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General Information:
Full Name: Robert Edward Duncan
Biography:
(1919-1988) Poet. Robert Duncan lived briefly in Woodstock, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1919 (Unknown) County
Edward Howard Duncan, Jr. was born in Oakland, California, in 1919. He was adopted in 1920 and renamed Robert Edward Symmes. In 1941 he changed his name to Robert Edward Duncan.  
1988 (Unknown) County
Robert Duncan died in 1988. 
1940 Ulster County
Duncan moved to Woodstock, New York, in about 1940 and lived there briefly on a commune run by James Cooney. He worked on Cooney's magazine "The Phoenix." 
1960 (Unknown) County
The Opening Of The Field
(Pub: New York: Grove Press, 1960; reprinted, London: Jonathan Cape, 1969; and New York: New Directions, 1973. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1968 (Unknown) County
Bending The Bow
(Pub: New York: New Directions. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1969 (Unknown) County
Derivations Selected From 1950-1956
(Pub: London: Fulcrum Press. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1983 (Unknown) County
Groundwork I: Before The War
(Pub: New York: New Directions. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1987 (Unknown) County
Groundwork II: In The Dark
(Pub: New York: New Directions. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1947 (Unknown) County
Heavenly City, Earthly City
(Pub: Berkeley: Bern Porter. ISBN: )
Collectioin of poetry. 
1950 (Unknown) County
Medieval Scenes
(Pub: San Francisco: Centaur Press. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1958 (Unknown) County
Letters Poems MCMLIII-MCMLVI
(Pub: Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1964 (Unknown) County
Roots And Branches
(Pub: New York: Scribners, 1964; reprinted, New York: New Directions, 1968; and London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1970 (Unknown) County
Tribunals Passages 31-35
(Pub: Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press. ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
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