Sidney Goldfarb (born November 23, 1942, in Peabody, Massachusetts, died March 29, 2023, in Colorado) was a Harvard College- educated American poet and experimental playwright, whose work continues the tradition of poetic theater. Goldfarb co-founded the acclaimed Creative Writing Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1975, serving as its first director.University of Colorado at Boulder, Creative Writing Department He was the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (1968), a National Endowment for the Arts grant (1970), a Goethe Foundation Grant (1984), and multiple grants from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Books Speech, for Instance (poetry), Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 19691969 Speech, for Instance Messages (poetry), Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 19711971 Messages Curve in the Road (poetry), Halty-Ferguson, 19801980 Curve in the Road The Rushes of Tulsa and Other Plays (poetic theater), Barrytown-Station Hill, 20082008 The Rushes of Tulsa
Plays (Dates indicate first production)
Pedro Páramo (adapted from the novel by Juan Rulfo), 1979 Huerfano, 1980 Tristan: A Retelling, 1983 Hot Lunch Apostles, 1983 The Transposed Heads (adapted with Julie Taymor from the novel by Thomas Mann, with music by Elliot Goldenthal), 1984 Big Mouth, 1985 Orange Grove, 1988 Music Rescue Service, 1991 The Rushes of Tulsa, 1999 Bad Women, 2000
Footnotes
External links The Rushes of Tulsa and Other Plays page, Barrytown/Station Hill Press