D. A. Levy
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d.a. levy (1942-1968) was a Cleveland, Ohio-based artist, poet and alternative publisher active during the 1960s. d.a. levy was born Darryl Allan Levy on October 29, 1942 to Joseph J. and Carolyn Levy living on Cleveland's near West side. Toward the end of his high school years and later, after a short stint in the Navy, levy decided to read everything and write everything, and lose himself in the search for infinity. He later found a creative outlet in publishing on a small printing press. During this time he also discovered an important spiritual outlet in Buddhism.
levy published his own and others' works, printed on his hand press, or in mimeographed editions through his Renegade Press and Seven Flowers Press. His intense awareness of the closeness of Cleveland, as well as the tightening of his KHARMIC MIND TANTRA the more he went after "the light," kept him in trouble with the law. In 1966 he was indicted for distributing obscene poetry to minors. He was arrested again in 1967, prompting a benefit reading on May 14, 1967 on the Case Institute of Technology campus which featured such figures as Allen Ginsberg, Tuli Kupferberg and the Fugs.
levy committed suicide on November 24, 1968 at the age of 26. He was cremated, and half his ashes are buried in Whitehaven Cemetery in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
