The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind.
Kenneth Patchen Quotes
Our supper is plain but we are very wonderful.
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Birth: | 13th December, 1911 |
Death: | 8th January, 1972 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
Kenneth Patchen was an American poet and novelist. He experimented with different forms of writing and incorporated painting, drawing, and jazz music into his works, which were often compared with those of William Blake and Walt Whitman. Patchen's biographer wrote that he "developed in his fabulous fables, love poems, and picture poems a deep yet modern mythology that conveys a sense of compassionate wonder amidst the world's violence."
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