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Forrest Gander
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Forrest Gander is an American writer, novelist, poet, and translator born in the Mojave Desert in 1956. He is educated at the College of William & Mary and speaks English. His professional work spans belletristic literature, poetry, and literary translation. Gander has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and his work is recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection.
He is employed by Brown University, and his archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. His notable works include *Mojave Ghost*, *Eggplants & lotus root*, *Panic cure*, *Como amigo*, and *Pinholes in the Night: Essential Poems from Latin America*. The latter is part of the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute Poets in the World series.
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- Born
- 1956
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Mojave Ghost
- Eggplants & lotus root
- Panic cure
- Como amigo
- Pinholes in the Night: Essential Poems from Latin America (Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute Poets in the World)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mojave Desert
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- College of William & Mary
- Employer
- Brown University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Forrest gander 2014.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1956-01-21
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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- Forrest Gander
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