Prominent Poet Robert Bly, Author of 'Iron John', Dies at 94 – NBC 7 San Diego
Poet Robert Bly, who authored the men’s movement classic “Iron John,” has died
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Poet Robert Bly, who authored the men’s movement classic “Iron John,” has died
The influential and controversial writer's "Iron John" sparked the so-called "men's movement."
Bly's meditation on modern masculinity, released in 1990, spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list. A friend and colleague reflects, "The caricature became that he was John Wayne with a drum. That’s the opposite of what he was." Bly also was an advocate for poets of the American Midwest, and several poets in translation.
MINNEAPOLIS – Robert Bly, one of the most prominent American poets of the last half-century and author of the best-selling men's movement classi ...
Robert Bly, one of the most prominent American poets of the last half century and author of the best-selling “Iron John,” has died. He was 94.