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| '''Robert Bly''' (born [[December 23]], [[1926]] in [[Madison, Minnesota]]) is an American [[poet]], [[author]], [[activism|activist]] and leader of the [[Mythopoetic men's movement|Mythopoetic Men's Movement]] in the [[United States]]. | '''Robert Bly''' (born [[December 23]], [[1926]] in [[Madison, Minnesota]]) is an American [[poet]], [[author]], [[activism|activist]] and leader of the [[Mythopoetic men's movement|Mythopoetic Men's Movement]] in the [[United States]]. | ||
| + | ==Works== | ||
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| + | ===Poetry collections=== | ||
| + | *Talking into the Ear of a Donkey: Poems (W. W. Norton & Company, 2011) | ||
| + | *Turkish Pears in August: Twenty-Four Ramages (Eastern Washington University, 2007) | ||
| + | *The Urge to Travel Long Distances (Eastern Washington University Press, 2005) | ||
| + | *My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy (HarperCollins, 2005) | ||
| + | *Surprised by Evening (RealNewMusic, 2005) | ||
| + | *The Night Abraham Called to the Stars (HarperCollins, 2001) | ||
| + | *Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems (1999) | ||
| + | *Snowbanks North of the House (1999) | ||
| + | *Morning Poems (1997) | ||
| + | *Meditations on the Insatiable Soul (1994) | ||
| + | *What Have I Ever Lost by Dying?: Collected Prose Poems (1992) | ||
| + | *Loving a Woman in Two Worlds (1985) | ||
| + | *Selected Poems (1986) | ||
| + | *Mirabai Versions (1984) | ||
| + | *The Man in the Black Coat Turns (1981) | ||
| + | *This Tree Will Be Here for a Thousand Years (1979) | ||
| + | *This Body is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood (1977) | ||
| + | *Old Man Rubbing His Eyes (1974) | ||
| + | *Jumping Out of Bed (1973) | ||
| + | *Sleepers Joining Hands (1973) | ||
| + | *The Light Around the Body (1967)- won [[National Book Award]] | ||
| + | *The Lion's Tail and Eyes (1962) | ||
| + | *Silence in the Snowy Fields (1962) | ||
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| + | ===Translations collections=== | ||
| + | *''The Dream We Carry: Selected and Last Poems of Olav H. Hauge'' ([[Copper Canyon Press]], 2008) (with Robert Hedin) | ||
| + | *''Peer Gynt'' (verse play) - by Henrik Ibsen (2008) | ||
| + | *''The Winged Energy of Delight: Selected Translations,'' [[HarperCollins]] (2004) | ||
| + | *''The Half-Finished Heaven: The Best Poems of Tomas Tranströmer,'' [[Graywolf Press]] (2001) | ||
| + | *''The Lightning Should Have Fallen on Ghalib'' (with Sunil Dutta, 1999) | ||
| + | *''Lorca and Jiménez: Selected Poems,'' [[Beacon Press]] (1997) | ||
| + | *''Ten Poems of Francis Ponge Translated by Robert Bly & Ten Poems of Robert Bly Inspired by the Poems of Francis Ponge'' (1990) | ||
| + | *''Trusting Your Life to Water and Eternity: Twenty Poems of Olav H. Hauge'' (1987) | ||
| + | *''Machado's Times Alone: Selected Poems'' (1983) | ||
| + | *''The Kabir Book'' (1977) | ||
| + | *''Friends, You Drank Some Darkness: Three Swedish Poets: Martinson, Ekeloef, and Transtromer'' (1975) | ||
| + | *''Neruda and Vallejo: Selected Poems'' (1971) | ||
| + | *''[[Hunger (novel)]] — by Knut Hamsun'' (1967) | ||
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| + | ===Anthologies (as editor)=== | ||
| + | *''The Best American Poetry'' (1999) | ||
| + | *''The Soul Is Here for Its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures,'' [[Ecco Press]] (1995) | ||
| + | *''The Darkness Around Us Is Deep: Selected Poems of William Stafford'' (1993) | ||
| + | *''The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poems for Men'' (1992) | ||
| + | *''News of the Universe'' (1980) | ||
| + | *''Leaping Poetry'' (1975) | ||
| + | *''A Poetry Reading Against the Vietnam War'' (1967) | ||
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| + | ===Nonfiction books=== | ||
| + | *''Remembering James Wright'' (2005) | ||
| + | *''The Maiden King : The Reunion of Masculine and Feminine'' (with Marion Woodman), [[Henry Holt and Company|Henry Holt & Co]] (1998) | ||
| + | *''The Sibling Society,'' [[Addison-Wesley]] (1996) | ||
| + | *''The Spirit Boy and the Insatiable Soul'' (1994) | ||
| + | *''American Poetry: Wildness and Domesticity'' (1991) | ||
| + | *''[[Iron John: A Book About Men]]'' (1990) | ||
| + | *''A Little Book on the Human Shadow,'' (with William Booth, 1988) | ||
| + | *''Eight Stages of Translation'' (1983) | ||
| + | *''Talking All Morning: Collected Conversations and Interviews'' (1980) | ||
| + | {{refend}} | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Religion and mythology]] | ||
| + | *[[Carl Jung]] | ||
| + | *[[Joseph Campbell]] | ||
| + | *[[Mythopoetic men's movement|Mythopoetic Men's Movement]] | ||
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Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926 in Madison, Minnesota) is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement in the United States.
Contents |
Works
Poetry collections
- Talking into the Ear of a Donkey: Poems (W. W. Norton & Company, 2011)
- Turkish Pears in August: Twenty-Four Ramages (Eastern Washington University, 2007)
- The Urge to Travel Long Distances (Eastern Washington University Press, 2005)
- My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy (HarperCollins, 2005)
- Surprised by Evening (RealNewMusic, 2005)
- The Night Abraham Called to the Stars (HarperCollins, 2001)
- Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems (1999)
- Snowbanks North of the House (1999)
- Morning Poems (1997)
- Meditations on the Insatiable Soul (1994)
- What Have I Ever Lost by Dying?: Collected Prose Poems (1992)
- Loving a Woman in Two Worlds (1985)
- Selected Poems (1986)
- Mirabai Versions (1984)
- The Man in the Black Coat Turns (1981)
- This Tree Will Be Here for a Thousand Years (1979)
- This Body is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood (1977)
- Old Man Rubbing His Eyes (1974)
- Jumping Out of Bed (1973)
- Sleepers Joining Hands (1973)
- The Light Around the Body (1967)- won National Book Award
- The Lion's Tail and Eyes (1962)
- Silence in the Snowy Fields (1962)
Translations collections
- The Dream We Carry: Selected and Last Poems of Olav H. Hauge (Copper Canyon Press, 2008) (with Robert Hedin)
- Peer Gynt (verse play) - by Henrik Ibsen (2008)
- The Winged Energy of Delight: Selected Translations, HarperCollins (2004)
- The Half-Finished Heaven: The Best Poems of Tomas Tranströmer, Graywolf Press (2001)
- The Lightning Should Have Fallen on Ghalib (with Sunil Dutta, 1999)
- Lorca and Jiménez: Selected Poems, Beacon Press (1997)
- Ten Poems of Francis Ponge Translated by Robert Bly & Ten Poems of Robert Bly Inspired by the Poems of Francis Ponge (1990)
- Trusting Your Life to Water and Eternity: Twenty Poems of Olav H. Hauge (1987)
- Machado's Times Alone: Selected Poems (1983)
- The Kabir Book (1977)
- Friends, You Drank Some Darkness: Three Swedish Poets: Martinson, Ekeloef, and Transtromer (1975)
- Neruda and Vallejo: Selected Poems (1971)
- Hunger (novel) — by Knut Hamsun (1967)
Anthologies (as editor)
- The Best American Poetry (1999)
- The Soul Is Here for Its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures, Ecco Press (1995)
- The Darkness Around Us Is Deep: Selected Poems of William Stafford (1993)
- The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poems for Men (1992)
- News of the Universe (1980)
- Leaping Poetry (1975)
- A Poetry Reading Against the Vietnam War (1967)
Nonfiction books
- Remembering James Wright (2005)
- The Maiden King : The Reunion of Masculine and Feminine (with Marion Woodman), Henry Holt & Co (1998)
- The Sibling Society, Addison-Wesley (1996)
- The Spirit Boy and the Insatiable Soul (1994)
- American Poetry: Wildness and Domesticity (1991)
- Iron John: A Book About Men (1990)
- A Little Book on the Human Shadow, (with William Booth, 1988)
- Eight Stages of Translation (1983)
- Talking All Morning: Collected Conversations and Interviews (1980)
See also
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