Robert Peters
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Robert Peters | |
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Born | Robert Louis Peters October 20, 1924 Eagle River, Wisconsin |
Died | June 13, 2014 | (aged 89)
Occupation | Poet, memoirist, Victorian scholar, critic, playwright, and professor |
Nationality | American |
Robert Louis Peters (October 20, 1924 - June 13, 2014) was an American poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor, and actor. His poetry career began in 1967 when he wanted to write a poem about the death of his son. The poem was called Songs for a Son.
After Peters divorced, he began dating Paul Trachtenberg. Their relationship lasted for 36 years.[1]
Peters died on June 13, 2014 from natural causes at the age of 89.
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Fellows, Will (1998), Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest, Univ of Wisconsin Press, p. 47, ISBN 0-299-15084-4
Other websites
[change | change source]- Profile at University of California, Irvine