ROBERT BLY - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 222680
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ROBERT BLY
Bly signs an autograph signed in green ink
Signature: "Robert Bly", 3½x3¼ slip of paper, accompanied by an advertising flyer for "An
Evening of Poetry and Dance with Robert Bly", sponsored by Ohio Arts Council and others.
American poet, author and activist, Robert Bly (1926-2021), joined the Navy in 1944 and
after serving 2 years returned to college. He graduated from Harvard (1950) and in 1956
received a Fulbright grant to travel to Norway to translate Norwegian poetry into English.
Upon his return, he stared a magazine for poetry translation to introduce foreign poets and
writers as well as Americans of his generation. He co-founded American Writers Against the
Vietnam War (1966). In the 1970s, Bly published 11 books of poetry as well as essays and
translation. 1980s brought more including Iron John: A Book About Men - which was
credited with starting the Mythopoetic men's movement in the United States, a bestseller it
was translated into many languages. In 2002, he was The University of Minnesota Library's
Distinguished Writer. Bly is the father of Mary J. Bly, a bestselling novelist and professor of
Literature at Fordham University. Lightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
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