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Also Known As Edward Howard Duncan • Robert Edward Symmes • Robert Edward Duncan
Born January 7, 1919 • Oakland • California
Died February 3, 1988 (aged 69) • San Francisco • California
Notable Works “Derivations: Selected Poems, 1950–56” • “Medea at Kolchis” • “The Years as Catches: First Poems, 1939-1946”
Movement / Style Black Mountain poets

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