Charles Olson

GPTKB entity

Properties (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf poet
writer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkbp:artMovement gptkb:Black_Mountain_School
Beat Generation
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Black_Mountain_College
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fellowship_of_the_Academy_of_American_Poets
gptkbp:born December 27, 1910
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Olson_Jr.
gptkbp:died January 10, 1970
gptkbp:famousQuote "I am a poet, and I am a poet because I am a poet."
"I am not a poet, I am a poet."
"The only thing that matters is the poem."
"The poem is a little machine made of words."
"The poet is a man who is always in the process of becoming."
gptkbp:genre Modernist poetry
Experimental poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Olson
gptkbp:influenced Language poets
Postmodern poets
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ezra_Pound
gptkb:William_Carlos_Williams
gptkbp:knownFor Projective Verse
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Robert_Creeley
gptkb:Allen_Ginsberg
gptkb:Jack_Kerouac
gptkb:Robert_Duncan
John Wieners
gptkbp:notableWork The Maximus Poems
gptkbp:occupation professor
editor
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Worcester,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Gloucester,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:productionCompany 1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_E._Olson
gptkbp:website http://www.charlesolson.com