George Leite

George Leite
Leite in 1946
Born George Thurston Leite
(1920-12-20)December 20, 1920
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died August 6, 1985(1985-08-06) (aged 64)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • poet
  • publisher
  • bookseller
  • native plants nursery owner
Nationality American
Period 1943–85
Genre Modernism, poetry, novel
Spouse Nancy Leite

George Leite was an American author, poet, publisher, bookstore, gallery, and native plants nursery owner active in California's San Francisco Bay Area starting in the 1940s.[1] Born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1920, he was raised in the then Portuguese-American enclave of San Leandro, California and died in 1985 in Walnut Creek, California.

Leite was the founder of daliel's Bookstore (stylized with a lowercase 'd') at 2466 Telegraph Avenue between Dwight and Haste Streets in Berkeley, where he published Circle Magazine and published books, pamphlets, and audio recordings under the Circle Editions imprint.[2] Many of the important regional writers of the period such as Kenneth Rexroth were published by him, and daliel's Gallery was the site of concerts by composer Harry Partch and exhibitions by artist Jean Varda. He lived for a while near Henry Miller's cabin on the Big Sur coast.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Oral history interview with Nancy Leite". daliel.leitefamily.net. May 5, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Davidson, Michael (1991). The San Francisco Renaissance: Poetics and Community at Mid-Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-521-42304-5.
  3. ↑ Brady, Mildred (April 1947). "The New Cult of Sex and Anarchy". Harper's Magazine.
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