William Everson
(1912–1994)
(Full name William Oliver Everson; also known as Brother Antoninus) American poet.
Called the “Beat Friar” by his fellow poets, Everson used religious...
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William Oliver Everson was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, in the town of Selma. His father, an immigrant Norwegian bandmaster and printer, was agnostic; his mot...
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Among the most prominent Beat poets as well as the most prolific, William Everson inaugurated his poetic career almost two decades before that group began to take shape, having his first volume, These...
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William Everson was an archetypal bard, deeply rooted in place, with an immense ego modulated by a disarming humility. Although he entered adulthood espousing the agnosticism of his father, during his...
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William Everson
William (Oliver) Everson
