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Donald Allen (1912 - 2004)

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Books by this author: Selected Poems (Ed.)
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  •  Donald Merriam Allen was a writer, editor, publisher and translator of contemporary American literature. He is best known for his project The New American Poetry 1945-1960, just one of the anthologies of contemporary American writing he released.


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