Bill Berkson

Poet
BIRTHDAY
August 30,1939
Birthplace
New York
Age
Jun 16,2016,age 76
Birth Sign
Virgo
BIRTHDAY
August 30,1939 (age Jun 16,2016,age 76)
Birthplace
New York

About

New York-born poet best known for works such as Lush Life and Goods and Services. He collaborated on Recent Visitors and Hymns of St. Bridget with, respectively, Joe Brainard and Frank O'Hara.

Before Fame

He attended Brown University and Columbia University and briefly worked as an editorial associate for ARTnews.

Trivia

He published a 1999 memoir entitled Young Manhattan.

Family Life

With his first wife Lynn O'Hare, he had two children. He later married Constance Lewallen and settled in San Francisco, California.

Associated With

Kenneth Koch encouraged Berkson to write poetry.