Robert Peters (writer)
American poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor and actor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Louis Peters (October 20, 1924 – June 13, 2014) was an American poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor, and actor. He held a PhD in Victorian literature.[1] Born in an impoverished rural area of northern Wisconsin in 1924, his poetry career began in 1967 when his young son Richard died unexpectedly of spinal meningitis. The book commemorating this loss, Songs for a Son, was selected by poet Denise Levertov to be published by W. W. Norton in 1967. Songs for a Son began a flood of poetry.
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Born | Robert Louis Peters (1924-10-20)October 20, 1924 Eagle River, Wisconsin |
Died | June 13, 2014(2014-06-13) (aged 89) Irvine, California |
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Nationality | American |
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