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Robert Bly
Bly at the "Poetry Out Loud" finals, Minnesota 2009
Born
Robert Elwood Bly (1926-12-23)December 23, 1926 Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, U.S.
Died
November 21, 2021(2021-11-21) (aged 94) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation
Poet
activist
Period
1962–2018
Subjects
Masculinity
Literary movement
Deep image
Mythopoetic Men's Movement
Notable works
Iron John: A Book About Men
Silence in the Snowy Fields
The Light Around the Body
Spouse
Carol McLean
(m. 1955; div. 1979)
Ruth Counsell
(m. 1980)
Children
4, including Mary Bly
Website
robertbly.com
Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is Iron John: A Book About Men (1990),[1] which spent 62 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list,[2] and is a key text of the mythopoetic men's movement. He won the 1968 National Book Award for Poetry for his book The Light Around the Body.[3]
^"Iron John: A Book About Men". Britannica.com.
^Richard A. Shweder (January 9, 1994). "What Do Men Want? A Reading List For the Male Identity Crisis". The New York Times.
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