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Davidson Garrett (born September 11, 1952), a.k.a. King Lear of the Taxi, is an American poet and actor, living in Manhattan, who has worked as a New York City yellow taxi cab driver, since the 1970s, to support his acting and writing pursuits. Garrett is the author of several books of poetry. A recent chapbook titled ''To Tell The Truth I Wanted To Be Kitty Carlisle and Other Poems'' was published by Finishing Line Press in 2013. ''King Lear of the Taxi: Musings of a New York City Actor/Taxi Driver'', the poet's first full-length collection, was published by Advent Purple Press in 2006. An earlier chapbook manuscript, "Taxi Dreams," was one of six finalists for the Gival Press Chapbook Award in 2000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GIVALPRESS.COM )〕 Poems and other writings have appeared in ''The New York Times'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Metropolitan Diary - New York Times )〕''Xavier Review'', ''The Episcopal New Yorker'',〔http://www.dioceseny.org/system/new_yorker_edition/pdf_name/production/7/ENYfin__2_.pdf〕 ''Marco Polo Arts Magazine'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marco Polo )〕 and ''Podium'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Taxi Driver Villanelle - Podium - Issue 10 - 92nd Street Y - New York, NY )〕 the online literary journal of the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center. His poetry has been anthologized in ''Beyond the Rift: Poets of the Palisades'' (The Poets Press, 2010)〔http://www.poetspress.org/fp_rift.shtml〕 and in ''Pears, Prose and Poetry'' (Poets Wear Prada / Eggplant Press, 2011). Garrett caught the attention of the public eye after the 2006 publication of his book ''King Lear of the Taxi''. Poems from Garrett's book were used as text in the short film ''Taxi Driver - King Lear of the Taxi'' by director Ray Andrew Wilkes of Flashgun Films, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Artikel drucken - Flashgun Films release new film - King Lear of the Taxi )〕 Garrett provided the voice-over (recorded in a studio in NYC) to accompany footage of British cab drivers in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The film was a response to media reports of increased violence against cab drivers in the West Midlands and was screened at London's Portobello Film Festival in 2008.〔http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/image/2008pics/programme08.pdf〕 In 2009 Garrett was featured in Amy Braunschweiger's book ''Taxi Confidential: Life, Death and 3 a.m. Revelations in New York City Cabs''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Taxi Drivers Turn Around and Share Their World - NYTimes.com - NYTimes.com )〕 In 2012, the same year Garrett was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, he was profiled in ''New York Magazine'' by the journalist Kate Lowenstein in her article titled "I Drive A Taxi, But I Also ..."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Everything Guide to Taxis - New York Taxi Drivers -- New York Magazine )〕 In 2013 Garrett was invited to take part in a taxi drivers' writing workshop organized by the poet Mark Nowak and sponsored by the PEN World Voices Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The New York Times )〕 He and two other members of the workshop read their taxi poems at "Watching the Meter: Poetry from the Taxi Drivers Workshop" at The Public Theater's Joe's Pub in New York City.〔http://www.pen.org/event/2013/02/14/watching-meter-poetry-taxi-drivers-workshop〕 In 2014, Garrett was once again invited by PEN International to read his taxi poems, at the festival's celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, an event which also featured United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. Also in June 2014, Garrett was awarded first place in the 2nd Annual Juanita Torrence-Thompson International Poetry Competition sponsored by Amulet Poetry Magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Poets & Writers )〕 In 2015, Advent Purple Press published a new chapbook by Garrett titled ''Southern Low Protestant Departure: A Funeral Poem.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Latest News )〕 The poem is a long narrative work, written in the verse form of tercets, which depicts a Protestant funeral in a small Southern town. Also in 2015, Garrett had a spoken-word play published titled ''Conspiracy Theory: The Mysterious Death of Dorothy Kilgallen.'' This play was published in Issue 8 of the performance art journal, Nerve Lantern.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Announcing the release of Nerve Lantern issues 8 & 9 )〕 As a spoken word performance poet, Garrett has appeared in many venues throughout New York City. In 2009 and 2010 he performed in Joel Allegretti’s tribute to Leonard Cohen, ''You Know Who I Am'', which was produced by Greenwich Village’s Cornelia Street Cafe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Cornelia Street Café Hosts An Evening of Spoken Word and Music )〕 In 2013, he was invited to be a part of the Boog City Poet Theater Night which was part of the annual Boog City Music and Poetry Festival in the East Village. He performed a solo poetic monologue, ''King Lear of the Taxi,'' adapted from his poetry collection. Garrett was cast in the play, Ishtar Redux, by poet John J. Trause that was staged in 2013 at La MaMa Experimental Theatre in an evening of performance works produced by the journal, Nerve Lantern.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nerve Lantern News )〕 In August 2015, he was invited back to the Boog City Poet Theatre Night to perform a new poetic monologue with incidental music titled ''Nine Meditations on the Nothingness of Now.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Annual Boog City Festival )〕 He collaborated with the musician, Michael Skliar. A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Davidson Garrett came to New York to pursue an acting career, studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and with Alice Spivak at the Herbert Berghof Studio in Greenwich Village. Davidson graduated from The City College of New York with an M.S. in Education. A member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity, he has worked since 1973 in theater, film and television.〔http://adventpurplepress.com/〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davidson Garrett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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