David Shapiro, a cerebral yet deeply personal poet aligned with the so-called New York School, whose highly lyrical work balanced copious literary allusions with dreamlike imagery and intimate reflections drawn from family life, died on Saturday in the Bronx.
His wife, Lindsay Stamm Shapiro, said the cause of his death, in a hospice facility, was Parkinson’s disease.
Mr. Shapiro published 11 volumes of poetry during his six-decade career.
His book “You Are You: Writings and Interviews on Poetry, Art and the New York School” is scheduled to be published this fall.
And he maintained a career in academia that included decades as an art history professor at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J.
Persons:
David Shapiro, Lindsay Stamm Shapiro, Shapiro, ”, Piet Mondrian, Jasper Johns, Jim Dine
Organizations:
New York School, William Paterson University, Columbia University
Locations:
Bronx, Wayne , N.J, mater