1. Gerard Joseph Malanga was born on March 20,1943 and is an American poet, photographer, filmmaker, actor, curator and archivist.
26 Facts About Gerard Malanga
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In 2024, Gerard Malanga was elected as a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.
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Gerard Malanga was born on March 20,1943, in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, and raised on Fordham Road.
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Gerard Malanga was the only child of Italian immigrant parents.
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Gerard Malanga's father, Gerardo Malanga, was a dry goods salesman.
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Gerard Malanga's early drawing ability was supported by his parents, who signed him up for an after-school art program.
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In 1959, Gerard Malanga became a regular on Alan Freed's The Big Beat, televised on Channel 5 in New York City.
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In 1961, Gerard Malanga was admitted to Wagner College in Staten Island on a fellowship.
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Gerard Malanga befriended one of his English professors, Willard Maas, and his wife Marie Menken, who became his mentors.
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Gerard Malanga made friends with Saul Bellow and Robert Lowell.
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Gerard Malanga attended a symposium with Kay Boyle, Frank O'Hara, LeRoi Jones, and Kenneth Koch.
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Gerard Malanga won the first Gotham Book Mart Avant-Garde Poetry Prize.
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Gerard Malanga was an editor for the journal Wagner Literary Magazine.
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In 1963, Gerard Malanga was looking for a summer job when poet Charles Henri Ford introduced him pop artist Andy Warhol.
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Gerard Malanga had previously silkscreened fabrics for a necktie designer, and Warhol needed assistance with a silkscreening.
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Gerard Malanga was immediately hired by Warhol at $1.25 per hour.
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Gerard Malanga acted in the films, including Kiss, Harlot, Soap Opera, Couch, Vinyl, and Camp.
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Gerard Malanga played a combination of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby in Warhol's film Since.
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Gerard Malanga co-produced Bufferin, in which he reads his poetry and diaries.
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In 1969, Gerard Malanga was one of the founding editors of Warhol's Interview magazine.
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Gerard Malanga denied the accusations but this created a strain in their relationship.
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Gerard Malanga wrote to Fred asking why he wouldn't let him do photography for Interview, I guess he just wants a press pass.
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Gerard Malanga has photographed several poets and artists over the years including, Charles Olson, Iggy Pop, William Burroughs, and Herbert Gericke.
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In 1975, Gerard Malanga performed a reading of his poems and shown his film April Diary at the Sears Harkness Theater in Binghamton, New York.
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Gerard Malanga was responsible for cataloguing and conserving the historic negative collection of Robert Moses.
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In 2024, Gerard Malanga was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.