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(Poet) Bob Kaufman was a prominent American Beat poet, surrealist, jazz performance artist, and satirist. He was recognized in France as the Black American Rimbaud. In 1959, Kaufman played a key role in co-founding Beatitude poetry magazine with Allen Ginsberg, John Kelly, A. D. Winans, and William Margolis, and served as an editor. His distinctive fusion of poetry and performance made a significant mark on the Beat poetry movement and left a lasting impression on the literary world with his innovative and challenging work.
