Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about how they had met in a psychiatric hospital.
Category: Stern, Gerd (1928-2025)
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Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96
An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.