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Kelly, Robert, 1935-
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1935-
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Robert Kelly was born on September 24, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York.
He is an American poet, translator, and educator. He studied at the City College of the City University of New York, graduating in 1955. He then spent three years at Columbia University. He worked as a teacher at Bard College, Wagner College (1960-1961), the University at Buffalo (1964), and Tufts University (1966-1967). He also served as Poet-in-Residence at the California Institute of Technology (1971–1972), Yale University (Calhoun College), University of Kansas, Dickinson College, and University of Southern California. Kelly has published more than fifty books of poetry and prose, including "Red Actions: Selected Poems 1960-1993" (1995) and a collection of short fiction, "A Transparent Tree" (1985). He also edited the anthology "A Controversy of Poets" (1965). Kelly received the Los Angeles Times First Annual Book Award (1980) for “Kill the Messenger Who Brings Bad News” and the American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation (1991) for “In Time”. He serves on the contributing editorial board of the literary journal Conjunctions, as well as Poetry International.
He is married to the translator Charlotte Mandell.