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Steven B. Smith (born 1946 in Wallace, Idaho), is an underground artist and poet from Cleveland, Ohio. He published the cult underground classic ''ArtCrimes'', a zine influenced by the beats.〔 Smith's art and poetry uses cultural themes as found objects with a Dadaist influence.〔Norman, Sally. ("Spiritual Fulfillment," ) ''Dialogue Magazine'' (Sept., 1984).〕〔Litt, Steven. ("Aggressive Nastiness Jabs At Viewer," ) ''The Plain Dealer'' (May 27, 1992).〕 His life is pockmarked with colorful episodes such as stealing cars when he was thirteen, getting kicked out of the U.S. Naval Academy, armed robbery, and prison.〔〔〔Utter, Douglas Max. ("Over the Wall: The Restless Steven B. Smith Is Moving On," ) ''Cleveland Free Times'' (Mar. 15, 2006).〕 ==Early years== Smith was born in Wallace, Idaho, to Pappy Smith and Florence E. "Mother Dwarf" Smith. He was raised in Paradise Prairie, twenty miles outside of Spokane, Washington. He stole thirteen cars when he was thirteen.〔 In 1968 Smith was one of thirteen middies ousted by the Naval Academy for smoking pot.〔Barnes, Bart. ("13 Middies Ousted In Marijuana Case," ) ''The Washington Post'' (Feb. 21, 1968).〕 He haggled a deal with the government upon discharge; they agreed to pay for his education.〔〔 He went on to receive a bachelor's degree in English and philosophy with a 3.8 GPA from Loyola College in Maryland.〔Cullinan, Helen. ("Angry Young Artist Has Mellowed With Age," ) ''The Plain Dealer'' (Sept. 30, 1993).〕 Smith married into an East Coast blue-blood family in 1969.〔 In 1970, he was arrested for armed robbery. () Smith lived in Baltimore and other cities before coming to Cleveland in 1977〔 in pursuit of another man's wife.〔 She then divorced her husband and decided to marry someone other than Smith.〔Putre, Laura. ("Blurb," ) ''The Scene'' (Apr. 26, 1996).〕 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「Steven B. Smith (poet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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