Ted Berrigan (15 November, 1934 - 4 July, 1983) was an American poet.

Early life

Berrigan was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After high school, he spent a year at Providence College before joining the U.S. Army in 1954 to serve in the Korean War. After three years in the Army, he finished his college studies at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, where he received a B.A. in English in 1959. He received his M.A. from Tulsa in 1962 and moved to New York City shortly afterward, where he edited various magazines and books.

The New York School

A prominent figure in the second generation of the New York School of Poets, Berrigan was peer to Jim Carroll, Anselm Hollo, Ron Padgett , and Anne Waldman. He collaborated with Padgett and Joe Brainard on Bean Spasms, a work significant in its rejection of traditional concepts of ownership. Though Berrigan, Padgett, and Brainard all wrote individual poems for the book, and collaborated on many others, no authors were listed for individual poems.

External links

• bhudda on the bounty
• Bohemian Ink: Ted Berrigan
• Academy of American Poets: Ted Berrigan