Robert Bly

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Robert Bly
Bly at the "Poetry Out Loud" finals, Minnesota 2009
Born	Robert Elwood Bly (1926-12-23)December 23, 1926 Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	November 21, 2021(2021-11-21) (aged 94) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation	Poet activist
Period	1962–2018
Subjects	Masculinity
Literary movement	Deep image Mythopoetic Men's Movement
Notable works	Iron John: A Book About Men Silence in the Snowy Fields The Light Around the Body
Spouse	Carol McLean ​ ​ (m. 1955; div. 1979)​ Ruth Counsell ​ (m. 1980)​
Children	4, including Mary Bly
Website
robertbly.com

Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is Iron John: A Book About Men (1990),^[1] which spent 62 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list,^[2] and is a key text of the mythopoetic men's movement. He won the 1968 National Book Award for Poetry for his book The Light Around the Body.^[3]