Name Frances Smith Occupation Poet Children Marina Louise Bukowski Spouse Wray Smith (m. ?–1960) | Role Poet Nationality American | |
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Born Frances Dean SmithMarch 19, 1922San Rafael, California, U.S. ( 1922-03-19 ) Books Amber Spider, Grandma Stories | ||
FrancEyE at Redondo Poets (2007)
FrancEyE aka Frances Dean Smith (March 19, 1922 – June 2, 2009), was an American poet.
Contents
- FrancEyE at Redondo Poets 2007
- E Amato reads Skys by FrancEyE
- Biography
- Works
- Film appearances
- References
E Amato reads '"Sky's" by FrancEyE
Biography
Frances Dean Smith was born Frances Elizabeth Dean, in San Rafael, California, on March 19, 1922. During her childhood her family moved to the East Coast, where she grew up.
She married Wray Smith while living on the East Coast. They had four daughters but eventually divorced and Frances returned to California in 1963.
She was closely associated with the Southern California poetry community. She is also noted for her relationship with poet Charles Bukowski, with whom she had her fifth daughter and his only child, Marina Louise Bukowski. Charles Bukowski wrote a poem about Frances which has been used as a eulogy, "One for Old Snaggle-Tooth" (1977).
She died from complications of a hip fracture in Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, California, early on June 2, 2009.