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Richard George Fariña ( Spanish IPA: /ˈfariɲa/; March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) [1] was an American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist. [2] Early years and education. Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, [3] the son of an Irish mother, Theresa Crozier, and a Cuban father of Galician origin, also named Richard Fariña. [4] .
- Richard George Fariña, March 8, 1937, New York City, U.S.
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- April 30, 1966 (aged 29), Carmel, California, U.S.
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Mar 25, 2016 · Richard Fariña: lost genius who bridged the gap between beats and hippies. He was Thomas Pynchon’s roommate, he hung out with Bob Dylan and wrote an American cult classic, yet Fariña is a name...
Apr 30, 2024 · Richard Fariña (born April 30, 1937?, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died April 30, 1966, Carmel, Calif.) was an American folk singer and novelist who, with his wife, Mimi Fariña, played a significant role in the folk music revival of the 1960s.
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Jul 10, 2023 · If you are considering suicide, please call 988 to connect with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Richard Fariña died almost famous. His only novel remains essential reading for psychonauts with a penchant for the absurd | DoubleBlind.
Genre. Fiction. edit data. Richard George Fariña was an American writer and folksinger. With an Irish mother and a Cuban father, Farina was born a rebel. He grew up in Brooklyn, pre-revolutionary Cuba and Ireland. At 18 he was associated with members of the IRA, and was asked to leave Ireland.
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Apr 29, 2016 · Mimi and Richard Fariña, at the Newport Folk Festival in July 1965. Photo: David Gahr. I am gazing, as I write, at a black-and-white photograph of Richard Fariña with his wife, Mimi (née Baez) Fariña, taken backstage at the Newport Folk Festival nine months before his death—fifty years ago this week—at the age of twenty-nine.
Aug 12, 2016 · Culture. Folk hero: Richard Fariña’s wild ride from Tyrone to Greenwich. The late writer and musician made a big impression in the 1960s, whether playing with Bob Dylan or fishing in Ireland....
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