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Roberto Valenza papers, 1970-2012

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Valenza, Roberto Francisco
Title
Roberto Valenza papers
Dates
1970-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
16.6 cubic feet (26 boxes)
Collection Number
5775
Summary
Sketches, paintings, collages, and poetry of Roberto Valenza
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Roberto Valenza, poet and early member of Seattle's Red Sky Poetry Theatre, was born in New York City in 1943. His father was a Staten Island policeman. Valenza attended high school in New York and did not continue on to college. Known for his spontaneous poetry of the crazy wisdom school, Valenza was a poet, author, playwright, singer, and Tibetan Buddhist. While living in Katmandu during the 1970s, Valenza published The Clearing Stage and Lost Contact on the Bardo Matrix imprint of Ira Cohen. Other publications include many chapbooks done with his own imprint and, done in collaboration with margareta waterman, several chapbooks and a full-length work of poetry, drawings, and photographs from his time in Katmandu ( Under the Precious Umbrella, nine muses books, 2001). He died in Florida in 2010.

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Content Description

Sketches, paintings, collages, and poetry of Roberto Valenza

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection