WRITER

Robert Creeley

1926 - 2005

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Robert White Creeley (May 21, 1926 – March 30, 2005) was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. He was close with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners and Ed Dorn. He served as the Samuel P. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Creeley has received more than 218,663 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Robert Creeley is the 6,171st most popular writer (down from 5,456th in 2019), the 10,553rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,086th in 2019) and the 784th most popular American Writer.

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Notable Works

The gold diggers
Later
Book of Dreams
American Authors, Beat Generation, Diaries
Book of Dreams is a comprehensive dream journal published by Jack Kerouac in 1960 that covers all recorded dreams from 1952-1960. In it Kerouac tries to continue plot-lines with characters from his books as he sees them in his dreams. This book is stylistically wild, spontaneous, and flowing, like much of Kerouac's writing, and helps to give insight into the Beat Generation author's mind.
For love
American poetry
Charles Olson and Robert Creeley
Correspondence, American Poets, Biography: general
Poems
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Poems
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Charles Olson and Robert Creeley
Correspondence, American Poets, Biography: general
For love
American poetry
Later
The gold diggers
Book of Dreams
American Authors, Beat Generation, Diaries
Book of Dreams is a comprehensive dream journal published by Jack Kerouac in 1960 that covers all recorded dreams from 1952-1960. In it Kerouac tries to continue plot-lines with characters from his books as he sees them in his dreams. This book is stylistically wild, spontaneous, and flowing, like much of Kerouac's writing, and helps to give insight into the Beat Generation author's mind.

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Creeley ranks 6,171 out of 7,302Before him are Frank Harris, Barbara Frischmuth, Mehmed Uzun, Joyce Cary, Theodore Roethke, and Éric Vuillard. After him are Philip Massinger, Paul Scott, Anthony Doerr, Jānis Akuraters, Michael Drayton, and George Saunders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Robert Creeley ranks 484Before him are Éva Janikovszky, Rob Schroeder, Shohachi Ishii, Audrey Williamson, Patrice Wymore, and Manorama. After him are Valentin Kuzin, Larissa Volpert, Jimmy Bryan, Lionel Jeffries, Hakon Barfod, and Rawya Ateya. Among people deceased in 2005, Robert Creeley ranks 322Before him are Ismail Merchant, Paul Winchell, Renzo Nostini, Hong Deok-young, Ernest Lehman, and Dave Allen. After him are Kalevi Hämäläinen, Harold J. Stone, George Szekeres, Richard Doll, Adrian Biddle, and Nikolai Puchkov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Creeley ranks 10,553 out of 20,380Before him are Anson Mount (1973), Jon Hall (1950), Tommy Kirk (1941), 6ix9ine (1996), Alice Ghostley (1923), and Nelson Eddy (1901). After him are Illeana Douglas (1965), Clint Dempsey (1983), Lona Andre (1915), John James (1956), Steve Howey (1977), and Audrey Hollander (1979).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Creeley ranks 784Before him are Walker Percy (1916), Ernest Lehman (1915), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Charles Olson (1910), Henry Jenkins (1958), and Theodore Roethke (1908). After him are Anthony Doerr (1973), George Saunders (1958), David McCullough (1933), Maxine Kumin (1925), Gillian Flynn (1971), and Stephen Vincent Benét (1898).