Gerald Stern

Gerald Stern

About Gerald Stern

Gerald Stern is a modern american poet and writer. He become famous after the publication of his book 'Lucky Life' in 1977. He is also the author of 20 poetry books and 4 books of essays. Stern received the National Book Award for Poetry in 1998 for This Time: New and Selected Poems, and was named as a finalist in 1991 for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Leaving Another Kingdom: Selected Poems. He was also Poet Laureate of New Jersey from 2000 to 2002 and received the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets in 2005.
Browse all poems and texts published on Gerald Stern

Gerald Stern Poems




Syndicate content

Popular Poets of All Time

  • Robert Frost
    Robert Frost
    was an American poet.
  • Maya Angelou
    Maya Angelou
    was an African-American poet.
  • Pablo Neruda
    Pablo Neruda
    Nobel prize chilean poet.