About Robert Bly
Robert Bly, whose full name was Robert Elwood Bly, was an American poet, essayist and activist. He helped start the mythopoetic men’s movement and wrote many poems and essays. His 1990 prose book Iron John: A Book About Men stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for 62 weeks and became a key text for the movement. In 1968 he received the National Book Award for Poetry for his collection The Light Around the Body. Bly’s work combined writing with a focus on men’s emotional lives.
