Robert Bly's "Iron John: A Book about Men". Photo: AFP
Robert Bly is best known for the role that "Iron John: A Book About Men" played in establishing a men's movement
based on Jungian psychology and archetypes contained within ancient folk tales.
Previous Frost Medal winners had included Allen Ginsberg, Charles Simic, Lucille Clifton and John Hollander, while the medal is named after its fourth recipient and quadruple Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost.