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Richard Brautigan [1935-1982] USA
Ranked #170 in the top 380 poets
Votes 91%: 239 up, 24 down

Magic realism, fabulation, black comedy, parody, and satire. Remarkable and humorous imagination. Inventive metaphors. Themes of Zen Buddhism like the duality of the past and the future and the impermanence of the present. Japanese culture.

Born on January 30th, 1935 in Tacoma, Washington, little is known of his childhood but it is rumored it was a troubled one. Somewhere around 1955-1958, Richard moved to San Francisco, California and became involved in the Beat Movement.  In 1959, Lay the Marble Tea was published (his first published book?). This was a collection of 24 poems. In the late 1960`s, Brautigan began to gain popularity and during this time, published several of his most popular works (Trout Fishing in America, All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace,  etc.). During 1966-67, he served as the poet-in-residence at California Institute of Technology. In 1972

Beat, Committed suicide, Postmodernism



WorkLangRating
Love Poem
eng
46
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
eng
26
The Beautiful Poem
eng
11
-2
eng
6
It`s Raining In Love
eng
6
I`ve Never Had It Done So Gently Before
eng
6
At The California Institute Of Technology
eng
5
Deer Tracks
eng
5
The Wait
eng
5
30 Cents, Two Transfers, Love
eng
4
Coffee
eng
4
Boo, Forever
eng
3
Milk For The Duck
eng
3
The Galilee Hitch-Hiker
eng
3
Xerox Candy Bar
eng
3
Autobiograph
eng
2
Color As Beginning
eng
2
Haiku Ambulance
eng
2
My Nose Is Growing Old
eng
2
Romeo and Juliet
eng
2
15%
eng
1
Donner Party
eng
1
Hinged To Forgetfulness Like A Door
eng
1
I Live In The Twentieth Century
eng
1
Just Because
eng
1
Kafka`s Hat
eng
1
Let`s Voyage Into The New American House
eng
1
The Fever Monument
eng
1
The Moon Versus Us Ever Sleeping Together Again
eng
1
To England
eng
1
We Stopped at Perfect Days
eng
1
A Boat
eng
0
December 30
eng
0
Discovery
eng
0
Gee, You`re So Beautiful That It`s Starting To Rain
eng
0
I Feel Horrible. She Doesn`t
eng
0
Man
eng
0
Mating Saliva
eng
0
Nine Things
eng
0
Part 10 of Trout Fishing in America
eng
0
Part 2 of Trout Fishing in America
eng
0
Part 3 of Trout Fishing in America
eng
0
Part 4 of Trout Fishing in America
eng
0
Part 5 of Trout Fishing in America
eng
0
Part 6 of Trout Fishing in America
eng
0
Part 7 of Trout Fishing in America
eng
0
Part 8 Of Trout Fishing In America
eng
0
Part 9 of Trout Fishing in America
eng
0
Please
eng
0
Poker Star
eng
0
Private Eye Lettuce
eng
0
San Francisco
eng
0
Surprise
eng
0
The Double-Bed Dream Gallows
eng
0
The Lake Josephus Days
eng
0
The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster
eng
0
Trout Fishing in America
eng
0
Yes, the Fish Music
eng
0

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