W. S. Merwin

W. S. Merwin

male, 82 years old
academyofamericanpoet, American Poet Laureate, American, deep ecology, from Scranton, Pennsylvania, from Hudson County, New Jersey…American Poets Laureate
William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is one of the most influential American poets of the latter 20th century. Merwin...
Donald Justice

Donald Justice

male, deceased (2004)
Tad Richards, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner, Syracuse University, from Florida, poet, academyofamericanpoet…American, American Academy of Arts and Letters, University of Florida
Donald Justice (born in Miami, Florida, August 12, 1925 - died in Iowa City, Iowa, August 6, 2004) was an American poet and teacher of writing. He...
Garrett Hongo

Garrett Hongo

male, 58 years old
Volcano, Hawai'i, academyofamericanpoet, University of Oregon faculty, Yellow Light, The River of Heaven, Volcano A Memoir of Hawai'i…American, Japanese American, poet, University of Oregon
Garrett Hongo is a Japanese American poet born in Volcano, Hawai'i, in 1951. He has published two books of poetry: "Yellow Light" (1982) and "The...
Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer

male, 66 years old
from New York City, Contemporary dance, United States poetry, Visual Artist, visual arts, From San Francisco…American, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet, English-language poet, American poet, academyofamericanpoet
Michael Palmer (b.1943 in Manhattan, New York) is a contemporary American poet and translator. He has worked extensively with contemporary Dance...
Gerald Stern

Gerald Stern

male, 84 years old
University of Pittsburgh alumni, Raritan Valley Community College, This Time New and Selected Poems, Wallace Stevens Award, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Lucky Life…American Poetry Review, indiana university of pennsylvania, poet, Jewish American, academyofamericanpoet
Gerald Stern (b. February 22, 1925) is an American poet. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA to Harry and Ida Barach Stern, he was educated in...
Josephine Jacobsen

Josephine Jacobsen

female, deceased (2003)
American Poet Laureate, towson state university, Johns Hopkins University, academyofamericanpoet, Folger Library, American Poets Laureate…library of congress, American, poet, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, In the Crevice of Time New and Collected Poems
Josephine Jacobsen was an American poet, short story writer, and critic. Born in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, she moved with her family to New York at...
Ellen Bryant Voigt

Ellen Bryant Voigt

female, 66 years old
University of Iowa, Shadow of Heaven, Goddard College alumni, National Book Critic's Circle Award, National Book Award, KYRIE…Master of Fine Arts, American, academyofamericanpoet, poet
Ellen Bryant Voigt (b. 1943) is an American poet. She has published six collections of poetry and a collection of craft essays. Her poetry...
Robert Fitzgerald

Robert Fitzgerald

male, deceased (1985)
The New York Herald Tribune, Princeton University, The Choate School, World War II, Sarah Lawrence, Boylston Professor…American Poet Laureate, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, library of congress, American Poets Laureate, academyofamericanpoet
Robert Stuart Fitzgerald was a poet, critic and translator whose renderings of the Greek classics "became standard works for a generation of...
Joshua Clover

Joshua Clover

male (Davis, California, United States)
professor, University of California Davis, English, village voice, Criterion Collection, British Film Institute…University of California, Davis, Best American Poetry, Band of Outsiders, poet, academyofamericanpoet
Joshua Clover (b.1962, Berkeley, California) is a California-based poet, critic, journalist and author. He has appeared in three editions of "Best...