American poet and co-founder, with Michael Fraenkel, of the Carrefour Press — the pair published their own books anonymously until Lowenfels's 1932 plagiarism suit against the authors of Of Thee I Sing put his name on the record.
How Walter appears in its pages: An American poet in Paris who pays for the household by letting apartments to strangers. He hosts the long, drunken dinner that fills the piece named after him, and he talks through all of it.
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Met · 1928
Met in 1928, close friends by 1929 — each with an unpublished manuscript, which is why Carrefour exists. It was Lowenfels who later introduced Fraenkel to Henry Miller.
Founded · 1930
Co-founder with Michael Fraenkel. Carrefour's anonymity principle ended in 1932, when Lowenfels's plagiarism suit against the authors of Of Thee I Sing required his name on the record.
Founded · 1930
Co-founder with Michael Fraenkel. Carrefour's anonymity principle ended in 1932, when Lowenfels's plagiarism suit against the authors of Of Thee I Sing required his name on the record.
Met · 1928
Met in 1928, close friends by 1929 — each with an unpublished manuscript, which is why Carrefour exists. It was Lowenfels who later introduced Fraenkel to Henry Miller.
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