Leslie Scalapino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leslie Scalapino

American writer

Date of Birth: 25-Jul-1944

Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California, United States

Date of Death: 28-May-2010

Profession: writer, poet, playwright

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Leslie Scalapino (July 25, 1944 – May 28, 2010) was a United States poet, experimental prose writer, playwright, essayist, and editor, sometimes grouped in with the Language poets, though she felt closely tied to the Beat poets.
A longtime resident of California's Bay Area, she earned an M.A.
in English from the University of California at Berkeley.
One of Scalapino's most critically well-received works is way (North Point Press, 1988), a long poem which won the Poetry Center Award, the Lawrence Lipton Prize, and the American Book Award.