Robert Creeley

Robert Creeley (1926-2005) was an American poet who published over sixty books of poetry, and over a dozen books of prose, essays, and interviews. His most recent collections are If I Were Writing This (New Directions, 2003), Just in Time: Poems 1984-1994 (New Directions, 2001), and Life & Death (New Directions, 1998). He was the recipient of many awards, including the Frost Medal, the Shelley Memorial Award, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. He was the New York state poet laureate from 1989-1991 and a professor at SUNY Buffalo.