Ron Silliman

Elina Siltanen (Joensuu University)

Ed. by Justin Parks, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Born 5 Aug 1946
Activity 1971-ongoing

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Born in United States
Active in United States

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Poet

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Literary Critic/ Historian

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Ron Silliman is a prolific American poet whose work is characterized by experimentation with language and the possibilities of poetic form. He is an active commentator on poetry and poetics and known as one of the founding members of the language writing community, which originated in the San Francisco and New York areas in the 1970s. Silliman has published many books of poetry, essays and edited collections of essays and poems since his first publication in 1965.

Silliman was born in Pasco, Washington, on August 5, 1946, and grew up in the area of Albany, California. He went to college in the San Francisco area in the 1960s but did not finish his degree. He proceeded to work as a political lobbyist and organizer, for example for the Committee for Prisoner Humanity

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Citation: Siltanen, Elina. "Ron Silliman". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 October 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12782, accessed 23 November 2024.]