# Weldon Kees

Missing · 1955

Harry Weldon Kees (February 24, 1914 – disappeared July 18, 1955) was an American poet, librarian, painter, literary critic, novelist, playwright, jazz pianist, short story writer, and filmmaker. Despite his brief career, Kees is considered an important mid-twentieth-century poet of the Beat generation, and peer of John Berryman, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Lowell. His work has been immensely influential on…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=1016897
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/weldon-kees-w1016897

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