1. Ron Padgett was born on June 17,1942 and is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School.
16 Facts About Ron Padgett
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Ron Padgett influenced many of Padgett's works, particularly in the writer's taste for independence and a willingness to deviate from rules, even his own.
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In high school, Ron Padgett became interested in visual arts while continuing to write poetry.
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Ron Padgett befriended Joe Brainard, the visual artist who became a well-known writer.
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In 1960, Ron Padgett left Tulsa to study at Columbia College in New York City.
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From 1968 to 1969 Ron Padgett was a workshop leader for The Poetry Project at St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in New York City.
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Ron Padgett worked in poet-in-the-school programs nationally from 1969 to 1976.
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Ron Padgett hosted a poetry radio series and the designer of computer writing games.
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Ron Padgett's papers are held by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
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Ron Padgett is the author of more than twenty poetry collections, including Great Balls of Fire ; You Never Know ; How to Be Perfect ; How Long ; and Collected Poems.
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Seven of Ron Padgett's poems are featured in Jim Jarmusch's 2016 film Paterson, including three written expressly for the film.
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Ron Padgett collaborated with poet Ted Berrigan and artists Jim Dine, George Schneeman, Bertrand Dorny, Trevor Winkfield, and Alex Katz, along with Joe Brainard.
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Ron Padgett is the author of nonfiction works, including Blood Work: Selected Prose, Ted: A Personal Memoir of Ted Berrigan, Creative Reading, and The Straight Line: Writing on Poetry and Poets, Oklahoma Tough: My Father, King of the Tulsa Bootleggers, and Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard.
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Ron Padgett was the editor of the three-volume reference work, World Poets.
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Ron Padgett translated French poets Blaise Cendrars, Max Jacob, Pierre Reverdy, Valery Larbaud, and Guillaume Apollinaire.
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Ron Padgett was the recipient of grants and awards for his translations, which include those given by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Columbia University's Translation Center.