Robert Creeley
Robert Creeley
American, 1926–2005
Death placeOdessa, Texas, United States
Birth placeArlington, Massachusetts, United States
BiographyCreeley, Robert, 1926–2005, American poet, b. Arlington, Mass. He lived in Asia, Europe, and Latin America and taught at various universities in the United States. With Charles Olson, he was a leading member of the Black Mountain school of poetry and for a time (1954–57) was editor of the Black Mountain Review. Creeley's poems have an effect of purity and elegance, with their combination of emotional directness and reticence, their conversational tone, brevity of development, and spare lyricism.Person TypePerson
