Dennis Cooper

1953

Introduction

Dennis Cooper (born January 10, 1953) is an American novelist, poet, critic, film director, editor and performance artist. He is best known for the George Miles Cycle, a series of five semi-autobiographical novels published between 1989 and 2000 and described by Tony O'Neill "as intense a dissection of human relationships and obsession that modern literature has ever attempted." Cooper is the founder and editor of Little Caesar Magazine, a punk zine, that ran between 1976 and 1982.

Wikidata identifier

Q1189056

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Roles

Writer, author, essayist, novelist, performance artist, publisher

ULAN identifier

500352924

Names

Dennis Cooper

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