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Robert Duncan
American poet (1919-1988).
Born January 7th, 1919 in Oakland.
Died February 3rd, 1988 at 69 years old in San Francisco (kidney disease).
Occupations
essayist, literary critic, painter, playwright, poet, writer
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks