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PHILIP
WHALEN,
1923-2002
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[Fwd: SF Gate: Philip Whalen -- co-founder of Beat poetry]
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 23:01:55 -0400
From: Mikhail Horowitz <horowitz@bard.edu>
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To: Charles Plymell <cplymell@nycap.rr.com>
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A
good man flown to the old zen zone.
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SF Gate: Philip Whalen -- co-founder of Beat poetry
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:41 -0700
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Organization: SF Gate, San Francisco, CA
To: "Mikhail Horowitz" <horowitz@bard.edu>
Vita
brevis
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Thursday,
June 27, 2002 (SF Chronicle)
Philip
Whalen -- co-founder of Beat poetry
Heidi
Benson, Chronicle Staff Writer
Philip
Whalen, a seminal member of the Beat poets who began a San Francisco poetry
renaissance in the 1950s, died Wednesday morning in San Francisco after a long
illness.
Mr.
Whalen, who was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest in 1973 and served as abbot of
the Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco, was 78.
"He
was a poet's poet," said Gary Snyder, on hearing of his friend's death.
"His intelligence and skill is very subtle and very deep. There are many
poets who feel in his debt."
In
1955, Mr. Whalen joined Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure,
The
poets---most of whom hadn't met before that night---became instant celebrities.
Whalen's poetry was soon published in the influential Evergreen Review and
appeared in the 1959 Grove Press anthology, "New American Poetry."
Born
in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 20, 1923, Mr. Whalen grew up in The Dalles on the
Columbia River. He attended Reed College on the GI bill after serving in the
Army Air Forces during World War II. Snyder was a classmate, and recalled that
Mr. Whalen was already immersed in Asian philosophy and poetry at that time.
They
exchanged letters for many years, Snyder said, "about politics, philosophy,
literature, poetics, Buddhist practice and Buddhist thought---all on a kind of
fun level."
"He
reminded me of Dr. Samuel Johnson. His humor was dry, witty, ironic and
learned," said Snyder. "It was always very instructive."
Mr.
Whalen's many books include the 1967 poetry collection "On Bear's
Head";
In
recent days, while discussing his death with friends whom he thought were
treating the subject too morbidly, Mr. Whalen said: "I'd like to be laid on
a bed of frozen raspberries."
He
is survived by a sister, Velna Whalen, of San Diego. Plans for a memorial
service are pending.
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Subject:
Beat poet co-founder Philip Whalen dies at 78
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 09:51:34 퍝
From: Marcus
Williamson <marcus.williamson@myrealbox.com>
To: info@blacklistedjournalist.com
Beat
poet co-founder Philip Whalen dies at 78
(06-27)
14:07 PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --
Philip
Whalen, an original member of San Francisco's Beat poets who ignited the poetry
renaissance of the 1950s and attended the historic Six Gallery reading, has
died. He was 78.
Whalen,
who died Wednesday after a long illness, was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest
in 1973 and served as abbot at the city's Hartford Street Zen Center. Whalen
became fascinated with Asian philosophy and poetry years ago after serving in
the Army Air Forces during World War
"He
was a poet's poet," said friend and classmate Gary Snyder. "His
intelligence and skill is very subtle and very deep. There are many poets who
feel in his debt."
In
1955, Whalen met in a former auto repair shop with Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Allen
Ginsberg, Michael McClure and Philip Lamantia. About 150 people showed up for
the Six Gallery reading that was organized by Kenneth Rexroth, the so-called
"godfather" of the Beats.
Whalen's
poetry was soon published in the Evergreen Review and appeared in "New
American Poetry," the 1959 Grove Press anthology.
Whalen
went on to publish several poetry books, including "On Bear's Head,"
published in 1967; "Canoeing up Cabarga Creek: Buddhist Poems
1955-1986;" and "Heavy Breathing: Poems 1967-1980."
Days
before his passing, Whalen told his friends they were treating the discussion of
his death too morbidly. "I'd like to be laid on a bed of frozen
raspberries," he said.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/06/27/obituary1707EDT0117.DTL ##
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Subject:
philip walen
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 17:19:55 EDT
From: Karmaburnstudios@aol.com
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Philip
Whalen, an Original Beat Poet, 78, Dies
SAN
FRANCISCO, July 1 -- Philip Whalen, an original member of San
Mr.
Whalen was ordained a Zen Buddhist priest in 1973. He became fascinated with
Asian philosophy and poetry after serving in the Army Air Forces during World
War II. He was born in 1923 in Portland, Ore., and attended Reed College after
the war.
In
1955, Mr. Whalen met in a former auto repair shop with Gary Snyder, Jack
Mr.
Whalen's poetry was soon published in the Evergreen Review and appeared in
"New American Poetry," the 1959 Grove Press anthology.
He
went on to publish several poetry books, including "On Bear's Head,"
published in 1967; "Canoeing up Cabarga Creek: Buddhist Poems
1955-1986"; and
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