Robert Edward Duncan
1919 - 1988
General Information
Bio
(1919-1988) Poet. Robert Duncan lived briefly in Woodstock, New York.
Full Name
Robert Edward Duncan
Locations
Ulster
Author's Timeline
1919
BIRTH
Edward Howard Duncan, Jr. was born in Oakland, California, in 1919. He was adopted in 1920 and renamed Robert Edward Symmes. In 1941 he changed his name to Robert Edward Duncan.
1940
RESIDENCE
Duncan moved to Woodstock, New York, in about 1940 and lived there briefly on a commune run by James Cooney. He worked on Cooney's magazine "The Phoenix."
1947
LITWORK
Heavenly City, Earthly City
Berkeley: Bern Porter.
Collectioin of poetry.
Berkeley: Bern Porter.
Collectioin of poetry.
1950
LITWORK
Medieval Scenes
San Francisco: Centaur Press.
Collection of poetry.
San Francisco: Centaur Press.
Collection of poetry.
1958
LITWORK
Letters Poems MCMLIII-MCMLVI
Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon.
Collection of poetry.
Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon.
Collection of poetry.
1960
LITWORK
The Opening Of The Field
New York: Grove Press, 1960; reprinted, London: Jonathan Cape, 1969; and New York: New Directions, 1973.
Collection of poetry.
New York: Grove Press, 1960; reprinted, London: Jonathan Cape, 1969; and New York: New Directions, 1973.
Collection of poetry.
1964
LITWORK
Roots And Branches
New York: Scribners, 1964; reprinted, New York: New Directions, 1968; and London: Jonathan Cape, 1970.
Collection of poetry.
New York: Scribners, 1964; reprinted, New York: New Directions, 1968; and London: Jonathan Cape, 1970.
Collection of poetry.
1968
LITWORK
Bending The Bow
New York: New Directions.
Collection of poetry.
New York: New Directions.
Collection of poetry.
1969
LITWORK
Derivations Selected From 1950-1956
London: Fulcrum Press.
Collection of poetry.
London: Fulcrum Press.
Collection of poetry.
1970
LITWORK
Tribunals Passages 31-35
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press.
Collection of poetry.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press.
Collection of poetry.
1983
LITWORK
Groundwork I: Before The War
New York: New Directions.
Collection of poetry.
New York: New Directions.
Collection of poetry.
1987
LITWORK
Groundwork II: In The Dark
New York: New Directions.
Collection of poetry.
New York: New Directions.
Collection of poetry.
1988
DEATH
Robert Duncan died in 1988.
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