About
Poet and author associated with the Mythopoetic Men's Movement and known for Iron John: A Book About Men. His 1967 poetry collection, The Light Around the Body, received the National Book Award in 1968.
Before Fame
He attended Harvard University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Trivia
His poetry collections include My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy, Surprised by Evening, and Loving a Woman in Two Worlds.
Family Life
He had four children with his first wife, Carol Bly.
Associated With
He was influenced by the poetry of Ezra Pound.
