Paul Blackburn (poet) (1926-1971) Biography, Family

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Full Name	Paul Blackburn
Known For	Black Mountain Poet, Provençal troubadour translations, New York poetry scene organizer

Institutions	New York University University of Wisconsin

Early Life	Raised by maternal grandparents on farm in Vermont; moved to Greenwich Village at 14 with mother Frances Frost

First wife (name unknown; married before 1963, divorced 1963)
Second wife: Sara Golden (married 1963, divorced 1967)
Third wife: Joan Miller (married 1968)

Mother	Frances Frost (poet)

Highlights	Contributing editor Black Mountain Review Organizer of poetry readings in New York 1950s-1960s First reading at St. Mark's Church Poetry Project 1966 Published 13 books of poetry, 5 translations in lifetime; 12 posthumously Fulbright scholarship 1954 for Provençal poetry research at University of Toulouse Guggenheim Fellowship 1967 Poet-in-residence at Aspen Writers’ Workshop 1967 Published The Cities (1967) Conducted “Poet’s Hour” on WBAI radio Translated works by Julio Cortázar, Octavio Paz, Federico García Lorca
Influences	Ezra Pound Robert Creeley Charles Olson

Highlights

Contributing editor Black Mountain Review
Organizer of poetry readings in New York 1950s-1960s
First reading at St. Mark's Church Poetry Project 1966
Published 13 books of poetry, 5 translations in lifetime; 12 posthumously
Fulbright scholarship 1954 for Provençal poetry research at University of Toulouse
Guggenheim Fellowship 1967
Poet-in-residence at Aspen Writers’ Workshop 1967
Published The Cities (1967)
Conducted “Poet’s Hour” on WBAI radio
Translated works by Julio Cortázar, Octavio Paz, Federico García Lorca

Influences

1. Corresponded with Ezra Pound, visited him at St. Elizabeths Hospital
2. Pioneering in recording poetry readings
3. Died of esophageal cancer at age 44