David Shapiro (born January 2, 1947) is an American poet, literary critic, and art historian. Shapiro has written some twenty volumes of poetry, literary, and art criticism. He was first published at the age of thirteen, and his first book was published at the age of eighteen.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Shapiro grew up in Newark, New Jersey and attended Weequahic High School], and attended Columbia University, from which he holds a B.A. (cum lau...
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David Shapiro (born January 2, 1947) is an American poet, literary critic, and art historian. Shapiro has written some twenty volumes of poetry, literary, and art criticism. He was first published at the age of thirteen, and his first book was published at the age of eighteen.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Shapiro grew up in Newark, New Jersey and attended Weequahic High School], and attended Columbia University, from which he holds a B.A. (cum laude) and a Ph.D. (with distinction), as well at the University of Cambridge, from which he holds degrees with honors.
He achieved brief notoriety during the 1968 student uprising at Columbia, when he was photographed sitting behind the desk of President Grayson L. Kirk wearing dark glasses and smoking a cigar that Shapiro later described as "horrible". It is widely misconceived that the figure was actually Columbia SDS leader Mark Rudd.
David's grandfather was a famous cantor well known in the American Yiddish community. David has perfect pitch...
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