About George Sterling
George Sterling was a prominent American poet, an acclaimed playwright, and a proponent of Bohemianism during the first quarter of the twentieth century. His work was admired by writers as diverse as Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, Robinson Jeffers, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, H. P. Lovecraft, H. L. Mencken, Upton Sinclair, and Clark Ashton Smith. Sterling worked mostly in California's San Francisco Bay Area and Carmel-by-the-Sea, but also spent time as a writer in New York City, Sag Harbor, Los Angeles, and Hollywood. He influenced many writers. In addition, Sterling played a major role in the growth of the California cities of Oakland, Piedmont, and Carmel-by-the-Sea.
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