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Robert Edward Duncan (January 7, 1919 – February 3, 1988 [1]) was an American poet and a devotee of Hilda "H.D." Doolittle and the Western esoteric tradition [2] who spent most of his career in and around San Francisco. [3]
Described by Kenneth Rexroth as “one of the most accomplished, one of the most influential” of the postwar American poets, Robert Duncan was an important part of both the Black Mountain school of poetry, led by Charles Olson, and the San Francisco Renaissance, whose other members included poets Jack Spicer and Robin Blaser. A distinctive ...
Oct 23, 2018 · Few poets were as central to the postwar American poetry scene as Robert Duncan. He was a key figure of both the San Francisco Renaissance and the Black Mountain poets and carried on long (if sometimes combative) correspondences with avant-garde writers such as Jack Spicer, Robin Blaser, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, and Denise Levertov.
Jan 7, 2019 · Robert Duncan, early to mid-1950s. Photographer unknown. Image courtesy of the Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Robert Duncan (born January 7, 1919, Oakland, California, U.S.—died February 3, 1988, San Francisco, California) was an American poet, a leader of the Black Mountain group of poets in the 1950s. Duncan attended the University of California , Berkeley, in 1936–38 and 1948–50.
Robert Duncan - Born on January 7, 1919, in Oakland, California, Robert Duncan took an active role in emerging arts movements and communitites at the time—including Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, the San Francisco Renaissance and Black Mountain College—and developed a style uniquely his own.
This definitive biography gives a brilliant account of the life and art of Robert Duncan (1919–1988), one of America’s great postwar poets. Lisa Jarnot takes us...
Jan 10, 2001 · Robert Duncan (1919-1988) has long been considered one of the great contemporary lyric poets. He was born in Oakland, California, studied at Berkeley, and moved later to New York City.
The Enamord Mage: Translation #6, a portrait of Robert Duncan. Robert Duncan and Jess were domestic partners for thirty-seven years, from 1951 until Robert Duncan’s death in 1988. Copyright for the writings of Robert Duncan is held by The Jess Collins Trust.
Dec 17, 2012 · A landmark in the publication of twentieth-century American poetry, this first volume of the long-awaited collected poetry, non-critical prose, and plays of Robert Duncan gathers all of...
