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Ron Allen

1947–2010

United States

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Ronald "Ron" Allen (September 13, 1947 – August 10, 2010) was an American poet and playwright associated with Detroit's Cass Corridor arts scene. An Army veteran of the Vietnam era, he co-founded the Horizons in Poetry (H.I.P.) series in the early 1980s and became known for experimental theater pieces that fused poetic language, music, and performance. He relocated to Los Angeles in 2007, where he continued staging new work and performed with the jazz-poetry band Code Zero.

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