Peter Orlovsky
Peter Orlovsky (right) 1978 with partner Allen Ginsberg
Peter Anton Orlovsky (born July 8, 1933 in New York , † May 30, 2010 in Williston , Vermont ) was an American poet and actor .
Life
Peter Orlovsky was Allen Ginsberg's long-time partner . He attended Columbia University . After meeting Ginsberg in 1954, he began writing in 1957 while the couple lived in Paris. In 2010 Peter Orlovsky died of cancer.
Work as a poet
- Dear Allen: Ship will land Jan 23, 58 (Intrepid Press, Buffalo , NY 1971)
- Lepers Cry (Oliphant Press, New York 1972)
- Clean Asshole Poems & Smiling Vegetable Songs: Poems 1957-1977 ( City Lights Books , San Francisco 1978; Reprint: Northern Lights, Orono , Maine 1993)
- Straight Hearts' Delight: Love Poems and Selected Letters 1947-1980 (Gay Sunshine Press, San Francisco 1980, with Allen Ginsberg)
- Dick Tracy's Yellow Hat and Other Poems . German by Jürgen Schmidt, altaQuito publications, Göttingen 1984
- Wiped clean (poems). With a foreword by Gregory Corso and an afterword by Hans Jürgen Balmes. German by Marcus Roloff . Stadtlichter Presse , Wenzendorf 2020. ISBN 978-3-947883-07-3
Filmography (selection)
- 1959: Pull My Daisy
- 1965: couch
- 1969: Me and My Brother
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Orlovsky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Peter Orlovsky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Orlovsky in the nndb (English)
- Peter Orlovsky in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Orlovsky, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Orlovsky, Peter Anton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poet and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 2010 |
| Place of death | Williston , Vermont , United States |