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Robert Bly
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Robert Bly | |
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 Bly at the "Poetry Out Loud" finals, Minnesota 2009 | |
| Born | Robert Elwood Bly December 23, 1926 Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 2021 (aged 94) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) University of Iowa (MFA) |
| Period | 1962–2018 |
| Subjects | Masculinity |
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| Children | 4, including Mary Bly |
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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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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