Robert Creeley

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Robert Creeley was an influential American poet associated with postwar avant-garde movements, known for his spare, emotionally resonant verse and his role in shaping contemporary American poetry.

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instanceOf American poet
human
poet
university teacher
awardReceived Bollingen Prize for Poetry
Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement
surface form: Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award for Poetry
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1926-05-21
dateOfDeath 2005-03-30
educatedAt Harvard University
University of New Mexico
employer Black Mountain College
University at Buffalo
surface form: State University of New York at Buffalo
familyName Robert Creeley self-linksurface differs
surface form: Creeley
genre experimental poetry
lyric poetry
givenName Robert
influenced Language poets
contemporary American poetry
later generations of American avant-garde poets
influencedBy Charles Olson
Ezra Pound
William Carlos Williams
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Black Mountain poets
Projective Verse
surface form: Projective Verse tradition

postwar American avant-garde
name Robert Creeley self-link
notableWork For Love: Poems 1950–1960
Pieces
The Charm
The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945–1975
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occupation editor
poet
university professor
writer
placeOfBirth Arlington, Massachusetts
surface form: Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Odessa, Texas
surface form: Odessa, Texas, United States
positionHeld Samuel P. Capen Professor of Poetry and the Humanities at SUNY Buffalo
faculty member at Black Mountain College
residence Buffalo
surface form: Buffalo, New York, United States

New Mexico
surface form: New Mexico, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Ann MacKinnon
Bobbie Louise Hawkins
Penelope Highton
style minimalist poetry
spare verse

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Black Mountain poets hasKeyFigure Robert Creeley
Black Mountain poets hasMember Robert Creeley
Black Mountain College hadFaculty Robert Creeley
Joel Oppenheimer associatedWith Robert Creeley
Projective Verse influenced Robert Creeley
New American Poetry associatedWith Robert Creeley
Robert Duncan influenced Robert Creeley
Robert Creeley name Robert Creeley self-link
Robert Creeley familyName Robert Creeley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Creeley
Charles Olson influenced Robert Creeley