{"id":10046,"date":"2025-06-03T00:26:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/?page_id=10046"},"modified":"2025-06-03T00:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:27:00","slug":"jim-carroll-the-complete-marquis-whos-who-1999","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/jim-carroll-biographies\/jim-carroll-the-complete-marquis-whos-who-1999\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Carroll: The Complete Marquis Who’s Who 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

James Dennis Carroll
Born:<\/strong> August 1, 1951 in N.Y.C.
Occupation: <\/strong>poet
Family:<\/strong> s. Thomas Joseph and Agnes (Coyle) C.; m. Rosemary Klemfuss, 1978 (div.)
Addresses:<\/strong> Office, c\/o Penguin USA, 375 Hudson St, New York, NY, 10014-3658 .
Awards:<\/strong> Recipient young writer’s award Random House Books, 1970.
Positions Held:<\/strong> writer, poet, spoken word performer, writing instr., The Naropa Inst., Calif.
Author:<\/strong> (poetry) Organic Trains<\/em>, 1967, Living at the Movies<\/em>, 1973, The Book of Nods<\/em>, 1986, Fear of Dreaming<\/em>, 1993, (autobiographies) The Basketball Diaries<\/em>, 1978 (made into film, 1985), Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries: 1971-73<\/em>, 1987; albums include Praying Mantis<\/em>, 1992, (with
the Jim Carroll Band) Catholic Boy<\/em>, 1980, Dry Dreams<\/em>, 1982, I Write Your Name<\/em>, 1984, The Best of the Jim Carroll Band<\/em>, 1993; film contbn. include appearance in Listen to the City<\/em>, 1984, soundtrack (with Jim Carroll Band) Tuff Turf<\/em>, 1985; featured in MTV’s Cutting Edge<\/em> series.

This individual’s biographical profile has been published in the following Marquis publications:<\/strong>
Who’s Who in America<\/em>\u00a0\u00ae<\/sup>, 51st edition
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Copyright \u00a9 1999 Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Published by Marquis Who’s Who.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Dennis CarrollBorn: August 1, 1951 in N.Y.C.Occupation: poetFamily: s. Thomas Joseph and Agnes (Coyle) C.; m. Rosemary Klemfuss, 1978 (div.) Addresses: Office, c\/o Penguin USA, 375 Hudson St, New York, NY, 10014-3658 .Awards: Recipient young writer’s award Random House Books, 1970.Positions Held: writer, poet, spoken word performer, writing instr., The Naropa Inst., Calif.Author: (poetry) … Continue reading Jim Carroll: The Complete Marquis Who’s Who 1999<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4162,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-10046","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-2C2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10050,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/jim-carroll-biographies\/jim-carroll-short-biographical-sketch\/","url_meta":{"origin":10046,"position":0},"title":"Jim Carroll: Short Biographical Sketch","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"June 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"James Dennis Carroll Born: 1 August 1950 (12:03 AM), Bellevue Hospital, New York City Parents: Agnes (nee Coyle) and Thomas J. 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