Larry Eigner

George Hart (California State University, Long Beach)

Ed. by Matthew Hofer, University of New Mexico
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: 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 (Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Born 7 Aug 1926
Died 3 Feb 1996
Activity 1946-1996

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Born in United States
Active in United States

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Larry (Laurence Joel) Eigner was born on August 7, 1927, in Lynn, Massachusetts. The date of Eigner’s birth places him the company of American poets who began their careers in the immediate post-World War II period. Other poets of this cohort born the same year as Eigner include Galway Kinnell, W.S. Merwin, and John Ashbery; poets born a few years before or after include Denise Levertov, James Merrill, A.R. Ammons, Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, and Adrienne Rich. The circumstances of Eigner’s birth, however, distinguish him from these poets in one important way. Due to a forceps injury to his skull during a protracted labor, Eigner was born with severe cerebral palsy. His speech, mobility, and coordination were …

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Citation: Hart, George. "Larry Eigner". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 October 2018 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1403, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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