Gerald Stern | |
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 Gerald Stern at theMiami Book Fair International in 2011 | |
| Born | (1925-02-22)February 22, 1925 Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | October 28, 2022(2022-10-28) (aged 97) New York, NY |
| Occupation | poet, essayist, educator |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh (BA) Columbia University (MA) University of Paris |
| Spouse | Patricia Miller (m.1952, divorced) |
| Partner | Anne Marie Macari |
| Children | 2, Rachael, David |
Gerald Stern (February 22, 1925 - October 28, 2022) was anAmericanpoet,essayist and educator. He was the author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays. Stern taughtliterature andcreative writing atTemple University,Indiana University of Pennsylvania,Raritan Valley Community College, andIowa Writers' Workshop.[1]
From 2009, Stern was the distinguished poet-in-residence and a member of the faculty ofDrew University's graduate program for aMaster of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry. In 2000,New Jersey GovernorChristine Todd Whitman appointed Stern as the state's firstpoet laureate.[2]
Stern's poetry was nominated for and honored with a number of awards.Leaving Another Kingdom (1990) was a finalist for the 1991Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.[3]This Time: New and Selected Poems (1998) won theNational Book Award in 1998.[4]American Sonnets (2002) was a finalist for the 2003 International Griffin Poetry Prize.[5]
Praise for Stern's poetry came late in life. One reviewer calledLucky Life, published when Stern was over 50, "a cornerstone inAmerican poetry."[6] He died inThe Bronx, New York City when he was 97 years old.[7][8]
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