Forrest Gander

Forrest Gander is an American poet, essayist, novelist, critic, and translator born in the Mojave Desert in Barstow, California, who holds degrees in both geology and English literature. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his collection Be With and is a retired professor of Literary Arts and Comparative Literature at Brown University, where he also served as the A.K. Seaver Professor. Gander is the chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and has received numerous awards including the Best Translated Book Award and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Library of Congress, and Whiting Foundations.