O'Hara, Frank

O'Hara, Frank 1926–66, American poet, b. Baltimore. O'Hara was a founder of the Poet's Theatre and later of the center of the New York School of Poets. His writings include Collected Poems (1971)

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O'Hara, (Francis Russell) Frank (1926–66) poet, art critic; born in Baltimore, Md. He studied at New England Conservatory of Music, Boston (1946–50), Harvard (B.A. 1950), and the University of Michigan (M.A. 1951). He worked for the Museum of Modern Art beginning in 1951, and as an editor for art magazines (1954–64). He wrote plays and art criticism and is noted for his surrealistic poetry, as in Selected Poems (1973).