Eli Siegel (August 16, 1902 – November 8, 1978) was a poet, critic, and educator. He founded Aesthetic Realism, a philosophical movement based in New York City. An idea central to Aesthetic Realism—that every person, place or thing in reality has something in common with all other things—was expressed in his poem "Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana".
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16 August 1902 Dvinsk, Russian Empire
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Died |
8 November 1978 (aged 76) Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, United States
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Zodiac | Leo |
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