Ron Silliman

Elina Siltanen (University of Turku)
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Ron Silliman is a prolific American poet whose work is characterized by experimentation with language and the possibilities of poetic form. He is an active commentator on poetry and poetics and known as one of the founding members of the language writing community, which originated in the San Francisco and New York areas in the 1970s. Silliman has published many books of poetry, essays and edited collections of essays and poems since his first publication in 1965.

Silliman was born in Pasco, Washington, on August 5, 1946, and grew up in the area of Albany, California. He went to college in the San Francisco area in the 1960s but did not finish his degree. He proceeded to work as a political lobbyist and organizer, for example for the Committee for Prisoner Humanity

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Citation: Siltanen, Elina. "Ron Silliman". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 October 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12782, accessed 28 March 2024.]

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