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Francis Russell " Frank " O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an American writer, poet, and art critic. A curator at the Museum of Modern Art, O'Hara became prominent in New York City's art world.
Frank O'Hara was a dynamic leader of the "New York School" of poets, a group that included John Ashbery, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler. The Abstract Expressionist painters in New York City during the 1950s and 1960s used the title, but the poets borrowed it.
Frank O’Hara - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Born on March 27, 1926, Frank O'Hara was one of the most distinguished members of the New York School of poets.
Frank O’Hara’s poems capture the heady moment in the 1960s when American art stepped out of Europe’s shadow – but they are just as relevant now in the internet age, writes Jane Ciabattari.
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