Saskia Hamilton

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Saskia Hamilton
Hamilton in 2016
Hamilton in 2016
BornMaria Saskia Hamilton
(1967-05-05)May 5, 1967
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedJune 7, 2023(2023-06-07) (aged 56)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • editor
  • university administrator
LanguageEnglish
Alma mater
Children1

Maria Saskia Hamilton (May 5, 1967 – June 7, 2023) was an American poet, editor, and professor and university administrator at Barnard College. She published five collections of poetry, the final of which, All Souls, was posthumously published in September 2023. Her academic focus was largely on the American poet Robert Lowell; she edited several collections of the writings and personal correspondence of Lowell, Elizabeth Hardwick, and Elizabeth Bishop. Additionally, she served as the director of literary programs at the Lannan Foundation, as the Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Curriculum at Barnard College, and as an editor at The Paris Review and Literary Imagination.

Her work was recognized with awards such as the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism and the Morton N. Cohen Award. She held fellowships from the Poetry Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.