Albert Gelpi is the Coe Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Stanford University.[1] He taught literature, particularly poetry, there between 1968 and 2002.
Gelpi also wrote a trilogy of literary criticism involving American poetry:[2]
Gelpi was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1977 for his work in American literature.[3] His books are held in libraries worldwide.[4] He earned degrees from Loyola University New Orleans (BA), Tulane University (MA), and Harvard University (PhD).