John Olson (poet and writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Poet, writer
Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1947
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Profession: poet
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About John Olson (poet and writer)
- John Olson (born August 23, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American poet and novelist.
- Olson has lived for many years in Seattle, Washington.
- He has published nine collections of poetry and three novels, including Souls of Wind, nominated for the 2008 Believer Book Award.
- In 2004, Seattle’s weekly newspaper, The Stranger, for whom he has written occasional essays, gave Olson one of its annual "genius awards." His writing notebooks have been exhibited at the University of Washington.
- Olson's prose poetry has been reviewed in print and online poetry magazines.
- The poet Philip Lamantia said that Olson was "extraordinary...the greatest prose poetry [i've] ever read." and Clayton Eshleman said "he is writing the most outlandish, strange, and inventive prose poetry ever in the history of the prose poem."
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