Anne Waldman

Anne Waldman
Anne Waldman, 2011. Author photograph by Greg Fuchs for "The Iovis Trilogy," Coffee House Books, 2011.
Born
Anne Lesley Waldman

(1945-04-02) April 2, 1945
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.