Robert Duncan

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American poet LGBT writer essayist literary critic poet

Robert Duncan was an influential American poet associated with the mid-20th-century San Francisco Renaissance, known for his innovative, myth-infused verse and central role in postwar experimental poetry.

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instanceOf American poet ⓘ
LGBT writer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
associatedWith Bay Area poetry scene ⓘ
Black Mountain College ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-01-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-02-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Black Mountain College ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName Duncan ⓘ
fullName Robert Duncan self-link ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasOccupation poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
influenced Jerome Rothenberg ⓘ
Michael Palmer ⓘ
Robert Creeley ⓘ
Susan Howe ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Olson ⓘ
Ezra Pound ⓘ
H.D. ⓘ
William Carlos Williams ⓘ
knownFor central role in postwar experimental poetry ⓘ
innovative open-form poetics ⓘ
myth-infused verse ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Black Mountain poets ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
postwar American experimental poetry ⓘ
notableWork Bending the Bow ⓘ
Ground Work II: In the Dark ⓘ
Ground Work: Before the War ⓘ
Roots and Branches ⓘ
The Opening of the Field ⓘ
partner Jess Collins ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oakland, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
religionOrBelief interest in Gnosticism ⓘ
interest in occult and esoteric traditions ⓘ
residence San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
taughtAt New College of California ⓘ
San Francisco State University ⓘ

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San Francisco Renaissance → hasParticipant → Robert Duncan ⓘ
Black Mountain poets → hasKeyFigure → Robert Duncan ⓘ
Black Mountain poets → hasMember → Robert Duncan ⓘ
Jack Spicer → associatedWith → Robert Duncan ⓘ
Robert Duncan–Jack Spicer circle → hasMember → Robert Duncan ⓘ
The Opening of the Field → author → Robert Duncan ⓘ
Joel Oppenheimer → associatedWith → Robert Duncan ⓘ
New American Poetry → associatedWith → Robert Duncan ⓘ
Robert Duncan → fullName → Robert Duncan self-link ⓘ
Charles Olson → influenced → Robert Duncan ⓘ
Robin Blaser → influencedBy → Robert Duncan ⓘ
Madeline Gleason → associatedWith → Robert Duncan ⓘ
Ruth Witt-Diamant → collaboratedWith → Robert Duncan ⓘ