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Robert Creeley
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Memorial Page for Robert Creeley

May 21, 1926 – Mar 30, 2005(78 years)Died in:Odessa, Ector County

American poet

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Awards(7)

Guggenheim FellowshipBollingen PrizeAmerican Book AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesShelley Memorial AwardHorst Bienek Award for PoetryRobert Frost Medal

Education(4)

Harvard UniversityBlack Mountain CollegeUniversity of New MexicoHolderness School

Robert Creeley (* May 21, 1926 in Arlington; † March 30, 2005 in Odessa) was an american poet. He was 78 years old. His education included Harvard University, Black Mountain College, University of New Mexico and Holderness School. He received 7 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Bollingen Prize. His cause of death was pneumonia. He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

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Born in Arlington, Middlesex County

1926

Guggenheim Fellowship

1964

Shelley Memorial Award

1981

Robert Frost Medal

1987

Horst Bienek Award for Poetry

1993

Bollingen Prize

1999

American Book Awards

2000

Died in Odessa, Ector County (pneumonia)

2005

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Robert Creeley. Forever remembered.