Diane Wakoski

Diane Wakoski was an American poet, writer, university teacher, essayist and printmaker (born 1937). She was born at Whittier.

Diane Wakoski in brief

Born
1937
Known for
poet, writer, university teacher, essayist and printmaker
Place of birth
Whittier
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Formation and teaching

Diane Wakoski studied at University of California, Berkeley and Fullerton Union High School. Her recorded influences include Wallace Stevens and Federico García Lorca.

Recognition and collections

Diane Wakoski received Guggenheim Fellowship and Michigan Author Award. Work by Diane Wakoski is held by Museum of Modern Art.

Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Diane Wakoski at Sir George Williams University, The Poetry Series, 23 January 1970. The Magellanic Clouds, dated born Whittier, CA 1937, folder offset s.m.s. no. 5, october, 1968, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 68.662.5(10).

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

A Conversation with Diane Wakoski, Chicago Review, 1977. Diane Wakoski, Master Class. Diane Wakoski, The American Poetry Anthology, 2019. An Interview with Diane Wakoski, Contemporary Literature, 1977. Sites of resistance: language, intertextuality, and subjectivity in the poetry of Diane Wakoski.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

INSIDE THE BLOOD FACTORY: New Poems (1968) — Internet Archive. The Magellanic Clouds (1970) — Internet Archive. Dancing on the grave of a son of a bitch. (1973) — Internet Archive. The butcher's apron (2000) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Diane Wakoski studied at University of California, Berkeley and Fullerton Union High School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is essay and poetry. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are biker poetry. Wallace Stevens and Federico García Lorca are recorded as an influence.

Employment is recorded with Michigan State University.

Work by Diane Wakoski is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship and Michigan Author Award.

Chronology

  1. 1937Diane Wakoski born at Whittier.
  2. 1937The Magellanic Clouds (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 1968INSIDE THE BLOOD FACTORY: New Poems digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1970The Magellanic Clouds digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1973Dancing on the grave of a son of a bitch. digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2000The butcher's apron digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    A Conversation with Diane Wakoski, Chicago Review, 1977

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    An Interview with Diane Wakoski, Contemporary Literature, 1977

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  3. 3.

    Diane Wakoski, Master Class

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  4. 4.

    Diane Wakoski, The American Poetry Anthology, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Sites of resistance: language, intertextuality, and subjectivity in the poetry of Diane Wakoski

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 6 digitised items catalogued under Diane Wakoski as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Diane Wakoski.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  8. 8.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection record associated with Diane Wakoski (1 object).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1209000: Diane Wakoski

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Diane Wakoski”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Prints

3,418 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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