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“ Richard George Fariña (March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) was an American writer and folksinger.

Early years and education
Richard Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, of Cuban and Irish descent. He grew up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn Technical High School. He earned an academic scholarship to Cornell University, starting as an Engineering major, but later switching to English. While at Cornell he published short stories for local literary magazines and for national periodicals including Transatlantic Review and Mademoiselle. Fariña became good friends with Thomas Pynchon, David Shetzline and Peter Yarrow while at Cornell. He was suspended for alleged participation in a student demonstration against campus regulations, and though he later resumed his status as a student, he ultimately dropped out in 1959, just before graduation.

Ascent on Greenwich Village folk scene
Back in New York City, Fariña became a regular patron of the White Horse Tavern, the well-known Greenwich Village tavern frequented by poets, artists, and folksingers, where he befriended Tommy Makem. It was there that he met Carolyn Hester, a successful folk singer. They married eighteen days later. Fariña appointed himself Hester's agent; they toured worldwide while Fariña worked on his novel and Carolyn performed [......] ”

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