Artie Gold
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Artie Gold was a Montreal
based Canadian poet who rose to prominence in the 1970s as one of the circle of Montreal-based writers known as the Vehicule Poets. As one of the wildest, the most daring of the Vehicule poets, Gold was influenced by the work of Jack Spicer and Frank O'Hara, his cats (to whom he was allergic) and his myriad eclectic autodidact interests. Though plagued by illness throughout his life, he worked prolifically and was always less interested in fame or academic placement than he was in creating poetry "at the front of the arts". In a tribute to Gold, the Montreal Gazette
considered him "one of Canada's finest poets".
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
based Canadian poet who rose to prominence in the 1970s as one of the circle of Montreal-based writers known as the Vehicule Poets. As one of the wildest, the most daring of the Vehicule poets, Gold was influenced by the work of Jack Spicer and Frank O'Hara, his cats (to whom he was allergic) and his myriad eclectic autodidact interests. Though plagued by illness throughout his life, he worked prolifically and was always less interested in fame or academic placement than he was in creating poetry "at the front of the arts". In a tribute to Gold, the Montreal Gazette
The Gazette (Montreal)
The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
considered him "one of Canada's finest poets".
External links
- Artie Gold at the Literary Underground wiki
- "Remembering Artie Gold" by Stephen Morrisey
- Vehicule Press Tribute
- Montreal Gazette Tribute
- Globe and Mail feature on Gold by Wanda O'Connor