academic honor society in the United States.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Ron Padgett

Ron Padgett (born June 17, 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School.

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Santa Claus

Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December).

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St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

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T. S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot, (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets".

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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Up Against the Wall Motherfucker

Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, often shortened as The Motherfuckers or UAW/MF, was an anarchist affinity group based in New York City.

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Wagner College

Wagner College is a private, national liberal arts college in the New York City borough of Staten Island, New York, United States.

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Walt Whitman

Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Koch

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