Robert Creeley

Robert Creeley nació en Massachussets en 1926 y se graduó de Black Mountain College , donde entabló amistad con Charles Olson y juntos editaron The Black Mountain Review . Creeley ha publicado, entre otros, For Love (1962), Words (1967), Pieces (1969), The Finger (1970), St Martin's (1971), A Day Book (1972), Thirty Things (1974), Away (1976), Later (1978) y Memory Gardens (1986). También ha publicado obras en prosa, entre las que se hallan The Gold Diggers (1954/65) y The Island (1963), además de ensayos como A Quick Graph (1970) y Was That a Real Poem (1979). En 1991 escribió su autobiografía. Creeley ha vivido en Guatemala, Finlandia, Francia y España, y ha servido para el American Field Service en la India y en Burma. Ha sido galardonado con el Horst Bienek Lyrikpreis por la Academia de Bellas Artes de Bavaria, ha recibido dos becas Guggenheim, una beca Rockefeller y durante 1989-91 fue el New York State Poet Laureate. Creeley es un miembro de la Academia Estadounidense de Artes y Letras.

 

Robert Creeley was born in Massachusetts in 1926 and graduated from Black Mountain College where he became friends with Charles Olson. Together they edited The Black Mountain Review . Creeley has published, among others, For Love (1962), Words (1967), Pieces (1969), The Finger (1970), St Martin's (1971), A Day Book (1972), Thirty Things (1974), Away (1976), Later (1978) and Memory Gardens (1986). He has also written prose, including The Gold Diggers (1954/65) and The Island (1963), as well as essays, A Quick Graph (1970) and Was That a Real Poem (1979). In 1991 he wrote his autobiography. Creeley has lived in Guatemala , Finland , France and Spain , and served with the American Field Service in India and Burma . He was awarded the Horst Bienek Lyrikpreis from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant and was the New York State Poet Laureate from 1989-91. He is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters.