Andrei Codrescu
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About
Romanian-born poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and NPR commentator.
Before Fame
He published his first poems in Romanian but left the country to escape the communist regime.
Trivia
His poetry book, License to Carry a Gun, won the Big Table Award in 1970.
Family Life
He has two children with his first wife Alice Henderson.
Associated With
He knew Allen Ginsberg while the two worked together in the literary movement in 1960s New York.
