Robert Duncan (poet)

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Robert Edward Duncan (born January 7, 1919 in Oakland , California , † February 3, 1988 in San Francisco , California) was an American poet.

Duncan grew up with anthroposophically influenced adoptive parents in Oakland and Bakersfield . In 1936 he began studying at the University of California at Berkeley . From there he moved to Black Mountain College in North Carolina in 1938 , where he met Robert Creeley and Charles Olson . After a violent argument, he left college. When he was called up for military service in 1941, he professed his homosexuality and was released again. After several same-sex relationships, he married Marjorie McKee in 1943. The marriage ended in divorce after a few months. From 1948 to 1950 Duncan returned to Berkeley to study literature. From 1951 he lived with the painter Jess Collins in San Francisco. There he belonged to the group around Lawrence Ferlinghetti , a supporter of the Beat Generation . Duncan is one of the most important exponents of the San Francisco Renaissance .

Works

  • The First Decade: Selected Poems 1940-1950. 1968.
  • Derivations: Selected Poems 1950-1956. 1968.
  • Tribunals: Passages 31-25. 1970.
  • Ground Work: Before the War. 1984.

literature

  • Ekbert Faas: Young Robert Duncan: Portrait of the Poet as Homosexual in Society. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara 1983.
  • Lisa Jarnot: Robert Duncan: the Ambassador from Venus; a biography. University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif. et al. 2012, ISBN 978-0-520-23416-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Robert J. Bertholf, Albert Gelpi (Ed.): The letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov . Stanford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8047-4568-4 ( online in Google Book Search).
  2. ^ A b Paul Christensen: Robert Duncan's Life and Career.
personal data
SURNAME Duncan, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duncan, Robert Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland , California , USA
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 1988
Place of death San Francisco , California , USA