 Ruth weiss (poet)

Ruth Weiss (better known by the lowercase name ruth weiss; born 1928) is a German-born poet, but actually of Austrian citizenship, performer, playwright and artist who made her home and career in the United States, as a member of the Beat Generation, a label she has in later years embraced and that is used frequently by historians detailing her life and works.weiss spells her name in lowercase as a symbolic protest against "law and order", since in her birthplace of Germany all nouns are spelled capitalized.