![]() ![]() Di Prima changed her last name from DiPrima to di Prima because she believed it better reflected her Italian ancestry. Her maternal grandfather, Domenico Mallozzi, was an activist and associated with anarchists Carlo Tresca and Emma Goldman. Her father Francis was a lawyer, and her mother Emma (née Mallozzi) was a teacher. She was a second generation American of Italian descent. Her magnum opus is widely considered to be Loba, a collection of poems first published in 1978 then extended in 1998.ĭi Prima was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 6, 1934. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. ![]() ![]() Diane di Prima (August 6, 1934 – October 25, 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. ![]()
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