Poet Max Ritvo, 25, dies of cancer nine years after diagnosis : nydailynews

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Poet Max Ritvo, 25, dies of cancer nine years after diagnosis

Poet Max Ritvo, 25, dies of cancer nine years after diagnosis

Max Ritvo, an acclaimed poet who spent more than a third of his life battling cancer, died this week.He was 25 years old.Ritvo described himself as "a writer of faith—faith in the senses."The compassionate and heady writer was diagnosed with a deadly form of bone cancer called Ewing's sarcoma at 16.He received treatment at Sloan-Kettering hospital in Manhattan and miraculously got better.


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Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

By ROBERT JABLON, Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Ritvo, a poet who chronicled his long battle with cancer in works that were both humorous and searing, has died.Ritvo died Tuesday morning at his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, his mother, Ariella Ritvo-Slifka, said Friday.Ritvo was diagnosed at 16 with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer that affects bones and soft tissue in children and young adults.Treatment brought about a remission that permitted Ritvo to finish high school and attend Yale University, where he performed in an improv comedy group.


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Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

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