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Edward Sanders

エドワード・サンダース

Edowādo Sandāsu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939-08-17 (Kansas City, Missouri)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Kansas City, Missouri → Greenwich Village, New York City → Lower East Side → Woodstock, New York

Career

Occupations
Poet, Singer, Activist, Author, Publisher, Musician, Social activist, Environmentalist
Active Years
1958-2024
Affiliations
Peace Eye Bookstore, The Fugs, Woodstock Journal
Influenced By
Beat generation
Influenced
Hippie generation

Education

University of Missouri
Period: 1958年中退
Country: United States
Dropped out
New York University
Greek
Degree: BA in Greek
Period: 1958-1964
Year of Graduation: 1964
Country: United States

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship
1983
Category: poetry
Organization: Guggenheim Foundation
Result: 受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1987
Category: poetry
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: 受賞
American Book Award
1988
Work: Thirsting for Peace in a Raging Century: Selected Poems 1961–1985
Result: 受賞
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award
1997
Organization: Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Poem from Jail

1963 Poetry

Poem written on toilet paper in jail after protesting nuclear-armed submarines.

Anti-warCounterculture

The Family

1971 Non-fiction

Profile of the events leading to the Tate-LaBianca murders by Charles Manson's group.

CrimeCounterculture

Investigative Poetry

1976 Poetry manifesto

Manifesto founding the Investigative Poetry movement.

Investigative journalismPoetry

Bibliography

  • Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts (1962-1965)
  • Poem from Jail (1963)
  • Peace Eye (1965)
  • Shards of God (1970)
  • The Family (1971)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Investigative PoetryAvant-gardeExperimental
Recurring Motifs
Anti-warCountercultureHistory

Legacy

Bridge between Beat and hippie generations. Member of the Fugs, founder of Investigative Poetry.

Archives

  • University of Connecticut Archives & Special Collections

In Popular Culture

  • Featured on Life Magazine cover

Trivia

  • Founding member of The Fugs
  • Founder of Peace Eye Bookstore
  • Publisher of Woodstock Journal
  • Inventor of musical instruments like Talking Tie