The New York Times > Arts > Philip Lamantia, 77, Surrealist Poet, Is Dead

The New York Times > Arts > Philip Lamantia, 77, Surrealist Poet, Is Dead: Philip Lamantia, the rapturous San Francisco poet who embraced Surrealism and later associated himself with the West Coast Beat community, died on March 7 at his apartment in San Francisco. He was 77.