| LC control no. | n 88098453 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3573.E4164 |
| Personal name heading | Weiss, Ruth, 1928-2020 |
| Variant(s) | Weiss, Ruth, 1928- |
| Associated country | Austria United States |
| Located | San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1928-06-24 |
| Death date | 2020-07-31 |
| Place of birth | Berlin (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Art |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Artists |
| Found in | Her Desert journal, 1977: t.p. (Ruth Weiss) colophon (b. June 24, 1928, Berlin; Beat poet; lives in San Francisco) LC in OCLC, 5-6-88 (hdg.: Weiss, Ruth, 1928- ) Wikipedia, search August 4, 2020 (Ruth Weiss (beat poet); Ruth Weiss (June 24, 1928-July 31, 2020), better known by the lowercase name ruth weiss, was a poet, performer, playwright and artist; born in Germany, but of Austrian citizenship, she made her home and career in the United States as a member of the Beat Generation; ruth weiss spells her name in lowercase as a symbolic protest against "law and order," since in her birthplace of Germany all nouns are spelled capitalized) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Weiss_(beat_poet)> |
| Associated language | eng |
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