Carl Rakosi
Carl Rakosi · Arts & Literature
Poet / lyricist
1903, Berlin, Germany — 2004, San Francisco, California, United States
Germany · Hungary · United States
Carl Rakosi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist
Rakosi (born Callman Rawley) was an American poet, one of the founding figures of the Objectivist movement alongside Zukofsky, Oppen and Reznikoff, known for precise, image-focused verse. After a long silence he resumed writing and, living to 100, became a revered elder of American poetry. He was born into a Hungarian Jewish family in Berlin.
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Poet / lyricist
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists
