Bob Kaufman
April 18, 1925 – January 12, 1986
Countries:
USA
Place of Birth:
New Orleans, Louisiana U.S.
Place of Death:
San Francisco, California U.S.
Robert Garnell Kaufman (April 18, 1925 – January 1986) was an American Beat poet and surrealist inspired by jazz music. In France, where his poetry had a large following, he was known as the "black American Rimbaud."