Robert Kelly (poet)

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Robert Kelly (born 1935) is an American poet associated with the deep image group.

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1935 - American poet - Deep image

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Kelly was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the City College of the City University of New York, graduating in 1955. He then spent three years at Columbia University. He has worked as a translator and teacher, most notably at Bard College, where he has worked since 1961. Kelly's other teaching positions have included Wagner College (1960-61), the State University of New York at Buffalo (1964), and the Tufts University Visiting Professor of Modern Poetry (1966-67). In addition, he has served as Poet in Residence at the California Institute of Technology (1971-72), Yale University (Calhoun College), Kansas University, Dickinson College, and the University of Southern California.

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Brooklyn, New York - City University of New York - 1955 - Columbia University - Bard College - 1961 - Wagner College - State University of New York at Buffalo - Tufts University - California Institute of Technology - Yale University - Kansas University - Dickinson College - University of Southern California

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Kelly has published more than fifty books of poetry and prose, including Red Actions: Selected Poems 1960-1993 (1995) and a collection of short fictions, A Transparent Tree (1985). Many were published by the Black Sparrow Press. He also edited the anthology A Controversy of Poets (1965).

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1995 - 1985 - Black Sparrow Press - 1965

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