Background
Dufault, Peter Kane was born on April 22, 1923 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Roland Hubert and Christine Joyce (Kane) Dufault.
Dufault, Peter Kane was born on April 22, 1923 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Roland Hubert and Christine Joyce (Kane) Dufault.
Raised in New York, he graduated from Harvard University and served as a bomber pilot during World World War World War II
He has been writing poetry for almost sixty years. In 1968 he ran for Congress in Columbia County, New York on the Liberal Party"s anti-war platform. He has been variously employed as a tree-surgeon, journalist, teacher, house-painter, and pollster.
He has twice been poet-in-residence at the Cheltenham Festival.
He is well known as fiddler, banjo-player, and dance-caller. His poems have appeared in many magazines and journals including The New Yorker, London Magazine and Poetry.
His poetry was also included in the Norton Anthology of Poetry in the 1996 Edition. He was raised in Mamaroneck New York and from 1960 until his death he lived and wrote in Hillsdale, New New York
On June 4, 2010, the documentary film, What I Meant to Tell You: An American Poet’s State of the Union, had its world premiere at the Berkshire International Film Festival in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
He died two days short of his 90th birthday in 2013 at his home in Hillsdale, New New York
Congressional candidate New York State Liberal Party, 1968. With United States Air Force, 1944-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Children: Tadea (deceased), Scott, Mark, Ethan.