Biography of robert creeley smith

Robert Creeley was born in in Arlington, Massachusetts. As a young child, he lost the use of his left eye after an accident.

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As a teenager, he went to the Holderness School in New Hampshire, where he developed a budding interest in writing, contributing often to the school's literary magazine. He attended Harvard University briefly but felt discouraged by the attitude of his professors and left to join the armed forces. Despite this visual impairment, he served in the U.

Army during the Second World War. He was an ambulance driver in both Southeast Asia and India. After returning from the war, he became involved with Black Mountain College, a small, experimental institution in North Carolina. The school was known for being the foundational spot for a group of writers known as the Black Mountain Poets. Creeley started an epistolary relationship with poet Charles Olson which developed into a close friendship.

Olson's celebrated essay "Projective Verse" offers some insight into the stylistic goals of this moment.