John Wieners

John Wieners (6 January 1934 – 1 March 2002) was an American lyric poet. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, Wieners attended St. Gregory Elementary School in Dorchester, Massachusetts and Boston College High School. From 1950 to 1954, he studied at Boston College, where he earned his A.B. In 1954 he heard Charles Olson read at the Charles Street Meeting House on Beacon Hill in the midst of a hurricane. He decided to enroll at Black Mountain College w... more

Date of birth:

  • Jan 6, 1934

Date of death:

  • Mar 1, 2002 (age 68 years)
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