Ron Loewinsohn

Ronald William Loewinsohn (December 15, 1937 – October 14, 2014) was an American poet and novelist who was associated with the poetry of the San Francisco Renaissance since his inclusion in Donald Allen's 1960 poetry anthology, The New American Poetry 1945–1960. He was professor emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

Education and career Born in Iloilo, Philippines, Loewinsohn and his family relocated to Los Angeles in the United States in 1945. and then settled in San Francisco, where he lived until 1967. His papers are archived in Stanford University's Department of Special Collections and University Archives.

Publications Watermelons, New York: Totem Press, 1959 Poetry included in Donald Allen's The New American Poetry 1945–1960 (1960) by Grove Press The World of the Lie (poems), Change Press, 1963 L'Autre (poems), Black Sparrow Press, 1967 Lying Together; Turning the Head & Shifting the Weight: The Produce District, & Other Places; Moving - A Spring Poem, Black Sparrow Press, 1967 The Step (poems), Black Sparrow Press, 1968 The Sea, around us (poem) Black Sparrow Press 1968 Meat Air (Selected Poems), Harcourt Brace, 1970 The Leaves (poems), Black Sparrow Press, 1973 William C. Williams: The Embodiment of Knowledge, (Editor) Goat Dances (poems) Black Sparrow Press, 1976 Poetry included in Donald Allen's The Postmoderns, (1982) by Grove Press Magnetic Field(s) (novel), Knopf, 1983 Where All the Ladders Start (novel), Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987

Awards and honors Poets Foundation Award (1963) The Irving Stone Award of the Academy of American Poets (1966) The Ina Coolbrith Memorial Prize for Poetry (1966) The University of California Scholar Award (1967) Woodrow Wilson Foundation graduate fellowship (1967–68) Harvard University fellowship (1967–1970) National Education Association Fellowship (1979 and 1986) Guggenheim Fellowship (1984–85)

Media Poetry reading Ron Loewinsohn at SGWU, 1970 (with Robert Hogg) - Concordia University

Video clip Literature of the Beat Generation - Ron Loewinsohn – OLLI @ University of California, Berkeley