1. Jack Hirschman was an American poet and social activist who wrote more than 100 volumes of poetry and essays.
16 Facts About Jack Hirschman
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Jack Hirschman received a Bachelor of Arts from the City College of New York in 1955, a Master of Arts in 1957, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1960 from Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana.
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Jack Hirschman's marriage disintegrated, and he moved to San Francisco in 1973.
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Jack Hirschman died from coronavirus-related causes at his home in San Francisco, on August 22,2021, at the age of 87.
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Jack Hirschman translated over two dozen books into English from languages including Hebrew, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Persian, Russian, Albanian, and Greek.
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In 2006, Jack Hirschman released his most extensive collection of poems yet, The Arcanes.
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Also in 2006, Jack Hirschman was appointed Poet Laureate of San Francisco by Mayor Gavin Newsom.
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Jack Hirschman was named Poet-in-Residence with Friends of the San Francisco Public Library in 2009.
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Jack Hirschman continued his work supporting the literary community and was the key organizer for the now biennial San Francisco International Poetry Festival.
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Jack Hirschman curated the Poets 11 Anthology, which collected poetry from each of the city's 11 districts.
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Jack Hirschman was a long time mentor to author and actress Amber Tamblyn.
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Jack Hirschman supported the anti-war movement, the Black Panther Party, and advocated for the rights of the unhoused.
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Jack Hirschman translated the youthful poems of Joseph Stalin into English.
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Jack Hirschman was an assistant editor at the left-wing literary journal Left Curve and was a correspondent for The People's Tribune.
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Jack Hirschman is profiled in the 2009 documentary Red Poet in which he identifies as a Marxist-Leninist.
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In 1954, Jack Hirschman married Ruth Epstein, whom he'd met and dated when they were students at CCNY.