FrancEyE(1922-2009). Photo by Marina B. Zevala.
francEyE, a.k.a. Frances Dean Smith (March 19, 1922 - June 2, 2009), was an American poet.
Life[]
She was born Frances Elizabeth Dean, in San Rafael, California. During her childhood her family moved to the East Coast, where she grew up.[1]
She attended Smith College, where she studied poetry under Grace Hazard Conkling in 1941. In 1942, a villanelle written by her was published in William Rose Benét column, The Conning Tower, in the Saturday Review of Literature.[2]
She married Wray Smith while living on the East Coast and had 4 daughters. They were eventually divorced and she returned to California in 1963.[1]
She was closely associated with the Southern California poetry community. She is also noted for her relationship with poet Charles Bukowski, with whom she had her 5th daughter and his only child, Marina Louise Bukowski.[1] Charles Bukowski wrote a poem about Frances which has been used as a eulogy, "One for Old Snaggle-Tooth" (1977).[3] She also had a beard,[4] hence her nickname, "The bearded witch of Ocean Park."[2]
She died from complications of a hip fracture in Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, California, early on June 2, 2009.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Four Poets (by Ruth Wire, Grace Bogart, Joanne Stell, S.S.Veri; as "S.S. Veri"). First Edition, 1970.[5]
- Snaggletooth in Ocean Park: Selected poems, 1940-1996. Los Angeles, CA: Sacred Beverage Press, 1996.
- Amber Spider. Long Beach, CA: Pearl Editions, 2004.
- Call. Rose of Sharon Press, 2008.[6]
Short fiction[]
- Grandma Stories (illustrated by Tim Donnelly). Prescott, AZ: Conflux Press, 2008.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[7]
Audio / video[]
E Amato reads '"Sky's" by FrancEyE
Film appearances[]
- Bukowski: Born Into This (2003) Documentary on Charles Bukowski.
- Graffiti Verité 6: "The Odyssey: Poets Passion & Poetry" (2006)[8]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "FrancEyE dies at 87; prolific Santa Monica poet" Los Angeles Times Retrieved on June 3, 2009
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 FrancEyE, Outlaw Poetry Network, November 12, 2008. Web, Feb. 18, 2013.
- ↑ Charles Bukowski (1977) Love Is A Dog From Hell, Black Sparrow Press
- ↑ Bukowski: Born Into This Documentary (2003)
- ↑ Four Poets: Inscribed First Edition, Amazon.com. Web, Aug. 16, 2014.
- ↑ Claire Noland, "[http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-franceye21-2009jun21-story.html FracEyE dies at 87; prolific Santa Monica poet, Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2009. Web, Aug. 16, 2014.
- ↑ Search results = au:FranEyE, WorldCat, OCLC, Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 16, 2014.
- ↑ IMDb
External links[]
- Poems
- FranEye: 2 poems ("Names, Words, Love," "Signs, Songs, Water")
- francEyE - poems on Poetry SuperHighway
- Audio video
- Books
- FrancEyE at Amazon.com
- About
- "FracEyE dies at 87; prolific Santa Monica poet," Los Angeles Times
- FrancEyE Frances Dean Smith 1922-2009, Santa Monica Mirror
- Interviewed re: Bukowski in an LA Times article on Poets
- Review of Baby Grandma in the Santa Monica Mirror
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