Harry Duncan (publisher)
Harry Duncan | |
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| Born | Harry Alvin Duncan April 19, 1916 Keokuk, Iowa, United States |
| Died | April 18, 1997 (aged 80) Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
| Occupation | Poet, Printer, Publisher, Librettist, Translator |
| Genre | American poetry Letterpress printing |
| Spouse | Nancy Duncan |
| Children | Guy Duncan Barnaby Duncan Lucy Elizabeth Duncan |
Harry Alvin Duncan (April 19, 1916 – April 18, 1997) was a hand-press printer, author, librettist, translator, and publisher under his imprint the Cummington Press. He was known for publishing early works by Robert Lowell, Tennessee Williams, Wallace Stevens, Allen Tate, Marianne Moore, William Logan, Stephen Berg, and Dana Gioia. A 1982 Newsweek article about the rebirth of the hand press movement said that Duncan was "considered the father of the post-World War II private-press movement."