Nelson Bentley

Nelson Bentley (1918–1990) was an American poet and professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.

He was a friend and colleague of Theodore Roethke, among other Northwest poets who created a distinct regional voice.

[1] Although he was an accomplished poet in his own right, those who knew him believed his teaching was more important to him; his wife Beth Singer Bentley said after his death that he "cared more for his students' success than for his own.

"[1] He founded the Castalia Reading Series, which started at the University of Washington in the mid-seventies and continues today.

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