Was Charles bukowski a contemporary poet?

Charles Bukowski was an American writer, best known for his poetry, short stories, and six novels.

Charles Bukowski lived mostly in Los Angeles - where most of his writings draw inspiration from. His parents were German. Later in his life he & his wife moved a bit south to San Pedro.

Charles Frederick Malam was my grandfather. He was married 1 August 1931 in Brooklyn NY to Muriel Jane Harris. Charles was born in S. Ryegate, VT in 1906 and died in Brooklyn in 1981. He was a Rhodes...

Contemporary, as applied to poets, means still alive and writing today; by that standard, Frost (who died in 1963) can no longer be considered a contemporary poet. However, if your teacher or...

73 years old.