Robert Bly
Robert Bly Bly at the "Poetry Out Loud" finals, Minnesota 2009 Born Robert Elwood Bly (1926-12-23) December 23, 1926 (age 88) Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, USA Occupation Poet Genre American poetry Literary movement Deep Image poetry, Mythopoetic Men's Movement Notable works Iron John: A Book About Men, Silence in the Snowy Fields, The Light Around the Body Spouse Carol Bly (1955-1979; divorced) Ruth Counsell Bly (1980-Present) Website www.robertbly.com Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926) is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His most commercially successful book to date was Iron John: A Book About Men (1990), a key text of the mythopoetic men's movement, which spent 62 weeks on the The New York Times Best Seller list. He won the 1968 National Book Award for Poetry for his book The Light Around the Body.