Maxwell Bodenheim (1892–1954)
Author of My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village
About the Author
Image credit: Bodenheim with admirers
Works by Maxwell Bodenheim
Associated Works
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker (2000) — Contributor — 484 copies, 1 review
A Pagan anthology composed of poems by contributors to the Pagan magazine — Contributor — 2 copies
The Reviewer, Volume III, Numbers 1-12 (April 1922-July 1923) — Contributor — 1 copy
The Reviewer, Volume IV, Numbers 1-5 (October 1923-October 1924) — Contributor — 1 copy
The Ethnic Image in Modern American Literature, 1900-1950, Volumes 1-2 (1984) — Contributor — 1 copy
Greenwich Village Poetry Anthology — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bodenheim, Maxwell
- Birthdate
- 1892-05-26
- Date of death
- 1954-02-06
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- poet
novelist - Organizations
- Raven Poetry Circle of Greenwich Village
- Short biography
- Relatively obscure today, he was widely known internationally during the Jazz Age of the 1920s for his erotic poetry and prose and scandalous womanizing. A poet and novelist who was known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians. But by the 1940s he was a homeless wino who wrote hasty poems and sold them for drinks. He was shot dead in 1954 by a mentally disturbed man involved in a sordid tryst with Bodenheim’s wife, whom he also killed.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Hermanville, Mississippi, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Greenwich Village, New York, USA - Place of death
- Greenwich Village, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
A collection split between poetry and prose characterised by Bodenheim’s idiosyncratic use of language and descriptive flair. In turns inventive, funny, and sensorial.
It's how I roll.
"She wanted the low down on life"
Jazz age thrill seekers on a downward spiral head to Harlem.
You should read the wiki article on the author if you aren't familiar with him. The book was written before the depression era ruined the '20s ethos.
"She wanted the low down on life"
Jazz age thrill seekers on a downward spiral head to Harlem.
You should read the wiki article on the author if you aren't familiar with him. The book was written before the depression era ruined the '20s ethos.
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- Rating
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