Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky is the former U.S. Poet Laureate, a post he held for an unprecedented three terms; the bestselling author of seven volumes of poetry; and an award-winning scholar, translator, and editor of poetry. His poems have earned praise for their wild musical energy and ambitious range. His books of poetry include Gulf Music, First Things to Hand, and The Figured Wheel, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His books about poetry include Poetry and the World, which was nominated for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, and his translations include The Inferno of Dante, which received the Los Angeles Times Book Award. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University.
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