Carl Solomon

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Carl Solomon (born March 30, 1928 in New York ( Bronx ), † February 26, 1993 there ) was an American writer .

Life

Solomon suffered significant mental disorders when his father suddenly died in 1939. Even so, he was able to graduate from high school and enroll in the City College of New York .

In 1944, Solomon volunteered for the United States Maritime Service . As a result he came to France, among other places, where he met the actor Antonin Artaud in Paris and with him Surrealism and Dada . While in Manhattan , Solomon met Allen Ginsberg in the waiting room of the New York State Psychiatric Institute .

Ginsberg later dedicated his poem “ Howl ” to Solomon , the hymn of the Beat Generation . This caused some irritation for Solomon because he - as the verse "I'm with you in Rockland" suggested - had never been treated at the Rockland Psychiatric Center .

Solomon's uncle was the publisher Aaron A. Wyn and Solomon's first works were published by Ace Books . Through that association, Solomon also became an avid contributor to periodicals such as the American Book Review , New Directions Annual, and The New Leader . Through Lawrence Ferlinghetti's magazine Bulletin from Nothing , Solomon made the acquaintance of the publisher Mary Beach , who later published some of his texts.

Carl Solomon died on February 26, 1993 at the age of 64 in New York, where he found his final resting place.

Works (selection)

  • Report from the asylum. Afterthoughts of a shock patient .
  • Mishaps, perhaps . 1966.
  • More mishaps . 1968.
  • Emergency messages . 1989 (posthumous)

literature

  • Samuel Charters : Brother-Souls. John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac and the beat generation . University Press of Mississippi, Mississippi 2010, ISBN 978-1-60473-580-2 .
  • Ronald Collins, Davis Skover: Mania. The story of the outraged & outrageous lives that launched a cultural revolution . Top-Five-Books, Oak Park, Ill. 2013, ISBN 978-1-938938-02-3 .
  • Jonah Raskin: American scream. Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" and the making of the beat generation . University of California Press, London 2004, ISBN 0-520-24015-4 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The RPC is located in Orangeburg (New York) .
  2. ^ Allen Ginsberg had never been treated in this facility either
personal data
SURNAME Solomon, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH New York ( Bronx )
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1993
Place of death New York ( Bronx )