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Philip Lamantia

Acting

01927-10-232005-03-07 (age 77)San Francisco, California, USAMale
aka Phillip Lamantia

Biography

Philip Lamantia (October 23, 1927 – March 7, 2005) was an American poet, writer and lecturer. His poetry incorporated stylistic experimentation and transgressive themes, and has been regarded as surrealist and visionary, contributing to the literature of the Beat Generation.